Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1867-03-08

and when first saw him sign check, H.
Lahore & Co" | felt Kind of childish
jealousy that Co did not mean me- In fact
/ was so delighted at the idea of commu-
nifty of goods, that was several times upon
the point of saying, " Our hat and walking
stick-our earrings and sum-shade and
/ think l was only saved from this absurd
ty by a timely recollection of the hospita-
bic intentions of the mistress of IA seaside
boarding house, who, hearing young lady
boar,ler vainly regretting she had left her
tooth brush at home, remarked, with equal
kindness and Rdirete Law dear sakes,
don't mind that a bit, | am sure YOU can
use ours just as well as not"
Well, our journeying was over at last,
and we went home And it certainly was
a lovely place-So convenient, and fitted
and furnished in such good taste quite
out of town, and with such pretty grounds
large enough for all enjoyment, and not
large enough to be a trouble or an ex-
pense to keep them IN good order. And
the two dear little girls came running out
to receive lis. and made friends with me at
once: and our Cat was a splendid Maltese,
and the most dignifed and well-bred cat
ever saw in all my life; and | did not like
the looks of our old cook at all but as my
husband said | was to change her just as
soon as | pleased if she did not suit me, |
concluded to try her a while before | made
any fuss. And we had such kind and
pleasant neighbors, so friendly and so diff
| ferent from city neighbors And then our
Cow, why, she was perfect lady; l am
very fond of milk and cream, and she was,
as the astronomers would say. CLEARLY dis
tinguished in The milky wayr'
As TO our Pig, though | often talked
about him with the children. must own |
did not make his acquaintance. / found
he lived in a rather damp basement under
the barn that he was not of a social turn
of mind, but kept himself to himself and
did not go into society at all and as my
own temperament did not agree with his,
never called upon him; particularly as the
children said he was of q greedy and very
dissatisfied turn, always squealing if not
| fed, and granting if he was, which seemed
very unamiablc in him. But have rather
regretted since that did not do something
to make his lonely life more agreeable 10
him; for, like too many OF our human Tel
lOw-creatures il was not until his sad but
virtuous life had come 10 a sudden and Vi
olent close that we fully realized what a
| pig he Was And when VIC came 10 sum
up all his excellent parts. from his chops
to his trotters, his hams and his shoulders.
his spare-ribs and chine pieces, his harslet
and middlings we were fairly astonished
at :he magnitude OF his merits and as
the briny drops fell fast over his cold re
mains, we looked at each other and said,
We had no idea there was so much in
him :"
Altogether | was Just as happy as a
nj nd 4 L.,
ing stars fairly sung Tor JOY, and but
what was going to tell yOu9 know |
had something to tell when / began. at
least | thought had but l have been so
well, yes, well call il "garrulous have
almost forgotten what it was about. oh
yes remember now, il was about the
first time | expected any of my husbands
family to come to make us a visit
Ii was the second summer after our mar
rage had been a wife one year and a
half and my baby was just three months
old. had not quite got up my strength,
and | suppose was nervous. for | did so
fuss over that first baby; and she was a
little, healthy, rugged, easy-going child,
too, as ever a mother was blessed with
But my knowledge of babies was at that
time altogether theoretic. / loved them
intensely; but as 10 the care of them, |
knew no more of that than 1.-The man in
the moon," who Is, l believe, the received
type OF ignorance upon all points, though
why he should be, with his exalted oppor-
tunlties of observation, really never could
understand
Oh, how did fuss over that baby /
had such solemn sense of my great re-
sponsibility in the charge G; a young
immortal that the very ooDsciouSness of
my weakness made me distrust the little
knowledge and Judgment l really had
Fortunately had good, kind, practical,
common sense nurse; if l had not had, l
think l should have worried myself and
the baby-not to say the rest OF the family
out of existence.
Ii the baby did not sleep as usual, l was
sure she was sick-golng TO have brain
fever, possibly. If she slept more than
argy. If she cried, was sure she was i'll
and when she did not cry / feared she was
in stupor. 1 almost put her eyes out
holding her in the strong light = he GER
tain that she was not born kinl and
when the dear little innocent, in her I'M
conscious sleep INDUCED in those diaboli-
cal grlmaces which, | regret TO say, the
best and sweetest of babies are prone to in
their sleep, was possessed with the idea
she was going into commissions, and poked
her awake 10 be sure she was not. to the
disgust of nurse.
l have often thought since of the boy
who. in an agony of awe and remorse,
cried out that he had "been, and went.
and killed a cherubim - | think | fully
shared all his awe and distress only in
my case 1t was not remorSe at having kill
ed my cherubim. but Overwhelming anx-
iety lest / should 1t was just while mat
tiers were in this state that nv husband
brought home letter-a mere letter of
business-fr1n his sisters husband; but
at the close it contained the following short
but, to me, important announcement
Love to Mary and the little ones; please
tell Mary that Isabella and | mean to run
down one of these fine days and spend
week or so with you
That was all-"only that, and nothing
more; it looked simple enough at first.
certainly; nothing very alarming in the
idea of friend and his wife-some of your
own family, too-coming to pass few
days with you-and possibly month OF
more to get ready in.
oh, that is the very point don't you
see it? All then it is possibly because
you are man and not young house
keeper. That vague uncertainty as to the
time; and then whole month given to
you to get ready in How much they
must expect oh, if they had only come
now, just out of hand, Unexpectedly, il
had been so much better, They would
not have expected so much. should
have made very good appearance, taken |
unawares ; and all would have been easy
and sociable. But now had time enough |
and to spare and 1 must look after nv |
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