The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-11

"There, Frank, have mended your coat
thoroughly. l guess 1t will last another
year now"
"Qute job, wasn't it longer than l
thought said he, depreciately.
GLOW much clear cash have you made
to-day, Frank ?" asked Lizzie, in q very
earnest tone.
"What do you want to know that for?"
was his answer.
"For my own satisfaction certainly |
should feel an interest in all your affairs"
"Well | think the shop has cleared over
twenty dollars
"How much do you count your own SER
vices worth ?"
mot less than five dollars a day."
GLOW many hours do you iabor?"
"Ten is the legal time nowadays. !
don't generally work that many. But what
are all these questions for"
''Because, Frank, we are husband and
| wife. We expect TO live the rest of our
| lives together and If there Is harmony in
our marriage relation, there must be justice
and right. You may call me daily to APP
preciate anything you can do. You have
earned five dollars to-day and the shop
has cleared twenty. Yet to save you one
dollar, worked ten hours on your coat,
and six on your breakfast, dinner and sup
per, and making your home pleasant and
comfortable. To save you that dollar, |
have had to hurry all day, to
put all my work out of my line, and to
really neglect our darling boy, who should
be our first care, and the last thing under
any circumstances to be set aside"
~ had not thought of that"
81 know you had not, Frank, 30 shall
feely forgive you, but | must insist that
hereafter | may be allowed to be my own
Judge of what work | had best do, and
shall not expect to be threatened, nor hear
myself accused Of not being willing to do
my duty"
Frank felt the force of her words and sat
silent.
Gone thing more, Frank, | want to say
while am about il, that / don't want to
hear you talking about supporting your
wife. ] will not be supported while / am
able to support myself. find on looking
over my books, that the profits of my labor
amount to five dollars week and the board
of yourself, myself, and the baby besides.
Then do all your extra work and my own.
All this saving has gone into your capital
to be invested and to help make your
twenty dollars day. Out of this comes
the five dollars you call the worth OF your
days work, while ! must labor with weary
| llnDs anu dCnlug uchVl anu eyes W save you
one dollar in mending an old coat, which
when done would not sell for the amount
of your ten hours work"
"You are making pretty strong case
against me, Lizzie"
''No, Frank, not a case against you
could not do that but | am stating facts.
One thing more. have been at work three
hours since supper, and you have been en-
tirely idle, not even rocking the cradle,
which l have been obliged to do half a
dozen times"
Lizzie, don't say another word, and III
never do so again" said Frank, epringing
from his chair to jog the cradle. where the
boy lay nesting. "You shall never mend
another coat
ayes, but will,' answered LIZZIE, ad-
vanclng to the cradle, "only don't tell me
ten hours work can be done IN five min-
utes, nor ask me to let the baby squall
again.
She lifted Walter from the cradle. They
stopped SO kiss his fair, rosy cheek but
made mistake, and kissed each other,
while Frank whispered:
"God bless you, Lizzie, never thought
of all this before. won't do it again."
Six years have passed by, and Frank ha;
kept his word.-H0usehoh.