Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1861-11-08

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slave of me. I'll attend to my duties,
but if you don't do your chores, the cat
tie may starve; and you'll never get a
bite TO eat in this house, unless you take
it Uncooked if you don't cut wood your
self or set somebody to do it for you.
Raymond started bolt upright, and il
was not many minutes before he was at
the woodpile. Diligently did he work
until he had cut an armful, which, like a
dunful husband, for the first time in his
life, he carried into the kitchen.
His wife made no allusion to what
had passed between them, and Raymond
although burning with curiosity to know
where she had learned what she had re-
Vealed 10 him, dared not commence con-
verSation in relation to it. The train OF
ills it might revive was fearful to the
Easy mans mind. His break fast over,
] torgrtful of its lesson, careless Raymond
wandered away from home, his morning
abors in his farmyard unattended to, and
his wood pile unvi>trd. He returned
home at noon, strong in faith that he
,hould sit down to good dinner; because
he was one Of those men that think that
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good dinner, whether she have anything
10 cook or not Mrs. Warren had
enough to cook, but nothing to cook with.
However, much to Raymond's satisfac-
ton, when he entered his home he found
the table spread, and he knew he should |
soon be invited to take seat near it,
When the invitation came he FASTENED .
to his accustomed seat, lifted the cover .
from a dish that he supposed contained /
meal, and truly there was meat, but just
As it came from the butchers Ray |
mond was not a cannbaI he looked at /
his wife inquiringly; she appeared TO be
waiting patiently to be served. He lifted /
the cover of another dish; there were
potatoes just as they had been dug from
the earth. All the dishes that usually
contained vicluals were covered. Ray
mond grew suspicious, and he lifted the
covers hastily There was bread, as it
had come from the tray; there were
lurnps that had never been under the
influence of fire d; there were apples,
handsomely sliced for sauce; and there
were numerous other edibles, but none of
them could Raymond eat. He turned
for consolation TO a cup Of tea his wife
had deposited near his plate. There
were tea leaves floating in the cup, but
the tea looked remarkably pale; never
Iheless, Raymond, by force Of habit, blew
it vigorously, to prepare it for his palate.
Bat when he put it to his lips he found
that he had wasted his breath-for the
,cater was as cold as when it came from
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"Tbs victnaIs were all on the Stove the
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NOT al all repIied MIS- warren
'lhere was no WOOD 10 COOK '''eih Will
III an INSTANT Easy warren tue" sd" :
"hat mora' 'nere was III MS mover u'''- I
'rr' ana win a Keen aPpe'''e' ne went 10
work on the woodp'Ie. lie took his DIN
ner and supper together that day, and he
that Mrs. Warren SAID
Now, Raymond, whenever you leave
ne without wood, you must eat victuals
hat have been cooked on cold stove
Many women would have stormed and
,coldsd hut Mrs Warren knew thrr,. :