Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-01-29


robe, or some speck on a scraph's wing
There's that wife Of his has kind word
for everybody; she'd make everybody on
the place happy if he didn't work her to
death. She has a million times bis heart
twice his common sense, and as much
brains as he has. What on earth's the
reason your good.for.nothing, silly women
get such splendid husbands, while some
noble-hearted women will be tied up to a
fussy, 6lgety Littlesole of man, for whom
nothing and nobody ever is right. They
want a new earth, and | guess they'll have
to have a nes heaven fixed up on purpose
for them. It's a pity, if there are any
good men, that that sweet woman down
stairs could not have had one. Oh, if her
husband only knew what a willing, noble-
hearted woman he married ~
When Mr.. Littlcsole come home that
night, the gate hinge was as bad as ever,
the weeds were in the garden still, the hall
was foil Of rose leaves, aud three little
shakers were on the front stoop.
Mr. Littosolo almost boiled over with
nsulted indignation he met Miss Sharp
at the open library door, aud he said quick.
y and impatienily &" Where's my tcife2"
Come in here" Miss Sharp said, " she
is here :" aud he followed her through the
library into the bed room, where on the
bed lay his wife, pale, cold, and beautiful /;
beside her was a physician. " Your wife
is gone, sir" he said she must have had
some severe nervous shock. 1t was some
trouble Of the hcart--.it seems now
shouldn't think 1t could have been of long
standing"
She worked too hard" sobbed out
Miss Sharp. She swept out this morn.
ing the whole garret aud cellar, tried to
pull up those big weeds in the garden, and
she's worried herself for months about every
hoo and corner On those forty acres. In
the city, her friends aud flowers aud music
aud children took her time but here there
was everything to be done aud always
the best she could do, something left undone
to worry about. When | found her this
afternoon, she must have been dead an
hour and am glad she's at rest"
Mr. Littlesole kissed her cold lips over
and over, said she was an angel, aud oh .
how he wished her buck. He knew that
almost every hour Of her life aud thought
of her heart she had spent in trying to
make him happy lie knew that in all
the world there was no such patient low
ing wife as she had been to him. He knew
those little darirgs crying by her side for
mamma to wake up and kiss them again,
would never find such another tender, gen.
tie mother. He covered her coffin with
flowers. lie erected over her one Of the
hand,omest monuments in Greenwood,
sacred to the memory Of Mary, the beloved
wife Of Johu Littlesole; around it hepant-
ed roses, the hearts ease, aud forget-me-
nots.
What pity" said Miss Susan Sharp,
her tears falling like rain on the new-made
grave Of her best earthly friend What
a pity that that man couldn't have planted
a few flowers ia that lovely woman's living
path l'
Mr.. Litlesole didn't break his heart ;
such men never do; they're only made,
Mrs Sharp says, on purpose to break other
peoples.
One year after, he met at Saratoga, Miss
Fanny Bargamen. She was Judge Berga-
mems young and handsome and only daugh-
ter. Mr.. Littlesole could make himself
agreeable to strangers with his fine face
aud figure. He won and married Fanny
six months after he saw her.
Fanny had never received fault finding
word from any one. All her life she had
had kind and polite attention from all around
her.
1t had never been her lot to yield to or
bear or wait upon the whims Of others.
She had been married year to Mr.. Lit.
tlesole. He had really been kind and care
iu Of her feelings aud tastes.
One night be told her he would stay at
home the next day.
My husband will be at home all day.
thought Mrs Littlesole. "I'll play for
him that new music I've learned show him
how those flower seeds have planted are
coming up; aud he'll help me train up
those wisterias, and in the afternoon we'll
ride out TO Mr.. JArdine's place, and select
some Of those hcmlocks for hedge. am
glad he's going TO be at home I'll have
him all the day to myself" And she had
enough Of him that day-ihe old fit was on
him; he supervised everything, called her
up garrett to point cut neglected cobwebs,
aud down cellar 20 exhibit TO her an unswept
coal bin, took her in the library to ses a
picture that was hung crooked, aud an old
dictionary on the top shelf uudusted. He
pointed cut ia the hall and bedroom, cor
ners that ought TO be swept brought in
from the barn for her especial inspection
an old, leaky, rusty tin pail, bought ten
years ago at secondhand, and used every
day since by all the Thomases, Richards
aud llarrys wto had worked on the place
she ought to have had it secured up and
mended long ago. He might pay out and
pay ont and pay ont, and go to the poor.
honse at last, with such management. II,
wished she would have a general mperris
ion of things Twas strange that no
body but he ever thought of saving any.
thing" he said impatiently, as he took from
its case and lighted one Of his twenty-five
cent cigars, the fourth be had smoked tha
day. lie preached to Budget, who wal
washing in the kitchen, about taking il
her clothes-iue and saving soap.
Bridget had only few moments before
filed her tub with hot water from the boil
er, She managed to give it un accidcnta
tip-over 1t went, hot suds aud all, oyel
his new pants aud bright boots. " I'm ST
sorry, sir she said 4" but its pity foi
the likes of you to come into the kitchen.
Mr. Liltlrsole had enough to do for hal
an hour to repair damages. If the truth
was told, his right foot was scalded lit
tie He didn't say anything about it; but he
was seen hunting up in great hurry the
sweet oil bottle
Mrs, Litdesole said not word at thii
rough raid into her territory She did moi
honor her husband with shower of tears
or sit meekly down in hopeless resignation
nor resolve to work that day with bear
aud soul, like Mrs. Littlesole the FIRST, tC
make his lordshp satisfied.
He went the next morning to Brooklyn
on business, and she dressed herself in her
business suit, as she called it, aud took the
cars aud went to the store. She moved
her husbands desk from one corner tc
another emptied some drawers and filled
up others sold articles at her own price
bought and had hung up on large string
a hund ed old-iashioned hats for country