The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1859-07-13

just como out even, be concluded, as if
it were a singular fact that they should
do so.
Notwithstanding the admirable propo-
sition, he still felt some uneasiness. 1t
followed him as he walked up The pleasant
lane to the pasture, and it made him
speak more sharply than was his wont, if
the cows stopped Ehiie he was driving
them home, to crop the grass where it was
greenest and sweetest on the sunny slope
1t troubled him till he heard his wife call
him to supper in such cheerful tone,
that he concluded she didn't care much
about tho newspaper after all.
About a week after, as Mr.. Heath was
moving one morning he was surprised to
see his wife coming out, dressed as if for
a visit.
"L am going" said she, to spend the
day with Mrs. Brown l leave pleanty
for you to eat :" and so saying, she
walked rapidly on,
Mr. Heath thought about it just long
enough to say to himself, " she don't 90 a
visiting to stay all day once a year, hardly,
and its strange she should 20 in haying
time
Very long the day seemed to him to
go in for luncheon, dinner and supper,
and TO have nobody to speak to; to find
everything so still. The old clock ticked
stiller than usual, he thought the brood
of pretty white chickens that were almost
always peeping around the door, had
wandered off somewhere, and left it stiller
yet; he even missed the busy click Of the
knitting needles that was apt to put him
out SO, when he doing any figuring.
"Tm glad" said he 70 himself as he
began to lool, down The road at sunset,
" that Millicont don't 20 visiting all the
time, as some women do-there she is
just coming
" How tired you looS," said he, as she
came up why didn't you speak about it
and I'd have harnessod up and come after
you ?"
81 am not very tined, she answered; ;
but her looks belied her; indeed, her
husband declared she looked tired for q
day or two after.
What was his great amazement to seq
her go away the next Tuesday in the same
manner as before.
To his great dissatisfaction everything
seemed that day to parlako Of his wiGe's
propensity for going away. y man
don't want cold food in haytime, said he
as he sat down to dinner. Ia the same
grumblng mood he recouuted she mishap
of the morning, which seemed to have been
much after the manner set forth in O. GER
tain legend Of olden time; for he embel-
lished his recital by allusiop to
The hecp'4 iu Tic meadow.
The cows ~ the corn
adding that they wouldn't have been there
if Mrs. II. had been at home, because
she'd seen them before they got in, and
halloed. She would have seen the oxen
before they got across the river, and saved
him the trouble Of getting them back
But after tracing all the untoward events
to her absence, he said to himself, con-
solingy, 9" guess she wont go any more,
she always was home body
Mrs Heath did 60 again, though, and
again, and the day she went for the fourth
time, her husband took counsel with him
self as to what he should do to " stop her
gadding" Seated on the doorstep, in
the shade of the old trees, he spent m
hour or two devising ways and measures,
talking aloud all tho time, and having
the satisfaction of hearing nobody dispute
! him.
Il is hard to think of her getting to
be a yisitin' woman" said he, "aud it's
clear it amt right--l,eep her at home.
I've read in the Bible, told Richards
Bible knowledge was somewhat confused,
his quotation varied slightly from the
scriptural phrase, " keepers at home, y
but it says too, he added, with the true
sincere man, that husbands must set
great store by their wives and use them
well. Iwon't scold Millicent; I'll harness
up and 60 for her Tonight and coming
home III talk it all over with her, and
tell her how bad it makes M feel, and if
that won't do, T'll--something else"
In accordance with his praiseworthy
resolution, he might have been seen about
sunset hitching his horse at Mr., Browns
door for, strangely enough, Mrs. Heath's
visits had all been made at the same place,
Going up to the door, he stopped in
amazoment at seeing his wife in the