Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1860-07-21

WASN'T Used TO IT.

When little blue.eyed Jenny Alton became,
one sunny morning, the &!N b. Evdncy Rus
sell half the k!rls Of GlentIllh enved her the
handsome, merry htsbanh ahe had won Jenny
was a sweet, winsOme crcSturc, with wavy
golden hair, blue eyes, and rosy little mouth;
gentle in heart and manner
Three months after their marriage she bid
aa'eti u htt bld hottie aid maht friends, to
hnd, in the lar West, soniE Spot hall5wed GS
the name Of home.
tebnS soon found her idols feet were CLAY.
N5th'hg was In any way right; Or Il. least he
wasn't used TO such things. If tenny's hair
or toilet in any way was not as smooth as il
taken from 4 bandbox, my lord and master
was certain to remind her that he had never
been used to such things at home. She played
and sang charmingly in the days of her court
ship, but now he so longed TO hear his sisters.
They were SO superior to her in that respect.
He could get nothing NJ to cat; everything
was 0verdonc or under.dohc, seasoned 100
much or tco l!ttlc-in short, not at all as he
had been used ii having It.
\ plain cOlored dress was sure to call out
the remark that he wasn't used to seeing the
Quaker dress; one With bright cOlorS, that he
did wish her taste wns different-Shc looked
uo'lIDiI III SuCI u EuTO.
Such hOhhs rs she read he couldn't be in.
duccd to toeh. Hcccrd!ng 10 he story; but the
fact is he generally ii!anRscd In Shine wat to
find out what they contained. AS for her
writing home so often, that was all foolishncSS
he wasn't used to seeing such things from his
sisters, but was deaf when his wife said "Ci
course not, for they lived scarce five miles
from their fathers" And then their baby,
he was positive she didn't care for it, for he
had stayed at his sister Smiths and her babies
never cried. lie wondered why she wanted
70 Mnme him Frank it was silly to care if il
WAS hce brothers name, especially as he wasn't
USED to Il.
lie tossed The precious letter from her mother
in her lap saying Here's some more non
SENSE -IrnnI-l -nid woman !" and when, as a
short vlSie N~,.n her father drew toa close, the
ecrrs sptNng UP into her eyes, he wasn't &C.
cnSlothed 10 See tears shed for such old dad
dies.
At home everything wAs nnat as wax, but
nothing was ever in order al his own hcmc
lie did wish Mrs. Russell would remelnbcf he
wasn't used TO such disordcrlv housekeeping.
And so years went by, and our .osy.cherked
Jenny grew pale and carc.worn, for the poor
little wife could do nothing right, try as she
would, and had she said: "She wasn't used
to it" she might have told the truth but Jen-
ny was possessed Of spirit lowly and Of long
suffering, and so for six weary years. she
frightened the home Of her fault-fnding huS
band, and then laid down to her dreamleSs
slumbcr under the green sward.
A year after, the poor man took to his home
gay, daehing, black eyed widow, and thence
forth both he and his two children met with
much they wasn't uSed tn"
There came time in after years when he
looked back with tear-dimmed eyes to the briet
time spent with his lost Jenny, as the bright.
est Of his life. But the grave will not give
back the dear ones to our arms nor wishing,
sweep away forever our unkind words,