The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-09-24
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She ain the Sainc ,c.t as Nour iirst wife. Henry. sad Mrs lery Wl;h an ominous closing ei her uppe: i,p oser the lower one.
 Mrs. Perrs eailee. hei self ] f'eYaUt Gh.ist- ian. All through the, ,eeaatrs She was held in estimation as esc et the sal Il the earth. eomiat..as ass5>.s=.l= =s..s ped. efflclen; ln a ne- -iCeice haGsehaid. and welcomed everywhere .fu5 wien Ahge May came ta the eid !. ae.,eaa !, hei son second "Ife. ,he naturally leatsed ap with revefent.ai ,fieellaa ie tie yenefabie ~kite-e..i..es =..ie=i,.ti, the young husband lad sa55t. looking fondly iuta the .Ses et l., a;lie. as ,he, stood under the hlessarnns baashs - the ounce trees on iha, sol; May nishs when hrst he brought her h4ine. ,'do Hau thIHk you can be happy here
 "Oh. Harry. the xo4n. ~i:,e i.N.. re- piled. it Is like little paradise'
 But Mrs. Henry Ferry stla found out that Lilac Farm aas something more pfac tical than ideas u paradise.
 Don; you know haa so tHafns = ssid Mrs Perry. senlar. 1T unaxement. IN aY, Alice. where were. s..ti bt.-tssii, liar V's hrst wife thoasn nt no;hirg ot ehu.n!r- :, twenty pounds e. butter ft :. n.afaIag. he sides getting the hreaNi...; 5. loaf hired men.
 Alice oolored ;o the very roots of her luNurlant ohe>tnut-6fos, T atir.
 - know nn,nng about thc 1oun;ry, dear Mrs. Terry. she sid. ter she ,..s ,oo shy to Use the tender term "faetlcr. un- less by the spec .l ins4ta'}on which had = you know. a, 4 boarding school; and after graduated tl3lsh, school untii ! met Harry. and
 II darc say. said drs Perry. dryly ]; but if you are gong te be d farmer wife |, Is high time you acquainted your self with some ei .he t.,i.es pertaining "a your position. Ny sons iirs; .iie. now :. was model.
 Alice looked Gp eager :.
 Please. Mrs iefry. s .ii she. tell me what she used to d.. Qt coarse. haze no experience. but
 .Well." said Mrs. per9.. looking up ,o the top fringe oi the curtains ard tou hing. the tips O her fingers refiee:iye'y together, "she had f4cultt. DaFa,hN had. She vas a famous cook She baked fresh pies every day. for nn one can he expected to like stale pies Her hot breakfast bis- cults were like flakes of STOW, and We mostly had @af'ies fer supper, with honey. and fresh apple sauce. She absat. go. up a, ! o'clock of Mandas morning ,o do the washing. Henry shir;s have never been the same since Dorothy was removed. And l wish you could have seen her ironings The Sewing Circle met here once month. @rsa the teas Dorothy go, up were he talk of the nei sh- borhood. And there was < Sister of h. dus,ry Meeting here once q fortnight. ard the Singers Symposium even other fri- day She was d noble-hearted Christian. Dorothy was And then she did all the family sewing She couldn't reconcile Il so her own conscience ard her husband $ income. she said, To hire such work done.
 And Alice, who had committed the enormity of having dress made by A dressmaker, colored scarlet and hung her head.
 .Then a, butchering time" proceeded then relentless Mrs. Ferry. senior. Doro- thy alway. made the ,ripe and sausage meat and comed the ham herself-and she cleaned house four times year. She was a master hand at quitting. and she always made her own bonne;s. 4 woman can save so much for her husband in tha, way. As for the butter and cheese. think if she hadn | died so suddenly. poor thing. that she could have beaten any record in the country"
 Alice sighed deeply How could she. . slender. inexperienced glrl of twenty hope to cope with these marvellous attain ncnts-
 -H0ry never told me all this she said
 suppose he has though, of i, many times" said Mrs Perry. senior. But per haps he didn't like to allude 10 II while you were playing on your me!odeon. and reading your book. Dorothy never go, any tune 10 read
 But if you'll teach me" pleaded Alice, ~-ill do my best to learn. She locked the melodeon, pu, away the books and portfolio, and her basket of