Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1873-05-20
Stlett Storp.
Prom Arthur's Home Magazine
WORkING AND RESTING.
Ter Thoughtless NnsiAnds.
Ter Thoughu
Nv SARAH HART.

John, Nish you would vail vt Nh
Films on Your way 10 town and asa hei
to come next week and help me clean
house. lis getting pretty late. and
don't like to put il of SO long
The man took n step or two forward
then turned toward tbs lail, spare. hol'
low. eyed woman. who WAS his wife, and
answered: lis il really necessary
Susan ?"
A glance around the room was her an
svcr.
"I.e, it go this fall. 4" said thu man Il N
sure It don't look very bad"
"Oh. John! The house is dreadful
dirtv. Look a, the walls and windows
Pooh! see dirtier ones every DAY"
Then. as il another though, had struck
him. he said, Couldn't yol do part
this week and part next ?"
al don't know. Perhaps So"
The answer came in discouraged tones,
snd the ehurning wSs continued /"
nervous. spasmodic jerks.
The man saw her discouraged look,
and said rs he went out ~ ell. il YOU
must, reckon l can let her know"
Il don't see how il Is. =" sail he. solilo.
quizing. rs he trotled his horse at slow
rate aioug the winding prairie road IL
! can't see how it is that Susan thinks she
must hire so much done. Looks like she
ought To be able 10 DO all she has 10 do.
/ Now Ia harvest time il comes = little hard
Tor her hire three or four men then.
that makes mole cnokiug. but then l'yo
heard wimmen say they'd as soon cook
tor siI as two. Now there's my mother ;
she used TO cook for eight or ten men in
harvest time and had seven childien |"
do tor. We've only iour youngsIcr. aud
J don't milk half - many cows as lather
used to. But | reckon the wsmmen them
days were made OF better stuf than now
days. Git up. DObOin. I've hired i
heap o. work done lur Susan this year
She had help when we killed. and then
she WAS sick, aud Nery Gilman come aud
stayed Two week.. and had To give her
| five dollars aud her boSrd. cOuldu I
very well afford it. either. tor my NOV
ing. machine must 90 paid tor This fail.
and must buy some more stock, too,
this fail. aud must have a corn planter
next spring. But here. if | haven't
passed Mrs. Films and didn't stop. Git
up. Dobbin."
What VA. the hollow eyed. tired
looking woman thinking ol Nil this time !?
Thinking Of She had no time TO think
OF anything but work. The churning
was not done, the breakfast dishes were
unwa.hed, The milk was not skinned.
the weeks ironing stared her in the lace,
aud last, but not least, was the little one
tugging q: her skirts. begging for nour
rishment But it does not cry. 30 She
keeps on at The churning until The little
ones patience is exhausted. aud ls
screams are heard above the Glash, dash.
slash Of the churn. The mother eau no
longer resist-baby must be cared for
though all else 60 untouched.
She was naturally tidy woman. and
Us she looked around upon tho untidy
house she grew nervous alhiost to des
pair and the tears Tell fast upon the baby
face at her breast.
Oh, how welcome are these silent Wis
ilors wAen. the heart is over. burdened
with eaher griet or trial! They seem to
be the rivers that wash our hearts from
seliishness.
Mrs. Wilton wept long and bitterly
but when the tears were wiped away 90
also was her burden of toll and care. and
tenderly kissing her sleeping babe she
laid him in his crib and went about her
work cheerlully, but not contented. She
possessed a cheerful disposition naturally.
but she was not a stranger to those hopes
and aspirations that como TO most OF US
to cheer our discomfort. She loved
beautiful things She loved nature. aud
longed Tor stroll over the prairie that
lay abroad and bright around her. But
she found very little encouragement for
luxuries even the luxury OF IL ramble out
OF doors.
Her husband was sordid. money
loving. money getting man. who SAW no
use for anything that there Was no money
10, He knew all the ways and means OF