, 1873-10-19
A VISIONARY H0USEKEEPER.

and honl OF our fnniy, Is as traotable and caHtty
managed, I Bappose, ms most men i; but ttoro
| aro ti1oB and occasions when llo ia--woll, I'M
practicable, not TO Say inefficient.
| Ircmou,bor, I'm nure, Of his tolliug mo, III
the oarly days Of our first acquaintance, that ho
| was farmers son. and Ind been brought mp to
know what labor meant Ho had split cordd
and cords Of wood, laid mitos of atono-wnlt, and
thought It good Joke to milk tiftoen or tvcnty
COVE before breakfast. 1romombcr it seemed
to mo that 1t would BIO worry easy to live with any
man who could turn of Buch prodigies Of work.
Aud not tho loaat pleasant circumstance about
| It was, that it had left no trace on him. Ho
didu't look as If he had done all these things.
| That was long tmo ago. That person may
! effcctually "let bygonoa bo bygoneB," have o
realizing sense Of at tho present time. For, one
day since tho cool woathor commenced, invited
| him to
CHOP FEw RINDL1Nas, -
aud the amount Of time used up in persuad-
ing him that ho ought to do 1t, and tho amount
ho consumed In doing 1t, was something fearful
to contemplate whom no consider that Tlme ia
money"
It was Sunday Our friend, tho Cynio,
dropped in aftcr rnorning-scrvice to dino with
us. For even Cynic likes to dino out, II only
! for tue eako Of abusing somo one or something.
After dinner wo adjourned to the library. But,
lusead Of settling into fayorte chair for our
usual cosy talk, each ono commenced an uneaay
| porambuation, according to luis or hor fancy.
| No one said anything. Furtiye glanoes wero d.
reoted toward me, as If I wore the author Of
| this nnpleasautneag. Involuntary shivcrpgs
seized tiB all. La Belle Helene thought sle
would bring her shawl. aB It seemed o triho
| chilly. Now, with tho guile Of woman, although
! well know, flom the appearance Of things, that
the servant had neglected to lay q fire on this
pafenlar mornng so9k oh the b9msr aa IT. to
replaced it hurriodly with groan, intended to
carry to tho listeners sufficient amount Of eur-
prise, indignation, aud regret. Tho Don took
ono more turn around tho room, and stood
gloomily before the Fireplace.
- NO FIRE, Ell Z"
ho erunted. :" No, replied WITH much suavity
"but It's all nlco and cloan, ready for one, II
coal" 5Ah, yes sc Sc The CHM CHIMNEY is t6ors,S @
responded this nnfcoling being as ho continued
his walk. Just then l hoard tho register clink
Us some ono opened 1t and, turning round, bo-
deteot some latent heat from that source.
cold wind caused him to close it quickly. 'sAro
you cold ?" asked with some aspcrity for this
Rro6fSeeaps sg GeT tSs to s Sst pS ss
! you look for fro, then ." "hlere curiosity.
Karl took a seat, and, with determination on his
oro", aa!d 70 me, :" lou had best ofdor Ann
sho has gonel This is hor Sunday QUIT"
"Wcn, then. you might az vol havo Bridget
start ~ fatnaeerro: 1s cold enough sn;ywc!
!" But" objected, " she is hurrying to got her
dishes done In ordor to go ont, and wouldn't
like to ask hor." a. But it would only tako Ler
Besides, sho has been out once to-day, hasn't
she 7" Yes" answered with the air OF pa
tience and forbearance that ono assumes toward
refractory child but you know aho goes out
aud attor iioner auta,l 10 O'clock. Bcsdes thoro'
IL no kindlng split, aud, if thore ia fire made,
I expect
You WILL HAVE TO MAKE IT."
reached this ultimatam. Not ovon 1ti,o resol!ec-
tion OF all tho cords Of wood ho had split af-
fordod me tho slightest foundation for believing
that the miBanthropio look which now dawned
his part to ronew any part Of his former expert
ences. Nov, to bo auro, the Don, incnsed in
yclvet smoking g-jacket and embroidered slippers,
didn't e1actly look like being to be- dispatched
pressed the point with vigor, aud At last ho de-
parted On his mission exactly With fcrvor,
or indeed, = becoming amount Of celebrity. At
tho end Of threc-quarters Of an hour. he ap-
IN the tace from Ayine splinter, : diuarransed
ncck-tie, and large coal-smudge on one slipper.
It seemed to mo tho part Of wisdom not to make
any audible comments on these phenomena. but
task. Boon, under the benign influence oil
bright fire, conversation became not only pos
aibility, but pleasant fact.
"Now," said the Don, turning to mo. and
foot, having already thoroughly performed that
operation for the loft, lido. tell us tho reason
Bridget build tilt ire'" aoh. don't!" Pleaded
r1Y al z,,5Et~ No-
eeag lis 1oca pon = sF 1a %oan to
e eye 4 ressonl Don't you know by this time
that the M creatures arc 60 constituted they can't
reason :" "Yes, know, Of eou1sel But like
they wil1 nay. Out Of curiosity would like 10
| I WAS soizod NTH = sudden and unaocountab!o
desire TO speak the truth. and rotortod with some
| washiug-dsy, didn't
| DARE AsK ANY EXTRA purr
to bc performed to-day. Any other day In tho
week, It would have been different. I hayo vet
| to 500 the woman who darcs voluntarily to Of
fend tho laundry-maid and cook on the oye OF \
big wash. And" continued I, na1ing warm
With my subject, :" Its shame that the Ameri-
can peoplo-s nation Of inventors-ahould en-:
Housekeeping aa ours is arranged should aay,
to 10 80 wearing on each individual houHekaeper
that every man stands q chance of having two
esfFy s azns T ap{ 's' eds
gods love- You know, sto., !, interrupted Tie
| Uynio. t'Is takes until tho middle Of the wook
to flush tho ironing. And there Ia only QUO day,
then, loft in 1t, In which you can with my com
fort ask your friends to dino" " Glad OF it II
observed The Don. Dinner-partles &rs expen-
9iyo thone.panioky times."
;, "And,"'I proceeded. With growing, ,indgns;
visiting arc crowded into 10 Short = spaco OF
tina that, BY Saturday night. both mistress and
servants feel ~ II they had boen running reco
with Time, and had suffered an inglorious de-
feat" ''Well," said our noighbor from over the
way, who had ontered at the beginning OF this
talk, "thia state OF things has exiBtod ever
since can remember. Now, what do you pro-
poso to do to reform ~ 1t Is easY olIough to
Complain !; but what Ia tho remedy, and who
will fiud 1t ~
at has been found alrestly," answered.
"Who will apply it? is The question.
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