Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1856-02-16

| itlS w iofCe niiH uotno against ulS VIII.
Benny had already received black eye,
the blood flowed freely from his nos,rlls
and his clothes were considerably the
worse for the afternoons wear. Away
went Mr.. Easy to the rescue, and tri-
umphantly captured his son, whose gar
ments tluttered in the wind. The group
of shawn gs-boys voluntarily escorted
them to the threshold, and made the
air resound with vocal music-thus Civ
ing more publicity to the affair and in
creasing Mr.. Easy's troubles, which
seemed to have to end
Ella who had seen between two and
three years Of life, was of very enqui-
ring mind, and when she saw herself the
sole occupant of the room, and found
that if she did cry, there was no one to
hear her, she climbed up the side of the
cradle, and started on a voyage of dis
covery on her own account. Her first
attempt was 70 obtain drink OF water
in doing which she upset brimming
pail, and then stopped to quench her
thirst from the brook she bad made
Next she proceeded to investigate an es-
critoire upon small table in the corner
Of the sitting room. The large black
marks The ink made on the paper pleased
her very much, but continuing this ope>
ration, the ink bottle WAS soon upside
down Oh the carpet, the liquid spreading
rapidly. Though Elias education was
limited, she had learned to discriminate
somewhat between right and wrong
her last act she concluded must be of the
latter class, and to make amends, she en-
deavored to scrape up the ink with her
hands. At this moment hy lit on her
nose, and with the same hand she rout-
ed him. After this it would have been
difficult to determine to which of the five
races she belonged. The next scene Of
action was the kitchen closet, where a
pitcher Of milk was partly drank and the
remainder poured into a pan Of flour !;
Ella began TO knead its contents, but she
preferred more room, so she dragged the
pan into the centre OF the paror, the
door Of that room being alar.
4 few moments alter, Mr.. Easy enter
| ed with his sons, determined to shut tt EN-
mp for the rest of the afternoon. But
what was his horror to find his kitchen
atloat, the si;ting-room carpet stained be-
you'd all probability of restoration. and
the parIor strewn with flour, and literally
covered with paste. His first idea was Of
voyage to Australia, and of leaving
each one to his fate but then came the
thought Of his poor wife.
IF | have such hard time in taking
care of the children for a few hours" said
he, "wbat must be poor Susan's trials,
staying here all the time, and not only
taking care of them, but attending to all
her other duties. l always thought
women had au easy time, but | give up
that idea now, and only wonder that so
few are in the insane asylums. From
this time forth | am EASY no longer, but
| will be industrious and frugal and if
at home the domestic whirIwind blow
Olympus high, | shall not attribute it to
her-but, remembering this day, seek
for the true cause"
After musing and resolving what to
do, he set himself about restoring order
once more but it seemed to him to look
worse when done than when he began,
for as he had not thought to wash the
chi!dren's hands and remove their soiled
clothes, they had been going about Ieav,
ing their marks. Neither did his brain
suggest to him that if he let the aste
dry on the psrlor carpet, it could be re-
moved without injury but be under
took to wash up the flour in the same
manner as he had done the water and ink
from theother rooms, and with tbs same
cloth too. As be thought hot water
would be best, he went to some trouble
to obtain it; and after carrying into exc
cution his threat Of shutting up the boys
he went on with bis work. We leave
the reader to judge how much the beau
ty of the carpet had increased an hou
afterw ards, when with tired muscles ane
aching heart, he arose from his hambl'
position.
But we will not follow Nr. Easy too
ninutely through all bis troubles OF
that eyentfull afternoon. While Jimmy
and Benny were prisoners in the oee
room, they amused themselves by play
) ing ball around the room, and circus Oh
tho white counterpane. In short tim
the wash bowl was in fragments, th
lookinglass cracked, andt he counterpart
} dangling on the floor.
II Mr.. Easy in his anxiety to keep tn