The National tribune., 1882-10-26
STRIKING IT RICH;
Or, From Kitchen to ParIOr and
Back Again.
by EtheJ AHen.l
CHAPTER Y.

along with havin' 'cm all over to supper I'm
sure don't know"
Now don't yo- 20 to actin as if the end of
the world had come! You women are always
gettin' excited over the least little thing. I'll
go right down to the intelligence Office and tell
'em to send up girl and then Iii stop at the
plumbers on my way home, You just keep
cool and everything II come out all right"
"Well, guess I'll have no trouble III kccpin'
cooi!" I says beginnin to get kind o mad.
"Mary's gone and let the fire go out in the
furnace and I'm most frozen Already"
"Thcn stay up here, can't you? This rooms
like an oven.'
How can 1 stay up here and sweep all the
rest Of the house at the same time, I'd like to
I1now?"
"What under the sun DO you want to sweep
all the house for? The idea of maxim such 4
terrible fuss all because two or three people are
comm over TO supper tomorrow night. Why
don't you wait to sweep till after they're gone?
Everything II be upside down then, like as not
and you'll have the whole thing to do over
again. You women beat the Dutch with your
swcepin' and fussin'!"
"Wcll, do you suppose want Mrs. McCatfery
to find everything all covered with dust? She'd
think l was fine housekeeper, wouldn't
she?"
81 amt ohiectn' to your dustin things off a
little but you'll clean the whole house from
top to bottom, as if you was eXpectin' the COM
pany to go pobin' around to see if they can't
find speck of dirt somewhere or other.
There's no sense in any such fussin."
well, guess if didn't do some fussin', as
you call it, you'd be heap more uncomfortable
than you are! You know you used to be for
ever braggin' about my kitchen always lookin'
so nice You're awful cross this mornin, any
howl"
"Tm no crosser'n you are, at any rate! If
you want to upset a woman entirely just in
vite two or three people over to supper. It'll
spoil all your comfort for three weeks to come,
like as not"
"Well, if I've spoiled all your comfort why
don't you hurry down town then?"
"rm goin' as fast as l can. Pll be bound
if 1 don't stay all day, too while Pm about
i'll"
"All right! just wish you would!" 1 calls
after him as he rushed down stairs and slams
the front door
/ didn't care Just that minute, either, whether
he ever come back or not, but 1 tell you it
wasn't long before begun to feel awful bad, TO
think had been so cross. Jim and | never
had had no very big quarrel in all the two
years we'd been married. was terrible afraid
he'd stay away the whole day as he said, but
then | knew he never could keep mad at
nobody more'n an hour at a time, so 1 hoped
very strong that he'd como back to dinner as
usual l was dreadful busy sWeepin' and fixin'
things all the mornn', but, notwithstanding /
had so much to do. it seemed an awful long
while till noon, and | kept goin' down to the
dinin' room to look at the clock every half
hour or so. But jim never come home at all,
md I had to eat dinner without him. Then
,egun to get mad. / just thought he could
tay away as long as he pleased. | wasn't goin'
o be the first to make up anyhow; not much I
wasn't!
When Jim come in at last was up in the
ettin'-room holdin' the baby and rockin' away
or dear life.
"Hulo!" he says, mighty pleasant, as soon
5 he opened the door.
DWELL, you've got back have your" says,
cry cool.
Then what does he do but put his arms
ound me and the baby and give US both a
BOD hug
See here, little woman, you don't want to
mad at your husband no longer! | know l
as awful mean to you. Let's kiss and make
p!"
1t was every bit my fault, jim! You
idn't say nothin' at all. We won't never
uarrel no more as long as we live"
"Not unless you begin it, I've got such a
owerful quick temper, you know, that it
)n't take very much to make me just hOppin'
ad. You ought to be kind O careful what
)u say to me, Sallic."
"TH be awful good after this, Jim. But
mctimes you say horrid things, to me; you
low you dol"
"Seo here, Sallie, you'll get me off again if
III aint mighty careful"
~ havn't said nothin'!"
"Wcll, you will in minute more, if You
.ep on like that, and then We'll have to make
all over again.
Did you get girl, Jim?"
"'Course 1 did! made three of 'em promise
70 come. 1 told you l could get one as easy as
1t"
&" But they hasn't come yeti"
"Wait till tomorrow. They didn't all say
lcyd be here to-day"
"Mary's gon' right after breakfast, and
Annie's gone to bed sick with her cold"
She'll be all right in the mornin'. Colds
aint much to have"
Hers is an awful bad one, at any rate.
! don't see why it is everything always goes
wrong when you expect company"
"Now don't you worry beforehand. Wait
till tomorrow before you go on ravin' So"