Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-01-01
THE ANGEL OYER THE RIGHT SHOULDER :
OR,
THE BEGINNING OF A NEW YEAR.

AhNOlALC
Il do not think there is any need OF that
1 know your work could be arranged so system
atically as to give you some time to call your
own"
well, all l wish is" was the reply, that
you could follow me round one day, and see
what have to do"
When the lamp was trimmed the conversation
was resumed. Mr.. James had been giving the
subject some thought.
/" Wife," said he, al have plan to propose,
and | wish you TO promise me that you will ac-
cede to it. 1t is an experiment, and l wish you
to give it fair trial to please me-"
After hesitating awhile, as she had great
reason to suppose it would be quite impraei
cable, she at length promised.
" This is my plan. wish you to take two
hours out of every day for your own private
use. Make point of going up into your room
and locking yourself in, and let the work go IN
done if it must. Spend this time in the way
most profitable to yourself Now l shall bind
you down to your promise for one month; at the
end of that time. if it has proved total fail
ure. we will try some other way"
"When shall begin %
Tomorrow" .s
Tomorrow came. Mrs. James had selected
the two hours before dinner as the most con-
one O'Clock, she was 70 HAVE ITTI15rEed TvlII-
ing work, be dressed and in her room at eleven.
Hearty as her efforts were to accomplish TINS,
the appointed hour found her work but half done;
yet true to her promise, she retired to her room
and turned the key of the door.
After spending perhaps half an hour 10 form
ing her plans for study, she drew up her table,
placed her books before her. prepared pen and
paper, and commenced with much enthusiasm.
Scarcely was the pen dipped in ink, when there
was tramping of little feet along the hall, and
a loud pounding on the chamber door.
Mamma, mamma, l can't find my mittens,
and Frank is going without me TO slide"
"Go to Amy, daughter, mamma s busy now"
:. Amy is busy, too, and says she can't leave
the baby"
Upon this the child began to cry. The easi-
est way for Mrs, James to settle the difficulty,
and, indeed, the only way, was to 90 and hunt
up the missing articles Then parley must be
held with Frank to induce him to wait for his
sister, and the little girls tears must be dried,
and little hearts must be set right before the
children were sent out to play, and little lee
ture given, too, on the necessity of putting
things where they belong. .-
| Time slipped away, and when Mrs. James re-
returned t2 heE study s hE st TnR tHlg h thet
task, ard was getting wei under way again,
when heavier step was heard, and her door
was once more tried. Now Mr.. James must be
admitted
Mary" said he, " do come and put on a
string for me- There is not bosom in my
drawer in order. l am in hurry l ought to
have been down town an hour ago"
Mrs. James went for her work basket, and fol
lowed him. The tape was sewed ON, then but
ton needed faslsnipf, ar,'l til-,' 2 -- = =
! Mrs. James tont the glove and stitched away
| al IT, with smile lurking in the corners of heI
mouth.
What are you laughing at inquired he1
husband.
To see how famOusly your plan works,
replied she.
al declare ~ said he, was this your study
hourl am sorry, but what can man do
He cannot go down town without 4 shirt
BOSOM"
Certainly not, replied his wife, quietly
When her iege lord was fairly equipped
Mrs. James retnrned to her room again About
half an hour remained to her, of which she was
determined to make the most Once more was
her place found, and herpen dipped in ink, when
there was another disturbance in the entry
Amy had returned with the baby from his walk
She took him into the nursery to get him te
sleep Now the only room in the house where
Mrs. James could have any fire. to herself was
the room adjoining the nursery. The ordinary
noise of the children did not disturb her but
the very extraordinary one which Master
Charley felt called upon to make, when he
was fairly upon his back in the cradle, was
rather more than could be borne by most moth
ers without seriously disturbing the train o.
their thoughts
The words of the author rose and fell with the
baws and screams of the child. Mrs. James
closed her book until the storm could be over
past Soon after quiet was restored, the child
ren came in from their sliding, crying with cold
fingers. Just at the time the bell rung, Mrs
James closed her book in despair.
"How do you succeed with your studies this
morning?" inquired Mr. James.
"Famously," replied Mrs. James; 81 read
about seventy pages of German and as many
more of French"
"Why, am sure did not hinderyou long
'No: yours was only one of dozen inter.
ruptions"
'Oh, well, you must not get discouraged
You can not expect to succeed the first time
Persist in it until the family learn, that if they
want anything of you, they must come at some
other time"
"But what is man to do replied his wife
"he can not go down town with string off hii
bosom, and a rip in his gloyel"
"Well, was in bad fix, replied Mr.. James
81 dare say it will not happen again. At any
rate Try the month out and see what viii CONF
of it"
The second day of this trial happened to be 9
stormy one; and as the morning was very dark
Bridget oversight herself and breakfast was one
hour late This lost hour Mrs. James could moi
recover. Eleven o'clock came, and her morn
ing work half dore With a mind disturbed
and depressed, she left things 10 the suds as
they were and retired punetually to her study
She found, however, that it was impossible tC
fix her attention upon any thing which required
thought. Neglected duties haunted her as ghosts
do the guilty conscience.
Finding that she was really doing nothing
with her books and wishing not to lose the
morning wholly, she commenced letter, wher
Bridget came to her door before she had writer
half page.
"What shall we have for dinner, ma'am =
There aint no marketing come, and you did MOI
tell me what to get"
"Have some steaks"
ave hain't got none"
swell, will send for some"
Now there was no one to send but Amy, anC
Mrs James knew it. With sigh she put away
her letter and went into the nursery.
"Amy, Mr. James has forgotten the marketing
Iwish you would run over to the provision stor,
and order some beef steaks: viii stay with tht
baby
Amy was none too well pleased to be sent OF
this errand. She remarked that "she must frs
change her dress"