Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-05-05

one hundred dollars per annum.
Provided she sold the house! That
was a pang, even in Imagination.
Ont Of this sum must come rent,
fuel, clothes, and thousand eject.
eras for family of four grown peo-
pie, whose present income was, at
the least, ten thousand a year.
"Good Heavens" The rosy face
blanched even under the ruddy rays
of the sea-coal fire. "Say, then,
that We were worth fifty thousand
dollars, free of incumbrance. That
would be only three thousand q
year; and, as Phillip says, we would
do nothing to increase the principal
Why We would have to be economi.
cal, if we had double that sum.
And few mems estates yield more.
How do widows and orphans who
have been reared in luxury. live,
when the strong staff is brOkcnf
seem never to have understood
until this instant what helpless
wretches women are; how most help.
less of all class are those who know
themselves, and who have always
been known as iddies, born and
bred. Is there a remedy, u proven.
tative for tbis' Is it impracticablc
to throw out an anchor to windwardi
What was the origin of this insane,
wicked, cruel prejudice against in.
dependent thought and vigorous
work on the part of women, that
fills every rank of life with misera
BILE wives, and mothers who ought
never to be entrusted with the care
of children! Does He, who can
make even wickedncss the instru.
, menl of His purposes. permit this
to flourish rank in Christian lands,
thai thr world may br lawfully pop.
ulatrdf'
IN the boat again, and in very
deep, nuikN waters, but Juggling at
the oar with all the energy OF her
practical, common sensible charac.
ter.
"Phillip says teaching does not
pay any longer; nor painting, nor
music, nor fin" sewing. What docs?"
Through the smooth, oily heart
of the big lump Of coal on the top
of the mass i'll the CRATE, placed
there carefully hy Mr.. Killers tongs
before he went out, ran Il concealed
layer of slate, not wider than q
mans finger, nor thicker than
plate of mica. But when the fire
touched it, it cracked, and the big,
justly balanced lump exploded with
force that sent the fragments hel.
ter SHELTER in every direction.
Mrs. Hitler jumped mp with a
little scream, and shook her dress
Violently, inspected every fiounce,
lest the fittings might harbor live
coal or spark.
"All safe, fortunately she con.
graduated herself, after brushing
of rug and fender, and pushing
her chair few PAGES further from
the hearth. at is u real calamity
to scorch dress in this day, when
one pays SO much for having it
made. Our bills are absolutely |
shameful. Whoever loses money,
or fails to make it, the millners
and dresslnakcrs ought to be fat
and ilourishing. Their profits must
be enormous, yet all OF them-the
competent and obligins onrs-are
overrun with work. Madame |
Champe. for example, gives herself |
the airs of Il queen dispensing ia.
v0rs, when she consents to under. |
take dress for me-"
At that Instant, with that tart |
speech, Mrs. Hitler reached land !
and beachcd her boat.
The three girls did not return
home from the party to which they !
had gone until twelve O'Clock. The |
rain had not touched them in the !
close coach their father always |
hired for them on such occasions. |
Tossing of their rappings as they
ran, they trooped into their moth.
er's sitting room, adjoining her
chamber, where she awaited them.
"With such a superlugious home.
sy fire. bright and warm as her own
heart chartered Blanche, the
youngest, rushing forward to throw
herself on the rug at her mothers
knee. "And heavenly cup of tea!
| enter now into the full compre.
sion OF the reason why it is called
the celestial herb,r shifting the air.
"There never was, there never will
be. there never could be, such an.
other mamma
"lou are right there!" cried the
others, kissing her less noisly, but
AS fnndly- as did the madcan of tho