The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1864-01-01
Ellen Jaynes' Resolution.
A STORY FOR WIVES.

said Ellen James to her husband. 81
had just nicely arranged the room
and settled down to my sewing as
you came in; now there it is and tC
do over again. just look at the dirt
from one end of the room to the 9th.
er, and / suppose it is the same thing
in the hall. Dear! / am SO discour.
aged and tired out with brushing"
"And so am discouraged and tir.
} ed out with such q continual frettine
every time / come into the house.
Don't you ever get tired Of scolding?''
was the provoking response ofthe gen
tleman.
81 do get tired of speaking to you
about things which make me so much
trouble; and yet you never seem to
mind them at all.
not have that effect; of that you may
be assured"
"You are just so provoking rs that;
you never seem to care how much i
go through" Here the tears began
to flow.
"What confounded scene about a
few tracks on the carpct!' calculated
the incorrigiblc Mr.. Jaynes, with Wig
orous emphasis.
"It's not that alone You know
very well, Charles, that l wouldn't
care for once, but it is so continually.
You never seem to care how hard you
make my work. 1t is the same in ev.
erything; and, Charles, why won't {
you be little more particular? Why
need you make Inc SO much work,
when ] am trying so hard to keep
things in good order?' The shower
was fast becoming flood. Mrs.
Jaynes produced her handkerchief
and began afresh.
"Oh dear! the trial of living with
such careless person! 1t wo'd have
been so much better for me if / had
never met you!''
But Charles had departed, shutting
the door with a tremendous bang,
leaving his better half to have her cry
out by herself. And cry she did for q
time, with all her might, fully convinc-
ed that she WAS the most miserable,
hnluchy and unappreciated Of all
housekecpers; then she began to think
what is the use of all this; nobody
cares for my tears. / am only max
ing myself sick for nothing. So she
bathed her eyes, brushed her carpet,
was not in an amiable mood-not by
any means repentant or forgiying, GER
tainly not shecrful-I am sorry to say
even peaceful, but very much inclined
to let her grievances be made mani
fest Accordingly they were hardly
seated ut the dinner table before she
commenced:
Did you see Parker about that
wardrobe this morning, as / request.
cd!'
"No. hadn't time!' was the encour-
aging response.
Hadn't time! You never have
time to attend to my wishes. Yor
could have found time if you had
: chosen. If you cared a straw fol
your wife, you would attend to hel
wishes little. Well, did you go tC
that stove cleaned! 1t is almost i'm
, possible to bake in it, as have Otter
told YOU"
mo, did not"
''For mercy's sake, Mr.. Jayncs
i when will you attend to it!''
.. II can't say; anything else want
/; cd"
"Yes. Did you call at Lovells t.
see about matching that oilcloth."
"No."
!. "Yet I asked you to be sure and re
}, collect it the last thing this morning
g Was thers ever such careless maj
d before. never saw anything like it.
:, Mr.. Jayncs continued his dinner il
# apparent unconcern, as his wife re
l. lapsed into silence. just as he wa
!. = leaving the dining room, she starte'
81 a new theme.
a' "Charles, Mrs. Duttom has been il
Al this morning SHE says they are go
N ing to the White Mountains mex
d week. Why can't you take me off 70
n little journey. / should like tn
lCuunSc, bhihh IL NOui'A W. iiS SOON'
"Take you journey after the CON
y pllmentary things you have said to m
= this morning! i shall be very likel
, to do so, A pleasant trip ! shoul
Is. have!"
nd "That will do for an excuse, yo
a., never take me anywhere. There
,r the buttons have been away ever
nd summer; and Mrs. Dutton says III
~. y. husband would not think of keepin
C her at home all summer. She WI
IA surprised when ! told her that h;
III not been away from home week at
'ut time since have been married"
,npr every likcly"--in tone of iron
er and Mr.. Jaynes left the room.
er, Now Ellen Jaynes was not disa
is. pointed in the least at the result
ads her application. In fact she did n
INV expect her husband to grant her !
wo xuest and it is doubtful whether $
I, would have gone if he had given
Sc consent, for she well knew that tn
- means would not allow such expel
i've indulgences, and Ellen was p
dent, economical wife. But she wa
ed to show her husband what he {
. not do. oa2 m
= Ellen Jaynes was woman of &c
oes' principles and good feeling, thol
our she had an irritable nervous tenn