The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1875-07-29

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s''e's "a iilllc bin ct woman, all pa.
'ieHts and santhluf. and I'd spoil tho
besi i 3 hat That meme, could bu,. lor
ne privilege Of l,naipg ber INV umbrella
lu rain storm.
sbe's married, aod shs's got an oia
fhlaaeeFas If a husband. Ne makes /,
e practice tu comc home tight, at eleven
O'Clock every other night. and has or
years, and be cau't rrmember that he
ever gave HIM cross word about e.
Wien he fdls iuto tbc han, she Is waliinK
20 clese lhc aoor aud help him back to
tlc sitting room, where good sre
awaits bin, She draws on bis boots.
unbutions his collar, helps bin Oh with
hIs coat, aud aiI lbe time she Is saving;
foor ueory, How sorry am thai
yen bad this aitaek Of yertigol pm
afraid that sou will be found dead by
lbe roadside some night
Whaazer mean hy yelzlgog be growls.
But she helps him on with bits vest and
pleasantly continues:
lm 50 glad you got home all right |
hope DE day viii come when YOU eau
p9ss more 81 yoar Time AZ home. Il
dreadiul how yoar business drives YOU.
What Dizziness; whaz yer talking
bouts be replies,
loor dear; bow hot your head Is, she
continues, aud presently he breaks down
aud weeps aud exehims;
Yez znr- zie's wearing z,lf
out lasts can wish1i was deadl
Next morning she never refers to the
subject, but pleasantly inquiries how he
slept, and il bis mind is clear. Ills
boots may be missing, aud he yclls out,
Whorn tbunder's my boots?
Right here, my dear! she replies; and
she hands them out, al nicely BACKED
up
II She wants dress, or hat, or
cloak, aud he yells oul that household
expenses are eating him up, she never
'sasses' him back, nor tells him that she
could have married congressman, nor
declares that she vii write to her mother
aud tell her just how tits.
That's 50, my dear--tnes are hard
she says, aud she gets up just as good a
dnuer as if he had left her $50.
lie may come home tight at supper
time, bat She il moi shocked She ro-
marks that It Is an unexpected pleasure
70 have bin bone SO early, and she pre-
tends not TO notice his stupid look. lie
sees three chairs where there is but one,
aud In trying TO sit down be strikes the
loor IKE the fall of derrick
Wazzar jaw zhat chair way for2 he
yellsi and she replies;
It's that hoe in The carpet Il knew
you would stumbled aud she helps him
up, aud brings him a strong cup of tea.
They do not keep servant, aud when
cold weather came she never thought OF
planking herself down IN chair oppo.
site him and saying;
Now, then, youth either get up and
light the fires, or there won't be any
lighted; mark that, old baldhead
No; she didn't resort TO any such base
and tyranncal measures When day
light comes she slips out Of bed, makes
the fires, warns his socks, and then,
bending over him, she says;
Arise, darling, aud greet the festive
monl
Hes sick sometimes, aud I've known
that woman to coax him for two straight
hours, to take the doctors medicine, turn
over bis pillow twenty-five times, keep a
wet cloth on bis head, pare his corns
down, and then wish that she had a
quail 70 make him some soup. When he
gets into a fight down town, and comes
home with his ears bitten up, and his
nose pointing to the northeast, she In.
quires how the horse happened TO run
away With him, and she says she is so
tbaukful that be wasn't killed. She has
an excuse for every hing, aud she never
admits that anyone but herself is TO
blame about anything, Lor' bless her
| hepo she'll Slip into heaven and never
be asked a question.
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