The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-06-05

wen, L am keeping house something rs ht
kept tavern, l am feeble imitator of tn,
man in Arkansas 1 am doing my Ieveles
to keep the house from going to the dick
ems but it will go there in the long run
1t is bound to go there in spite of my ad
ministrative ability"
''DO l understand you to say ven
tured to inquire, ''that you are taking
care of this house and all these children
without help9"
Certainly. that's just what am doing.
! l am devoting my whole time to it, giving
the matter my exclusive personal atten-
tion. Why, pless NE. yes Yes, see, we
/ fell out about servant mean we dis
agreed. Wife wanted to GET
/ ''Hello ! what's that Don't you smell
fire, Brown ~
''Ges," said I, something burns. There
it is, Gadsley-it's the baby-the baby's
clothes are on fire?''
'Why, Buddy, what in this world !
Never mind, dor't cry. It's all out
There Tush-there Now, who would
( have thought there was fire in that ashes /?
Such thing never occurred to me. There,
Mower mind. Want down? Want to
go to Charlotte Ann? Well, take him, my
daughter. There go to Charlotte Ann"
YES" Gadsley went on, ''she wanted
me to get black woman-old Aunt Linda
to come and look after things and do the
cooking. Well. to tell the truth, Aunt
Linda isn't any too honest, and besides,
the children don't like her, so suggested
that we get the white girl who formerly
lived at Smiths and wanted place. She
is an excellent girl-honest as the days
long and neat as wax But, no, wife
wouldn't listen to the proposition, and
would have old Aunt Linda or nobody. |
can't understand why she should be so set
i'll her ways. Can't fathom her motive in
the matter, but at any rate l took the
other alternative, and here 1 am, sole su-
peryisor of this enagerie-supreme con-
trOller of the Outfit-master of the rancho
and when led
Gadsley's attention was here drawn to
the movements of the twins, who by means
of some twine, appeared to be making q
sort of lightning express train by coupling
the cats together by their tails, but the
father laid an injunction on the train and
it failed to get out on the regular run.
''Now, Herbert Spencer, and you, John
Stuart Mill, just unite those cats this mo-
ment What is the earthly use in tangling
up those cats in that cruel way? 1t does
seem that you are trying to drive your
father into mad house. There Now
turn those cats loose and march yourselves
off to the kitchen. Hush No words to
to me. March 1 say.
''Those twins are more trouble to nae
than all the other children put together.
Il say, Brown, when you consider how
short time have been engaged in this
work, think you will admit that [ am
doing about as well as could be expected
l am by no meaus perfect in it. OF course
not. You cannot reasonably expect a man
to make situation like this in seven
weeks. Really 1 have succeeded beyond
my most sanguine expectations. AT first
l didn't like it-didn't regard it my duty
and undertook to express my views on
the subject to Maria, but, Lor' bless you,
she talked me right down You know
how she can talk on temperance and wo-
mans rights and franchise and things
when she warns to the subject a little.
She is merely mother, you understand,
but she talked to me like a father, and the
result was l became a convert to her ideas
at once, as l always do after listening to
one of her overfiOwing speeches. Then l
settled down to my work and went at it
Of yri+
dead earnestness as if 1 was going to take
a drink"
At this juncture there was crashing
noise in the adjoining room, as of broken
glass, and soon Samantha peered through
the door to say that Herbert Spencer had
gone and broke mothers bottle of rheu-
matiz-liniment and spilled it all over things.
eyes r' exclaimed Gadsley; 81 knew it.
I knew that Iniment would go. Well,
when YOUR mother comes home with her
rheumatic in her knee joints there will be
lively times in this house that's all. |
There will be storm in this locality that !
sOld Probabilities hasn't got down on his !
chart. You couldn't have broken the |
clock. or some furniture, or the looking |
glass? No; you must break the liniment |
bottle ana shatter your fathers peace of
mind for the next month to come. You |
couldn't have gone out in the yard and .
chopped down few trees, or killed the
canaries, or sawed the banisters, you of
the porch railings? OF course not. There
is no amusement which is comparatively |
innocent that will satisfy you. Don't boo
hoo around here. It's not tears we want, |
+s Iiriment Hold on, Brown, you are not |
going?"
eyes" said 1; 81 must be off. have
an engagement in town set for five o'clock
merely dropped in for an hour to see If /
here was anything could do for you.
Well. goodbye, Cad. Goodbye, old fel-
ow.
.eNo-but hold on, Brown won't you
stay for teaP''
.sNo, I can't possibly. You must eI-
,use me to-day. Good afternoon p
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