Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1865-08-26

help 1T Il nad so mucu, W w, - -
could not wash them before; and lust
as / got them nicely drying, OF course
he came, and then it was notning put
hurry. hurry, hurry L had TO pu.
them onto heri That night she had
sbe croup and died; but i do not think
was TO blame; he need not have hur-
RED me so.
When we sold our house he gave me
the money to put away in the bureau
drawer. he wanted me to go with him
IN look 1T another house he thought OF
buying. He kept hurrying me SO, that
had not time to put it away, SO Just
dronned the bills loose in my pocket
nntilrI cot back. We stopped on the
,rav 10 see n fire.-at least / wanted to
ston but he kept hurrying me, and
worid not let me stay. When we got
home the money was gone, he raved
and stormed like everything ard
said: $50 sfh -
Inever did do anything when 1
ouoht TO do it, and if was not so neg
igent everything would not go to
ruinl" ea
i am sure it was really unkind in him
when ] tried so hard all the time 90 do
right L cried more tears about 1t than
there were dollars lost, but that did not
bring the money back, neither did adj
vertising. 81 fr..
At last it got so bad, that when /
would see him coming, / was sure to
get 81 nervous and all In a tremhle, and
then was Just as sure to break some
thing. I would sit down and cry by
the hour at his unkindness; and would
You believe it, when he came home ne
would say: ~
s'Tf You had hurried up your work
while You sat there crying, you would
have done much betterP' 81 ~
Not one word of pity or consolation,
at ALL Was it not downright cruel?' -
Sometimes used to think he did not
love me at all: and 1 would think OF
that all day, and get a little speech
ready for use in the evening. i would
say it over and over all day, so as to be
sure and not forget what it was when
he came home Sometimes / would
get as far as Mortimer, my dear hus-
band" when ne would give me little
impatient shove, anu say:
ssBetsy Jane, how your hair looksr'
or; why in the world did you not
OF course, after such en- unfeeling
speech, could not say anything more
to him; and 1 did not speak once, all
the evening.
It did not seem to hurt him a parti-
Gle. He acted all the time as though
he really enjoyed it. When 1 used to
sit there crying, day after day, l used
to wish sometimes that could die, so
as to make him sorry for all he had
said to me; and then kind of uncon-
sciously, would go to dreaming day
dreams.
would fancy that I was dead, that
was clothed in spotless raiment andmy
hands were folded meekly over my
heart. Sometimes used to straighten
out my feet and cross my bands, just
to see how il would seem; but I would
draw them up again quickly, with little
shudder, but for all that, 1 would go on
dreaming. would picture him kneel-
ing beside my coffin, sorrowing bitter
" because he had been so cruel to me;
and then the solemn undertaken would
come, with slow. respectful steps, to
ask the mourners to retire while he
performed the last solemn rites.
Just there my dream would always
end abruptly in spite of my endeavors
ID the contrary, fOr. / could never inn
agine Mr.. Montgomery doing anything,
after that point was reached, except
saying:
Come, come, let US get this bust
ness out of the way"
am sure do not know as he would,
only | could not help thinking so. One
day / really did not know but my
dreams were going to prove themselves
realities, for was taken very sick. /
could not doubt my husbands love
now. Through all those weary weeks
no hand was so tender, no voice so low
ing as his. used to lay there day
after day, condemning myself for my
uRworthiness. He never said hurry to
me but once in all that long time, and
that was when he said:
my little wife must hurry and get
we'll"
was so weak and nervous, and some
way it brought all our little chickering's
so forcibly to mind. How foolish they
seemed then, looking at them as / did
by the dim light of the past. I began
to cry bitterly, and ne soothed and ca
ressed me, until told him all that had
been in my mind for so long time,
and how much 1 had cried over it, and
how long / had tried to hurry because /
knew he desired it. He did not say one
word, but he stopped down and kissed
me long and tenderly.
1t was long time before he said
hurry to me again. Now it Is just as
bad as ever. / do not want you to
think do not love him just as well as
/ did when we were married, for do,
only do not like to be hurried, and
when / get to thinking about it, get
tired of living, and 1 would commit
suicide, if il was not hurrying one out
of the world so fast. 50
declared believe that clock struck
six! Now shall have to hurry sup
per so. He will be here in half an
hour, and the fire not kindled yet, and
the breakfast dishes unwashed; prom
ised to mend his pants to-day. Oh,
dear me, if supper is not ready, I'm
sure cannot help it. / have worked
all day just as fast as I could, only /
read two or three hours this morning.
No one can blame me for that, I'm sure,
need some mental recreation; and then
about noon was so tired, / laid down
TO fs6 a couple of hours. Oh, mercyl
there Mr.. M. comes, and ] hear him
telling Nancy Ann to tell her mother to
hurry mp the supper. ..-V-Yn e.