Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1859-09-24
VOLUME I.---NO. %.

and loving beings, who long for the houi
when her loved one should return from his
daily toll, to make her home paradise.
On the evening in question, he had stayed
away from his evening meal little longer
than usual, and she was impatient on account
of his long delay. Although he had only
been half an hour behind the time, she i'm
agined that he would never come.
How could it be possible that he should
stay away from his home until quarter of
seven o'clock, when his usual time was
quarter past six. Steady as the sun in his
daily rounds, did Frank Baker follow his daily
avocation. He was employed in one OF the
Wilmington machine shops, as master me-
chanic, and faithfully did he manage the af-
fairs Of his employers.
When the bell rang the morning call, he
| was the first to enter his shop, to see that
everything was moving on right, and that the
men neither loitered away their time or did
not proceed with business In manner that
did not prove profitable to his employers.
His employers were highly pleased with their
foreman, and his every act was satisfactory.
\ He needed no one to watch him, in the per
formance of his duty, for feeling the RESPONSE
| bity reposed in him, he did all that lay in his
powert to promote the interest of the establish
ment he presided over.
On the evening in question, he had delayed
half an hour over his time, in returning to
his evening meal, and his pouting wife, jealous
of every moment of his time, was chiding him
for his truancy. In order that the reader
may get along understandingly our story,
we will introduce portion of the conversa-
ton that ensued, which will develope the
real cause, and more fully introduce these
two characters.
"Dear Frank, what has delayed you so long
Tonight have had the supper ready an
hour, and the mullins have got cold, and the
coffee is over done and every thing is out
order, and am out of patience"
"Hoot, toot, what string of stuff to grow
out of body staying away twenty minutes
over the time"
Twenty minutes my dear; how you talk
why it is certainly an hour since the bell rang,
and have been waiting all this time at the
door to see you come home"
"Impatience, impatience, my little prude,
you will excite yourself so much about such
small matters, that you become uncomfortable,
and besides, all that, that little frown does not
become your brow, and those lips my child,
were not made for pouting."
sPouting is it not enough to try ones
patience, to have to wait supper so long,
when we live but few squares from your
business"
"But," responded the husband, 81 started
as usual from my labor, but a friend met me
and told me that was appointed upon COM
inittee to canvass my block; it was but a
short job, and thought would finish it be-
fore left"
'Canvassing your block, what does that
meani"
"It means to take down the names of all
the voters in the square to which You are ap-
pointed, and place mark opposite to each
name that will designate which are wings
and which are democrats. This arrangement
is very useful on election days, to get out
voters and make calculations that may be bet
upon"
"My, oh I my, Frank; hope you havn't
neglected your supper, and tried my patience
to assist in electing somebody to Office. A
Mr.. Somebody, whose daughters will firt by
us to Church, as soon as the election is over,
and not know us. Why Frank, how foolish
you are, to lend yourself to such purposes.
You know we are saving our money to buy
house, and we must be as nice as other peo-
plo before long, If we continue to economist,
and put our money in the saving fund. You
know did not run you to the expense OF
getting me q new bonnet this fall made the
old one do, that we might save that much.
If we keep on the way we are going now, we
can lay away two hundred dollars year, and
YOU see we will soon be able to buy house.
Oh, Frank, don't have anything to do with
politics, It makes me shudder to think of it.
Just stay in the house at nights with me
will make you so happy; and then when we
have collected little money together, "
will 90 into business, and have no dou6.
your employers will take you into the firm
with them, and we will get along so nice.
But see the evils every day of becoming
politician it takes men away from their
business induces them to go into bad COM
pany, and finally aleniates them from their
families"
While the young wife was talking thus to
her husband, they were proceeding with their
simmer. Frank did not reply to the harrangue