Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-11-06

have to sew and attend to things is when
the baby is asleep" -. x IN. ~. g..
ssBetter let things 60 without atten-
ton until the little one}is less Trouble. "
s'And then John would find fault with
the disorder. lI.l ......., :, ..-s<,
II do not think. SO. Your nervous
condition makes a nervous atmosphere
that your husband feels as soon as he
enters it. The real difficulty be does.
not realize any more, than yourself. The.
elements are discordant. He is imnie-
diatelv thrown out of equilibrium, and.
in irving to restore. himself he takes
hold of the wrong string, and the result
is domestic chaos. Woman. must make
the home. There is no way of getting,
round that fact. Your husband makes
his place of business makes the money
to adorn the nest with, which he has a
right to expect comfortable when he
flies to it at night. <, ..s..
'sBut is a husband to have no respon-
sibility ia home matters
y.. tY au would not think of finding fault
with your husband because nature had.
not endowed him with the means of
providing his baby with the first food it
needs. !" +. E-s....l.. So I. 81
Mrs. Penney laughed. .-.,s.-.,.i
THAT seems very ridiculous does 1T
not and yet it is no more so than the
hupdred and one things women demand
of their husbands, that they are equally
unable TO give. Woman is the natural
nurse of the man, as we'll as of the man
child BY nurse, in the first instance, /
mean the comforter and inspirer. With
out health, you can be neither. What,
then, is the result? You know as well
as | do. Sometimes divorce, sometimes
desertion, sometimes dragging out of
existence more terrible than either"
81 wish you had heard Mr.. Penney
find fault with the bread this morning,
said the little lady, dreamily.
''The bread was something tangible
something he could get hold of. The
real difficulty was not in the bread.
Something needed Strengthening out; he
tried to make himself believe it was the
bread he was irritated about, but, my
dear Mrs. Penney, it was something far
back of that; [ have no doubt l could
trace it by actual graduation; but, at the
bottom was the disordered state of your
nerves, caused by neglected health. Get
well, and your bread will be all right
''Do you really think so, Mrs. Harris!
| But how shall / get well ?"
"By taking advantage of every pos.
sible moment to make up the sleep yor
have lost by arranging with your ser.
want, even by paying her more wages, tc
take care of the baby while you go out
to ride, or walk, or make visit tt
change conditions as often as you car
make it convenient, and especially to ar
range to accompany your husband wheT
he desires you to be with him. :"
sob, John hates to 60 out alone of ar
evening. Last night he hurt me dread
fully by saying that if the baby kept OF
interfering with his pleasure he should
dub it nuisance Poor little baby HI
wants me to have a nurse; but how car
| trust stranger with my treasure ?"
"There it is-as plain as sunlight. Ii
this last remark you have shown mt
yourself and husband exactly. Your hus
| band wants you, and is lonely and dis
| contented without you. He cannot fee
! the same tenderness for the child tina
| you do; so be sensible, and not demand
| it. You are divided between your love
| for your husband and your love for you
| baby. You have fretted yourself into {
state of illness and actual discomfort
because you cannot serve both as yol
feel they should be served. If you
husband wants another servant you
should obey him, for in this he is wiser
than you :"
"Oh, Mrs. Harris, if you could only
live with us !"
II will, dear, if you want me for ]
have no home, and perhaps l may dc
you good"
After this the way was made plain.
There were few jars at first, but com.
mon sense, good health, and the good
nature, that comes of both, arranged al
at last and both husband ard wife hlas,
the angel that was sent them in the guist
of a seamstress.