The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-03-26
ONE DAY IN A SETTLERS LIFE.



Roland Hardy. half sohbug, aud really
angry.
She arose and flashed round to the win
dow, there pressing hc9 hot f1ce 80 closely
against the pane that her nose imm di'tcly
began melting Il gr0tc>Juc pattern al hpr-
self in the sparkling irDstwork. liad
you been gentleman, Roland, you never
would have thought of doing IT,"
When wives get into a passion they are
apt to say things that they may hereafter
bitterly rceret. Mrs. Hardy was no cNcep-
ton. Her husband stood breathlessly
silent his face palng. They had not been
married n year vet.
"Jaue" he answered at last. In tones
hard and cold. "if / hal rot thought YOU
were willing aye ana moro than willing
tuii-k II. should never have brought you.
and you know It. Remember told you
II would be rough life; yet you were
eager to come
Jane Hardy remembered very well But
the memory of her earnest protestations,
her generous forgetfulucss of self, only an
gcrcd her the more just now.
"Ilow was to know it would he like
thi.2 There! You can 20 ii you are go
ing. should like to bo alouo-wth all
this work to do
IL am going directly" was Mr.. Hardy's
answer, striving for tranquility. "Wll
you be good enough 10 put up my
iuuchcon2 | shall not come back until
night"
"Oh dear. yes. hcrcpled with aacrity.
bringing her face away from the window
with II jerk, and proceeding to make n
great clattcr in the caphoarl which in
this pioneer CABIN was Il combination OF
pantry and china closet.
Z" / fear there is but short allowance OF
wood; will it last tn evening" asked Mr..
IInrdv- obviously looking AZ the wood box
he had Just rcplcnishvl, and turning to
brush up the bits of bark that had fallen
on the neat rug carpet. lis words were
KIND. hut his tone was ~ chilly asan iciclc
There is plenty; d. not trouble your
self" rcspoMlcd his wife rc.enifully. her
cyr. bent on the bread she was butterng.
In live minutes, man. dinner pail and
dog had vanished III the direction of the
great forest; AMI ting young wife was alone
a. she hll vchcmcmty desired TO be-. R1-
land Hardy hal gone forth 10 his days
work of follnE Timber.
Most Young anl angry wives would have
dli not. She leaned against the rude man
ic shelf when her husbands footsteps no
longer sounded Ia the crisp snow, ana
looked utterly sal aud hopeless rs If the
hight OF her life had Suddenly gone out;
book u rcu 1rarfui. too. ~ If conscious ~
having had sometn.u; II do with it, ann
hnatiun.
The tory is one II those often enough
1lti0n, suddenly falling HIM, Roland
Hardy mlu,uuv resolved 20 betake him
Self to ihc mighty woods clear out "A settle
mont for himself, erect hi- own house,
Robinson Crusoe fasninn. and in time by
dat of his hands hard labor, become pros
porous. Hardy, the settler. he would be
chen, with his farm lands around him. his
fDcks and herbs. hi, people. and his COM
forts. But all that woaid have To be pa
tiently worked for AMI the beginning
must, of necessity, be weary aud toil,om".
Jane y anc to whom h was engaged, de-
cd"d to 20 ont with him OBJ his wife.
lie toi her he had better 30 ON
h'.t. say for wear or two; n.r
fri sd, iu~ct IN" ~Iia" advice. bat tho
Soung lady would not Ist"u. 20 far n he
49, attic, Mr. Hardy. before their mar
! a.t. d,~olii'tl what thor IL aud thrr
lnrrly life would hc. Jane Delue looked
At 1t with Io-c-ColOr"t spectacle. aud
thought II nd le charming. "a Kind e
perpetual picn.c. IL l. true shc md not bar
IIm Ton The hep they had taken with
u IN, iu the shape of q inau and woman
servant, dcscrllug them speedily, ti'd
with the new rough work, si"iS AZ the lone
huc.s; nHd 'hosc engaged III their places
cater cudlc~s tTuuhlr and long ucgotia-
tpiN hna not Yet come. But she had nut
n own shoulder hiarc.N 10 the whcei ~
tAr summer weather. and mude llzht OF
% y
H. i time tier temper had gwen way.
ENeiytmng seemed TO have zone wrong
in the cah4n thar morning, amt her nus
blnd', calm rhfliiiiits- through ~ al lnn
pinvoK, her i..st InwaiIdntdbly. Bui
shr WA not ir,llng well.
II /. possible that many Of us have sucl
mo nung,-mOruings wh, everything ann
mate ami inanimatc cnnspircs 10 bring a.
the Sul face the original gorilla that slum'
bor, wthin the soul These veNation'
have to be I,dtcn down promptly under
ono d, toct, and Mr.. Handy had stopped t'
slDabhlc with hers. dear llttle rose had
b'nu discovered frozen. though wrapped
IN iiWuclaNd placed IN The WAime,t corner
OF tl4e buiIOW under the floor, called, rs &
Uaitor If dignity. she cellar. To be sure
tlr potafpr, had been kindly spared bu
what were ero,s potatoes when Lovely
IAlAHlQu' bud. ulnupcd IA death! Mourn
in over thru, Mr.. Hardy forgot the milH
tun.t ANA ticmili tuas Indignantly hulle
over. Catching tho pan from the stove
h., spiash col hot milk fell on the from
brtuith of her clean crisp French Eng
liam, and another on the ear OF poor
David, stretched on the hearth, and Tia
do2 BOWED re-ponslNelN. al another tln'
Jauc would have laughed; but laugh
III = morning; life in general wa
looking dcplcssedlV gloomy; and whel
Nil. lludI came into This atmosphere o
burnt milk aud plicous og-whnlngs, sh
WI, declaring, in her feNld way, tina
housekeeping out West was simply villain
on and thnt she hated There She ctugh