South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-10-06

/ OndrutS nODDy. ana IrOm the luct
less moment when so innocently il
vited hin to mount it, up to the tim
when forcibly compiled him to di
mount from 1t, had ample opportunit
to exercise my smiling patience, sus linn
dignity and heroic fortitude" Whetne
or not improved my opportunities prC
perly, will leave you to judge for you
| self. But for two whole years HOY
mother did iG" seemed to be the watch
word of Charles existence, and was th
6ete mir of mine.
So long as Charlie and 1 were in Pars
disc the house kept itself, and very NIGEL
it did It too, but by the time we wer
resdy to come back to earth the perfec
servants, who had been taking such goo
care of themselves, and our two daft selve
into the bargain, were found to be sadl
demorslized.- The discovery came upo
us gradually. / thind my husband notice
the decaderce IS soon as l did, but
wasn't going TO invite his attention to th
| fact; and he, ] suppose, thought that
thought that everything was just as
should be. -Hf3a zen
One of Charles inherited manias wa
for early rising-a habit which woul(
have been highly commendable and un
deniably invaluable in a laboring man, bu
which struck me, who had an equally
strong mania for not rising early, as ex
tremely inconvenient and the least LITTLE
bit absurd. Charlie got up early simply
because mother did it before him; anC
after he had risen at earliest dawn anC
dressed himself, he had nothing better tC
DO than walk out on the front gallery
locate himself in big wicker chair, tilt
his chair back and elevate his feet to the
top of the banisters, and stare out over the
CO ton fields. This position he would
maintain, probably, about twenty minutes
Then the pangs of hunger would render
MIN restless, and he would draw out his
watch to note the time of day. The next
step in the formula would bring him back
to my room door while was still sltepily
trying to reconnect the broken links Of q
dream, from which vain effort he would
startle me into wide awake reality by a
stentorisu "Lulie, Luliel Come, wife
it's breakfast-iime"
Upon which, instead of "heroic forti.
tude," would treat him to little cross
"Please yell at the cook, Charlie, and
not at me. I'm sure If people toiH get
up at such unearthly hours, they should
expect to be kept waiting for their break
fast"
Then the spirit of unrest would impel
Charlie toward the back door, where
would hear him commanding, exhorting,
entreating.
Mentally registering VOW to give my
husband dose of Mrs. Winslow's sooth-
ing syrup on the coming night, would
relinguish all hope of another nap, get up
and dress myself, and join my roaring Ion
on the front gallery, where we would
both sit meekly waiting for the allied
forces of kitchen and dining-room to de-
eide upon the question of revictualing US.
"Lulie," said Charlie to me one morn
ing at ths-breakfast table, things are get
ting all cut of gear about this house, some
how or other"
put down the coffee-pot'with a re-
signed thump, and asked my lord, with an
injured air, to please explain himself
well, when mother was alive I never
knew what it was to sit down to my break
fast later than six o'clock in summer or
seven in winter"
"How did she manage it, Charlie? ?"I
asked, very meekly.
"Why, by getting up early herself. No
servant en- the face of the globe is going
10 get up at daybreak and go to work in
earnest when she knows her mistress is
sound asleep in bed. l will tell you how
mother did: she had a pretty good-sized
Oell that she kept on table by her bedside,
md every morning, as soon as her eyes
we're open, she would give such peal
with that old bell that every servant on
he premises knew that Mistiss was awake
= ln14s--oI 4Ha,,,aal,a,
ngly. There was no discount on mother;
hat was the way she made father rich
nan, too"
"But, Charlie, you're already rich
nan, and why on earth should we get
'ut of bed at daybreak just because your
mother and father did so before us?"
"Of course. Lulie," said Charlie, the
east little bit celdly, al have no desire in
he world to force you to conform to my
news 1 only told you how mother did it."
Reader, you know how loved Charlie e,
nd after that out-laTked the lark in early
ising; and although Charlie and did lit
lie more than cape in each other's faces
or an hour or two, and wish breakfast
would come, and wonder what made them
axe so long, he was perfectly satisfied
hat we were both on the road that was to
make US healthier, wealthier and wiser.
Among other points on which my hus-
and and 1 were mutually agreed was a
king for good strong coffee, and we also
eld in common one decided opinion, and
hat was, that our coffee was gradually
ecomlng anything but good and strong.
Charlie brosched the subject first. "Lu-
e, our coffee is getting to be perfectly un-
said he one morning, putting
is cup down with face of disgust.
1t is, indeed, Charlie; it's perfectly
illainous Milly ought to be ashamed of
erself. | shall speak to her again after
Maybe you don't give out enough cof-
se?" suggested Charlie. I
don't know how much Milly takes"
replied, innocently. $3.50
"Takesl Do you mean to say that you |
ont know how much coffee goes out of |
our pantry, Lulie? l don't wonder we |
ever have any fit to drinkr'
III had been of en- argumentative turn, l |
Tould have asked Charlie to explain how |
living the cook carte blanche in the mat |
,r of quantity should have such a disas-
'ous effect in the matter of quality. But l |
as not of an argumentative turn, so / |
ftA AO AOtiCS "a AAo NuCCA 1OS1C.
"Why should l bother about every
ooonful of coffee, Charley? You assured
Ie, when first came here, that every ser
ant you had was as honest as you or l, |
nd I'm sure Milly knows better than do
ow much coffee she ought to take"
"Well," said Charlie, with a sigh of
lock resignation, :" that may be the way
ley do things now a-dsys, but remem-
er exactly how mother managed to have
ood Coffee Here the hobby broke into
brisk canter. recollect she had a
tile oval wooden box, that held, / sup
ose, about Qusrt-or two, maybe-of
,ssted coffee, and that box stood on the
antelpiecs in her room; and every
corning, as soon as her bell rang, Miliy
oGld come with cup and spoon, and
lother would measure out two table
,oonfuls of coffee with her own hands
I'd give it to the cook, and the cook knew
etter than not to have good coffee, l can
II you"
Are you sure it was only two spoon.
lis, Chsrlie?"
"! am sure" responded Charlie, SOL
nnly.
As good-luck would have it. while rum
aging in the store room a day or two
ter that coffee talk, came upon little
d oval wooden box, the lid Of which l
stached with some difficulty, ard as the
,ent of the roses hung round it still, had
D difficulty in identifying my treasure
oxxo ,arifb tho 1sroodev, how that had r1ar- |