Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1874-11-12
WHAT CAME OF MAKING PICKLES.

old gentleman, ~ have looked your matter all
over, and must say Zee nothing but starva-
ton for you and your family"
"Wsll, father" replied bright little woman
Of twenty-five years, in trembling voice, ''Tve
not the least idea Of starving, nor Of letting my
family starve-not II God spares my health"
"You were always brave child, Love, but this
is terrible crisis. It wonld be cruel in any one
to taunt you now, but remember that told you
and George that II was very imprudent for man
to marry till he had something ahead for an
emergency"
II remember, father, that you thought l
should be wiser to marry = man with . house
and store, for whom did not care, than to mar
ry George, with $4,000 . year. But II l had the
choice to make over again, to-day should do
just - l did then. l wouldn't change places
with any woman on earth-even now"
''You are . faithful wife aud brave little wo-
mAli, Love, but"
"But Whist, father 2"
''You can't live Oh in this way, child"
"But will live, father, and live we'll. too, and
take care Of George and the babies"
"How ~ Ay, that was the word that had been
ringing in the heart Of this brave little woman
ever since the day that her husband failed at his
desk, and Was brought home apparently dying.
She knew that she could rear the pillars Of her
domestic structure herself, but how 2
''Woll, Love, l Will uO WuAG Cbn 1UT you bhu
the old gentleman, .'and-and-if it were only
for You and the babies, should say at once,
come home and be ~ welcome there you
were four years ago but you know the house Ii
SO small; we haven't room for four in it,"
Love smiled . sad smile, and then said-per-
haps . little prov0kingly--"fonro of us would oc-
cupy no more chambers than three; the babies
are too little to be away from us at night But
II your house wore twice AZ large, father, could
not take my husband own little home away from
m m - liza ia airk I ahnlI hAva tn IpCiip
soon aud will let you know my plans"
The respectable old gentleman rose up, and
with his handkerchief polishing his already shlii-
ing beaver, kissed Love, patted the heads of the
good heart. and remember that the ravens fed
Elijah"
''Ws don't want them to feed me pre-
fer to feed myself" replied the spunky little
woman, who felt that it WAS rather hard in her
father to discourage her and then exhort her to
'keep good heart"
She loved the old man, although he was stiff
and narrow in his views, and never forgot Any
slight offered his Judgment She followed him
love to mother" although the real mother who
would have found room enough IN her heart and
home for them all, had been for years in the
grave
1t WAS twilight and a. the old gentleman was
going down the step, young man came mp.
'Ah, good evening, good evening"" sail the
stout, good nstured hotel keeper to both, and
then added to Love, Here am on the old bor-
rowing business. My wife says she can't pie lse
the lawyers in court time since you and she
changed pickels aud honey. Old Squire Watts
called out the minute he sat down to supper,
come Bruce, borrow some OF that noighbor's 3
pckels for us. Them pckels is q standing
Joke among them. Why can't nobody IN town
make pickels, and cstsup and chow-chow like
yournp My wfe's cook that can't be beat ou
bread and meats and pastry and cake, but she
ought to prentice herself to You on some
things"
Love, who had known Bruce all l,er life. smiled
aud said
II will give you q jar with sill my heart, Mr.
Bruce, and that wont half pay your wife for the
nice things she has sent in to poor George.
have my cucumbers all ready now to make my
Jars left"
Suppose you make q bargain Mrs. Bart, III
buy two barrels ut the best Boston prce.if you'll
make them for me, and chow chow aud catsup
too" .
Love laughed, and the hotel keeper went witt
her to got the jar The old man went down tht
street Whispering with ssigh-"The Lord know.
whose going to feed that family l can't do it
for wife says can't, and she knows everything
most and Love is terrible obstinate
Well, the hotel keeper ran back the next mo
ment with his pickle jar, as happy ~ some mel
would have been to hnd nugget Of gold tina
size, for he had rival Who kept the old tavern
and he wanted to keep all the lawyers who cam,
there to hold court ~ his customers.
Love had long talk with her husband tina
night. The next day an old school friend VIII,
had always been like sister, came to stop wit
the sick man and to look after the babies, an
she went to Boston, ten miles away in an earl
train with neat little basket in her hand. l
any one had been near enough when she put III
her little basket on the platform Of the depo
with such spirit, he might have heard he
whisper
..See il my family starves while I am sliv