Middletown transcript., 1877-07-14

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Of household tasks, and fretted for tn
excitements Of her girlhood.
Something Of this she lost while he
a baby-boy filed her heart and hands
but after he died she again found tim
!, hanging heavily upon her.
Friends found the ride to her prett.
home a long one, and did not @drop in
} as they had done when she lived in tn
city, while she tired also of the ride t
. and fro, that Harry bore patient.
with home at one end.
She had not that strong love o
home that is inborn with women, anC
did not derive the keen delight many
would have felt from the mere posses
sion of her household treasures.
She had no taste for dainty cooking
and did not care to be in the kitchen
for hours for the satisfaction of placing
some triumph of culinary art before
her husband.
Sarah, the servant, cooked most
things satisfactorily, though Harry
lovingly declared Lulu's ham and
Lulu's pudding had a delicious flavor
all their own.
The little wife did not suspect how
much Of her husbands praise for her
few efforts in household work was a
tender device to waken a deeper inter-
est in the home that was Harry
pride.
She did not realize how much self
sacrifice the pretty appointments about
her represented.
Perhaps the goods and chattels
might have possessed a higher value
in Lplu's eyes had she known how
much more than mere money they
cost.
But Harry did not tell her that the
pretty pickle-stand was the result Of
many less cigars a month, that her
dainty etagree was saving upon the
winter suits and overcoats, that the
pier-glass upon which she set her heart
was the result of close economy in the
matter Of town luncheons.
She had displayed all her treasures
to her friends, she could trust Sarah
with the work, and the time passed
YEARLY when Harry was away, for
Lulu was not fond Of intellectual pur-
suits.
Her idea Of pleasure consisted in the
excitement Of society or public exhibit
ton, and she fretted at the enforced
quiet of her semi-rural home.
Suddenly a great idea loomed upon
her mind.
She would coax Harry to move into
the city and lodge at hotel, SO she
would be rid of the bother of house.
keeping, and be once more near her
friends.
The result Of a month Of persistent
effort Is shown in the conversation with |
Mrs. Henderson. Loving his wife more
than his home, Harry yielded.
"I wonder if Harry is willing to
leave the home he has made 50 per-
feet" Mrs. Henderson said, sadly.
"Willingp Lulu cried; aRe would
not listen to it for long time. I be-
Iieve there is bit Of his heart in every
saucepan"
"And you would make him give up
Ill he has collected with so much care?"
"Oh, he Will soon get over all that,
when he does not see them. 1t is
nearly the first of May, and we will
lot take the house for another year."
"And the furniture?"
"We will have a good price for that.
We can live a long time on what we
,ught to get for the things, and Harry
an save his salary"
"Poor saving, Lulu. You may
leeply regret this, dear. Few men
eel SO deep an interest in home as
Harry, and it is dangerous to destroy
hat interest"
But Lulu was resolute, in spite of
Iarry's evident reluctance, nothing
moved by his lingering touch upon
many Of his household goods, pur-
hased with such proud delight.
Her first regret was at the sale.
It was painful to see the dainty
Harry had collected passing
nto strange hands, at about one-fourth
f their value, to watch rough men
caring down the furniture and taking
! away to see dirty hands passing
yer The cut glass and china, and gath {
ring up pretty triAes to take them
way from the home they had adorned. I
Sarah, sobbing over the packing and /
ewailing the desolation, was depress- d
lg, and Harry's long face was keen
eproach. t
But the morning nap in the private c
oteI, the fact that Harry had only
ne to walk instead of three or four s
lilies to ride, the absence of all care t
f the table, raised Lulu's spirits again, $
nd she was quite ready to enjoy the f
rst day of liberty.