The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-10-29
GOING TO KEEPING HOUSE

-N aia he o;hey one sad
 es. 1 was up to hIs house las week. .4a1 looked over tke lay out. lie has got everything us; as nIce as can be. and e...s; a be happy. with such nice little vie. When saw ihe furniture. the car pes, and everything asi as complete as pes ole. eompare,i the scene in my lz3.z.-, with the one of twenty years ago, WEee my wife and weE; to keeping hose. rented little one s,onf house. vi three small rooms. My wife had ie@.ser bed and some sheets and com io-:-bles. and bough, basswood bed Ss;e.d4one of these kind where the siats tos--e down the nrsi night. and keep com las -own l so, ! straw tick tilled with hay. and afteI the slais came down We SC or the floor. llwas in December. sE- pledge yog ny word the fros; was hA.i n inch thick by the cracks n the foo and when l go; up in the morning to o.,!ld ire lus; melted fros; all over ;i-e .oor with my feet
 'dn't yoa and xoUr \ lie a,eh told :" s.sz:c ;he other man.
 Catch i!o,h.a Why NC were too --:hy to catch cold. Honest. the room ts,-s=. ;ually tna wafm. The stove MS ;.e males; coek s,oge you q saw and N.ea Aau %; | ne bail, you had ,e stand e.. 'ee5. !, ...s; ..s Xoa would baby = -a5eI ny :a,he= ...s.4ee t.4-s'>3; me ai;eg, .sne aar =he laughed when n, n ;. chunk ;1 seep gp ! fife II Fae ehuEk' s.4s ahog; As .. a, As-.. am. Ia; .lE>s morning yea ought = seer ;. Se. bsesktasi. N ulie f-- aie aefeoz> s7e... getting up and t.e, T. bcie:e :!.o. na see she aad ae hecn nlar.tcG aay. ana itca,ne on ae. eddea. >a Aer> :aie the paa;A asoile ;..e .ce e. :ae Ps3s axe batter .I,.. -ae hAd si<cj she a.a. before. ..:d f.--e ae h" sea Se;i.e. ..s6 stabbed there oaIeiae:ea aH sAe itost .iHd =. :. ael si ". and >he s,saes. 3aie a te'-=-'s.--ssi t-lze3, lame aV, hS he ,.se '#z,s ss,s.ss .,e -#zsP oeN &ith ,e ect , s.ze atc.. .aaa.a5 .h.e..S over.
 =, tz- st#.ti a7at,. = -l.e loeHe's4 4 =, b. Gi, ssa- e Ne. -. ,cc. si.o ...l4s%. .e. ia.Ss N.>hc, :. marrying =. = she IT, s.,. a..se la. .te -. of a I.s n ket. .t .,oie the one Hi4o l.. .ed there "aefe ae .set ab"sl nine -eCy .ss'a.-.snd bet, everybody who e 3Ir money. Aes. re!aemEef hIaI. a.z Ills boy 70; . -ambiing and they s.. =. heard rom him s.nee he eni 10 \ l...l>aw. Gosh it's; ;hiHS of :. Sup aose my w.ie hAG married him. she Ht- in; have had no such house 5s she et new. apd a.l the money sne N. ed, Wei. we snassed around the =. z. and pretty soon the tea kettle be- s-.. @ bol.. ard my 0ite pu' or her s.. es. and broke :he ice IF the Tn wash b,.s and washed her hands and face. als. the -aa>ase began to fry ,iie 9es n to look sooc ra.are,i. and dII.n,i seer. half SO diSggs,ee wi;h marry H., ..r,. :hen the coffee began ;o smel, sort ot
 able, and the potatoes thai ! peeled sol 90 we could rgn 4 fork ,n then and hen she pu; on the pan akeS. ard NC sat
 ; io ;he table. She sat righ. by the
 z where she o.ld ;utn ,he pancakes :: ,e;;.n 9f. and We ea, and ..---aed and l ,e. !eu neses had l ..-e. .asie = sood T. laA lie. haye e,..e-a ..; Delmau,so> ,.nd n ..ies.
 E. arc have lad cfetX:a.s- ;hai 5. man ege. ca. b., nescI Lad d s-sy... ..s>;e l. seoo oe,, tha; hrs; breakiast z.=... when the l,,ie woman sa there bN ;.e ,;ovc an ,efned ;hera bHekW neat a. axe, Say. iIm. when yoe look at
 ite rG!u. around II he ,arnase.
 her diamond,. and sea skn. and 2. e.e.N.hins shc wants. looking kind of q. you wot.dn', think she ever Nnew sn. 10 turn pancakes and fry sa ,ises. WQ d you Wei. she car beat eiu all. . aaldn, haze you tell her, but she can wres;le an obstinate pan cake. that wants :a .ouble Up and run all over the grlddlc. a-1 fetch il out Drowned on both sides. ,oosng as though it was run in a mould. >o-se days the servant girls. and cooks. -e: :anlrums. and ;he stuff don, come on tie able just right. and pretty soon l see nef eyes begin to look the way they did ven she had her fee; in the oven that .-r-ains, and then she gets up and goes < he kitchen. without d word.and makes them slrls come 10 ,aM. and don't you forget il. She has had q good deal of : saess. linn. and has lost children. an q ste ain so pretty as she was when the oe- ,lats fell down that night. but shes a cs--sy, and guess she don't regre, iha, sEe ;old the old folks she guessed she Szee her business. when she married re The old man thought vas dam io5. but when bought him a len ho1sand dollar farm and stocked Il fot r .... and hired d man to do the work. and e had 10 do was ,o rde around and ss IL he changed his mind. and one =. ae admitted tha, he was ;he fool and ;t@: took the whole cake. bakery and . Well. after ;ha, almighty cold morn .Ee. traded single barrel sho, gun for A f4g carpet, and sawed wood for store seeper and go, ro. kins char for the -, woman. and we worried along for q fe- years pretty poor. l.m, bui after .~rs.e l struck raN gait and we have beer r44S.ng money hand over hs; for several yeas. and don; are now whether school keeps or noi. hope our young friend. sse mas Just. gone ;o keeping house. alll --~Ays be as happy as he ls nos. but. do se- know. believe T Is bes, 10 com- e-ce down to the bottom of the ladder A1- work up. l; $ hard 10 ss; up. bu, !; 5 = mighty sigh, harder Ii you have to go oo1u after you have started away up. l. strikes me, when was up 10 the young fellows house. noticed his wife had on