Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1861-12-03


ing heart' 10 nave her labor recognized TO
hear him now and then speak as il her
work was OF no avail. There is por more
than five minutes work. and tailor would
charge me dollar kept ringing in her
| ears.
But Lizzie wac strnng-hearted, as well
as loving and dutiful. So she shook off
her discomfort, put on a smiling face, took
up the baby and sung her prettiest lullaby,
carried him round, with his little head on
her shoulder while she filled the tea-kettle
and set the table, now and then sitting him
In bis cradle, and chirping to him, as she
did these things that required both of her
hands Thus she worried through supper.
getting, and with much managing had
all things ready be the time Frank came in
with his companions.
My coat done, Lizzie p
Nc, no. quite
That's womab for ye boys One half
of them would let a husband 90 out at the
elbows q week before they wonfd turn
aside from any plan oftheirs All the iron
ing Is completed, I'll be bound. Amt it SO,
| Lizzie p
Lizzie was taking her biscuit out of the
oven, and the young men did not see the
deep flush of pain that passed over her
weary features
Will you bring in pitcher of water,
please she said pleasantly, not seeming to
have heard the question.
There il is again when | was a bach,
had nothing to do but hand my coat over
to tailor, pay him dollar, and it was
dnoe in jity, and no grum5ling NJ
water to fetch when q fellows tired, eith-
| err
Lizzie was tired. sad and nervous; want
OF sleep. and the exhaustion incident to
nursing her beautiful boy-now so near
slck-the hurrying tG get time for the men
ding' not TO speak OF the disappointment in
putting aside all her own plans, thus
throwiog her baking and ironing into one
day, for both must be done on the morrw,
or the clothes would miIdew, and the board
ers do without bread-all this Was too
much. Lizzie could rot endure his bau.
diage, though half-playful, for she knew
and knew well. that if some such tbopch,s
were not IN his mind, they would have
found their way not to his lips.
She hastily set the biscuit upon the Ia
Bile, and saying, simply, Supper is ready. )
stepped into the bed room and burst into
tears. 1ou might as well ask the witber.
ed leaves not to fall, when the autumn gale
sweeps through them; as we'll AK the
flowers not to suffer the morning dews 10
e4hale 10 sunshine, as to ask tender lov-
ing, sensitive wife, 20 withhold her tears
when she knows she is wrcnged.-She may
toIg give, she may look cheerfuI-an hour
| after, bright as the sky when the cloud has
passed but she must feel and il is only
! when her beautiful nature is DESTROYED -
when, as 1t Is too often the case. the very
traits OF character which Won a husbands
love IN the beginning are obliterated-
when love turns To bate. that she can hear
from him slight or exaction with unmoyed
indifference
! L'zzie's tears di6 not flow long; her
heart gained its natural relief, and after
pretending she was getting Walter to sleep.
(which she actually did. she bathed her
eyes, and came out, washed her dishes ard
sat down again TO the coat
Frank sat watching her flying fingers for
an hour or two, as he laughed and talked
with his friend thinking to himself that
every turn would be the last. At nine
O'Clock she set the last stitch. New fac
lngs had been put in, and new pockets. the
h"ieS under tie arms neatly patched and
darned, new cuffs. new buttons, and new
Innings all rouad As she finished she
looked up with stiil shade of sadness up>
| on he= brow.
There. Frank. have mendeS yopr coat
thoroughly. guess it will last Y, u auotb
er year, now
'Qaite job. wasn't it? took LONGER
than | thought said he depreciatingIv'
How much clear cash have Won made "a
day, Frank?' asked Lizzie in au earnest
tone.
What do you want to know for p was his
answer.
For my own satisfaction. Certainly
! should feel an interest in all of YOUR af.
fairs
We'll, | think the shop has cleared
twenty dollars
How much do you count your services
worth p
Not less than FIVE dollars day.'
How many hours do you labor p
Ten is legal time, now-a-days. don't
generally work that many. But what's
all these questions for?'
because, Frank, we are husband and
vile, We expect TO live the rest of our
lives together, and if there is harmony in
our marriage relations there must be JUS
tiee ard right. You call me daily to an
preclate your labOrs and remind tDe or the
comfort and support you are giving me.
and | feel that | can appreciate any.
thing you do. You have earned five
dollars to day, and the shop has cleared
twenty. Yet to save you one dollar, have
worked ten hours on your coat, and six in
getting your breakfast, dinner and supper,
and making your home pleasant and com
Portable. To save you that dollar, / have
had to hurry all day. to put all ny work out
OF line, and to really neglect our darling
boy, who should be our first care, and the
last thing that should, under any circum-
stances, be set aside
Why, had no idea Of this before p
i know you had not Frank SO shall
freely forgive you, but must insist that
hereafter l must be my own Judge of work
l had best do, and shall not expect to be
threatened nor hear myself accused of not
being willing to do my duty
Frank felt ths force of these words and
sat silent.
'One thing more, Frank, want to saw.
while | am about it. don't want you to
talk about supporting your wife will not
be supported while | am able to support
myself | fnd, on looking over my books,
that the profits of my labOrs amount to five
dollars a week. and the board of Yourself
myself and and baby besides. Then do
all your extra work and my own. All this
saving has gone INTO your capital to be in
vested. and to help you make your twenty
dollars day. Out of this comes the five
dollars you call the worth of your davis
work, while must !a0or with really wea
ry limbs, and aching head and ewes. to
save dollar in the mending of an old coat.
which, when done, would not cell for the
amount of your ten hours work.
You are making out a pretty strong
case against me, Lizzie
No, Frank. not a case against you'll
could not do that but | am stating facts
One thing more. l have been at work
three hours since supper. while you have
been entirely idle, not even rocking the
! crable which | have been ohIigad - A.