Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-09-20
TOO GOOD A H0USEKEEPER.
BY AUBER FoREsTIER.

BY AUBER FoREsTIER.
After the German of Gerstaecker.
If ever a couple seemed destined
for one another, it was young DIR.
Henry Wahlborn and his affianced
bride, Sophie Metkorn, the eldest
daughter Of a we'll to do burger of \
-. Certainly finer looking couple
did not exist. The young man had
been so fortunate as to have an oppor-
tunity of forming an estimate of the
young ladys character before paying
his addresses to her. AS family ply
stefan, he had attended her mother
during a tedious illness, and having
access to the house at all hours Of the
day for nearly year,he could not fail
to be impressed with Sophies excel
lent management of household affairs,
and her never-wearying tenderness
and judicious care of the invalid.
Young DR.. Wahlborn was the very
personification of order and neatness,
and, in comparison with the many
untidY dwellings, which he found so
terribly ont of order in his early morn
ing visits, the Metkorn household ap.
cared a perfect model to him Let
tim come when he would, he found
the whole house neat and tidy, and
Sophie herself looking as though she
had just stepped out of a bandbox ;
and once when he had occasion to
glance into the kitchen, he was at
tracted by the glittering tinware,
which shone as though of solid silver.
And Sophie was always dressed so
simply-never out of style, and yet
without any of those absurditles of
ultra fashion She always looked well,
elegant even To be sure, this was
easy for her, tor most things are be
coming to pretty face, and Sophie
was indeed very pretty. In fact, it
was marvellous that the doctor so long
resisted her charms.
She was both economical and thrift
ty. He CHANGED once to overhear her
driving a bargain with one of the
vegitable-dealers, and was struck
forcibly by her earnest, business-like
manner. To be sure, it was but a
matter of a few cents, yet, "who
knows not the value of trife has no
appreciation of more important
things
DIR Wahlborn had little property
of his own besides the income from
his rapidly increasing practice, and
he felt now able to take wife, even
if she could bring him no DOVER AS
soon, therefore, as his mind was fully
made up, he set to work without de-
lay, and one day, when the mother,
who was now convalescent, had been
sent off IN the baths for a fortnight,
he proposed to Sophie, and was made,
by her blushing acceptance, 'the hap.
piest of mortals' OF course, the pa
rer a must be consulted, and this the
young folks attended to when they
had the matter all settled between
themselves. A joyful consent was
given, and very soon the nuptials
were celebrated, if not with splendor,
at least amid circle Of warm, true
friends.
After that, the young couple made
wedding tour through Switzerland,
returned home to receive the much
dreaded calls of congratulation, and
finally settled down to enjoy their
peaceful household happiness. They
really possessed everything requisite
to make an unpretended home happy
even little Injuries were not want
ing Sophie understood how to ar,
range everything to look so neat and
horne-like, and gave herself no rest
the whole day long until she had
transformed the tiny house into per-
feet dolls palace. Wahlborn never
wearied of watching her, and could
not make up his mind which to adj
mire the most, her taste, her industry,
or her perseverance.
During his absence upon their we'd
ding tour there had been an accumu>
lation of professional demands upon
the young physician which must now
be met, and being a regular cores
pendent of one of the most import.
ant medical journals, he was also
obliged to set to work at once in pre-.
pairing his next contribution. 1t
seemed strange, yet he had to ac-
knowledge to himself that as he sat
writings or as he came to and fro
from visiting patients,he felt dis
turbed, almost annoyed, by the per-
petual cleaning and setting to rights,
and by the strange faces of those en-.
gagged upon the work. He would
rather he and his little wife could
have Lad the house to themselves
Just during these first days-that was
all. But, then, all this was a pleas.
IRE to dear Sophie, and, of course,
the work would be entirely completed
soon-to which blissful juncture he
looked forward longingly.
Sophie was certainly model of a
little wife, and managed her house
keeping as none other could have
done. There was just one wish her
husband had regarding her after they
had been married awhile, aud had a
chance to become better acquainted
with one another's ways; and
that was that she could devote
little more time to reading-he al
most feared she was not fond of it.
Her house was small, yet she found