Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-12-04
SOt at Home.

wv VIE Il lOt as NOUlr she nSfl 10
be; but she Is not 80 old or SO large around
the waist that | cannot hold her IN INV Ian
vet. OF an evening when the babies 2rl
asleep nor vet 50 practical - -hIos,ir,e-. on
the little woman that we can mot .tv
silly nothines to each other as we u,sI 10
do. my wife and /. in the MOONLIGHT and
the starlight that were lost - us some fen
or fifteen years ago. Aud really. now
think OF it. this sparkling of ones wife Is Good
enough to have a patent to il; i is FREQ
dom as blessed A. that which has come to
Mr.. Buffers contraband. if it isn't anv
better: but. beyond that, it Is purity it.
self whatever one or the Other of the
sparkling party may DO. For instance. 4
winter night five years aso-a winter sun
dav night watched out in Kathleen's
kitchen. by the light Of glowing fire.
with the help of neither Gas nor Kerosene
Kathleen, good girl. had gone to church
4 winter sunday night with my sweet wife
was the happiest night ev2r knew. You
VIII smile At tins when tell You my wife
IS not singer that She knows scarcely the
difference between the high Do and the
lower one, and invariably at the most
touching point OF song touches such notes
as are reserved for the back, black KEYS OF
her invisible piano, and otherwise iniul-
ges, IN such very questionable opera as is
scarcely pleasant 10 even an uncultivated
ear; and when | say that on the night in
question my wife had g curle1 herself up ="
on my lap-little girl that She was and as
nope she always VIII be-with her arms
around my neck and her head on my
shoulder and finally when | say that |
was vainly trying to teach my wife to sing
the very ordinary air Familiarity called
., Old Grimes If l remember rightly
the effort was a failure; the small pink ear
winch touched my checks when a break
worse than usual insticated a mock sob
worse than usual, with words a~ silly but
as sweet as Dora and Dickens gave The
blessed :" Doady the small, pink ear. in
fact, was not an ear fer music
| was going to say that | said to my
wife the other dav, urbanelv. but with the
dignity belonging to a husband and 4
startling suggestion. :. You will have a fire
built in the front room tomorrow. nv
dear"
She looked up pleasantly. but surprised.
anu IlIulTcii, SnOUlt We nave company.
| told her that we should Mt have COM
pany, that l was aware. but that life was
short and goods were high that mans
most important seasons were during his
leisure hours, and they might. with proper
industry, be turned to account: that was
pretty busy generally durinc the most of
the night. at nv legitimate bus;ness as
she was aware but that. after all. mems
best thoughts came when there WIS no inn
mediate necessity for usino Them an1 i
was unjust to the world r. INV Wifi and
TO myself to keen tbor, ont of ,,r;,'+ g..
the laeeard's reason that there onrbt to he
blessed relief in the leisure bonr from the
cry for copv :. down the hox
:. And then NV doar co;I INV. ,-;c,
TAKING in the idea with marvellous coler;+,,
but I'm not snre there was,nt = ;oI-a N I
ner words somewborn--. ,o,,u NOT 5oT-o - /
ston ON tho wa,- bo,,,o :, ,o,,,,,,a,.o41 ~, -
talk politics. or to he botberad hv onybodv |
Dr. to be made TO come homo 50 ve,t 1ory