The American patriot., 1855-01-24
CLINToN,~LA,, JANUARY "a, sls55as
ooh it is such love of a house. ma.!,.

"A very oiHerent KIND OF an affair from this yor
may be certain" 5fisgn,r ~
When Mr., Plunket came homo that evening
his, wife said to him, quito amably--ssOh you
don't know what a love of house i saw to-day
up IN Seventh street; larger, better, and more con
yenlent than this in every way, and therent is just
the same."f7t lsqai7o7ni IA, ID .adi5X
But am sure, Sarah we are very comfortable
here gsuoi6ab rs.ilsf Il sa a. YsnfD. q"
Comfortable! Good gracious, Mr.. Plunket,
should liketo know what you call comfort How
can any one be comfortable in such a miserable
old rattletrap of a place as this? 'hii9 h9fa1a
fYou thought it a loveef house, you .remer.-
Der before we came into it." al b. cna c8
"Me? Me? Mr. Plunket? Why, never liked
it; and it was all your. fault that we ever moved
here" f,-evs
,.AIy fault?" t fe 6 a-4.s '.'
"Ycs indeed, it was all your fault. L wanted
the house in Walnut street, but you were afraid
OF little more rent Oh, no. Mr.. Plunkct, you
mustn't blame me for moving into this barracks OF
place;you have only yourself to thank for that;
and now want to get out Of it the first good op-
portunity." .Hi7sa .qsgs. NJ -
s Poor Mr. Plunket was silenced. The very bold
ness of the position taken by his wife completely
knocked him Aory dW combat His fault, indeed!
lie would have lived on, year after year. in log
cabin, rather than cncountnr the horrors of NOV
ing; and yet he was in the habit of moving about
v
yielded so long to his wife, who had grown bolder
at each concession, that opposition was now
hopeless. Had she stood alone, there might have
been some chance for him; but backed up as she
was, by her puisant mother, victory was sure to
perch on her banner and well did Mr.. Plunket
know this. 7Isa a 81
! Vt will cost tleast a hundred and fifty, or two
hundred dollars to move" he yentured to suggest
'lndeed and it will cost no shch thing. I'll
VhOln for tnp Il
'lt cost over hundred last year"
Nonsense! it didn't cost fifth Of it."
But Mr.. Plunket knew--he had the best right to
know, for he had paid the bills
From the first Mr.. plunket felt that opposition
was useless. A natural repugnance to change,
and a horror of the disorder and discomfort of
moving caused him to make a feeble Resistance;
put the opposing current swept strongly against
him, and he had to yield. -.s.-- .jle 'abt7e
The house in Seventh street was taken and in
due time the breaking up and change came Car
pets were lifted, boxes, barrels, and trunks packed
aud all the disordery clements of irregular moving
operation called into activity. Every preparation
had been made on the day previous to the contem-
plated flight; the cars were to be at the door
by eight o'clock on the next morning In
Of this early movement, the children
had been dragged out of bed an hour before their
usual time for rising They were, in consequence
cross and unreasonable; but mot more sothan
their mother, grandmother, and nurse; all Of whom
either boxed them, scolded them, or jerkod them
about in a most violent manner. Breakfast was
served carly; but such q breakfast the least said
about that the better. 1t was well there were no
keen appetites to turn away with disappointment.
Strange that the cars are not herr said Mr.
Plunkct who had put himself in going order 'It's
nearly halfan hour past the time now. Oh, dear?
confound all this moving, say l."
'Ihats a strange way for you to talk before
children, Mr.. Punket, retorted his wife.
"And this is a much stanger way foryou to act
madam; forever dragging your husband and chill
lren about from post to pillar. Formy part, feel
ike Noah's dove, withouta place to rest the sole
of my FOOT c.. .S
'sMr PunkeHr -.
! ''Mrs. Plunkct.'' ,.,..,... F ...-,.s s..f
\ war Of words was about commencing, but the
drove up at the moment, when an
srnlistice took place. . ......tr
In due time, the family Of the Plunkets were,
bag and baggage, in their new house a lover of
IF quiet, the male head of the establishment tried
o refrain from any remarks calculated to excite
us helpnlate, but this was next to impossible,
here being so much in the new house that he
;ould not, IN conscience, approve # Mrs. PlunIet
would hayckept quiet, all might have gone on very
smoothly; but Mrs Plunkct could not or would
lot keep quiet. She extlavagant in her praise
If everything, and incessant in her comparisons
between the old and the new house. Nh. Pulnket
istened and bit his lip to keep silent. AT last the
ady said to him, with coaxng smile, for she was
lot going to rest until some words Of approval
we're extorted from her licge-"Now, Mr. Plunkct, |
lont you think this love of housc:" "ta.lls
q NO" was the gruif answer ,l zazaaE. zZ9 Z |
"AIr. Plunket! Why, what is your objection?
IN sure we can't be more uncomfortable than we
AVE been for year. 's6" TadtC s.A ai aeEza#9f |
3 "0h, yes, We can" a.ss...ls eH tHf Hs.5z |
. "llow so?" A3It . aud l1u p ta
"Therei is such thing as going from the frying
an into the lire. "- .p.4 a41 gpat Fsa s a
i, 'Mr>Plunl1et!n nus il.Rsa ed Gi~TsT sd fltiN |
IS J uat what you'll find We have done, madam"
'Howwin you make that appear, pray"
SIN a few words just step this way. Do you
&c that bnildings" ioa4 4ts n i..ri s'ya= - =
81 don s'9l eHi7ih. tt -st
'Jast to the southwest of us; from that quarter |
he cool breezes of summer come. We shall now
ave them fragrant with the delightful exhalations
f slaughter-housc. Humph! Mont that be
elightfiil. Then, again, the house is damp.
''Oh no. The landlord assured me it was as dry
$ a bone" -a.in.. ...l 4..str ~ -
''The landlord lied, then I've been from galret
, cellar half dozen times, and it is just what
ay. My eyes never deceive me. As to its being
~ eye wouldn't give as much for it, bv fifty
ollars as for the one We have left. ~ -
Notwithstanding Mrs Plunllet's efforts to induce
er husbandto praise the house, she was not so well
ltislied with it as she was at the first inspection
the premises. ...l 1.iri A..4 sst
I'm sure she replied, in rather a subdued
lanner 'that it is qnite as good as the old house,
nd has many advantages overit.' II
.oNama one said her husband s.ssl