The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1879-12-11


Bot Il Is qaila aseIea 10 dlscaEa The poIn'
With yoa mAdan. However, this day
week Mrs Burns leaves nt ana ls1peci
you 10 qualify yoarssH le Assnue her
daties
M1. Flint smiled. Mr. Flint frowned.
Then, taking bic bat and cane, be lsi, the
house.
There's nothing ike bcglnaing right,
be said, mentally, planusg bis cane firmly
down on the pavement. n Mrs. Flint
married noe with the iniention OF squAn-
dering my money in silks, farbelows and
things, Ghe'H find Il difEicnit IN my estsb-
lishmen1 don't Intend 10 encourage
fetnale insubordinAtion believe the
husband was born 10 govern : The wife to
obey. II more husbands had my tirmuess
my tact in governing, thugs would be
very different at the preaent day.
Aud Mrs. Flint, left at home sum-
moned the housekecper. ~
learn tba. my husband hss given you
a weeks warning, she said.
Yes, ms'am
Aud Is IL your wish 10 leave Us, Mrs.
Burns5
%, no, Nrs. Flint for 1 don't know
where could Gnd another place, aud l
have 10 pay my little girls board out Of
my wages.
believe there Ia considerable work TO
be done 10 this esiablishment'
Yea, Mrs. Flint, great deal Then
Mr.. Flint 10 30 partlcular--he wants every
thing done just so. And that's why lam
sorry TO 60 Just as you come, for know
that you are easy to please.
JJHow do YOU know ,hAti said Mrs.
Flint, smiling.
Byyour face 1T looks so good naturcd.
Mr., Flint says, ma'sm, she continued,
hesitatingly, that am to show you some
about the work. But IL you try to do 1t
alone, unused to hard work as you arc, it
win make you sick In week.
Ithink very likely 1t would, Mrs.
Burns. Bat have not the slightest idea
OF doing the work. At all events, yon
must not secure another situation until
you hear from me again. am very con.
idsut, she added, smiling, that n Mr..
Flint sends you away, he will be only
too anxious to have you back again.
Tho week passed quickly,
Mrs. Burns leaves tomorrow, remark
ed Major Flint at the tea table.
Then you have decided upon it5
Yes, madam; believe l announced
the fact TO you some days ago
| Thought it possibly my objections
might have weighed with you to change
your mind. | never change my mind, 4,
said her husband, loftily.
But | warn you that have little ex'
perienee az a cook
You can learn, madam.
Perhaps may not cook to suit your
taste.
That is my affair, he observed, stifay.
Had be been aware of the plot forming
in the lady's fertile brain, be might not
have felt so confident 10 regard TO the
quality OF his bread and butter. but as 1t
was, be retired for the night all uncon-
scious ofthe discipline TO be meted out to
him.
So the following morning Mrs. Burns
received her wages and was sent off. At
ten o'clock the marketing was brought
home. At the usual dinner hour, Major
Flint made bis appearance. The table
was laid with more than its usual neat
ness. Major Flint congratulated himself
on this fact as personal triumph on his
part. Bot be hardly felt so complacent
when the dinner came up. The beef was
lterrlbly oyerdone; The vegetables, on the
contlary, were not half cooked. In short
there was nothing ft TO eat on the table,
This Mr.. Flint angrily remarked.
h | dare say, said bis wife placidly. am
not very good cook.
With his appetite only half satisfied, he
was obliged to rise from the table,
The following morning, breakfast was
delayed moro than hslf an hour; and
when II was ready, scarcely eatable.
Major Flint vas quite out OF humor; but
in reply 10 bis indigaant remonstfance,
his wife coolly remarked:
You know, Mr.. Flint, ! warned you
that might not cook to you taste.
Aud so matters deteirorated rather than
improved. The tea aud coffee, prepared
by bis wife, WAS quite nauseating 10 him,
while the bread was not only sour, but
hard and clsmmy, requiring considerable
EFFORT TO masticsLe 1t. And what render
ed il all the more exasperatiug was that,
no matter how inferior in quality or dis
tasleful TO himself, bis wife proiessed her
inability to discover any fault in what
was prepared for the liable, protesting
that II was In perfect accord with her
own iasie.
The following day Major Flint seated
himself at the dinner table. his mind
filed with various emotions. lie was
growing thin, be felt, sure; not good
sqeAre meal for three days.
This woman will be the death of me,
sure a. fate, he said TO himself, gazing at
the food placed before him.
Here was the rich, juicy steak that be
himself bad selected and sent from the
market, after ell bic instructions SO how
Ii sbonld be broiled, ahockinglY overdone
--In fsst, 10 iact Almost burned 70 crisp,
bic wife, msanB bile, pArsakIng Of II with
evident relish.
Whist taste that woman must have
hs said, with horrihei eyes.