The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1867-08-27

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Little Maggie had been quite sick with
q cold, tossing with a high fever all night.
Baby Tom was teething, and the constant
pain and itching of his gums had kept
him SO restless that his mother had not
enjoyed one hour of sound, unbroken
slumber the whole night; consequently
morning brought extreme languor, with a
sharp, throbbing pain through the tenn
Eples. ).
Wailing children dressed, and quieted
with doll, strap and whip, she dragged
her weary limbs to the kitchen, kindled a
fire in the cooking-stove, ,and put the ket-
tile on for coffee. Her task completed,
and the children still playing, she thought:
Perhaps I can hurry out and milk while
the fire burns" -
She had just reached the barnyard
when Farmer Balm passed through with
a basket Of corn. His brow was dark
and scowling, as he said apgrllY:
I'D like to know what time we'd have
breakfast this morning; always the way
when I'm hurried; must wait till nearly
noon for breakfast" And as he slammed
the gate,e he muttered: "Wish I had a
wife that was of some account-I'm tired
of seeing pale, sulky face
These unkind words received no reply,
but the. pale lips quiyered and tear
found its way down her hollow cheek
Her small, delicate form bentover its task
with an air of deeper detection, which
seemed to say palmer than words: "What
a hard time have, and how little he pit
les me;" and her thin hands applied them
selves with more hasty strokes.
Farmer Balm was not really an unkind
man, and had any ene accused him of
such to his wife, he would have hurled
the assertion back with spirit. He was
one of those "cool, calculating" men, who
thought more of the cattle market and
the probable price of wool the next clip
ping, than Of his wife's last headache
he provided plenty for all physical needs,
and as he often remarked, ''there was
plenty Of marketing, and Nellie might
sba nesded n Rut those wore not al Nel.
les needs Har inner l;fa ve.rpad for
somstb;ng. more .Tbero yere sn;,;t
pleadings for. higher enjoyment. though
cause thew. wsrS not ,,ttered Fata i "a
MARKED her ont . nath and dntv bade her
follow. which she did with quiet resiepa-
tion; and if there were sometimes heart
swellinos and rebellious aspirations It
was no fault Of hers,
AT. breakfast there was no kindly toned
inouiry, fr om Farmer Rain wby mn food
nassed his wife's Tins Ne thonobt stbe
Children unnsuallv rdisagreeahle and Of
oonrss Nellie had the sniks Coffee and
so,s vera d;snotched IN s;lence ond be
! Srrn,i5 laft IL tabls Mrs r rema;n;ns
- wa;. ,non tbe cb;ldrsn and nonder nn
ON faststor task ar the day which gbe was forced
to admit were l;kejv to he left nnnerform-
"a rs the Main Il her head was stead;lv
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.T sbolI .ttend the stocL sala to.davn
Care Of noisv little ones and snndrv
/ little ;abs which must he performed did
mot tend to an;et her tbrobb;no nerves
per lessen the main in her head The day
draored heavily to close Little Mao.
gie' 3 and Tommy's ewes grew fogpv with
sIeen. and nlacino them in q their little Ifa he'd
tba tender mother bent over them far one
mament N muta nravarfnlness tb;nt;no
& NAV he what if thew were motherlass.
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