Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-07-31
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The Tried Housekeeper:
OR, COUSIN MARY's DREAM.

''There, the last baby is asleep, and ]
hope [ shall have chance to breathe, u
exclaimed Mrs. Hewitt, throwing her,
self into an easy chair beside the work,
table, where her cousin sat reading.
''No; L have forgotten William
dressing gown and slippers" And
the tried wife rose with a sigh, and
YEARLY brought these comforts from the
closet of an adjoining room. A faint
smile of pleasure stole over her features
as she wheeled her husbands chair
around, placed the slippers just right
AMI then the dressing-goW gracefully
across the chair.
"Please, ma am, will you step here a
minit?" called Bridget, from the hail.
"What shall we have for breakfast,
please?' she asked, as Mrs. Hewitt
closed the parlor-door behind her.
The poor mistress was so wearied by
the cares of the day, that she could not,
just then, recall the contents of the
larder, and a journey to the basement,
and sundry orders to Bridget, consumed
the next quarter Of an hour.
"Mamma, mamma, Minnie wants a
drink" called out little voice from the
nursery, just as Mrs Hewitt again opened
the parlor door,
"Oh, dear!' exclaimed Mrs. Hewitt,
"there is no rest for me-" Yet she
was tender mother; so she ascended
the stairs, gave the child drink,
soothed her to sleep, carefully tucked
the bed clothes around all four of the
little sleepers, (the eldest but ten,) and
descended noiselessly to the parlor.
The sight of her cousin, seated in an
arm chair, by the blazing parlor CRATE,
book in hand, effectually destroyed the
feeling Of happiness which mothers
love was rousing in her heart; and Mrs.
Hewitt was not the happy wife and
mother, but the mere domestic drudge,
toiling her life away for others, all un-
thanked.
Mrs. Carleton, the cousin guest, was
few years older than Mrs. Hewitt
She was widow, and childless. Her
countenance had an expression of deep
sadness, when in repose; but desire to
make others happy, and an abiding
sense of the unerring wisdom Of her
Heavenly Father, made her so habitually
calm and cheerful, that strangers little
dreamed how much sorrow she had
known; and even friends were not aware
of the effort it sometimes cost her to pre-
serve calm exterior, when some trivial
circumstance would touch one of the Sc
cret springs of memory, and lift the
foodgates of sorrow, submerging the soul
in grief's bitter waters. Like others,
Mrs. Hewitt was deceived, and, unmind-
full of her own greater blessings, almost
envied her gentle cousin her changeful
life and abundant leisure.
GLOW do you like 'The Land and the
Book, cousin, dear?" asked Mrs. Hewitt,
once more seating herself at the shaded
gaslight, while Mrs. Carleton laid aside
her book, and took up her knitting
work
civilian brought home that volume, "
said Mrs. Hewitt, ''when it was first pub
| have not yet found time to read two
chapters; but you know over worked
housekeepers have no time they can call
their own; [ sometimes feel that am in
"a state of intellectual starvation. Our
means are limited, and we can keep but
one servant; so [ must be nurse, COVER
ness, and chambermaid, besides superin-
tending the kitchen affairs; and worn out
in body and mind; and as I look in upon
you, now and then, during the day, I
almost envy you the quiet leisure you
enjoy. But [ never have a moment for
culture, and probably never shall have;
it is toll, toll, all day, and even the
sighed deeply, while dark clouds of dis
content and repining rested on her brow.
"You have kind husband and a
pleasant home, Emma said Mrs. Carle-
ton, gently.
Eyes; but I get so wora out with care
and toll, that l sometimes think l will
coax William to board for while, at
least till can get rested replied Mrs;
Hewitt.
"Boarding would only bring you less
enjoyment, and added care" remarked
Mrs Carleton.
"Perhaps SO. There is no way fol
me but to toll on till 1 die; so I may as
we'll try to be contented" And Mrs
Hewitt sighed again, and bent her heac
down over her work, to hide the starting
tears.
Mrs. Carleton was troubled. She hac
been panied with frequent expressions
of repinine and discontant. during tn,