The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1875-09-09

mine and / am sure the tailor does
not leave much Of my sewing for you
/ to do"
al don't complain Of homework or
Of doing your sewing; but do think
the burden Of little Johnny has all
/ fallen on me-"
''It strikes me-" said he, with pro-
vOking eOmplaeeney OF tone, that if
you earned his livirg you would have
less 10 say about the burden falling on
you"
"JOhn," said I, answer me honest
ly, do you work any harier or any
longer now than you did before he
was born ~
81 don't know as 1 dO,n said he :;
I always worked hard enough"
"Well. and so do I. But now as 10
Johnny. l presume you will allow
yourself half owner of him, as the
law allows your entire control over
him. How much do you do for
him ?'
81 maintain him. I do nv part. /"
"No, John, you are wrong YOU
don't do your part. From the first
you never have. Did not weary
months go by in which you bore no
part whatever in the burden ?''
"Well, that is curious complaining:
what would you have me do ?''
"YOu might have got q servant,
instead of letting all the homework
fall on me; or you might have Kept a
horse, so that could ride out aud en-
joy,the fine weather but that is all
past now"
al should say that it cost me enough
FOR the doctor, nurse, etc, without
talking about keeping horse"
True, it cost enough; but I am
talking about the division of the bur-
den. Was the part you bore in the
payment of those bills eqIsl to my
part in the matter? Would You have
taken my place for that money il it
were to have been paid you instead
of those who cared for you 81
didn't have al his clothes to
buy ?"
"NO, sir / wen. without new
clothes of any sort for 3 season, and
the money saved from nly wardrobe,
supplied all that was needed and
might add that all his other clothes
were got IN the same way"
"Well really, 1 had no idea how
much OF a martyr you were. Next
you will be clothing me in the same
way. How thankful ought /, be for
81 calculating a wife ~
Now in these two years" said /,
continuing in the face of his sneer,
call of the care and confinement con-
sequent on attending the child have
fallen on me. have managed some
way TO accomplish my nOusewOrk
aud sewing as | used. 1 can hardly
think how 1t has been done. Did it
ever occur to you to think how many
times [ have been to church since ne
was born ?"
"You wouldn't expect q man 10
take care Of a baby, would you ? That
isn't a mans work"
'Tsn't it 90 said I bitterly "then
wouldn't have a baby. have been
tn church just four times, and then
some visitor has staid with Johnny.
How many times did you ever get up
in the night to s1Othe him when he
has beer sick and fretful ?'
Chow do you suppose" said he,
81 could work by day if / didn't get
my nights sleep ?"
Just the same way that do when
my night ia broken, exactly"
well, Sarah, what is the drift of
all this talk, anyway For 1 dOn't
see any use in prOlOnging it,"
"Well, then, it is my original state
ment-that, AZ l did my share OF the
family labor, and took all the care of
Johnny, and you are q man in pros
porous circumstances, / am entitled to
"a much money for that as il were
employed and paid by the month FOR
the same WORK, ahd have right to
spend money for things that don't
suit you il | please t. do so and L
may sdd," said | with a sudden vehe-
menee, "that it is mean and cOH-
temptible in you to try to oppose or
forbid my doing So"
John said no more. I saw by the !
look in his eye that he was quite an-
CRY, and 81 was /. That was the first |
time in our married life that We failed |
to kiss each other good night. Indeed |
l feel guilty, though 1 hardly knew
why, but it was late before / fell
asleep.
The next n lrning ali was serene.
No trace remained of the evenings
storm, but nothing more was said |
about the obnoxious su descriptions. |
Next day I met Mrs. West and she !
thanked me very heartily for dOub-
ling my money.
Dear John He didn't mean to be |
but be had never stopped to
think about such things. When his
next settlement came, and he slipped
a twenty dollar bill into my hand and
said, THAT is for your private purse"
l re ally thought he was the best hus-
band in the world.