Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-09-20

changed several times. sometimes fall
ing thereby into difficulties with th,
ether servants, always throwing thu
household into general confusion.
During the past year, Wahlborr
had become more and more engrosseC
in literary pursuits such, that is, al
pertained to his profession and haC
assumed the entire editorship of /;
medical journal. Therefore, it was nj
longer possible to permit his study t
be overhauled every moment at will
lest the safety of his numerous MSS
and papers should be endangered. 81
he fell into the habit of locking the
sanctun, should be invaded during his
absence even by a servant with {
harmless dustbrush. This hurt hi
wife deeply, and she took pains to lei
him feel it.
One day he sat at his writing-table
surrounded by books, to which he
was referring for proofs regarding 9
certain experiment he had been en-
gagged upon. He was disturbed right
in the most engrossing part of his
researches by loud talking in the pas.
sage outside the kitchen door. He
was not long in recognizing the voice
of his wife engaged in contest o.
words with one Of her ryants-hG
had so often begged her to avoid loud
talking in that passageway when he
was writing in the study. He wa:
half tempted to go out asd ask her &c
keep quiet; but then he hated to in
terfere in household matters. Work
was out of the question, however, and
after several vain attempts to pro
coed, he sprang up and began impa
tiently pacing the floor.
In the course of twenty minutes
there came a lull, and, with muir
INJURED thank God 7 he resumed Tho
interrupted studies. Scarcely ha he
got well under way when the door
burst open and his wife, with flushed
cheeks and eyes still flashing, made
her appearance Dropping down up
on the first chair. she began-'It i;
perfectly incredib.el Henry only think
Katharine has broken the handle of
the new butter-Dot and we have
scarcely had it in use three days
'My love-, said the doctor kindly
Il am very much engaged just now
'And she had the impudence to tel
me-, continued the excited Sophie
that / would break as many things as
she If had so much securing and
cleaning to do every day
Don't you think she may have been
right p
But surely you must admit that
she was to blame ? At all events il
was enough for me, and have given
her warning
Il am very sorry, said Wahlborn
with sigh, 'for Katharine is really
an excellent cook, and makes partic-
ularly good coffee.
'Only think, Caroline tells me, con.
tinued Sophie, needless of his remark
that she often complains of the work
and thinks we have too much clean
ing and washing done. As if it con
cerned her, when we hire help
Dear love-, said Wahlborn, wht
had been fairly sitting upon nettles al
this while, how often have | inploret
you to spare me such domestic Cos
sip, especially when | am engaged
writing Even the i'll luck of the but
ter-pot would have been time enough
to impart to me this evening, if
must know it.
you are never interested in any
thing l may say to you, said tn,
young wife, no little piqued, 'and
had no one else to go to but YOU
| (this last very piteously.)
| But, dear child, when | am a
work You see how busy | am, AM
the loud talking in the passage ha
caused me to lose a great deal o
time already
80 Henry, how unkind you are
You know | cannot speak in whis
per when obliged to scold the ser
ants.
Signing, Wahlborn turned to hi
books once more, but he had utterl,
forgotten what he had been about t
search for.
60! by-the-way,' commenced So
phie, again, 4 had almost forgotten
we must have a new lock put on tn
pantry door-Kalhacine has mislai,
the key, and it won't be safe to leav
it unaltered.
'My dear, cried Wahlborn, CROWN,
positively impatient, 4 am very bus!
Just now, cannot alter the lock WIZ
don't you send for the locksmith 2
Il shall not trouble you any fur
ther,' cried the young wife,. springins
| up hastily-'I see that / am in you
way-it did not use to De so, an
putting her handkerchief to her eye
she hurried from the room.
| Wahlborn made half movement
to follow her-he could not bear tc
hurt his wife's feelings-but bis in
dignation soon got the better of him
and he resisted the impulse. Ill
turned back to his work, and soon
was 80 engrossed that the whole af-
fair had passed from his mind. Sim
liar annoyances were Of too common
recurrence to make any very last
ing impression.
As years rolled by, matters in the
Wablborn family, SO far from i'm
proving grew daily worse. So phil
Wahlborn was considered by her
acquaintances model housekeeper.
She was certainly neat to a fault, q
careful, devoted mother, in most re.
spects a kind hearted woman, yei
she never comprehendsd the mis-
takes her ideas of order led her into
Her household was her world, YET
she did not in the least realize how
little she managed it to bring rea
comfort and pleasure to herself or
to her husband, and how little she
was doing to be a companion to him
or to fit herself to be one to hel
children when they grew older.
Nothing could be more accurately
| timed than the work in the house