The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1869-05-18

/ hare aa can d. ~ keep np the IN
tsresi, and occasionally ran behind on
thai. / sometimes get 30 discouraged
that am tempted u psy no interest,
aud lol Morse fofeelose "a me
would not do that You would
then have no home
have no home now, said Mastcrton
No home What do YOU mean
have got house. bot have got no
home. II You are not in too big a hur-
~, let us take walk and / VIII tell
you You hase been friend OF mine
for years You have often asked me
why / drink / have alwaye refused 10
tell Somehow am just now in such
state Of mind. that il viii ',e relief
TO speak have tsought more Of il
since was al your house the other eve
ning, than ever before The fact is,
Tom, | don take any comfort at home
ain perfectly surprised thought
everything went pleasantly a. your
house, excepting, perhaps when you
might be ii,tle The worse for liquor
/ have not seen much Of your family Of
late, but always supposed your wife a
woman who would make home pleas
at.
My wife can appear as well as any
person ever met When she is in
company, she has mode Of address
which is very pleasing to those who
meet her. viii say to you, however,
that she has a terrible temper Do as
best can, cannot do anything just
right
think you exaggerate. Perhaps
your head is not always clear. " hen
man comes home half or two-thirds
drunk, / do not wonder that ii stirs up
woman,s temper / should expect
my wife would storm if / should enter
my house reehng from drink.
4 Ifit was only when / was drunk ]
would not say anything. 1t is just the
same when | am sober. In fact, Tom,
this was the very thing that first set me
to drinking | could not take any com
fort at home, so / went to Krissler's -
He had good fire, and room full of
company. We smoked and talked;
and as the evening was near spent, |
took some beer and went home. Then
4 ! had to listen TO another TRADE. -
Things went on from bad to worse;
drunk or sober, it was all the same. -
When we have company, she gets the
tea out Of the way before work hours
are over, and when | get home, the
leavings are set before me. generally
eat and clear out II | say anything
she will give it back faster than | can.
Since her mother came things are lit
tie different The old lady is good
woman, and really take comfort at
home. rather think she's been talk
ing to my wife; for says she but little,
but what she says is in much better
temper than usual.
When was at your house the
other evening, and saw how your wife
and children treated you, fairly enu-
cd you. Then | looked at the pictures
and books, and thought that, if | had
not spent so much for liquor, ! might
have had things as nice as you.
am sorry for you, Ned, but don t
be discouraged | hope things viii ali
come out right in the end.
| don't know about that. | can earn
good wages, AID could pay of my mort
gage in tue course Of time. Still, ex-
cept as shelter from storms. and as a
place to est and sleep, my house affords
me no comfort.
How long is your mother-in-law to
remain with you
l don't know. Why?
Because / want her to come and SEQ
my wife. Ask her TO call on Monday,
/ presume she would be glad to call;
but | am afraid even she will, in her
heart reproach me bitterly when she
sees how much nicer everything is at
your house. ] will tell her, however.
You won't say anything about what /
have told you, for don't want my mat
, ters made town-talk
have little plan in my head, and
cannot carry it ont without / tell my
wife the substance Of what you have re-
lated to me She will keep it to her
self.
On Monday, the molher-in-law Of
Mastertou called on Mrs Larned. Al
ter some conversation on unimportant
matters, Mrs, Larned told the old lady
the substance Of what hor husband had
related, and asked her il il was true -
She said she did not doubt it. She add
ed, have told Henrietta that she Is ru-
ining Edward He is naturally irrita-
bic, and she loves to provoke him
had not been there two hours before
saw how matters were gong. / talked
seriously With my daughter. and told
her she mnst refrain from saying bitter
and irritating things. am thankful
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