Arizona weekly enterprise., 1882-04-29

 something green to rest the eye upon"
 "That Is very true; but we have nothing green here at present, replied the landlady, leading the way majestic ally to the small and barren area ln the rear, where there was crop of clothes iues, but not blade of grass, HOT even a sickly tree. But you are at liberty | .oplautand cultivate whatever you please. | except ve. .{et5sbles and sunfowers. We | shouldn't wish to have it look like T | market garden, and Rebecca has par ticular dislike for suufowers You might | make 1t look aperfeet paradise and then, | perhaps, you would prefer to have all the 1 back rooms you could get. They would 1 be away from the noise of the street, and a back kitchen is handiest in several re- spects.
 T will speak to Mr. Prod about it, . said Mrs. Prod, turning her back upon the gloomy prospect, which lent no force to the argument. ''And, now that you speak of the kitchen, how will 1t be about washing and sweeping the stair ways and entries?"
 "We will take our turn, of course butt suppose that as you have four men folks-for the boys are worse than men,
 
 you would not object to doing about two-thirds instead of one-haf the clean ing, we having but one male person to three women"
 "I will speak to Mir. Prod about 1t, was the faint and evasive answer. cit seems reasonable, but my boys are very clean and orderly, always scrape their | feet before they come in, and are careful l Ak 4o orr
 q am glad you have spoken about that" proceeded the landlady, '' for it reminds me of what was going to ask you-whether you pay much attention to dress, as a general thing, or merely dress tidily, or don't care much if yoh goslip-shod and anyhow. Some of the best people, to be sure, go slipshod and anyhow; but Rebecca is very particular about appearances, and I think myself, and so does Mir. Fleshly, that it is best for people to be always respectfully clad"
 "You will have no cause to be troubled on that score" replied Mrs. Prod, with a proud smile. ''As for James and Samuel, they always dress as if they were going to Sunday-school. They take after my brother Joseph, who is g regular dandy. As to my husband, there is no end to the clothes he has and for myself, this black silk dress hasn't a spot nor rip in it, and yet il is the meanest one I have. I am very glad you spoke of that, for I was going to ask you the very same question whether you and your husband, ar : your sister Rebecca, and your grand unuthcr observed neatness and the fas} Ions for it would be quite mortifying to us if you were not scrupulous in that respect"
 "Then we shall get along delightful ly," returned Mrs. Fleshly, apparently much pleased at this homage to dry goods, Eff we agree upon other things. 1 have known two families to live in the same house for twenty years, and hard ly know which family they belonged to, if they had a good understanding with each other and agreed upon all the ht- tie points.
 "There is one little point I should like to inquire about, said Mrs. Prod. (" We are very happy family, and the boys will laugh and talk, and Joseph is a great singer. He has a splendid bass voice, and when play and he sings, and 9Ir. Prod is telling funny stories to James and Samuel, perhaps we might disturb you"
 1T am glad you spoke of that" ex- . claimed Mrs. Fleshly, flor I forgot to ask you if you made much noise. Now, Grandmother Fleshly is pretty deaf, but she Is often in dread that the house is on fire; and if your brother Joseph has | very bass voice, she might hear it and hink it was an alarm of fire, and it might cause her death. We have to be very caleful about grandmother, as she $ 80 years of age, and we wouldn't wish uer to die prematurely. So don't you hink on her account, if not for Rebec a, you would prevail upon Joseph to dis pense with his singing, and induce.Mr Prod and the boys to speak in a low tone and laugh mildly ?"
 q will speak to Joseph, and Mir. Prod, and James, and Samuel about 1t, , said the obiging Mrs Prod, "and per haps they will.
 ''Mr. Fleshly is very fond of his pipe," said Mrs. Fleshly, wishing tc suggest recompense for the sacrifice required, "and perhaps your husband and brother would like to pass the even ings and smoke with him occasionally. ,
 "Smoke Oh, no, indeedl MT. Prod can't bear the smell of tobacco, and il ! always makes Joseph sick. Don't you ahink-I am very glad you happened t.
 peak of that-that you could persuade l A1r Fleshly to give up his pipe?" !, 6 He always smokes down in the kitch- i sn," suggested the landlady, with a look 8 of dismay.
 . "But that would make it still more I unpleasant to MT. Prod and Joseph, fol : the smoke would ascend and smell all over the house"
 ,, Perhaps Mr. Fleshly might arrange if t so as to keep his pipe over the range, # .nd let the smoke go up the chimney o ,r perhaps Mir. Prod or Joseph mighi ? 1e willing to bear what little scents the, :. got, till they were used to 1t. I think = hat we will. be able to overcome the an n noyance, Mrs. Prod, if we can agree a upon other things And 1 would like tC mention something about sickness. We O should hope you are healthy family f dy sister, Rebecca, IS very much afraic if ,f contracting some disease, and if {
 ickly family should come into the house 3 1 should never hear the last of her com o )laining Besides, she thinks doctors f visits unluclzy."
 a "She may rest her mind upon tha i" score, then, for if doctor waits till wt 'o Ire likely to need one, it will be aftel x ,,ur lease is up. We haven't had doc o .or in cur family since Samuel was born"
 ,r 6 How fortunate P said Mrs. Fleshly # "And 1 hope you are all pretty sount n body, too.
 :, "I thank you, we are extremely so,
 because we are so careful. And now " here is another thing. May I ask how .ou obtain your supplies-whether prin ipaily by good many errands daily ' 'eeing that you have two boys-whicf ,r 7ould cause much disagreeable going tC d md fro-or would your goods mostly <, .o .ome by weekly, monthly or yearly re ~ llenishment?"
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