The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-12-01
APPRECIATION.

4 gentle expression, N
..Yea mother. Essic Is very III
gith low nervous fever, and they
want me TO come and stay until she
!, better. The carriage will be sent
a, three o'clock. Mother. " and Miss
Pauline's eyes snapped, Il think 1t
i about time Bert's tyranny over
that lit,ir martyr was ended. He's
killing her
Lima he Is your brother.
Il can see MS faults if he IL.
Il never heard fssie complain
"Shc never would But look at
her. Nine wears ago when she was
married. she was lively sunbeam,
80 bright and pretty Now pale,
ouiet and reserved, her voice is sell
doin heard. her emile seldom seen.
A yintry shadow of her former
summer brightness Now she Is
broken down. You have never seen
her at home. bot surely when she is
here YOU can see the chGnge,"
Yes, dear, she has changed : but
family cares and
Has Louie changed so? She has
been tvelre years married.
Mrs. sisrthington was silent.
Louie Sas hef oldest child, and pre-
sided oyer The home in which her
mother had been a crippled prison
er fer fifteen year. She took all the
household care, aud had five child
gen, ard vet Louie had gained in
beauty. and certainly IN cheerful
happ nes- since her marriage, even
jf the sport Of girlhood was gone.
Henry appreciates Louie, SAID
Lima. There lies the difference be-
tween her happiness and Essie's de-
lection. Ii ihere bc any domestic
troubles Henry and Louie share it,
while Herbert shifts il all upon Es-
sie. He is a habitual fault finder
Perhaps, dear, Essie is not II
good a, housekeeping as Louie.
Herbert NAV have good cause TO
find fault
Once in ,en times he may. lnev-
er saw iaultiess house or house
keeper: but Essie and her house are
the nearest approach to perfection ]
ever did scc.
"You never spoke SO before, Ii
na,"
"Beraase Louie and / thought il
best not 10 Worry YOU with a trouble
beyond yOus help. But firmly be-
iieying, a. | Do nov. that Herbert is
actually worrying his wife into the
grave, / intend TO give him a lesson
that Is il you can spare me to go.
You must 20, dear. ! shall get
along nicely
80 which Herbert WOrthington
sent bis carriage, Lima was quite
ready for the fourteen mile drive to
her brothers house. Ii was q
house wherein an evil spirit Of re-
pining OF fIult finding should not
have found an abode. Spacious,
handsomely furnished, well trained
servants, and all the.comforts wealth
could furnish, it seemed a perfect
paradise on earth 10 visitors. But a
very demon lurked there to poison
al, and this demon Lima had come
10 exercise.
For the first fortnight Essie took
all her time and care, the gentle
spirit hoyering very near the portal
of the eternal home. There was a
babe, too, six months old, and its
wants filed all their spare moments
Herbert snarled and fretted over
domestic shortcomings, but Lima
peremptorily forbade all mention OF
these is the sick-room, having the
doctors authority for saying the pa.
tents very life depended upon her
being quiet.
But when convalescence com
menced Lima sent Essie and the
baby to visit old Mrs. Worthington
and took control of Herbert, the old.
er children and the household, ful.
~ determined to show her brother
how far he had carried his absurd
habit of fault-fnding.
The first dinner saw the begin,
ming Of the lesson Lima meant tC
teach, by practically illustrating
some of Herbert's absurdities. Her
bert entered the dining-room, his
handsome face disfgured by q
frown.
Soup" said Herbert, lifting the
tureen cover; perfect dish water.
Susan" J" said Lima, sharply, be-
fore Herbert could lift the ladle
take that tureen TO the kitchen and
tell Jane the soup is not fit 10 eat.
Susan promptly obeyed. Herbert
looked rather ruefully at the vanish.
ed dish. He was especially fond OF
soup, and the savory fumes of the
delicious dish were tantalizing. Es
sic would have had some excuse
never whipped off his dinner in
that way All dinner time Lina
kept up a ding dong at Susan about
the abominable soup, till Herbert
wished he had said nothing about
il. But his Imagination detect.
cd 4 burnt flavor in the pudding
and before he could remonstrat,
that dish had followed the soup.
I'm get this house in some sort
Of order before leave it," said Lima
emphatically.
Before you leave it," said Her.
bert, sharply. "Do you suppose
YOU are a better housekeeper than
Essie? Why / have not a friend
who does not envy me the exquis.
tie order of my house and my dainty
table"
Herbert, you surprise me. Only
yesterday ] heard you say you die
wish there was ever anything fit tc
eat on the table"
"One don't expect every word tc
be taken literally" said Herbert
rather sulkily. But an hour later
finding streak of dust in the room
he declared emphatically, 1t was
not ut for pig to live in"
Coming in the next morning he
found the curtains torn down, the
carpets taken up, the floor Uttered
with pals, soap and brushes, and
Lima in dismal dress, her hair tied
up in towel, directing two women
scrubbing vigorously.
Good gracious, what are you do