Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-01-23


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81 declare :" said he, dis this your study
hour! | am sorry, but what can man
do? He can not go down town without
; shirt bosom!'
"Certaiuly not" said his wife, quietly
When her legc lord was fairly equipped
and of, Mrs. james returned to her room,
A half an hour yet remained to her, aud OF
that she determined to make the most.
But scarcely had she resumed her pen,
when there was another disturbance IN the
entry Amy had returned from walking
out with the baby, aud she bad entered
the nursery with him, ,ha. she might get
him to sleep. Now it happened that the
only room in the house which Mrs. James
could have t. herself with FIRE, was the
one adjoining the nursery. She had be-
come SO accustomed to the ordinary noise
of the children that it did not disturb her !;
but the very extraordinary noise which
master Charley sometimes fei, called upon
to nuke when he was family upon bis back
in the cradle, did disturb the unity OF her
thoughts. The words which she was read
ing rose and fell with the screams and
lulls of the child, and she felt obliged to
close her book, until the storm was over
When quiet was restored in the cradle, the
children came in from sliding, crying with
cold 6ugers-aud just a, she was going to
them, the dinner bell rang.
"How did your new plan work this
morning." inquired Mr. James.
"Famously," WAS the reply; 81 read
about seventy pages Of German, and as
many more in French"
81 am sure did not hinder you long"
"No-yours was only one Of dozen in
terruptions"
80, we'll you must not get discouraged
Nothing succeeds we'll the FIRST time. Per
sst in your arrangement, and BY and BY
the family will learn that if they want
anything of you, they mus, wait until at
ter dCner."
"But what can man do ?" replied his
wife "he cannot 90 down town without !
shirt bosom"
81 was in a bad case" replied Mr..
james, "it may not happen again. am
III ,uopfb
faithfully, and then We will see what has
come Of it,
The second day Of trial was a stormy one.
As the morning was dark, Bridget over
slept, and consequently breakfast was too
late by an hour This lost hour Mrs.
, James could not recover. When the clock
, struck eleven, she seemed but to have com
M need her morning work, so much remain
ed to be done. With mind disturbed and
spirits depressed, she left her household
matters SIN the suds,'' as they were, aud
= puncrually retired to her study. She soon
found, however, that she could not fix heI
attention upon any intellectual pursuit
Neglected duties haunted her, ike ghosts
around the guilty conscience. FerceivlnG
that she was doing nothing with her books
aud not wishing to lose the morning
wholly, she commenced writing letter
r Bridge, interrupted ber before she had pro
a cecdcd far on the first page.
"What, ma am, shall we have for din
: uer7 No marketing ha'n't come"
& 'Uave some steaks, then"
; awe ha'n's got none, ma'am.'
n 81 will send out for some, directly"
# Now there was no one to send but Amy
= and Mrs. James knew it. With sigl
e she put down her letter and went into tb
Q nursery.
"Amy, Mr. James has forgotten our mar
y keting. should like to have you ru
g over to the provision store, and order som
beef steaks. will stay with the baby.
y Amy was not much pleased to be seu
t out on this erraud She remarked, thu
"she must change her dress first
6 "Be as quick as possible" said Mr.
IS James, "fcr l am particularly engaged j
y this hour"
II Amy neither obeyed, nor disobeyed, bu
N managed to take her own time, withou
a. any very deliberate intention to do ST
'e Mrs. James hoping to get along with
is sentence Or two, took her German boo
n into the nursery. But this arrangcmer
P was not to master Charley's mind. A Fl
b. did be care for German, but "the kitties
,e be must have, whether or no-and kistit
,. be would find 10 that particular books
is be turned over its leaves in great hast
ID Half of the time on the second day Of tri'
" had gone, when Amy returned and MIR
g James with q Sigh left her nursery. b
I'd fore one o'clock, she was twice called in'
sr the kitchen to superinsend some importaI
IS dinner arrangement, and thus it turned OF
Y, that she did not finish one page of h'
letter.
n, tho .bird morning the sun sbon