The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1858-10-05
CURING A GRUMBLEN
Or, Three Days 90 Home !.
M OLIVER osTc.
CHAPTER L. FIRST pAY.


the blacksmith, ~ he set the basket down
upon the table.
"Wlat in tho world did you bring three
quarts fora | cant use more than two, +"
replied Mrs. Paley. Is
"Ob, well, now think Of il, Mrs. Thomp.
son wants quart, and wished INC to get
them for her, if the man came along 10.
day."
"Hump! Now ] think of it, want
them myself and Mrs. Thompson cannot
I have them" 30
"Nevcr mind; left quart at the shop
for luncheon tomorrow; she can have
thcm,"
do without yourselfln
"Ccrtaiuly; if she wants them, she can
have them"
"You take good care of Mrs. Thomp-
son." added Mrs. Palcy, with slight
sneer.
"Because / lie. her have quart of Der
riesi"
"Tbat is more than any one would do
for you or me-"
"Oh, no, I guess not"
81 asked her to lend me her wash.tub,
the other morning, and she wouldn't do
IT," replied Mrs. Paloy, rather spitefully.
"Wouldn't do it 7"
"No."
"Wouldn't lend you wash.tubi"
John Paloy was a,tonished and indig
na't. Mrs. Thompson was a widow, who
lived in the next house, and he had fire.
quently been called upon to perform sun.
dry little chores which her lonely condition
required and now TO have her refuse to
lend his wife wash-tub was tho highest
ingratitude, and he resolved on the spot
that Mrs. Thompson should not have the
berries. t-......
"Shc isn't an angel" added Mrs. Paley.
IL never supposed she was. She would
not lend you her wash tubf"
"No, she would not."
~ am surprised. When was it'
"Last Monday morning"
"Monday morning you did not 90 10
her for tub on Monday morning, did
your
81 did. At whO, other time should
want iubi'
"Well, | only asked her for it, .anl it
was mean Of her not to let me have it, .af.
ter we have done so much for her."
"WeW John Paley wanted to say that
we, like the editorial singular, meant only
himself; but he did not wish TO stir up spy
NOR strife.
"She told ne she had clothes in it,"
continued Mrs. Paley.
"Well9"
..S S",Slhve, dillg't sSemv .MiJinG. 10 lend jlvlo
ont aud let me have the tub, I told her
she needn't trouble herself"
at was very wrong, Mary, for you to
ask her TO lend her Tab on Monday morn
ing"
81 suppose so; if any one was wrong, /
am the one" pouted Mrs. Palcy, disgust
cd with hcr husbands partiality and njus-
tce.
"Neycr mind, Mary; is supper ready2"
"No; th t wood you got last is such
miserable stuff, il won't burn Mt ALL"
at is tho best could get, and the best
there is, for that matter. / gave eight
dollars cor for it,"
"a fool and his money are soon parted"
"a fool and her husband" But John
cut the sentence short, thinking it q little
too wicked for the occasion.
"Just like you! If there is fool any
where, am the one
"Never mind, Mary. Let us have sup
per as soon as YOU can. | am going to the
caucus this evening"
You are! You never stay at homo
evenings now."
"Why, my dear, have not been out Of
the house of an evening for month"
"Why need you 60 at all 2"
Because / am deeply interested in the
election"
"More so than you are IN your wife"
she replied, petulently, as sho opened tho
stove oven TO see if the biscuits were ready.
81 declare! This is the meanest oven
ever saw. 1t will not bake worth cent"
"Have you just found that outG" asked
John.
at was never good for anything"
And SO Mrs. Paley went on from one
thing to another, regularly and systematl-
cally condcmning everything upon which
she set her and. She was not suited.--
EsNcf ytoihS "hu S'S' pOuy WV wv "
joint. Nothing went right; nobody could
do anything to suit her.
John Paley was not particularly happy
in her domestic relations. The porcupino
temper of his wife was a continual annoy
ance TO him. 1t was very hard, tc use his
best endeavors to please her, and then fail.
He bad tried to study her wishes, but they
were mere caprices, and in despair he gave
up his attempts. Nothing that he could
do would please her; nothing but that she
found fault with him.
CHAPTER II.-sECoYD DAY.
John Paley was of an easy temper. He
was disposed to make the best Of things as
no found them, but there was no such
thing as compromising with incessant
grumbling. Unlike many Others, he 90 d
not be driven to the dram shop, nor even
TO the usual haun,s of loafers in the coun-
try places. He was obstinately sent on
staying at home in the evening. He was
fond Of reading, AMI home was the centre
OF his thoughts Even the perversity Of
his wife could not eradicate bis deeply seat-
cd love for home.
Still, home was not pleasant place IN
i him--at least net half so pleasant as il