The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1865-04-19

4me one minute. li You peasey
q >uch SOFT pleading little voice a- IL ~.
4 such pretty half timd-oOking woma
q owned ID sitting there in her crimso
EmeriuO dress. with a great work-bask,
4 fovcrshadowing it. Ike the tlue of som
Hluge Ju@-ernaut There was not "A WIFI
.H>ie IN beer linen collar. not q speck on D.,
Ewhlte b,'H,ult apron. while every oolde
4 bread in her hair lay smooth and shinin
a. d II We're glistening satin instead of hr
Eman tresses.
Mr.. Nerd0n laid doon his book with o-
'entatious despair.
What DO YOU want n0r. Cathariuce
little singular that man can't yet fr
CONSECUTIVE minutes Of reading I'm mi
hhouse, isn't it, No sooner DO these noi.
i children get of 10 bed than a dozen othe
disturbances start mp 10 distract one
HDrain
IL am sorry TO disturb Won. Alec sal,
Bthe much-enduring wife: but ] ONLY wan
70 know whether You would prefer you
sneW shirts made with buttons or studs :"
" studs and buttonsv grOaned Mr. Yer
don, rather melo-dramatically. Upon M,
l"ord, Catherine, il seems a. if your min1
|revolyed on nothing more important than .
|round of the pettiest household concerns
As II cared how You make my shirts"
" But YOU We're very much displeasel
lear because | made the collars 10 your last
set after an Old-tashiOn ana pattern"
"Of course wasl 4 man don't want IN
70 about looking Ike Mcthusalch."
No. dear, but
' But my dear Catherine. am decidedly
annoyed 10 see You sinking into a mere do
"a-tio .lr,i.l "
"a wii, and mother should make it her first
aim 10 study Tine comfort OF her husband
and family"
d" To a. certain extent Mr.. NerlOn to q
certain extent, this may be quite true. But
when Mr.. Peterson asked Your opinion of
--s last work, tie other evening you
lStonished everybody by coniessing YOU
had not read lt. ] was ashamed. Catherine
-conioundel-i indignant"
But. Alec. what time do ! get TO read e'
Time. time. You must nuke time.
child. Let domestic cares he secondary Ia
the cultivation OF Your Intellectual nature.
Why. | cannot describe % Won. my dear.
now deeply mortified / was az Mrs. Lesson ,
conversation. when every one was discus
sing the new literary considerations bv Your
confused silence. While Mrs. Oxilyie-whv
She was positively sparkling in her ready
argument and charming critical taste"
Yes. retoried Catherine Ner,l0n. stung
at last into something like retaliation. and
Mr.. Oglve was there with a ragged shirt
bosom. and the lower button gone from his
dress coat.
As | remarked before. my dear. buttons
ana shirts are not q primary consideration.
And went on Catherine. the dressma-
Ner says that Mrs. Osilvie has no more idea
she says-'
"All dressmaker's tattler interrupted
Mr.. Nerlon with "a lofty flourish of his left
arm. ] shouldent care what sort Of coffee
drank If had "a wife Ike Laura Ogilvie ,''
Catherine flushed 10 her very forehead
but she biz her lip In resolutc self-conlol
Il want very much to please YOU. Alec. /
said she. meckiy. VIII You tell me how
10 be intellectual"
Mr. Alexander Nerlon pulled his nous
ache in rather Il puzzled manner
Mhy-wny. my dear. yOu must read all
he new works to begin with and keep up
With the general newspaper current-and
axe critical survey of paintings and
statues. and-and all that sort Of thing YOU
know
Yes. but Alec
Now. Cathie. really wish YOU would
let me read a little in peace. | Get so little
lime 10 cultivate my mind,
Mrs. NerdOn sighed softly 10 herself as
She cut the fairy builon-holes down the
front OF Mr.. AleXamdors new shirts.
&C. say. Cathier
Mr. Nerlou rushed tumultuously into the
M.
midst OF a pile of books. deep i'm some late
publication. with his matutinal toilet but
lali completed. and a pair of suspender>
boating wildly in the air. Ike the reius oil
a runaway horse.
Well. Alexander
Where are my new shirts, I've torn
The list respectable one Of the old SET. half
way acro>t the back.
They aren't finished. dearr
" Not finished. Mrs Nerdon.'
NJ. | wish You wouldn't interrupt me-
Alec What's the Use OF a woman's trvn
10 Ue intellectual. when You are running inI
aud out, with perpetual questions about
shaving soap. and stockings and shirts !.
Madame de Stael never had her mind dis
-Wbed about shirts lam sure
' But what's a fellow 10 DO. with his shir.
split across the back"
"Ah-what indeed" musei Cathie. I'm al
voice 50 plainly Indicative that her mind
vas far away IN some metaphysical region.
hat Alexander gathers up MS suspenders
aud reireated IN dumb despair,
Holes n my stockings biz enough toI
Jump through. and the cologue bottle not
What work D. rroaned Mr.
' erdon- Aud I've cut my nose shaving.
and no Cathie here 10 pur ON sticking Mas
ter. But then really DO think would be
Nee - have my wife appear like LauraI
Jsllvie- l wonder what O-iiyie does wheaI
se cuts h.s nose ="
Nr- Nerdou finished his toilet and wenr
Town town. with this subject OF marvel veil
Undecided in his mind.
The city bells We're Changing One. on tbe
'ame day when Mr.. Verdon ran hurriflv pDI
Is doorsteps. and entered his own domicijeI
~ the subtitle aid OF convenient li-rleI
light-key
" Catherine Wife, Cathier
But no white apr0ned household fairvI
net him on the stairs. with g0!d-brown
'ur's tucked neatly back OF her ears. and|
bright eyes sparkling welcome.
81 She must be down in the kitchen nasl
MS thought rs lie ran down three stems a.
Time and presented himself before incl
small damsel Of twelve who was the only