St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-11-14


hardly recognizable. The children
were clean. neat. wcIl-hchavrd and
happy breakfast was Il bright. pleasant
little meal. which started the day cheer
fully. and the dinners were ~ good that
guests thought that the CulinSonS were
launching oul cNtiaNagantlN. Yet the
hUuSchillS were Just about half what
they had been.
Redmau cnurtcd his friends society
more than he had ever done before. and
WAS il constant visitor At the house.
He would even come IN the morning
with toys for the children and ask t."
give them with his own hands. He had
never noticed them much before. which
shows What wonderful cnrhautcr> soap
and water and brushes are
Or wa> il the cookery which attracted
Redmdm He positively tiShcd for in
vitation> to stop and dine and he Was
rathcra gourmet. Whatever the chain.
children or entrees. he behaved like Il
gentleman. which he WAS. towards Miss
Tarrunt : he treated her like Il duchess
instead of assuming that cundc>ccmdin".
patroniZing air, which some men VIII"
ought to know better adopt when #d-
dressing Il lady holding Il similar posi-
tiom in il household. Lucy Collin>un
was not 80 absorbed in her >clf-imipo>cl
public duties a> Ia remain Hi>rn>ihlc tu
the reforms which had been instituted
in her home. and She Wis too rational
to blind hcrSlf to that extent. although
the contrast BETRAYED how much ha.I
been neglected before. But in II little
while she began to feel dissatisfied.
She WAS very glad to hc relieved of al
trouble about the children. hut Sic.
didn't like to see them 50 fond of as
other woman : and when THEN gov rrMr~-
had To prompt them >otf0 r"cc To liIi"l
behavior. which Wa> SOMETIMES the
ease. il WAS neither gratitude non likir.
which She felt tur her
The Witc> movements had become 81
very uncertain and cIIaItIc. that tur the.
last year or 50 it had been agreed that
the husband WaS never To wait dinner
for her and now. if She happened l."
come home before the rcUaSt Was over.
it gave hcr what les strong minded
ladies would have called ~ turn" T."
sec this other woman dimin. trtc-"-t,tc
with him. or if she returned later III
the evening. She would \cIl likely Gud
Henry CulliI>um reading Il novel ur q,
poem aloud tn her. and then again wit,-
IL instincts seemed tu iar with philu-
sophie sentiments.
In the early days ot her married iii,
She had enjoyed the cosy domestic
evenings when She and her hi>hami
were alone with au entertaining book ::
or perhaps the lrmimi>ccncr of Il PLAY
seen together the might before. than
which there j. no better provocative ol
pleasant chat. would equally interest
them. But she. had not ESCAPED the
weakness To which earnest rcform,l>.
and people, who think they have got
Missions. alt. subject the uneasy >I~-
picinn that any arulir>crucc in exist
inn order of thing> i tr,.;t>umahlc to
thcil priucipc>. That which j. com
mon. thrl consider luluar in the mcai.
>cnsr: Ihcl would tain furgn eating.
drinkiu" and >Ic.piu". if II yt.Ir posi-
hlc H. it j. not. The, sigh nN,l thn~,.
necessary functions, ot human imptl =
trctinu> If one could clear ones mind
of can't. ii would lee difficult /" conceive t.
why the performance of public duties
should hc m"lc honorable than that of
private. But it WAS the established
custom tor men /" pay most attrntion
To the former. and women To the Latter {:
and. therefore. the sci with whom Lii
~ had cast in her lot concluded tlr,t
the arrangement must hc wrong. and
humiliatim. Ia the female >cN.
Are We tit "ulN tn nurses and hnu~,.-
keepers ,, they Indignantly demanded.
:" Lucy C"liiIi~um learned Ia consider ~
comfortable Icpuir>crncr III thc uuiina
~ routine uf domestic lite To hc in some
Hay Il coWIdll cuumiNnmcc at the hHI
haic t.:c"Il of w"mcu hciug property
tnd after while habit hcclmr u >cr-
"nd nature. nnl She wa> 80 absorbed
10y her committees and meetings. and
lectures. that She had NO time tor cNcl.
a passing regret that home quiet and
happiness had been sacrificed OH tin.
alter Public Duty. But to hand hcl
husband over Ia his club ul ANY avoc;a-
tion which might amG>r him. and tn
iutru>r the care oi her children Ia ser,
ANS. VAS one thing. tn SEC Hn"thr.
oman in y measure iilliuG hen pla"t
WaS uiItc another.
80 Henry C"llin~um found his wife
growing cross. gloomy. and deserved ::
Shr no Inu.,i. talked tn him uf the ma:
tcIS in hich she va> Interested : -
that altogether lic h,gau /" tcs.l less r,-
glrt that he >;rw little of her. He al
uihutcd hen altered dcmcam"l to hi>
refusal to provide tn" second five hun
drcd pounds for floating the scheme t"l
training female. waIrhmakcr>. Hm,i - L..
WAS determined not tu imp"Ncii>lI hi
family tor any rlaH. however bcnciici..l
tu man or Nomaukimd ii large, he >a~
no waN to Il reconciliation. How faI
the cnlinrSS hcrvccm man and wife
would have Resulted. cnmnot Ice told.
for il was thaWrd 10y sickness.