Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1853-12-10

er. i was forced back by the idea oil
living at his ease. and being able TO come
and go just as it suited his fancy to
have no care Of business, nor any Of its
perplexities and anxieties. This thought
was de ightful.
IF were you | would go into the
country, and employ myself on litlle
farm" said friend 10 the halter. You
will find it dull work in town, with moth
ing on your hands to do
I he halter shook his head. mo, no.
said he, Il have no taste for farming il
is too much trouble. am tired OF work,
and want little rest during the remain
der of my life.'
Freedom from labor was he golden
idea in his mind, and nothing else could
find an entrance. For few days after he
had fully and finally got clear from all
business, and was, to use his own words,
free man, he drank of liberty almost to
n,oxication. Sometimes he would sit at
his window, looking out upon the hurry.
ing crowd, and marking with pity the
care written upon each face and some
times he would walk forth to breathe the
free air, and see everything TO be seen
that could delight the eye.
Much as the halter gloried in this free
dom and boasted of his enjoyments after
the first day or two, he began to grow
weary long before evening closed IN, and
then could not sit and quietly enjoy the
the newspapers as before, for he had al.
ready gone over them two or three times,
even to the advertising pages. Some
times, for relief, he would walk out again
after tea, and sometimes lounge awhile
on the sofa, and then go to bed an hour
earlier than he had been in the habit of
doing. In the morning he had no motive
for rising with the sun no effort was
therefore made to overcome the heavi-
ness fell on awaking, and he did not rise
until the ringing of the breakfast bell.
This laziness' of her husband, as Mrs.
Parker did not hesitate to call it. annoyed
his good wife. She did not find things
any easier-she could not retire from bus
mess. In fact, the new order of things
made her great deal mere trouble. One
half of her time, as she alleged, Mr..
Parker was under her feet, and making
her lust double work. He had grown
vastly particular, too, about his clothes,
and very often grumbled about the way
his food came on the table, wha she had
never before known him to do. The
hatter's good lady was not very choice Of
her words, and when she chose to speak
out, generally did so with remarkable
plainness Of speech. The scheme of re-
firing from business in tie very prime Of
life, she never approved, bnt as her good
man had set his heart on it for years, she
did not say much in opposition. Her re-
mark to neighbor showed her passive
state of mind. He has earned his mo-
ney honestly, and if he thinks he can en-
Joy it better in this way, | suppose it is
nobody's business
This was just the ground she stood up
on. 1t was kind of neutral ground, but
she was not the woman to suffer its in
vasion. Just so long as her husband
came and went without complaint or in
reference with her, all would be suffered
to 90 on smoothly enough, but if he tres
passed upon her old established rights and
privileges. he would hear it.
Il never saw a meal cooked so badly
as this Mr.. Parker said, knitting his
brow, one rainy day at the dinner table.
He had been confined to the house since
morning, and had tried in vain to fine
some means of passing his time pleasant
ly.
The color flew instantly to his wife's
face. perhaps if you had better ap'
petite you would see no fault in the cook
ing she said, rather tartly.
perhaps not, he replied. "A gooe
appetite helps bad cooking wonderfully.
There was nothing in this 10 soothe
his wife's temper. She retorted instantly
An honest employment alone will
give good appetite. wonder how yor
could expect to relish your food after
lounging about doing nothing all the
morning. I'll be bound that if you had
been in your shop ironing hats or wait
ing on your customers since breakfas
time, there would have been no complain
about the dinner
Mr.. Parker was taken all aback. Thi
was speaking out plainly with ven
geance.' Since retirement from business
his self.estimation had arisen very higl
compared with what it had preeiousl,
been: he was, Of course, more easily of
Tended. To leave the dinner table wa
the first impulse of offended dignity.
| So broad rupture as this had not oc
Cured between the husband and wifi
since the day of their marriage-not tha
causes equally potent had not existed, 70
Mrs. Parker, when anything excited her
was not oyer.choice with her words, an
had frequently said more cutting things
but then her husband was not so easil,
disturbed--he had not 50 high an opinion
, of himself.
t 1t was still raining heavily, but raj
$ could no longer keep the latter at home
He w,nt forth and walked aimlessly tn
! streets for an hour, thinking bitter thing
against his wife all the while. But thi
was very unhappy work, and he was gla
J. to seek relief from it by calling in upon
brother craftsman, whose shop happene
a to be in his way. The latter was singin
: at his work as he had used TO singh
: never sung at his work now.
o This is a very dull day. was the natu