Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-08-16

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married to good man like DIR. Viii.
son, and had three young children
should certainly feel that / had
quite enough to do to make my hus
bands home happy one, bring up
my children to be loved and respect
ed by Others
why, Kate. l thought you were
fierce advocate of woman's rights.
so | am in some respects.
think that woman should be paid
the same prices as men, for work
that they do as well, and that they
should have opportunity to cultivate
their talents of every kind, even those
that are by some considered alto.
gether too masculine, Thero will
always be thousands of single won.
en- and widows, depending on their
exertions, and / do not think it
right that all the fields of labor
should be closed against them, ex-
cepting those of teaching and sew
ing. But if | had chosen to marry
/ could never feel that il was right
to neglect the children that God
gave me to educate and care for,
and to go out of my home to find
objects of interest to expend my
sympathies upon. No nurse is ev-
er quite reliable, and children need
the constant care and solicitude of
q mother. / do not believe in all
this talk about extending the mar
ried women's sphere, and never
shall, until mothers can introduce
into society, daughters and sons
whose manners and opinions( so
confidently expressed), are less open
to criticism
Miss Grant, exclaimed the old
lady with undisguised enthusiasm,
you are the only sensible women l
have seen in this house for a year.
The two young ladies laughed at
this unexpected encomium, and Mrs
Wilson said to her friend:
sWell Kate, if you ever do m AIRY,
your children viii be models. and
you need not smile, for [ mean it;
but I never expect any such to
leave my hands. fl could only
have position like yours, I should
be perfectly happy, 1 am quite sure
sThen, Marion, how would you
like to change places with me for a
while ? 1 can arrange it with Mr..
Somers. You can go to the office to
examine MSS. add write letters,
and I will stay here to sup srintend
dinners and take care of babies
agreed. 1 should like it OF all
things, if the Doctor is willing
The Doctor was quite willing, for
he had been greatly troubled by the
llstlessness and demeanor of his
wife and her evident dissatisfaction
at her home duties: and he willingly
acceeded to Miss Grants proposition
hoping that the result might be a
happy one. So it was decided that
she should go the following Monday
to fill the place usually occupied by
her friend, Miss Grant.
Marion's heart felt a little heavy
when she babe her husband and chill
dren good-by, and she had some Sc
rious misgivings when her eye fell
upon the pile of letters and MSS. that
awaited her inspection and judgment.
Her confidence in herself and her
own powers seemed suddenly to have
vanished in the most mysterious and
depressing manner, and the humility
that followed seemed to her far more
uncomfortable than lovely.
In the meantime Miss Grant settled
into her new position with quiet en-
ioyment and satisfaction. She found
it little hard to soothe the children.
when night came, at which time they
cried piteously for their mother, Blu,
thew were sweet, good children, aud
not possessing particularly active
brains, they were far less troublesome
on that account, although of course
less entertaining and remarkable ; and
DR.. Wilson was ready and willing to
give all the help his leisure time would
allow him. She also found it quite as
hard sometimes to devise palatable
novelties for the dinner-table as to in
vent thrilling incidents for popular
story. When the cook desired hel
programme the first day, an order fol
roast beef and plum pudding slipped
most complacently from her tongue
then chickens and Charlotte Russo
After that, mutton, of course; but the
dessert taxed her ingenuity somewhat
AS she sat, leaning with her head up
on her hand, as if in profound medita
ton, the doctor passed through the
room.
sAre you puzzled how to dispose O
a superfuous hero, Miss Grants? ht
asked pleasantly.
90, no, doctor; I was wondering
which would please you best, tipsy'
cake or orange-pudding.'
sThe first, by all MEANS he an
swered, with a laugh. There is
something exhilirating in the very
name, so do not give yourself another
moments uneasiness upon that sub
ject.'
She really longed sometimes to &C
into the kitchen, armed with four oil
five model receipt books, and prepare
some astronomical wonder, entirely
new and delicious; but the cook
looked so like an intractable Turk
when she family suggested the ideal
that she considered it wisest not to
intrude upon the formidable Budgets
territory. The children's appetitites
forced her to notice some features OF
Natural History of which she, in her
widest imaginings, had never
dreamed. She had often read and
sung of 'aching voids within,' but new
err realized before the full force OF the
expression. And before the end OF
the third day she looked upon the ba-
by's head with feelings of astonish-
ment and admiring awe, for she had
always thought of it as a delicate
thing, that would be crushed irremed-
iably if brought in contact with any
very solid object; but she saw the
head of that two year old baby endure
knocks and bumps that she was con-
fident would have demolished her own