The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1870-06-18
stove was cold and they all thought they had no

stove was cold and they all thought they had no
dinner. D. r. q r Pr
"Int why on earth didn't Sally write me
where she was going. Perhaps some of her folks
were dead. Harvest time too. How can We
manage to get along. Heavens and airth, where
am to get hired girl. Business What can a
woman have 10 call her away from home in har-
vest I'm afraid some of those women's rights
winnsn has been talking to Sally she seemed
TO - vsry queer lately" NJ
Il voald b useless TO attsnpt to write all the
tsoubaes fsr the next thrse weeks to farmer
4 girl va hired After slone and vsxatiou.
ssareh. bat tie bread YES sour, the coffee was
muddy, the ~ sbps. potatoes Doggy, and the
Fglad to get them in any condition. The har-
vesters grambled, and y portion of them desert.
cd him when the hurry was the greatest. and
quite aquantity ct grain was lost in consequence
of not being stacked before a heavy ram.
| Just three. weeks from her departure Mrs.
Brown slighted from her farm wagon, and enter
ed her own house. Disorder and dirt reigned
supreme, but with the help of the girl, who
really tried to do her BEST and needed only care
full supervision, she succeeded in changing the
aspect Of the kitchen and sitting.room in a few
hours. @ EtN
When the menfOlks came to dinner, the table
wore its former inviting look, and the pretty
hostess sat ut its head, in her accustomed place.
Farmer Brown was 80 delighted that he forgot
to deliver the lecture he had so carefully pre-
pared. through three weeks OF indignation, for
her return. NttU
"Whar on airth have you been, Sally 2" he
asked the first time they sat alone together.
"At Mr. Thompson's in A. was her
| quiet answer. NsNtA
"Any of your folks? I never heard you spea1l
of them" s
"No, they were strangers"
Heavens and sirth, Sally" this was all the
swearing Farmer Brown ever did, "whatever
possessed you to go off among strangers in har'
vest time ?"
81 was earning the money for wringer," was
the simple reply.
Had a thundsrbolt struck Farmer Brown he
could not have been more completely psrslized
She went on: sF,. s-...-.,
II thought while was about it, might al
we'll earn myself this pretty and cheap dress Il
work in. like - we'll to look neat. as before
was married, and If I mistake not, my husband
! likes to have me"
'Mrs Thompson kindly taught me how to sew
upon her machine, 20 made it in few hours
I could earn sewing machine for myself, BY
Rxed you al mp again at home" cyTgrsye
'Never," said Mr.. Brown, decidedly, "why
Sally, your absence has cost NJ over . hundred
dollars already, and it will take 10 long tim,
to get back in the old track again." T VIZ
II never intend TO get back into II again." sh<
answered slowly and solemnly. aItl vas tn
path of an invslids life, and sure death. Inn
absencs wss the osnss Of money Lost, then BY nl
presence in my household, and performance Of m!
duties there help 70 earn that money, and IL {
only Just that Q reasonable portion Of IL b OF
roj,do6 In 1;vhteniuu NV tnila - ~ 3aeM saaa
"Well, sally, I suppose the old farm viii sup
ply all the help and tools you need, without you
going any where else TO earn j" 's'. '1sa'e
Il hope co." she replied, the slightest possibl
CLEAN OF merriment aashing into her eyes, 'as i
viii be % much pleasanter." A%T,
The subject was never resumed between them
but one ,would think, 70 peep into their Kitchen
Il that Mr.. Brown wss agent 1ot all the Women
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