Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1854-12-15

lie Hau tnlee OF lOur 10 Debln Win.
Fools ofthemselves = said Mrs. Badge t
angrily. we were all fools once, Badge, 9
and some of us bavn't altered much since. {
For my part there is nothing delight in ,
so much as children they are so innocent !
and full oflittle cunning, interesting ways.
How happy and proud the Bidges ought !
to be ! .. dear, how lucky some people
are?
'Bidges, echoed Badge, contemptuous-
ly; 'Bidges! 1t is nothing but Bidge,
Bidge, Bidge, with you, from morning till
night. Why don't you think OF the
Badges %
Where are they . retorted Mrs. Badge,
Significantly looking around.
Il suppose Pm one, said Badge, with
offended dignity.
Well said Badge.
And you're another
And what thcn|
'Ain't we family?' said Badge, half
pathetically.
Mrs. Badge burst into a sneering laugh. |,
a pretty family, ha, ha! We were as
much Of family before we were married
if we are family? Look at the Bidges.'
20 dear There you go again!' ex-
claimed Badge, and for half an hour the
childless couple engaged in regular squab-
BILE of ordinations.
Let us look in at the next door and see
what the Bidges were doing at that pre-
else time.
SANS tore his trowsers, Lizzys frock
is spoilt, TOMS got splinter in his foot,
and Sal!y's lost one of her bracelets This
is what comes of havinga squalling family
of young ones to bother ones life out
Dear me | believe there's no such thing
as rest for me this side Of the grave! said
Mrs. Bidge.
Mr.. Bidge said nothing. The iron OF
remorse was in his soul, and his wiie's
lamentations kept wligging it there. Mr..
Bidge felt that he was fixed father. He
unused awhile. Suddenly a thought lu-
minous as lightning bug, smiled upon
his doldrums.
Mrs. Bidge, have it ?
'What?'
'What do you say to jaunt into the
country .
With all these children to see to? 1t
can't be. 1t would he worse than staying
at home
But I mean leave them here and have
somebody take care Of them.
Easier said than done
'I'll try, at all events. What do you
think of the Badges?' p
Mrs. Didge, struck with the force of the
proposition held up her hands in delight
lul State of hope. Bidge put on his hat
! o, ifthey only would ! said Mrs. Bidge
9 Bidge moved to the door.
q Tell them there's only eight,' eaid Mrs
Bidge. -Four of them are twins, and 10
e only one week.
q Bidge was gone for twenty minutes ant
:. returned from successful mission. Ih'
% Badges were over joyed atthe proposal am
q had agreed.
On the following day Mr.. and Mrs
j Bidge left dull care behind them, and wen
"a into the country; while Mr.. and Mrs
r Badge assumed the charge of the eigh
e young Bidges. Happy arrangement
;. affairs. The Badges were so fond OF tn
children-treasures hey yond their power t
ID possess.
Since the first year of their marriage
,e the Bidges had not enjoyed themselve
,d half so we'll as during the first two day
of their absence from home. y, how re
70 lieved they felt. How they realized tn
N bliss of liberty. No young ones to sc
tr ie to no responsibility; no noise; no cor
G. fusion; no wnippings to give: no mea
,e to get no clothes to mend; no childre
1e to dress, or send to school, or put to be'
q OF their companions, in rural pleasure
" seeking, none were more enthusiastic
' gay and agreeable than they.
Of On the third day their ardor began
So So abate and while Mr.. Bidge was consi'
~. ering how his business in town was ge
70 ting along, Mrs. Bldge also grew though
w ful and wondered how the children wel
s~ Not that either of them were at all an,
,d ious about returning. Oh, no. At lea
ot both" said so.
es On the fourth morning Mrs, Bidge w
ad sorry that she hadn't told the Bad dges
,;r write to her about the children. WI
an knows but what some of them were sick
in Supposing one of them should die in h
absence-the little innocents She wou
m never forgive herself. And then she b
In. gan to think of great many things whi
re- nobody could do for them like a mothe
zen The Badges didn't know anything abo
cs it. Mr.. Bidge shared the anxiety, and h
to eyes would brighten when his wife I
nd counted smart thing such a child h
Of said, what another had done, and wh
me such and such person had praised the
De- tor During the day these feelings
creased in strength, and very little sic
oil did either enjoy on the fourth night.
at On the fifth morning, somehow t
led country didn't seem so pleasant as befo
res There wasn't life and variety enoue
Ivad They thought if the children were on
no with them, they would be perfectly CO
as tented. 1t was selfish in them to lea
rye the darlings behind. No doubt they We
do all crying for them to come back.
in On the fifth evening, they felt so W.
ried and lonesome that they determined
1pe return to their dear home and sweet ch
IN. n dren on the following day.
ont Meanwhile the Badges had their har
fill Of domestic cares Daliohtfu1