The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-03-01
Jous srr,Es'. usn,eAao,rs.

my husbsn "a said 10 noe this morning
Doctor, word for word, and The Invalid,
Mrs stephens, Jay back 90 the soiA pii-
low, he very picture Of misery The
family physician, who was called on su
Asersge 10 The Stephens mansion three
huudrsd aud sixty times year, drew =
ebslr close 70 the couch, aud waited
qsielly FOR be patient 10 open Der book
Of Complaints.
last night, sou see, Doctor ! bad al
~ iuyn. aud be wanted 70 come tor You
bat when | got 80 be dared ,o ieaYc me,
be concluded then we'd better lei you
sleep
Much obliged 10 him, ssid lte Doctor
Sarcastic emphasis on the personal pro-
noun. Last nighl was ihe irsl undis-
,utbed uights rssl have eej9ycd Tor a
week
Mrs. Stephens continued;
This sped Is lhe same as rad The last
time GU were sent for Doctor
A slight nervous attack, bfvke 10 the
physician, nothing more.
Wen. il don't make any difference
what sou call IL, ii was mighty hard 10
bear; but let me tell Yen what my hus
baud sAid lJsl, Doctor, before We 80 into
symptoms. When be was going down
TO breakfast, he says to inc, Kate, what
shall send you upI
Says |, don't want any thing in the
world bot good strong cup oi tee. Tell
Bridget 10 send Il up in the little tea pot.
saw, Doctor, that he didn't move alter
/ / said this, so turned and looked up at
him, aud such picture OF rage aud dis
gust never saw in my life. Finally,
says he, Teal tea! teal its nothing bnt
tea from morning till night, Kate, saye
be, you are the color Of a Chinaman now
Why don't You order a good piece ol
( besfstoak, aud a slice OF brown bread,
aud cup OF chocolate; that would be a
sensible breakfast
But John, said 1 you forget that am
sick and have no appetite. | was all
ready to oiy, but was determined that
he shouldn't have the satisfaction OF see.
Ing the tears fall.
Forget says he; forget? | wish to
| Heaven could forget lt's nothing but
tgrunt and groan from one years end TO
tie other. have lost all patience with
you, SAYS he When We lived in part
Of house, aud you did your own house
work, you were as well aud happy as
any body, aud 10 man ever had pleas.
amer little home than John Stephens I;
but what have now TO love, or TO come
back toI aud this, Doctor, Is what he
ended up with
/ Kate, says he, you are nothing more
nor less than drupkard, aud in the
sight OF God, more eulpabe than most OF
the men who staggcr through the streets !;
because The majority of those poor devils
/ have some sort of an excuse for their
conduct, and you haven't the slightest =
/ Yon have luxurious home, husband
| doing bis level best to make you happy
every thing under the light of the sun to
please you, and yet you will persist in
swilling tea. Yes, Doctor, swilling was
| the word be used-bool hool hool Oh
dear me! TO think | shsuld ever have
lived TO have heard such dreadful Ian
guage out of my husbands mouth; and
then he says-and making me as misera-
Bile q wretch as walks the earth.
Pretty plain talk, interrupted the Doc
tor, with shrug of bis broad shoulders.
Oh, yes, sobbed the victim, and so
awfully coarse and unkind. I'll had had
had spell, and died there before his
very face, don't believe be would have
cared snap Of bis fiuger. ! tell you,
Doctor Eliis, there is such hing us a
mans getting hardened.
Evidently replied The physician, with a
| lseonism absolutely painful.
But my husband has nothing in the
world TO trouble him but just my poor
health aud AIN sure | can't help that +,
/ This remark was more IN answer TO bef
companions tone and manner, than The
one single word that had accidentally
escaped bis lips, aud this the Doctor
irit.
Anybody would lbng BY the wsy he
goes on, continued the itate woman, that
I e. joJed myself with spasns, aud
ciaInps, aud isinting fits. ANYBODY would
think 1t was a pleasure to Inc TO feet,
every time see funeral procession, rs
II the besrse was going to stop at our
door mkt. Oh, yes such life i very
euj0ysble, very, Indeed
Doctor Ellis took no notice OF The last
words; The msn's eyes grew luminous,
aud bis whole face declared thai he con.
siiered himself master Of the situation;
aud il Mrs. Stephens bad beeu 50 eatire.
ly taken up with her own ailments, men.
tai aud physical, that honest couutenabce
would have betrayed him.
You say, he began, settling himself in
the large easy chair, and assuming a
strictly professional air, that your hus.
baud has nothing 10 ironble him but
your health; how do sou know that,
Mrs. Stephens
liowl Why how do know snyibingf
BY tho evidences Of my senses. Don't !
know that John Stephens hs' a splendid
business lba, looks after Itself, maguii-
cent income, aud money enough 70 live
on the bare interest, as weli as family
need to live, II be never entered his 0 flee
sgain while he has BREATH
Bas money isu't everything, Mr.
ls...Aas ...,...s4.l ttta ,.Ar.g.f#.. -sst6