The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-05-25
Rolling Stones.

Rolling Stones.
William Bradley was a man of thirty,
had been married five years, and he
leased good farm and bought span of
horses, few sheep and six COWS, which
he paid for and ran in debt 5000 for
buggy harnesses and some farming tools.
He brought his young wife home to a
large two.storied house and he furnished
the apartments they needed for use and
let the rest of the building remain I'M
occupied. She was neat, Industrious,
thrifty little woman, and meant to do her
part in life we'll.
Bradley was hard-working man; but
somehow things did not seem to prosper.
The farm was large; hired help was high;
the beetles injured his potatoes so that
he did not get half crop; the rust struck
his oats; the weevils ruined his wheat;
his corn got frost bitten, and the hawks
and foxes destroyed his poultry and
kept him in a constant fdget most of the
time. However, he managed to pay his
hired man, and the rental on the farm
and earned his living besides. But he
was not getting rich very fast and he
was half discouraged and more than half
disconnected.
81 say, Hattie" said he one evening,
81 believe shall rent smaller farm
next year. It costs so much to hire and
board man. believe can do better
on the Kendrick farm. where I can de
the work alone"
Perhaps things will prosper better
here next year" answered his wife. "We
we're just beginning and had good
many outgoes, that we shall not have an
other year. 1t will be great expense to
move, and this is a pleasant home,
William"
''It is hard work and small play. 1
believe / can make more money there"
The little wife drew long breath, and
spoke sadly: 81 declare, William, do
not see how we can move the first of
April. 1t will be dreadfully hardr'
"Oh. will hire some one to help
pack; but really think it will be really
better for us. You need not lift finger
about the moving"
Hattie Bradley had learned before this
time that when William CROOKED his
elbow" nothing could bend 1t, so she
said no more on the subiect-and in q
few days her husband told her he had
hired the Kendrick farm, and got it q
hundred dollars cheaper than the
one they occupied. They must
vacate their present home the last of
March, as the new tenant would want
to take possession then. OF course
there was nothing more to be said, but
when packing up csme there was no one
to be had to assist, and Mrs. Bradley had
the whole thing to do herself. She was
q careful housewife, and took every pre-
caution to have the furniture protested
from injury in transporting; but the
roads were rough, and the sled that
had her nice chamber set upon it upset,
and the bedstead got broken and marred,
the large mirror smashed, and the back
was broken of the little rocking chair.
The cook stove had one of the oven doors
broken, and one leg was lost, and plenty
of other disasters occurred to make q
housekeeper cross; but Hattie made the
best of it, and William said he would
get the things mended Is soon as he got
time.
Before they had got settled in their
new home, so a. to be comfortable
Bradley was taken sick, and for three
months was under the doctors care, and
a nurse and hired girl were requisite
most of the time.
1T was very imprudent for You to
move at such time" said the doctor to
Mr.. Bradley. Your wife was not able
to work so hard, and she viii not get her
strength again for months; You would
have been $500 better OF to have stayed
where you were"
1t was long time before Hattie could
be about the house at all. and when she
did visit the kitchen and pantry she was
disheartened, there was no place for any
thing and things vsre In confusion.
A. he end Of the yer they were not
- wall a - thsy vess when ~ com-
moneod housekeeping. Diahss were
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