The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-10-06

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nuisance"
Harry wrote to Aunt Dodo about this
time, and May put in postscript.
THE LETTER.
"DEAR OLD ANGEL: Nothing particu-
lar is happening except perfect happi-
ness. We are living in nasty little
piggy room, twelve by twelve, which
May keeps as nice, or nicer than can be
| expected; and we don't often conde-
scend to pay attention to the outside
barbarians.
MAY is the prettiest picture at this
moment. She has got Miss Bender in
the bath-tub, and baby is spIatting the
water all over everything, while May has
gone off into a gale. Unjust go and keep
things from falling, for when May laughs
she gets as weak as a She says:
Say as a Borrowgove. ~ Her laugh
ing so much, sensibly depreciates her
market value as a wife and mother, of
| course.
"My salary is riz twenty dollars a
month, and am saving to buy-well,
never mind what you shall come and see
us when it is bought Your not infelic-
| itous HARRY BENDER.
"May will add P. S."
MAYS P. s.
"DEAREsT AUNTY: If you were only
with us-though, to be sure, l don't
know where we could put you, unless you
could go to sleep under my painting ia
BILE, now transformed into an ironing ia
BILE, or curl up in the baby's bath-tub.
1.-THE idea of Halls pretending to keep
the great secret mystery to you! That
was only his sweet way of leaving me
the pleasure of teifng it,
"You know Perth, where the Woods
went that summer? Well, there is lit
tie house of foHr rooms not ten minutes
walk from the depot of the Long Branch
Railroad, which goes near that little old
village. The little house is not very
pretty now, but it can be made so, and 0
joy! it is dirt cheap. This is Halls cult
ured remark, and of course good enough
for Halls wifeD
"Aunty, think of it! l am nearly
wild: home, little house to be the
mistress of, and for Hal to come tol
"Well, we have saved $40, and only
need $3.50 more, which Mr. Chace is 60
ing to advance to Hal.
There is brave old oak, and plenty
of greenery all around US, and the great
wide bay in sight, where Hal says the
biggest ships that
Sail the seas over
can come right in, and there are walks to
lovely places. So you see we are going
to healthy neighborhood for my pre-
Cious lamb of love.
81 am so well, and life is so sweet! l
often have little weeps all to myself for
sheer happiness. Happiness is good for
people, Aunt Dodo. Away with the
false theory of the uses of adversely! l
am not half so selfish and thoughtless as
was. may be trifle vain, but Hal
keeps telling me that my temper is only
a little lower than the angels, and that
am his 5tty 6itty p0idge. isn't that too
frantically imbecile?) 1t is lucky that
baby cannot understand Halls nonsense.
Hal must learn to speak English in the
bosom of his family before Miss Bender's
talking days come.
"You had better read my end of the let
ter first, and call his the postscript.
meant to tell you all about baby, but
have no time now. You are coming to
see US as soon as we get settled. Baby
sends a honey-kiss. Good-by. Your
beatitudinous MAY BENDER"
Five years passed. May and. Aunt
Dodo sat together in the cottage which
was to have been an earthly paradise.
Nothing had gone wrong that anybody
could have helped, apparently, but some
how the glory had rubbed off. May
seldom laughed till she was too weak
to hold the baby nowadays. Her arms
were oftener inclined to feel heavy from
fatigue; but then this was the third baby,
and much more exacting one than
"Miss Bender" had been.
1t was delicious June. The white sails
went up the bay, and took Venetian
colors from the sunset.
You look tired, May; give me the
baby" -.... ....
No, Aunt Dodo; it would only save
drop in the bucket of my tiredness. 1t
is quite chronic" said May, with laugh
which am glad that Harry did not hear.
Laughter without heart in it has bad
effect on man in his own home.
"Do you always have that pain in your
back? Doesn't it ever stop:"
"Never," answered May, "That is,
it never does when am awake, and l
often dream that am being sawed in
two at the spine, so it is to be supposed
it goes on when l am asleep"
81 wish you would see a DOCTOR" said
Aunt Dodo, peeling apples.
Harry thought as you do" May re-
marked when she came back from put
ting the baby to sleep in its cradle in the
next room.
Thought what?" asked the old lady,
wonderingly.
ooh, nothing, About the DOCTOR"
What was what? forget. o yes,
about your pain"
81 wish could forget it one minute
in my life. One minutes utter reSt!" said
May. Harry did go to one," she con-
tinued, though l begged him not to
waste the money, for, you know, we shall
lose the house if that mortgage is fore
closed, and every dollar tells; but he
would Poor Halw said the wife, wiping
her eyes. "He said my temper needed
curing, ii my back didn't. It's very hard
on him, my being so nervous. What do
you suppose the doctor told himS"
"rm sure don't know" said Mrs. Jo-
sephine Pinkham. Il beg pardon for not
introducing Aunt Dodo properly to the
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