Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1855-04-13
Sure / was tould to wait till YOU bid

/, me.
We'll, then, i do bid You. Pick m
your movables and leave the house: call in
the evening AMI Mr.. Perkins mother will
pay you your wages
The girl stared, as if fdoubiing her senses.
Come, move you are in my wayn And
she did move, muttering something about
upstarts which / did not heed. As nv
first order and last to that individual was
obeyed, cared not with how little grace
she did it. heard her stop to speak to
the children in the pantry. The sound OF
my fo,t'teps approaching wa enough,
and she was off, Come children said.
what's TO be had ? Your father will be
home to dinner presently aud we must have
it up hurry
Each did his or her part highly amused
at what they considered agood fro!ic.-
One did one thing, and another something
else. The boys brought fuel and water, the
girls discovered the edibles and comes:i-
bles. a fine dish of ham and eggs, a
cold joint, pie-a decidedly picnic affair
we served up 10 a moment. Perkins
come in, and we twelve were scat4l! in the
best possible humor ofpleased excitement,
| hal found my way straight to the hearts
of the children, and had no fears for the
/ rest
Mother-in, law walked in as we were en-
Toying ourselves. A strangeexpres>ion of
disappointment came over her face at see
ing everything so neat on the table. i
ought to make you an apology for being 50
late, she said, but | make allowance for a
young housekeeper, and did not think you
could be so punctual.' No thanks to YOU.
thought |, but | said nothing. No sooner
was mother-in-law down to the table than
she was up again, and calling 'Chaylo.te,' ,
at the head Of the kitchen stairs.
Whats is the matter ?. asked.
That stupid girl of ours She has put
on dirty table cloth, and The old knives
and the steel forks; and there's no spoon
for the gravy-aud this stale bread-and
-and-l'm sure my son can't abide such
a table =
Then itmust be me that he finds fault
with dismissed Charlotte three orartcrs
of an hour ago, at which time she had not
taken step towards dinner. Since then
the children and [ have got this up such as
it is impromptu.'
And avery good dinner too, said Per-
kins. Il don't desire better
Mother-in-law gave him an angry glance,
and then turning to me and sal with for
eel composure.
y ou don't mean that you have turned
a girl ont ofdoors without warning, who
has lived here for five years +
4 did not use physical force, certainly.
but | did employ very powe;fll moral sua-
sion. We are too strong in young girls to
tolerate kitchen impertinence.'
Such was the coup d. etal, or rather coup
de cuisine, with which | inaugurated myself.
1t vas eftectual. Mother-in-law was com
pletely c!cckmated, and my authority was
established Perkins is a sensible man.
" blowers are generally experienced and
wise. AS amatter ofprudent investment,
let rue recommend the young lady who la, ,
love to lay out, to expend it upon a wido-
wer ifone is to be had. Such is my expe-
rience. My husband left the whole man
agement Of the house to me, and I must saw
that have succeeded wonderfully. The
children ate not all the nuisances that their
atiectionate grandparent represented them.
Indeed they have become in a couple of
years quite models, Perkins says, and hr
KNOWS .he'n hnet. nf onnroo. Istick to nv
text had rather have twenty children
all 'mothcring me at once than brother
| Tom.
But the Mother-in law-oh, dear! She
is the thorn in my side Ican't discharge
her as did the girl, or manage her as |
can the children. Perkins talks ofbuyinc
her an annuity, that she may set up house
keeping on her own account. / almost
wisl he woodland y t I don't want her
to get up a grand claim for sympathy
on the plea that l have separated mother
and child, turned her out of doors, and
twenty other horrid things, as she would be
suie to do.
! 1t is three months since I saw the pre-
ceedlng TIL now. opened my portfolio
this fine May morning. Do you know the
world looks very cheerful to me now &? |
have.'a new stake in it. AS said, open
ed my papers, and have been quite anus
ed at my own nonsense about the old lady,
which had really entirely forgotten.
Family cares put the pen aside, and,
authorship letters to friends avon .raon;to
unheeded But | must just remark by
way, of conclusion, that mothcr-;n law
has become useful as well as ornamental