Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-04-11

eAceeuinSly. One was resolved not to spoil
the peace Of her cozy home by scolding, but
how to cure him she could not tell. She
bore with the patience of an angel, until one
morning, after he had gone to his office,
she went into the parlor, and there lay
Toms heavy shawl right across the table,
ruthlessly crushing beneath it the pretty
trif1es which lay upon the marble table.
Nov can't stand this and | WON'T"
said Nellie, as she carefully raised the shawl
from the delicate treasures and discovered
the ruins of a %favorite Bohemian vase.
81 don't know what to do but this [
won't have!!' she continued, with the little
bit OF wifely snap which every good wife
must have if she expects to get on at all
with that occasionally unreasonable animal
"a man.
"Someway must be discovered to cure
Tom of such performances as this !" went
on Mrs. Nellie as she removed the ruins of
her vase, and all the morning she went
about the house with scarlet lips closely
compressed and little fash in her brown
eyes, which argued well for Master Toms
domestic subsection.
And when Il determined little woman
says s. must'' and " SHALL" masculine insub-
ordination might as we'll surrender at once.
Before Mrs. Nellie closed her bright eyes
that night she had arranged her plans for
the campaign against her liege lord, who
slept the sleep of the innocent at her side.
Blu she meant to give him one more
chance.
So, after breakfast, when Tom drew on
his boots and gave his slippers their usual
toss under the sofa, she gently said, "Tom,
dear, hadn't you better put your slippers in
the passage or the bed room?"
"No, let 'em alone; they'll be handy to-
night,' said Tom.
"But Tom dear, they look so untidy."
"Why no they don't. A thing looks as
we'll in one place as another. What's the
use of a mans having a house if he can't
keep things where he wants TOP rebellious
Tom.
"What's the use of keeping a wife and a
servant on their feet all day to pick up
things after you ~ asked Nellie without the
least show of temper. Ha. .
"Don't pick 'em up at all. just let 'em
alone, and then I can find 'em when l want
'em,' declared Master Tom, as he gave her
a kiss and took himself off.
And the moment the door closed on him
Nellie's red lips compressed again, and her
brown eyes wore the same look they had
worn yesterday.
"War it is then! - she said to herself,
"Now, Master Tom, we shall see who wins
the field"
She set quietly about the usual mornings
T work of a mistress of a house where only
one servant is kept; and when Tom came
home to lunch everything was in its usual
good order.
1t remained so, and Nellie busted herself
with her needlework until nearly time fol
Tom to return to dinner.
Then she rose to put away her work, and
prepared, rs she said to herself, to "opeI
5 the campaign"
2 First she put Toms slippers where he al
ways left them, under the sofa.
Then she tossed her shawl upon the pi
4 ano and his best hat ON the table.
l Then she brought some of her dresses an6
/, flung them across the chairs and on thu
:. sofa.
= Her furs reposed in TOMS own specia
/ arm chair, and her best bonnet kept Toms
e slippers company under the sofa, while he
: own slippers lay upon the cheffonier.
:, And then, thinking that female ingenuit.
could make no greater sacrifice than he
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