The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1883-07-19

I'm iron that little pciiieoai nor. " said
he.
Is the hsiiron ong" asksd.
\ No." said be. and on II iweut With .
thump.
'How al.ous flsc mea,i" said I. Don't
let II catch on
He took off the pot covert
III has said he It's as dry ~ = chip
inside here
Il thought smslled something. said J.
"You have tool mean.it's sign OF rain
when the water boils away fast"
on sit down and keep watch Of these
matters. said he.
/ inquired the time OF day.
''Just going TO strike eleven, said he
There's good many things toldo in an
hour. said |.
"That's fact, said be. Il better keep
moving"
He went into the back buttery TO skim
the milk and when he came back said the
cat bad saved him the trouble Il skim
ming one pan.
Il suppose the buttery door lhas been
left open ever since you got the babys
milk" said l.
"You have toto look out about that
cat9" said be-
mo said /. "sbout the door. / have to
stop and set chair against ii every time
/ come out"
This touched him in q tender spot; for
II had asked him once.to get that latch
mended, / had twenty times.
Sick as felt, thought ! should die
laughing to see the mannuvres in that
kitchen the last hour before dinner. /
think about every dish and pan in the
house was brought out, and set down,
some on chairs, some on tables, and one or
two on the floor, to make room for the
ironing cloth. John is 3 plucky fellow.
He was determined to do everything that
was ON the list He few round like top,
Tr4pjng here and there fetching and carry
ing aa9 asking questions. He spatted
the buttef, lie peeled the potatoes and
doused them IN, ,As rushed after the meal
bucket. for mHsh--te went like a dart
to fetch the irr9nipg .alQtb, taking mighty
quick steps fer . ,persop ,Yh0 felt in no
hErry, and, d,mighty long ones. two Of them
took him across the kitchen-and on his
tlptoes part Of lifetime, because 4 lay back
with veil over my face he thought I was
asleep. lBut ! wasn't, was laughing.
When the water boiled away again, I heard
him mutter, "Oh. you have to look out
about that He filled the pot SO full it
boiled over. "oh. you have to look out
about that he mn tered again. In IRON
ing the baby's flannel ,oetticost he scorched
. place, ! saw by the lotion OF bis lips
that be was whispering. ",oh. You have to
look out about that" He m ode the same
motion when the spoon handles. 'pped into
the mush and when the baby-b. Ny vas
out there in his high chair grabbe = the
buttermilk basin; and when the fire W. ut
almost out again, and especially when
some OF the clothes-pins dropped of the
line and let the clothes drag on the ground.
The words were spoken out loud then, and
had another word joined to them that
sounded almost like ''swear word.' IL
asked him when he was going to bake his
pie. He asked il didn't think we could
10 very well without pie for one night,
md said, Oh, yes, il he could. So he
picked up the rolling board from behind
be door, and carried it away.
The children came home from school
md had to wait half an hour for the din.
Ter, John let them eat as soon as it wa.
eady, but said he believed he would quiet
Iown little before he took anything into
lis stomach, or be should have the dys-
,epsia. II
That evening, after the children were in
ed. and the house was still, John sat by
be fire for long time very quiet, rs il
ngaged in meditation. At last he broke
ut with q
II could have done every identical thing l
n that list-if there had been time en- ii
ugh; and done them we'll only for hav- al
'g to keep up such continual lookout I g
on'tsee how the cookstove--you manage ID
} think forwards and backwards and all 81
.ound and carry on SO many things at b
ice. And you do great many more &C
'ings than | did, make clothes and W
end them and wash and iron and bake us
ID clean house, and see to the children, ~
ID tend baby night and day--and there th
ems to be no end or let up; there's nc
mething for every hour and every min. fie
g." te
II shouldn't mind that much" said ]. va
I there were only hours and minutes Or
ough for the work. But sometimes when de
wake up in the morning and think OF an
iat must be done that day, and Of qu
sterday's work left undone, and OF to.
,rrow's, which is sure to come, own / ma
now and then feel discouraged, and IN,
rticularly when the baby has hsd . wor- 10
some night / soon brighten up though, m,
take lots Of comfort doing things for 70
u and the children. But sometimes ar,
ink that even ifor her family's sake, ed
,man ought TO have time 10 eat" I'm
why, Elinorl' said he 'What do e.,
n mean? You always come to the table of
yular." an
Yes said /, "but II woman hurries lea
'ough the forenoon. and feels tired and my
mulous-like. she doesn't feel like eating csi
besides her food is apt TO disagree on
ID her, especially II she has 70 20 on roc
rrying right after eating; and il this the