St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1867-11-08

deal from fellow but she used to fire
up sometimes and that was more than
she could stand. "You don't deserve
to be cared about, for speaking like that"
says she, with her cheeks as red as. peat
Goals.
That was right before the children.
Mary AIMS eyes were as big as saucers,
and little Nancy was crying at the top
of her lungs, with the baby tuning in, so
we knew it was time to stop. But stop
ping wasn't ending ; and folks can look
things that they don't say.
We sat down to supper as glum as
pump-handles there were some fritters
- never knew anybody beat your
mother at Understanding hot off the
stove and some maple mola,ses in one of
the best chiny teacups l knew well
enough it was just on purpose for my
last night, but never had a word TO
say, and Nancy crumbed up the chldren's
bread with a jerk. Her cheeks didn't
grow any winter it seemed as if they
would blaze right up,-I couldn't help
looking at them, for all l pretended not
to, for she looked just like a picture.
Some women always are pretty when
they are put ut,-and then again some
amt
That supper was very dreary sort of
supper, with the baby crying and Nancy
getting up between the mouthfuls to
walk up and down the room with him
he was heavy little chap for a ten
month-old, and | think she must have
been tuckered out with him all day. |
didn't think about it then; man doesn't
notice such things when he's angry-it
is mt in him. | can't say but she would
if Id been in her place. just eat up
the tritters and the maple molaSses,- -
seems to me l told her she ought not TO
use the best chiny cup, but I'm not just
sure-and then | took my pipe and sat
down in the corner.
| watched her putting the children to
bed they make great deal Of noise,
squirming off Of her lap ard running
round barefoot Sometimes | used tC
hold them and talk to them and help her
a bit, when felt good natured, but
just sat and smoked and let them alone
was all worked up about that lamp,
wick, and thought, you see, if she hadn'l
: any feelings for me there wis no need o
, my having any for her,-if size had cut
the wick, I'd have taken the babies ; sh,
r hadn't cut the wick and wouldn't tax,
t the babies she might see it If she want
ed to, and think what she pleased. | hat
t been badly treated, and | meant TO show
t it.
! 1t is strange, Johnny, it really doe
A seem TO me very strange, how easy it i
in this world to be always taking care o
=, our rights. Eve thought a great dea
r about it since I've been growing old, an,
j there seems to NE good many thing
: we'd better look after tlI>t
a But you see | hadn't found that on
e in IL and 50 sat in the corner, and tcl
o very much abused. can't say but wha
e Nancy had pretty much the same idea
ii for when the young ones were al in be
o at last, she took her knitting and 50
C down the other si,ie OF the fire, sort c
II turning her head round and looking Il
:. at the ceiling. as if she were trying he
| best to forget | was there. That was
II way she had when | was courling and W
: went along to huskings together, Wit
?, the moon shining round.
t Well, | kept on smoking, and 81
a kept on looking at the ceiling, and nj
Z body SAID a word for a while, till by al
I'd by the fire burnt down and she got u
and put on fresh log.
1t YOU'RE dreadful wastefnl with II
p wood, Nancy" says l, bound TO s;
n something cross, and that was all cou
III think of.
ry Take care of your own fire, then
H. says she, throwing the los down al
nd standing up as staisht as she could stan
en- Il think its pity if YOU haven't an
to thing better to do, the last night beto
IN going in, than to pick everything do
ny pieces this way, and l tired enough
- drop, carrying that great crying child
ne my arms ell day You ought to
as ashamed of yourself, Aaron Hollis :"
&c, Now if she had cried a little, very Ii
to | should have given up and thst won
have been the end of it, for ] never cou
he bear to see woman cry it goes agalI
NJ the grain. But your mother wasn't o
,ry of the crying sort and she didn't feel Ii
zen it that night.
he She just stood up there by tie firepl;
But as proud as Queen Victory,-1 do
is blame her, johnny, no, l don't bla
ut, her; she had the right of it there,
ICY ought TO have been ashamed of myse!
md but man never likes to hear that tr'
&C. other folks, and put my pipe down
m the chimney-shet SO hard l heard it 81
ht- like ice, and | stood up too, and said
90, but no matter what | said, | guess.
| it mans quarrels with his wife always III;
me think of what the Scripture s
ow, about other folks not intermeddlil
re, They're things, in my opinion, that dc
the concern anybody else as a general thl
vas and | couldn't tell what | said with
it'll telling what she sad, and I'd rat
iou not do that. Your mother was az e
" and patient tempered a woman as c
on't lived, Johnny, and she didn't mean
SO and it was that set her on. BeslC
as nv words were worst of the two.
und Well, we'll, I'll hurry along just h
in for it's not a time | like to think abo
lger but we had it back and forth there
any half an hour, till we had angered c
,lew other up so couldn't stand it, an
lifted up my hand-l would have str
ould her if she hadn't been woman.
own "Well," says l. Nancy Hollis,
you sorry for the day married you,
oped that's the truth, if ever spoke a
10th word in my life -
wouldn't have told you that nov
can you could understand the rest with