National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-04-12
From the Tamsqua Saturday Cour.r
THE HISTORY OF A DAY, AND OF
4 LIFE.

Mrs. Lundy had been up for half an
5our, busy about one thing and another
when Mr.. Lundy rubbing his eyes, opened
them, and concluded after thinking over
The matter for some five or ten minutes
that it was time for him to be getting
ready for breakfast. So he crept out OF
bed and commenced dressing himself.
." | wish you would get me some hot
water, Aggy," he said to his wife. Il
must shave myself this morning. Mrs.
Lundy was busily engaged in dressing q
resisting urchin.
Yes, DEAR" she replied, ''in 4 moment,
oud kept on with her work, intending to
finish dressing the child before she went
down stairs after water. Mr.. Lundy wait
ed about minute and then said impatient
ly 81 wish you would get it for me now.
Agnes. can't finish dressing myself un-
til shave
The wife put down the child and went
for the water, while her husband seated
himself and waited for her return. On
receiving what he had asked for, Mr. Lun-
dy commenced shaving himself; VIXEN
about halfdone he turned to his wife, who
was leaving the room and said, g | wish
yon would tell Bill to clean that old pair
Of boots. My new ones hurt me-" After
shaving and dressing himself, Mr.. Lundy
went down stairs to read his newspaper
until breakfast time, eight o'clock was the
hour, although the food and the time did
not agree together circumstance that
iretted Mr.. Lundy who was very pune
tIal man.
Meanwhile Mrs. Lundy had herself and
live children to get ready for the morning
meal, and she was working diligently in
order to accomplish her task. But Mag
ey's hair was stubborn AMI took twice as
long as usual to comb into proper order,
and Wills temper was in worse condi-
ton than Maggy's hair, and worried the
mother great deal more; and then to
help the matter, the baby wouldn't sit
quietly with nurse, but cried all the time.
There I've broken my shoe string" said
viii, as the tie at which he had been
jerking gave way with snap
"Glve me a pin, mother" called Mary,
who was dressing herself.
Five minutes wereconsumed IN rummag-
ing drawers and boxes for a shoe string,
which must be had as Immediately after
breakfast the children must start for
school, and there would be no time then
to look tor shoe-strings. AT last, after an
exciting scene of about three quarters of
an hour, in which Mrs. Lundy was wor-
red almost to death, the children were
got in order to meet their father at the
breakfast table. And then Mrs. Lundy, in
momentary expectation of hearing the
bell, commenced putting herself in right
trim. Her hair was to be combed, and
more tidy dress to be put on, for her hus-
band could not bear to see his wife at the
breakfast table in dishabille. Her hair
was all over her face, when ting-a-lng-a
ing sounded up the stairway. For full
ten minutes she had heard her husbands S
heavy tread, as he paced the floor, to her,
unmistakeable evidence that the cook was
behind her time. With nervous haste
She drove the comb into her hair, crack
1t had broken.
Good heavens, Agnes. Amt you
crossed yet ~ exclaimed her husband,
coming to the chamber door, with his
watch in his hand. " 1t is ten minutes
past eight now. I've been ready and
waiting half an hour"
I'll be along in minute. I've only
got my hair to put up, and a dress to slip
on" replied Mrs. Lundy.
a minutel Yes. | know what your
minutes are. I'm sure you've been ar
Io5g enough to have dressed for breakfast
dozen times over"
You forgot that had all the children
70 get ready" replied Mrs. Lundy."