The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1875-12-09
SATpIDiT NIGHT IN plSBURY.

Dor and care are held IN allegiance. Satur-
day night stands like rock before the
day OF rest, and says to toll and worry:
Thus far shalt thou come, and no far
thcr." Blessed Saturday night! The
wearied husband and father approaches
ls home. lie looks ahead and sees the
light streaming In cheerful radiance
from the windows, and wonders il that
boy has got IN the kindlings. lie steps
mp on the st0op and opens the door.
Ills faithful wife meets him at the en-
trance, and grccts him with, "Why on
earth don't You clean your feet, and not
lag The house tail OF mudY Don't yon
know I've been scrubhing all day And
lhus he steps into the bosom OF his lam
iy, grateful for the mercies be has re-
ceivcd, and thankful that he has home
10 come TO when tie worry and care
and toll OF the week are done. Yes, he
Is home now, and has set his dinner
pail on enc chair, and laid his hat and
coat on another and with his eyes full
of soap from the wash, is shouting i'm.
pctuousiy for the towel. Saturday night
in the household! What beautiful
sight! The bright light, the cheerful
figured carpet, the radiant stove, the
noatly laid table, with the steaming tea
pot, the pictures on the walls, tho spot
less curtains, the purring cat, and the
brightcyed children rubbing the plates
with their fingers and locking hungrily
ut tho canned cherries. Even the wea-
ricd wife is ySibly affected, and as she
steps to closet with his hat and coat
She unconsciously observes TO her hus-
band:
"Will you never learn 10 hang your
things up,or do you think I've got moth
irg rise to d. but chase after you all
the while you are in the house,"
lie makes no reply, bat as he drops
into his seat at the table, with sigh Of
relief be says:
"What's the matter with that internal
lamp Is the oil all out, or amt the
chimney been cleaned 1t don't give no
more light than tiro-bug:'
Turn il mp then, she rctorts. at
was right enough when | put IT on the
table, but suppose the children have
been fooling with it. They never can
keep their hands out Of mischief for an
Instant"
an fool en-" he growls, az they
dun't keep their fingers oil N things"
After ibis sally a silence rcigns, hrok-
en- only by subdued rustic OF plates
and cutlery. Then comes ii whisper from
one of the youths, which is promptly me!
in loud key 10y the mother.
"Not anotbeo mouthtul, L tell you.
You have had one dish already, and
that's enough. amt going TO be up
all night wrastling around with you,
young woman. And tho quicker You
straightcn that face the better it'll be for
you"
The offender looks with abashed in
sisters, and gradually steals look into
the face of her father, but finding no
sympathy there, falls TO making surrept-
uous grimmaces at the mother, to,thc re
lief of herself and tho intense cd!tica-
ton of the other children.
The tea is finally over, that delightful
Saturday nights meal, and as the APP
pcased father stretches back into his
chair, and looks dreamily at the flame
dancing in tho stove, he says TO his first
born:
sis them kindings cut, young man 7"
OF course they have not been, land the
youth replies:
"I'm going right out to do it now"
and steps about lively for his hat.
"You'd better; aud if come home
again and find those kindlings not cut,
won't leave whole bone in your body.
DO You hear mc!"
"lcs, pa"
DWELL, then, start your boots"
They are started, and the relieved
glad fame, aud watches it abstractedly,
while his thoughts are busy with the
bright anticipations OF the coming day
of rest.
"Ain't you going down street, or arc
you going TO set there all night" asks
his wife He turns around and looks at
her. Its q sort of mechanical move
mont without any apparent expression.
There's got TO be something for dinner
tomorrow, and want you TO go to
Adams an see if my hat is done, an
there amt bit of blacking in tho
house." resumes The mother. "You can
tell Burroughs that that last butter he
sent up amt fit fer n hcg to cat, an il
he amt got anything better than that
we don't want if. You'd better get a
small piece Of pork while you are down,
an if you see Parks ask h.m when he's
coming hero TO fix that wall. lie has
got the plaster off, an there it stands,
an there's no use of trying to put the
roo:a TO rights until the wall is fixed.
don't sec what the old fool is thinking
Of TO leave the room like that"
Hercupon, the head of tho house gets
M on his feet, takes brief. longing
glance at the pleasant stove, and wants
10 know where in thunder his coat and
hat are, and ifnolhing can be left where
it is put. Then she tells him that If he,
looks whcro he ought to he'd find the
taings fast enough. lie does find them
and then goes into the kitchen, and 4
moment later rcappears with 4 very red
face, and passionately asks il basket
can be kept in lhat house for five min
utcs at time, and moodIly follows his
wife 10 where the basket is, and looks
still more moody when he is brought
face TO face with il, and sarcasticailv