The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-10-02
MY WELLS SPENT SUMNER.
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~ - T;nt von are-whicb il iust The same
,mrn t6e Leaf and nass on' This IN moi
for von
~ aK;,, iSt IA o;vo the world n onlv knew
ho,. ;, ;o,a.S S Snnss ali lie % CON i I get so dis.
corraSed and disheartened that feel as /!
isd inst Ike u'u 70 1 niys All m and die. What
Ihenhildren and,the housework. and
NJ ;anorancs I;fs Il bntden ~ me ~
Pom Cousin, Bells + a dim suegestion Of
plan by which i might help her out ol
her trouble had been floating through my
brain for several DAYS, and this pathetic
snnesi brought nv fdeasit 10 a focus.
Now Know how 10 keep house, Why?
Because / had a. New ENGLAND, mother F.;
and il therearer any better. housekeepera
in the world than the New England
housekeepers. there ought, to Be q sepa-
rate department Ia Barnutn's Tor exhibit
inc Them lto thea aeaze Hofs an admitting
world. .l55asslggA Ic'ooEl oti tj'4 :SA;e ,a"'
nv mother had aafaculty.n She was
u gentle woman lint when, she, walked
through the room, the chairs, tables, etc.,
,lsedi To- marshal themselves into place.
Is ii a general was giving the word Of
Command 10 his soldiers.
| All of her daugbters were instructed in
hnnsewifelv duties, I not only served an
annren,icesb;p as asecond pifi," but was
1chief cookh d" well, and when my
father sa,d rc'HIj.1l 'f' u l'.E
% ! "IS;tt,a TO- ,,;e,brcad IA inst Nc eood,asvour
!, ,,has;s st I ,honaSt had gradnated win
the hiehest hon5rs This was nv good
fortnne Poor Belle had never been
tanpht ANYTHING but the piano, and, as
sbe sagelv remarked, aThey couldn't, cat
mnsicS --.i1 E0
/ This washer ilI.forttne, and 30 10 came
abont tt6sf Belle. a thousand times .pretA
t;er and hricfter than lever Thought Of
beIne had eotten the threads id her web
Of liie ali in a tspgle, where I could have
woven without let or hindrance.: ~
" Now his was nv plan, Belle was nat.
urallv very Quick and bright, and could
stay with her ak months and train her in
housekeeping All that she I, needed ed I. was =!
sb;s II az WorISMwe saIs lad Blamed % a lovely sum.
mer @ at home. W. had talked about 1t all
winter. We were going up the 81. Law
renee, to see Tie Thousand tales; 10 visit
Montreal and Quebec; then to Mount Des.
ert. and ON 10 Inc White Mountains, then
10 finish the summer at Newport. sii
Conid I pive II IN. and stay shut up In
tbis lIftle. s"pokey'h unfinished Western
village, teaching Cousin Belle todo what
was as easy 10 me as Mother Goose's mel
odies and the alphabet
That night, when l went up to my
room, I nut on my thinking cap" and
bat down 10 make my decision.
Allat once, the. true question OF stake
flashed across my consciousness. My
pleasure against another's need. Ano 80
This Is your Christianity, said / to myself,
severely; this is the aenthusiasm ior hu;
Whereupon, I geye myself Is sound q
gave himself physically With o knotted
Cord, and, the question being settled, re.
tired to sweet slumber and peaceful
dreams. m ~, S'.s p :: u. = ,'l'i - "a
"Belle." said L, the next morning at
breakfast, 1T think there Is o way out Of
your trouble araissl5 IT. l:.'.,sp
"Oh n said she, radianlly "if you only
could help me G'rglaI s6t - usK ,3fa,',
"But, Belle, Il we find q way out you'll
have to abdicate and let me bea kind OF alb.
soIute Empressot China tor tew months.
How would you like that spsaid !, q little
doubtfully, for Belle was several years my
senior aud o .matrons dignity must be
very tendefly approached. o'3 tAppVA
aKitty.. you've no idea howIheavenly II
would 81 10 me, to have some one tell me
every day lust what 10 do, again. That
is one Of my worst troubles. To- think
every morning whom Iget up that Imust
tell nayself and everybody else what to do
when I don't know what / want done
myseltn, ~ ,nsg..,s.,. ..lq...r.
aWell, then" said I, "we'll begin TO-
day. - :, 30, -. :. -.
aListen, Harry, and children" said
Belle, clapplng her hands gleefully, "you
must all mind Cousin Kitty, and 80 must
II. We'llall be young together. I begin to
feel restored already.n
uVprv welln said i, iudicially, TODAY