The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1876-05-13
NATCHITOCHES LOUISIANA, MAY 49, 1876

thick coating Of -four on tho elbows
but lie was too desperate to care for
appearance, and determined to buy
up a supply Of bread aud cakes at the
bakery he therefore locked the chill
dren all up in his study and started,
running all the way.
In thu mean time Sammie, aged
seven, amused himself by manufac-
turing a kite out of valuable manu-
script which lay in the desk, while
Bolivy tore q beautiful steel engra-
wing out of one Of his fathers choice
volumes to ornament the face of said
kite and Jennie, q pretty, brown.
eyed sprite Of three summers, in reach.
ing up for the bottle Of miicilage,
knocked off the inkstand, which broke,
leaving a great black stain on the
handsome blue and. drab carpet. The
chair on which she stood slipped, and
IN fastening to get down, she dropped
the bottle Of paste, which fell in a
little shattered heap at her feet max
ing an additional blemish on pap.'s
carpet.
Mr.. Mimpblenf had always reprovetl
his wife for calling the children mis-.
chievous. for he never saw any thing
at all wrong in their conduct. and
congratulated himself that he had the
best behaved and most interesting
family in the country.
Returning, he Immediately hurried
to the study, and was Mortified he:
yond expression at the scene which
greeted him there. If his wife had
permitted such a thing tn happen he
would have scolded and stor,nc,l
around in a fearful manner, until he
was quite certain that he had made
her perfectly wretched, and healthy
sorry for ever having married such
great, inconsiderate 'bear" as him.
self.
However, he viewed the disaster
with anything but pleasure, but be.
ing very much fatisued with the
mornings work, he did not feel equal
to the effort ii chastising them, and
50 let them off with a feeble repri.
mand, and proceeded to distribute
the bread and cakes.
Providence sent an old lady friend
around that afternoon, and leaving
the children in her care, he rushed
off to the intelligence Office and en-.
gagged o recent importation from Ger
many, whom he brought homo with
him in triumph.
Next morning he INDUCED in a
cigar, and walked up street to ascer.
tain how affairs we're progressing at
the Office. On his way back he pur.
chased a can Of oysters, which he pre-
scented to KATRINA, asking "if she
knew how to cook them," to which,
she replied "Yah, yah poll them in
stew !" and he seated himself COM
placently to peruse a letter from his
"other self" Mrs. Mimpbleuf.
II am having such a delightful
time" wrote his "atsinity," "and M
hope that you ore getting along
nicely at home ; it will do yon worlds
Of good to rest from your labors, and
l know you are enjoying it wonder.
fully"
Bolivy had tied a rope to one If the
chairs, and as KATRINA was coming
in with the soup tureen, he suddenly
jerked it, tripping her up, aud she
fell crash into the room.
Euraged at the boy and scalded by
the hot soup, the girl declared her in.
tention Of departing Immediately, and
forthwith did 80, leaving jeremiah, to
dish up the dinner as best he could.
After the meal was over he deter
mined to clean the carpet. which was
a new Brussels, purchased by his
wife only a month before. Remeln.
boring that Belina used a scrubOiug.
brush, soft.soap and ashes to take
the grease out of the kitchen floor,
he decided to try it in this instance.
Providing himself with q shovclfal
Of ashes, he spread it carefully over
the place where the soup had been
spilled, then he poured = quantity ol
soft and hot water on, and as
sum,ng q kneeling posture 1.-THE FIST
time since his childhood), began tt
scrub. Four square yards were coat
ed over with ashes, etc., whereas on,
" a small portion Of the carpet had
been soiled, but he worked ava,
bravely.
4'Wlat will Mrs. Mimpbleuf say 2
groaned the miserable man at last
"a the more he rubbed the worse Il
looked. Perhaps bucket of COLI
water dashed over will improve it,
he sighed.
Li@piug into tie kitchen, AMI
hunting for a tin pail, he recollectei
that he had used it to hold the mill
the evening previous, all the pan
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dish in the closet now, large enongl
to contain it, 90 oil that remained t.
he done vas to pour it into one Of til
; wasl.bowls, aud let it 60. Passing
the stove, his dressing gown came il
; contact with i heavy skillet, whic
came down lna!iciously upon III
corns, and sent him prancing abo,'
the room in an agony Of pain, gnasl'
ing his teeth and pulling his hair i
; frenzy.
just then the door.bell rang, an
he went to answer it. He was no,
rified to zee Miss Roseline Summer
J a young lady whom he he'd alway
: held up to hls wife as an example .
! amiability and reatuess. She starte
! in astonishment at the distressed
, looking object that stood before he
, bowling and trying to appear a. agree