The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1862-01-31

marked as he wrung them out. Minnie
objecting to going into the yvrd, hung
them over the chairs in the dining room
aud the banisters in the entry as fast as
George and Charley wrung them out
Dinner time came and found them still at
work. Dinner eaten and the dishes car
ried off by the waiter from the restaurant
they changed places, and the washers
wrung and hung up while the others
washed.
Six O'Clock saw the last shirt hanging
in damp limphess over the parlor chande-
lier the handkerchiefs waved from the
mantlepiece, and the stockings dangled
from the bars of the canterbury.
'They always iron the next day, so
they can dry in the night said Harry.
After another slaughter of reaches in
the morning, :he fire was lighted, the
irons put on, and the clothes collected,
rough dry, for the final touch. Every
man had visions of smooth, clean, linen
to repay him for his unaccustomed efforts
Such is hope!
Charles took the first step. Planting
his iron on the front of shirt. smell
greeted his nostrils, and he lifted it again
to behold a large brown mark, the precise
shape of the flatiron burned on the bosom
of his go-to-meeting shirt. Minnie's iron,
being almost cold, was travelling briskly
up and down his shirt, but producing no
visible effect.
1t was humiliating, but true; that Joe
took an order to gentleman's furnishing
store that morning for supply of linen.
and the washed clothes were consigned
to the pot closet to await Susy's return.
Susy's return How can l describe
it? Every man On that day found he
had an imperative engagement abroad
and the little maiden found an empty
house. She went first to the parlor, dus
lay in piles, one curtain was torn from
the cornice, and lay in limp folds against
the window. Cigars lay about loose, some
whole, some half smoked, some reduced
to mere stump spittoons We're in eve.
ry corner the chairs were promiscuous
ly deranged on the centre table three
bottles, two demJohns, pack of cards
and about two dozen tumblers replaced
her pretty book. The piano bore two
pairs of boots, deposited there when the
owners were too tired to 60 up stairs, ahd
forgotten afterwards ; the Canterbury
had dish of chicken salad reposihg We:
ry peacefully on it one ottoman supper
ted hat and cane, ahothes coat; eve
ry chair carried some relic ofpthe depart
ed guests, here handkerchief, there &
cigar-case, an one pocket comb, on an.
other toothpick. Susy was dismayed
but like brave little weman determined
| to face all the muss at once: Next came
the kitchen. AS we have decribed it or
the eventful ironing day so it remained
reaches inclusive ,meandering everywhere
The library was next in order, and it was
the counterpart of the parlor, only more
so; dining room, ditto, bedrooms te
match.
| Susy looked at the wash boards in the
bathroom, the market basket in the libra
ry, the parlor chairs in the kitchen, (i
was nearest Joe said when he brough
them out, the frying pan in the bes
bedroom, Charley broke his basin, th'
bread-pan in the spare room, (for dirty
water, Joe said, tn dish-cloths in th'
bed rooms, (towels all dirty She con
templated the floors, unswept for month
marked the dust, the accumulation of
similar time and then went to her owl
room, the only orderly, because undis
turbed place in the house.
A little note lay on her table:
I'VE own beat 1t takes woman l.
We beg pardon We'll never do so N
more Clear up, and invite us to dinner.
FIVE REPENTANT BACHELORS.