The Portland daily press., 1872-04-06
How the DeacOn's Wife In
trOduced the Deacon.
BY NEIL MACGREGOR.


Deacon Flint had decided to ,noye. bof
decided to Commence moving at nreciseiv fivf
O'Clock. Monday morning .Inlv 18th and 81
on that identical Monday morning Won miobt
had Won been an early riser have seen tbe
Deacon. Invested of his coat and his SUNDAY
dignity. shaking the hest room Garnet in the
back yard.
There is no need of saving what he did
next, or what Mrs. Flint was doing then.
They went through the tearing IN nrocess
very much as other people do: and not heinz
endowed with an oyerabundance of this
worlds goods, the last load OF furniture, con-
sisting OF the Deacon's wife and baby, the
wills ~. anu tne Des1 room looking-giass was
CPS ~ ny d. nte ciock T: M
,o,,,n, os t Jo n Ros saiu tle tlred lttle
w' Gre 20 OIaoGr neipeu nel OUT OF tne
foiisS VIC naa IeeI squire ransom
tDins' oanluel, we wouldlt nave been more
bn1r nv 9 raor ci ho,n wouiu we! MY
NV nov NY poor pohes "ouiu nave acned through
Iliis 1llhe tomorrow ught. I'm glad the
1 LUiu h.iows WHATS oesc lor me, she added,
:ahiliS tie papy from the deacon, and look
my arouno ior She Twins.
:. ~ was pue d lew nours rue 10 u, and Just
III IIe cooleSI uush OIL tne July twilight they
wan Waiheu up Tue stfeet 10 tneir new nome, very
Ranso any tMank5ni fney Were not Squire
ia 80 =. 81, ~ ~ 80 49, 80,
nm the kitchen Stove and lInDackinO dishes
apd hedding' - - -gs"S'
tuesday was a dav of manv tronb,as Tho
bahes were tired and fretfnI.' do yigbt reveal
Do.es 1870. af L. -, 49,,
the denth Of which. thew knew NOT hefore !.
and the heat was intense
Rut tho Daacon noSsaSS;nr ,,n+;r;ro ~,
erov and his little VITA the sTnn;ast of tom
ners thew succeeded 90 Veil that nv rbmrS-
ffav n;ahf as he came into tbe n;+oIo, III r';tb
an armf,i Of wood wbare he ; vie ,ea VIII
;na J;shos sba oor,n,o,,aod s;,, - was "''n
LIB >-,-O' N'-0 ''i'sns
The Deacon thinks his work is most done,
Dut l ieel DIS IL mine nao just begun.
ssDid Won hear that Samaelo %, Che cold
laughing. and turning around TO look at him
It was prayer-meeting night. and the Dea-
con went to prayer-meeting for the first time
in c., took an active part and after meeting
waited to shake hands with the minister, and
some OF the brethren, answer inquiries, and
present their letters.
He had the satisfaction of feeling on his
way home that he had made good impress
sion; it pleased him; it would have pleased
us; and he told his little wife that night, in
his grave way, that he chopped, coming as he
did, in the midst of strange people, there
might never be any occasion of remark
against him, while he remained among
them"
L LII ouIC L uOpc uOt, Dduluol, SHE said.
looking innocently up in his face, and adding
as she nestled up her little brown head on
his shoulder, 81 don't feel very mucb alarm
ed about it,
The next day, FRIDAY, the Deacon went
back to the old home, having some business
settlements to make there.
"Can't tell certain when | shall be back:
probably not till Monday noon; guess there's
enough wood split to last till then Good
by.'' he said. and was zone -
The wee woman went singing hack IN her
half-washed dinner dishes. and with one foot
on the cradle-rocker. she secured the Knives
while she told the story of tsJack and Clip, to
the twins.
When the last kettle was washed. the kitcb-
en- stove and table brushed and secured to
the usual shade of black and white. the babv
asleep in her nest of cradle, "bless herp;
she washed the pretty twin faces till thew
blushed like red peppers, then settled them
in their trundle bed for nap.
Dear little woman! she did look so tired
as she came out from the bedroom, and stop
ped to brush a fly from under the mosouito
net over the baby, it would have made vour
back ache to look at her. But the CHEEKY
heart in the weary body asserted itself and
she smiled with the thought of all she would
do before the Deacon came back.
81 must slick nv hair over a little so if
any one should come | wouldn,t snoil the
Deacon's reputation, she said to herself 90
ing up to little glass that hung between the
kichen windows l.
Just then gem of a sunbeam flashed in at
the window, and seemed to tangIe itself all
up in the wavy brown hair.
ooh how pretty" she said with blush
and laugh like child's. 'sGuess if some
body'd been at home I'd had a kiss. tbenp,
and OIL she flew to her work.
HOW IKE magic the white curtains went I'M
ana the cobwe6s came down; how the best
room looklng glasS shone after its polishing.
ana the oia daguerrotype of Samuel in his
Dess DAYS. never snohe through so clean
surface as IL q n tnat gay: so the time few,
bringing tne Deacons return nearer
One morning she Weakened early, entirely
nee from wretched headache she had the
kitchen cleaned nm and INV drass nbannod i ha7
fore Samuel comes at noon. ~
:. Quietly dressing 50 as not to awaken the
built fire and Commenced onerations How
she did work! every step told of somethino
done, and at half past ten. snte of oil ber
hindrances from hahy wi, 'Pioo VI ai H0i