Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-07-10
THE BROKEN GOBLET.

store, Ill reception of Il fair salary land
had been married five years.
"Goblet>.' repeated his wife, with
a start. and her delicate, handsome
features were wrought upon some
thing which resemblcd fear.
Yes added the husband. with en-
phasis. 81 asked if we were short of
goblets."
"iou remember, Harry, l told you
several days ago that we needed few
more"
GLOW many goblets, in mercy's
name, am to buy i'll ycar!''
Not.many. Harry. You have bought
only two dozen since we were inar-
ried.'
"And what has become of,hcm:''
They got broken"
"Brokrn. | should say So"
Mr.. Thnrher had split muffin OH
his plate. and now looked for syrup
He WAS very fond of maple syrup OH
hot mullins for iis wifc's folks III
the country sent him the pnre>t and
no>' delicate syrup to be found anv.
! where: and hi; Wifi could not be OK.
rellcd IN the "rt Of cooking.
"Ah. how i. tli>:' lie exclaimed. "A.
his wiic handed him the syrup in .
small glass pitcher. "Whcrc is oul
syrup po.:'
Il am sorry, Harry -
! GLOW! Is that broken too?"
"ics. Eva hit it with her elbow
while helping me to clear of he ,abl,
last evening. Poor little thing! Sh,
has been sadly
Great help You must have expect
ed from child like that" ejacula
ted the husband, snccringly.
Upon this little Eva, Il brlght-cvc,
chilfOf almost four summers. erie,
that she could help mamma lots
But Mr.. Thurbcr was not TO b,
! turned from his bent.
"GnodncsS gracious" lie exclaimed
III Il man were maiic of nltiucy h
could not run such an establishment
! You must remember that times ar
not ike they were three wears ago
things are almost double what the,
used to be. That syrup pot pal,
one dollar for. My soul. | DIG an,
dig. and dig. and I'll never grt a dol
lar ahead II we go on IN this wa,
"stcrday it was i new platter 70
meat
Harry" plcai his wife. bcscech
ing!v. "lirr platter was not to rcplac
4 broken one
But bought it. didn't Il"
"Ics.''
"-And next goblets arc wanted. Ar
those to make broken ones good?''
'Of course. But-remcmber tina
for five years
80. yes-I remember very well tha
during the five years it has bee
nothing but break break. break som
thing all the time. And now its
new syrup pot! Thunder! Ill buy :,
iron one, and see fthat will stand III
racket
"llarry," plead the wife, you ma:
nifty the evil. think there are yer
few families that break less crockrr
than we do. am as careful rs | c:l
be, and aam sure that Eveis not
all destructive"
"And yet" rctortcd Harry. wit
unnecessary vcllrmcncc. find my 81.
called upon alarminyly often to mai
good your breakagcs. tell you
can't stand it
Like all men who assume untcmab
positions, endcayoring to hold II
, same against reason and good sens
Harry Thurbcr became more al
more indignant and harsh as his wi
intcrpn-"d the gentle rcmunstrau
of truth and necessity. until at lrnr
he arose from the table with the g
rlauation upon his lips that "A IN;
: nowadays needs 10 have an ind
pendent fortune if he thinks toma
ry and keep house
"Oh. Harry"
dts so. Clara. ZoundS, Won dol
have to- earn money. If you ii
:. you'd be a little more careful"
"Carrfnl Of what"
"Carcful of what?-Mr-of ever
ID thin"-of @oblcts and syrup pots. Il,
o. bah. Smash away--brcak EN-
;, tip over the pots and krttles-r:
tie the glass and shivcr the China
its all right: can pay forit! o. yes
Clara could MAKE no answer to Il
speech, and gave way to the cmoti
which for a long time had been pit,
ing ct her heart-str ng; she cover
- her face with her hands aud burst in
tears.
"Oh. vcs!" cried Harry, that's I
way. That's a w"man'S argumcl
Z. q. bothcr!' Aud with this he seiz
his hat and hurried from the house
Let it not be thought that IIar
Thurb was willingly unjust. or
clincd to fault finding. On the &C
trarv. he was naturally frank n
honorable. and entirely free-hcarts
but like thousands ofOi her free hca
cd men he was swaycd Arcatlv by
emotions. ard his emotions very oft
ran into wrong channels. He wend
3 his way towards his place of busin,
under cloud. He loyed his w
dearly: and he was never happy VIII
G, he left his home with the shadow
o. ilf feeling upon the parting.
" "Plague take it," he muttered
hipsclf, "a fellow can't stand 4
kind Of a thing all the time. 1t CO
. too much to buy crockery ware j,
H., to break up"
p So plead the evil spirit. but the ST
i, it Of consideration would have t
that but very little Of his substa,
W. was wasted or destroyed by his wi
}. By and by his better nature fnu
room for the expression of a paasi
thought. twas when he reme,nb
ed how harshly he had spoEcn