The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1872-02-15

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AIRY Is. 1872.
I. She asoordingly was discreet enough
to say nothing. hut mot thus easily
was hsr husband % b stlencsd.
IT -, he grushbIsd, that the po'
ttstoes are hoiled, = usnal. whsn you
know how particular 7 am u have
them baked. Il really sseuas as II
had only to wish I thing 70 make sure
that le would not b Ibrthcoming."
"How ca you say %. John ?" said
poor Mn. GoldIng, the tears starting
@ her eyes.
"Wsll. isnt It - 2" repealed her
hushand, harslsaing himsslf. n spite
of his half eonvtstion that hs vas gst-
| ting very unreasonable. " Havn't |
time and time again told you that I
consider baked potatoes Infinitely
psssssahls - boilsd? Can you deny
that? Asitis. what With the beef
that I've got siok Of, and the squssh
that u uAissiog. and tas potatoes that
.aes cooked Just the way ! don't like
them. { am not likely to make > very
god dinner" - 49,. sSSss
- Rsshapa.' = said Am. Goldlng. wslh
. spies a spirit. "it would have -besn
sbsttef % maiss suss that there were no
haksd potatoes before finding fault
With No. II you will liz that cover,
you will And thsn."
Mr.. Golding lifted the cover, but his
ingsnuity Ut fault Andlng was by no
means exhaustDd.
n" dare say" he grumbisd. g that
they are cold. If there's anything
that requirss TO be warm, II Is baked
potato"
/ 80 saying, be took o0e Of the pota
toss In his hand, which % far from
bsing cold. proved . little too hot for
/ him to hold comfortably.
But It 10 needless 70 pursue the con.
versation fart her. Ii ID but . single
| illustration Of what happened far too
often.
One day, when her husband I'd
bsen unusually unreasonable and fault
finding. Mrs. Golding, unable to resist
! the impulse, burst into tears, which
! further exasperated her husband, who
! left the house in . pct.
Before hi. wife had fully recovered
from her tears, friendly neigh boz
entered, ~ho at once noticed that
something was the matter. Mrs
Gol.,ing. though at first reluctant, was
finally induced to reveal to her sym-
rathizing visitor the cause Of her grief.
Had the latter been mischief maker
this might have proved unfortunate.
but such was not the osse. She was .
woman Of wisdom and experience,
and possessed no small knowledge Of
human nature.
~ think" she said, after . pause,
" that II you will implicitly follow my
directions, can put you In . way OF
curing ) our husband Of his disposition
70 nnd fault"
DO you really think you can"'
asked Mrs. Golding, eagerly. How
shalt 60 10 work ~
In the nrst place y aid Ars. Ber-
tram, Z I'm quite confident that the
habit has grown upoo him gradually
and almost impercsptibly."
ut has indeed. When we first
married he scarcely ever found fAul,
with me."
He II not probably aware Of the
exten! to which II governs him, and
would be very much surprised to be
told that he was behaving unkindIy to
you. But this does not alter the fact,
What he needs Is q mirror, in which
he can see himself just - he is.'
!" And how shall he be provided
with such . mirror ?"
You must do II. For = day or two
you mnst assume his own habit .
fault. finding. He will be surprised
and disturbed, aud when he asks for
an explanation you must tell him
yo0r object"
This proposition wes Esther . start
ling one to mild Mrs. Golding, but
aleera time she came TO see that II
might be productive Of good, and afts
some further advice aud instruction
from Mrs. Bertrsm, she felt in meas
ure prepared to carry 1t out.
When Mr.. Goiding came home II
90 happened that his wife was in the
front entry.
upon my word, Mr.. Golding," she
said. with - much sharpness ~ her
voice was capable Of conveying, :" 1t
seems to me you think nothing o!
tracking mud into the house. should
like 10 know how you expect me to
keep the house clean when you are
doing al in your power to dirty it,
john G0ldiny WAS completely taken
absck by such an outburst from his
usually mild aud submissive wife-so
much so that he hardly knew what Ia
4 say.
II didn't think, Mary" he said,
with unwonted mildness.
Well, | hope you'll try to mex,
time. What made you 90 late this
this evsningf ssuppsss 5sen on the
table for the last fiftsen minutes. !
DO wish you would make an effort to
| be here ia time"
Mrs. Golding found her role an eas.
Ter one than she had anticipated.
Although shS had mos been In the
habit Of employing the language Of
fault finding, she had bsen 30 accus
tou,ed 70 hearing II from her husband.
lips that Il was not 90 hard TO catch a
shs had anticipated.
/" I did not know l was SO much in
the habit Of being lats,' said Mr.
Golding. wondering what had come
ever his wife.
/ II dare sAy not" said she. People
are not aptto bc a~srs Of their own
shortcomings. Did you stop at the