The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1869-03-30

no, water ou aud of dety, and Mra
Saith staid BY to see lam sick About
seven Ia the evening be despairiniy sig-
ni6sd bis wish 10 retire, adding
Suppose Of course, you don't feel
sleepy 81 sliT
No. said Mary, looking from The
window q, lovely moon that was just
rising. no. not very
" Ven, said Smith, don't some II you
don't want TO, but / can't cit up any
longer. and ! have az idea ! shall get
to sleep
81 Mary went to bed with her beard.
ed baby
A week bad elapsed. Smith was IN
good health and slarts- He could
smoke The world wasn't such char
nel.house after al MARY was flat on
her back with a nervous headache
'S.ckf asked Smith.
Shocking pains in my temples, re-
Piled Mary
What pity, answered Smith, par
.ng bis nails at the window, without
turning bis head It's going to be a
lovely day quite ike spring. Have
Won the least idea where my grey pants
arcg
No, said Mary, family ftom the pill
low I think il the closet
strange, said Smith, about
those grey pants; don't think they've
worn very well, do your And do you
know, Mary, about the milk bill. wheth-
er it's right or not? And, by the way,
did my shoes come home last night ?
aud has that man been to fix the front
doory
My head aches so badly, said Mary,
that can't remember anything. Bid
dy win tell you
Wen, I'm sorry for You, said Smith,
tying his crayat at the glass. The
very best thing for you is to keep quiet
aud I'll take myself out Of tho way
Sleep is the thing for you.
SO Smith put on his heaviest pair Of
boots, aud went all over the house, and
let the doors bang, and whistled the
Stars and Stripes, and ato his break
fai t, and then came up 10 discuss the
respective claims Of pork and beef and
the chicken for that day dinner, clos.
ing with another recommendation to
keep quiet, and not bother herself
about anything
No better 2 asked Smith, rsproach.
fully, at six o'clock that evening; No
better? thought you'd be well, Ger
tainly, by this time, after days qui-
etr Quiet2 She had had the whole
kitchen retinue after her all day, ask
ing more questions than there are in
the Assembly's catechism, and the front
door bell ringing as il by order Of the
FIRE department: but she said nothing
at All about that; if she had, Smith
would have replied with that lordly
wave Of his hand with which mon dis.
pose OF such matters You shouldn't
allow such trifies to trouble youp
No better, then y Smith inquired
as il in gratitude to him he really de.
served a modification Of her former re.
ply-'no better2 Well, sleep after all
is the best thing; and as ! cant do any,
thing for you, think, as it is such O
lovely night, | will stroll out awhile
There, there, said he, patting the end
Of the blanket, go to sleep now And
close upon his retiring hoels she heard
the laundering bang Of the front door
After dysrs and many comparisons
between male and female headaches
and the seeming incongruity on the
male mind of the Same course OF treat
meut for both, Ms Smith fell asleep
to be walked up about twelve by Smith
who thumped up stairs in boots, and
advised her again as to the efficiency o.
sleep in cases Of female headache. =
Then Smith went to bed, and slept
the sleep Of the just, with not a glim.
mering OF an idea that he was not the
most unselfsh and most lovingest o
husbands. Indeed, had his vito qaes.
toned It, he would have pointed her tc
that column in the daily papers where
accounts are given Of husbands who
make il practice to crack their wives
skulls once week and placing his
arms akimbo, with siern look would
have asked her, With his nose close tc
her face
What II she had such husband al
thatY
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