Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-04-19

you follow up your advantage, ant
bend her will to yours, and crush he
spirit to earth; till, by and by, yo'
break her heart"
"My dear, will thank you for an
other cup of Coffee I said, passing m.
cup to her; but be careful not to ru
it over, nor get it too sweet, nor put i
too much milk. What an intolerabl
steak this is,'' I added; 'sit is toug1
enough to have been cut from one of th
cattle pastured upon a thousand hills
more than a thousand years ago. I
there be one thing dislike more thai
another, it is tough beefsteak."
"You ordered it yourself, from tn
market, SO you needn't find fault will
me on account of it. I knew it wa
tough the moment I looked.at it.i' ;,
"Then why didn't you send it back?'
[ inquired.
Because, as it was your selection,
supposed you wanted tough one; be
sides, if l had returned it, you would
have found fault with me for doing so.
"Well, 1 can't eat it, that's certain,
[ said; $50 it had better be taken of
of the table. shan't throw any more
money away on beefsteaks.''
"Oh, it will answer for hash, said my
economical wife, ''and you can have i
for dinner"
"Hash!' 1 exclaimed. If there be
one thing 1 dislike more than another
it is hash. Hash is only fit for children
and old people without teeth. Besides,
it is popular dish at boarding sch ools
and boarding houses; and when l was
a boy, and afterward while bachelor, !
ate my share of it, and I'm not going to
eat any more. No, We will have tur-
key for dinner"
Every WE'LL, said my spouse, ga tur.
key let it be. Shall see to getting one. =
81 think not l answered. "The
fact is, that ali the turkeys you select
turn out to be like the celebrated one Of
which Job was the reputed owner-pool
and tough. No, I'll buy the turkey, and
and you can cook it.
every well" said the imperturable
lady. "
But how will you have it cooked?''
"Oh, any way; suit YOURSELF l an
swered.
Then 1 think I will roast it, she re
piled.
" Roast it!' [ exclaimed. "That is
just like you. Now, you know if there
be one thing [ dislike more than an
other, it is to have turkey roasted"
every we'll, then" said the accommo-
dating woman, Il will boil it"
Boil it, | said, agas :. Boil soup.
boil lamb chops, boil cherries, if you
like, but never, for me, boil turkey"
pray, then, how will you have it
cooked2 Only tell me, and it shall be
done
"Whv-why-well = fricasee it, OF
course" l answered, triumphantly.
Very well, said the lady, looking,
however, as if it were not very well.
"W-hy can't you say something else
besides very well?':' | asked, ':What
provoking woman you are, to be sure. y
Not half as provoking as you are,
she replied.
Now, then, you wish to make me
angry, [ suppose; but you can't do it, y
| said II have pnt up with everything
all through breakfast, and l am not go
ing to be provoked just as [ am flu
ishing."
Il am sure l do not wish to provoke
you, my wife said, in most innocent
and aggrieved manner.
But you most certainly y do provoke
me, replied.
"Then [ am sorry for it, she an
swered, in softened tone, 'sfor such was
not my intention
l looked across the table at my wife;
something like tear rolled down her
cheek.
"Goodness!' 1 whispered to myself,
Il have made my wife weep. What-a
-what-a-brute am
Then, speaking aloud, l exclaimed:
"Darling!''
"Well," was her calm reply.
''Do you know, [ continued, "that if
there be one thing | dislike more than
another, it is tear
She answered simply with sad smile.
s'Sweetheart'" [ said.
"Well?"
"Cook the turkey any way you
please"
She shook her head. .-.
I left my seat, (having finished my
breakfastD went to her side, and,
smoothing her pale, wan cheek with my
hand, kissed it, and said:
"Forgive me, dear, this time. ."
She smiled obviously, as if "this
time" was only one out of the 'seventy
times seven which she would be called
on to forgive during our matrimonial
career; but, nevertheless, the pressure Of
her hand, which [ had taken, assured
me that peace was made.