Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1856-10-23
.MlsfellallrOlts.
DOMESTIC LIFE,
OR WHO'S TO BLAMEl

~ One sevenng the iaSldlons HAIRY Went
Z worth, on, coming home tired and depressed,
found his wife in lie porlor, dressed ina soied
mofnjng gown. wearing q pair Of slippers down
OF the heel TO iDerease his vexslion, she
was sitting in an easy, char with, one leg
crossed over the other, reading trashy novel
"Why, Fannyp' be exclaimed in amaze
nent, for they had been married only 0 lew
z months. and hitfefto he had thought her the
pink OF nestness. SEs y.s lt>eg5 !,
.sWeli, what is it7 she asked, looking mp.
Then noticing The direction Of hiseyes, she
assumed mofe becoming position. E'Ypn
don,t like mydress, Perhaps she continuedj
4 "bnt really was too tired TO change i
''What have YOU been doing aliidayP said
Harry. B,
es.0b, reading tbis," she replied; she colored
i as she held up the book, and ad1edss"and
then il has been SO warml'' ~ .espit
"Now, her husband had been hard at work
eilihrongh The sulify SUMMER day, and had, es
was usual with him Wien busy, dni+a al bis
tifice Yet bis sttlle was Geat, aud even tie
hair newly brushed; for he had g0ns TO bis
. chafDber 10 doihis before coming into the,nors
: Tor, II may be Suppressed, therefore, that be
2 was onnoyed u the sl6seliness OF hisWIfe; The
more so as, on looking oniheBovel, he found
Il guile WORTHLESS affair. He said nothing,
bowtver, except, ''ss least 10 change your
slippers, my dear. You don't know how much
dlslike TO see lady slip sbndD ',iii
"Doyou? How odd" said his wife, with
/ silly laugh STOPPING TO pulluP tbe heels Of
her Shoes. There, that will do, 4 think j
.realiyscsn'twalk as far as the chsmber this
warm evening. | wish you wouldring iortea,
The bell Is by you, as wanl 10 sfinish Ibis
ebsptrr 81 ts. 4et st@g4 8
"a Her husband sighed, bp.fdid as he was bid,
The lea came, end be TOOK his seat, but the
chapter was not yetconclnied, and so be was
compelled 10 wait. When at last Mrs. Went
worth came TO the table the lea was cold
The meal, under those c.rcUmstaDces, was a
dull one, and the husband, afler H. was over,
finding his wife absorbed in her book, Jay down
on The sofa and finally went TO sleep.p gaBs
Mrs. Wentworth had been the belle Of the
town before he marriage. Her sprightliness
Z and beaniy had been lbe theme Of constant
( Bdmirations. But these,qua liiiesswnnld have
failed to have won Harry Wentw6yih's heart,
il they had not been sustained 6y a most ex I.
qusite,taste in dress. See Fanny when you
would, she was always carefully sttiied, md
rs Harry weniworth was particularly fostdi-
s.oBson this point, he thought himselfthe hap
!, piest ofmen, when Fanny. one bright summer
evening, ptomised TO DC bis. ghfs
y.t Bot unfortunately the bride had no real
habits OF nestness, but only a love OF adniifa-
ton. II was vanity that had induced her,
while singie,lo be csfefu. OF her dress; but
now, hat she was married, she gradually COVE
Y way 10 her rnstaralindolence. The FIRST occa-
sion on which she did this 10 any vefy glaring
extent, was the evening on which our story
opens; but il was soon followed up BY Other
exhibitions OF sloyeliness. ss9tseS
s.,aSh Won NON II Il Q
more neatly" said Mr.. Wentworth, in yexcd
voice, some months later still. "Nighi 8l;er
nightI come home and find you in that airo.
ciots wfapper'' n ~
.You used to think me pretty enough In any
dress, ,riretofted Mis. Wentworth testify,
y rBdt l.neyer saw you in one like thai be-
fore we were marfied,p replied her husband.
g ..To be sure not" said Mrs Wentworth,
tand she laughed ironicsly. always dressed
for compans. then. and do SO Dow.p 8
sss< Wbat could Mt Wentworth say2 If bis
: wife did not thins il necessary 10 keep berstll
neat in his presence did not consider bin as
wofthy Of bleasings as the comparative stran.
gers whom she called compa0 y--it was use less
10 argue with her; 50 aftefiea The slip.shop
heels still annDgings with peTcepiible hole
10 The stocking 10 increass that snnoyauce, be
noodily took bis hal and LEFT the house. Z
7siff AT first Mr Wentworth walked up aud down
? the street, but atlast fatigued swilhthis. he
2 sterpeds into q debating room ailsched to .
Tavern. Here be met several sequpintsnces,
and grsdually falling iaIo conversation, The
= evening psssedattpidIy eway. Is3
~ Whed lie went home, Mrs Eentwortt
= looking very sleepy, and o lille out ofsbunor.
4 Sscosssd hiinwIli,, aWhere IN lhe world iase
you beenf have finished my novel sn houl
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