Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-06-01

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81 wish ia never been to Amt
Sarah's," she. said, dropping down on
the lounge With q more discontented
look than before.9q" It's all very well .
for her to talk abont keeping things in
order, but her chiislrenI seem different
from dtHs.--Justs}eele heFes aa.saa----z..-,s
1T was rather diseouraging. On one +,
chair lay, SEINE .crusts of bread and mo-
lasses; on another a torn picture book
and some paints over. which the glass of
On the table niiS0thef's oyT,er-fltci work
;haskst was running over, some spools :
of thread tangled among broken toys.
scattered, ard every eottief seemed TO
have its ssparaeelitttrole7ibuus nats
.Who sweeps room well, does
COD service. --SeMetAiag Hke-this
Laura had heard said while. at her
anntis hoase. ignaa as.sf .sy,fe,s r
sptI don't believe God has much TO do
.fretfulfy, to herself ..Anf it don't
make much difference how It's swept,
I'm sure But her eye noted rather
! uneasily the untouched corners. andthe
dusty patchiunttar fhe table which her
lazy bruoms had vnots reached. Aunt
Sarah's, ,cheeryy watchword;,, Thor
OUCH, my dears, thorough" seemed to
sound in her ears as She remembers
! how. she had come home with ii firm
determination to institute . better order
Of ft,lnoS 35iT1ol aai iEat sTSaapB ~
ln;wI'll Try it, 'anSswayi'lu ,Shcd busted
and car1indaoutU every moyablea.ar
of furnitnre, isprang to her broom
again. and this time welded. it with. an
| energy WHICH left, little chance of peace
| TO the seldom, disturbed dust And into
the fine went many a fragment of broken
! ptastliings tlfat iNv6uld surely never he
missed. ifTAuhs Sarah in judi
eions keepipgrdoTrbofnw orihloss Trash.
The dirt being ,g;athsred THIS time in
! adjust pan and sent after the trash,
\ LAURA Strengthened apd busted the pict-
| ures, thdff the curt!tifis. hooks not
/ needed were carried away, iths,' Others
I piled neatly in order. Newspapers
\ were sottctl, and those not ga be saved
1 taken hi thee Kitchen fouIi X indling "A
basket was found fur bthe9soys, aildetbe
rubber shoes and aFslate which had lain
under the lounge were, put away in, the
I closet. There was not Time for q thorough
cleaning Of finger-markcd Windows, but
u quick iaiiS witlf saf,ie21 suft paper
frightened them amazingly. Then She
washed up the oil-cloth before the CRATE,
and when the furniture iwasr back in
| Idpcc sat down withathe ,wora-basket,
! glad ofa rest. Ishhs Esd sIsea .arff
Is Il do, think, it's the most hopeless
| snirl / ever saw, but I'll try. what
'tholpugh' VIII do here" "A number Of
pieces for chance aInendihs were rolled
! into :, bundle, the thread 5tnt:maled rs
far as it could bc;-wuunf and fastened
Needles were splAded in the Aeetile-booll
and buttons in. n .boxdbyo themselves.
"f%mpipg7jaqk and tin v horse on
wheels, MAS rescued from q WoefM en-
which was wound up, and laid with the
4 stockings mateai ifek,l dEfolj Intending.
Almost everything went,ihackg into the
\ basket which had been there before, but
] it:was not half-ftil.-------------
Lastly Laura, went. TO the parlor and
brought, out gay-colored tidy for the
large chair and. a worStcd mat for 4
vase, which She hastily filled with fow-
Fers.i Elm not going to keep all tho
prettyG things outsof sight, she said.
.. and I'm going to have n. cretonne
cover for this old lounge, 1t won I, cost
\ much and viii tighten up the room
/ Even baby gave crow Of delight as
he came into the room on mothers
arm; then scrambled down and laughed
aloud as he crept toward his tin horse,
which had been lost for a week. And
mother looked around the room with a
brighter smile than Laura lsad seen on
her face forImany a day. .4aa,E j.. +.
/ l9HOh, my ,daughter--have your little
hands done all this? T. Why, l didn't
know the old carpet, could look. so fresh,
and what a cheery-looking, pleasant
room it is after all. What precious
comfort you are, my darling!2'
i Laura looked around the tidy room
4 with great satisfaction. ,,r. Sod
.Ei = I've been over every inch of it.,
1 mother. How pleasant ills TO feel that
\ you've done thing Thoroughly"
| Tryit girls. Try what satisfaction
there is.in bringing order and sweet
ness out of confusion. Try what joy
there is in tightening mothers cares
and in making dear faces brighter be-
cause the dear home Is brighter. And
be sure thatathe Master who has said:
Whatsoever Thy, hand tiadeth to do,
do it with, thy, might" will tcndcrly
bless even a smaller service, conscien-
tiously and heartily performed, than
that of a '''room well swept.''-N ". II