Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1871-09-01

knocked again loud and long. A
baby screamed. Some one Is alive
| said to myself. Out of patience l
knocked again aud kept Knocking
Some one came slowly down stairs,
slowly walked through the hall,
slowly unfastened the door, and there
stood Mary, bewiidered, half un.
dressed, and with babe In her
arms. G
why, Mary Morrison r said.
why, Kate! she returned. Itried
to kiss her, but the baby set up a
scream and she retreated before me
into the house, saying, Hush -sh.'
Of course like the Knight of Snow
den, | needed rest and a guide and
food and fire. But the fire was out,
; aud the girl had left last week, and
John was at the once she believed, |,
and so Mary gave me .the baby and
went to work to get me some supper.
followed her from! kitchen to PAN
lty and from pantry to, cook -stove,
trying to talk, bat the baby screeched
and screamed so that we could not
hear each other speak. At last In
} despair gave him to his.mother and
prepared MY own cup OF tea, Mary
telling me whers to find every thing.
Il When I went to bed, John had not
/ yet come, home. Iwas rather dis
gusted with my Western experience
I 80 far. sndAwas not disposed to Judge
il anything very favorabiy. Pretty
care Ne takes Of herl' I said to my
self indignsdtiy; leaving her alone
in the house with that baby to take
care of, too! Suppose it should have
commissions with its screaming -
Suppose the lliouse should catch fire
some evening! II is well Ilcame out
here #ass ga
| The next morning | was rested ard
ready to look about me. John gave
mea brotherly greeting and I said,
1'Weil, obstinatus, how are you.' 80
| A feeting smile crossed. his face at
this remindef Of old times. but after
Ia few questions about iny journey
and the health of father and mother
he re!apsed into silence aud atstrac.
tion. m wsfR. a28.
Mary, can't have cup OF tea?'
he said at breakf fast, although he
knew Mary herself would have to
prepare 1t, which she did while he
held the baby. 'As IL he couldn't
drink the coffee already NADER. /
thought to myself with secret indig.
nation. Mary saw how J felt, but
John did not perceive 1t, and soon he
was off to his office. an. '7 7''
i There is no need Of my going into
all the details of Mary's life. Any
girl who marries sooner or later finds
herself Immersed In cares9 Remem-
Der that, my dear And 1t 10 a great
change from life In which there is
little or no thought to take except
for ones self. And 81 in many cases
she leaves an indulgent home be
sides, in which everything seems to
go on Of itself Mind, / say seems,
for In reality some one has to take
care of home every minute, and to
sacrifice ease that Ii may be a home.
After you are married and come into
your own house 1t is revealed to you
that that 'some one' 10 henceforth to
be yourseT. The mistress of house
needs more than almost any one else
to breathe the spirit Of the divine
Love which said, Behold, / am
among you as.one that serveth.
She is the one who must set every
thing right and keep everything from
going wrong. She must watch over
every ones daily comfort, and Ii is
ten to one whether anybody thinks
of hers. IL the meals do not please
her family, they appeal to her. Tf
the servants have any complaints to
make they make them to her. III the
children are aiiing she Is the one who
must lose rest In consequence, nor
can she relax her care in the day, no
matter how fatigued at night. And
many a house has been kept by amis-
tresswho though iii felt that she could
not rest even on her sick bed, all
others may have the blessed repose of
lying down and taking no thought
because IL ishome but she must take
thought because 1t .is home !. she
must carry her care about with her
ny day, and lie down with II ut night.
FItisa blessNd diseipline. Of self-abne-
CATION IL used Alright. but what wen.
der that self.seekers are not able to
bear 1t. One can readily see how It
is that some elevate marriage TO the |
dignity of sacrameltal means Of
grace, and why others rail at ID and |
seek to loosen its bonds. But, to go |
back to my story. pn
Your aunt Mary felt the change
from her old careless happy life, and |
although she said nothing, I saw !
that she felt 1t. She found another
aeryant in.a few days-a raw, good.
natured German girl who had every
thing to learn. The baby was teeth
ing. and John was but little at home.
And that was her life. sgssi |
Moreover. John was not, 1 must
say, altogether q comfortable man to
have at home. He hsd the faculty
OF stirring up everything; moderate
tornado could not have done 1t more |
effectually. Hehad lived all his life |
1t hotels before his marriage, where |
he bad been subjected. Or course, to
rules and systems. and his idea Of |
home was that 1t was place where a
person could live without system, or |
as he expressed it, do as 1 fellow |
plesses.' 1t suited him to leave his |
boots sbopt when he pnt on bis slip
pers, and his slippers when he put |
on his boots. or course, some one
had TO arrange things In order after
him. aud that some one was always
Mary. He had q provoking habit of
twisting the window. shades instead
OF rolling them up. His overcoat |
was generally thrown on the nearest
chair, and he was often unpunctuaI
at meals. which IlIscoofased and
vexed the one servant who was maid. |
o4ftsilrxpfks Il
oh! | said to myself dozen
times 4 day If I ever marty I viii
teach my husband different fro m |
this! I will be drudge for no
mani And then he seemed % |