The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1873-11-06
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tHe same stFAtHt
+ Oi course I don't know how she man-
aged &C.. but / remember she asej 60 talk
about setting bcr sponge over aight, aud
tben lu tie morning she was always up
q. soou SIS the girl Was, and tbe dough
was kneaded aud kueaded, and when e.
came out Of the oyeu 60 was as white as
the driven SNOW, and as sweet as honey
Mr.. Peuuy's face was scarlet; / did
my best, John, was just trembling Uu her
tongue, but this Iaa elaborate descrip-
lion oftac bread-making modH operaadi
OF bis maternal parent, turned the dis
appointment she bad felt iu not pleasing
her husband into gall aud bitterness, aud
she answered, instead, iu a mooking
,ong:
As white as the driven snow, and as
sweet as honey! have seen 1t staod
somewhere thai meu are not given 60 ex-
aggeratIou, Such slight eoloring, tho,
suppose, is excu,able when a man is
speaking of bis mothers superiority over
bis wife. Hereafter, Mr.. Penney, il
bakers bread does not suit your appetite,
The Kitchen is at your disposal TO set
your sponge, aud kue4d and kuead and
have no doubt that when YOU take your
mess from the oven il will be as white
and as sweet As ever your mothers was.
Just here Mrs. Penney arose, moved
the baby's high-chair away from the table
and, with the chubby year-old in her
arms, sought the privacy of her own
chamber. Mr., Penny followed.
There's no need OF getting in huG,
Mary, be said, as he closed the door. In
this matter of continuation the gentle
mau was swayed by two entirely opp0-
Site and autagonistic motives. He did
not like to 20 to business with a cloud
between him and his wife, aud he did
want the last word No doubt Mr.. Peu.
ney thought by having the last word he
could dissipate the shadows he had SO
heedlessly evokcd-but of course he was
unsuccessful.
Its my opinion, he proceeded, that il
you were to rise a little earlier, before
the dough had time to sour, you would
have just as good luck as mother had.
haven't slept three consecutive hours
for the last two months, with this baby
John Penney, and that you know as well
as | do; and yet you are thoughtless
enough to ask me to get up in the mora
ing when the cook does, in order that
your tphim may b9 satisfied.
A whim, isit, to be careful of ones
stomach? to prefer good bread to poort
Why, that bread YOU put before me this
morning wasn't fit for a--lor a--Johu
Penney hesitated a moment, but tiuaIly ii
came out--he really did say it, reader
for hog TO eat.
Mrs. Penney was on the point Of say
ing something especially rasping, if not
actually insulting, but she was checked
by timid rap at the door, and the ell
trance OF sad-taced, delicate woman,
who colored slightly as she noted the
embarrassment OF her hostess.
found that could spare you to-day.
Mrs. Penney, she exclaimed. You know
thought should not be able to sew fol
you until nexl week; but Mrs. Smith
was very i'll this morning, and could not
go on as she intended; SO, If you like |
will commence your work.
Mr.. Penney Withdrew with single
good morning to the intruder. In one
sense he had come of couqueror; he mad
had the last word, after all, and that wa,
victory enough Mary wouldn't try to
feed him with sour bread again, he was
very sure Husbands should assert
themselves sometimes, he informed him
sell, ou the way to business. What would
become OF them it they didu't! lie had
bceu married Two years, aud houso-keep-
ing six months; while they were board.
lug, every thing was as smooth as oil; but
they hadu more than become domiciled
in their own house before trouble COM
mcuced. The baby was sick, aud the
mother complaining. Then Mary had
never been instructed ia domestic mat
tiers. She could sew, and crochet and
embroidcr; was very foud OF reading
understood music; was considerable OF
au artist; o good deal OF q woman, and
with q proper lotbearapee, and the eXer
else Of "a decent amount of tact, would
have been the best wife in the word ca
she thought) Daring lhe days ofcourt
ship, and the Grst few moulhs Of married
life, she wa. the subject of unlimited pet
ting. Her will was her husbands law
but, aftcr the birth Of the baby, aud tht
added responsibility Of housekeeping
everything changed. Mr.. Penney did
not, could not, take into consideration
that these cares had also made a ditler
eucc Ia her, that she was changed, also
she could not fee,-wigcs never can
that there was anything amiss with ber
+. that tnc cloud 0H her brow, and the uer
, v0usness OF her manner, radiat5d q mag
neli.m enthusiastically repe.lant, Ia,
Mrs Penney rcmaiucd heataily sunny
! baker, bread wuald undoubtedly bayr
satisfied Mr. Penney. DePdyld OF ,h
JOS be aeeded, aud had been accustomed
+ Go, be lnmed, man-iatbion,,o finding iauI
With whaf, under other circumstance, b.
never would hayc considered for a no
mCuts
Yeu arc not wei. this morning, Mr'
Penney. said the Eiud voice Of The seam
stress. IS the lady uerYausiy brought 10
the material she wished made up.
+ No; I am not very weil. she replied