The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1855-11-01


:. Having got nice ii,r knll d in the
ki chen, she carried some coal il,o MIR
i IS apartment, and flied up his stove,
having first ascertained that there was
not spark Of frc III it. That duty
perfol mcd, she next prepared the break
fast, OF which she partook with great
relish; and, after matters and things
were all set to rights in the kitchen, she
went down town on shopping excur-
sion
Meanwhile Mr.. Pepper began to grow
impatient. He 'labored under the i'm.
preston that the atmosphere of hi.
room did not grow warm very fast, anc
he began to feel unpleasantly hungry. -
Peeplng out from behind the bed cur
talns, he saw how affairs were with re
gard 10 the stova. Something like a
Suspicion Of I'Ia real state Of affi,s be.
ed. ~ dawn upon his mIui H. listen
ei TO- 4 'ow hluntos tu, all wa, sriiI
auUu, i2r l-,tIsp
H''uig d:as,ng himself, he p5oc.cd
fG 10 ihv"'tiaa'c The affair He soon
c"nipreh"hdrd the who'd. OF it, and WAS
vcty athed at + = but he comlorted
himself with the reflection that he had
the power 10 punish Mrs. p, and he
iclt DouLd to do it, TOO. After some
search he found the remains of the
breakfast, of which he partook with a
gusto, and then sat down to wait for
Mrs. 7. She was long time in com
ing aud he had ample time to nurse hi,
wrath. While sitting there, he thus
soliipquizad:
THAT ,v'r I, Philander Pepper
should be so treated, and by woman
too, Is nor to be believed can't be-
lleve it, no, nor won't either. But
she sLan I escape, that's certain if she
should, my reputation ior dignity would
be torev. zone Tor havn't | told Solo
mon implicit all along how | wa- 90
ing 10 max my wife stand round and
hoa was going to make her get up and
make the fire every morning, and let
me lie abcd, and how | was going to
shut her up, and f cd her on b cad and
water, if she dared to say she would nj
10 il .
A cosy lttlo arrangement, Mr. Pep
p r said soft voice behind him
Mr.. Z started up, and there stood
Mrs. p rig,t behind hi, chair, laughing
just ao hard as she could. Mr. Pepper
pat on Il svere look.
Sit down in chair. madam h.
slid, pointing to the one he had just va.
Gated, while have Il little cunversa-
ton with you.
Now should be pleased to know
why you did not obey my orders this
morning, and where you have been all
the forenoon =
Whe | have been this forenoon
Mr Pepper, have not the Least object
ion to tell you; have ben dnwn town
doing little sh"ppin. have pur-
chased some lovely napkins jast look
at tbem,' said she, holding them up d :
mu' civ for his inspection; onl ly paid
II dollar apiece for them extremely
cheap, don't you think so = she added
Mr. Pepper was ast,nishcd how she
daI ed to tun the conversation in this
way, was MYSTERY to him. Suddenly
his bottled wrath broke loose. Turning
fercely upon her he said
Betscy Jane, you disgust me you
seem to make very light of this matter
but it is more serious than you imagine
as you will ind to your cost presently
IL you do not instantly beg my pardon
iu submissive manner, | shall exert
my authority to bring you to a proper
sense Of your misconduct, by imprison-
ing you in one Of my chambers until you
ave willing to prouiise strict obedience
to my wishes
AT the close Of this eloquent aud dig
nifrd speech, Mr.. Pepper dr. himself
up to his iu'l height, and stationed him
sell bctor, Mrs p. ready to receive any
expressions Of sorrow and peniteuce he
had no doubt that she would tall down
at his feet, aud say
Dear Philander, won't you forgive
me this time, and I'll DO so no more y