The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1884-11-19
INTERESTING STORY.
A DOMESTIC EXPERIMENT.
=" don't think" said Mr.. White, g that
;he hay-crop ever promised SO finely"


of fruit" he added, tour peach-orchard
is going to net us n cool hundred dollars"
As he spoke, lie flung the homespun
towel with which he had been wiping his
hands over the back of the kitchen chair.
. "Oh, George, do hang up the towel /"
said Mrs. White. 1.-THE nail is just as near
as the chair-back, and have enough steps
to take in the course of the day, without
waiting upon you"
You are always grumbling about some.
thing" said the young farmer, as he jerked
the towel on to its nail. Therel Does
that suit you ?"
g Here is q letter from Cousin Dora,
George" said Mrs White, wisely avoiding
the mooted question. She wants to come
here and board for few weeks"
well, let her come /" said White. ct
won't cost us great deal, and little
extra money always counts up at the years
.nd."
But, George, / was thinking"
About what"
Why, am SO hurried with the work,
THAT b the perpetual burden of you,
song" said Mr.. White, irritably. " womeu
do beat allifor complaining p
Won't you hear me out ?" said Mrs.
White. So thought ii would be good
plan TO give Dora her board, II she would
help me with the homework little. It
will accommodate her, and it willaccommo-
date me.n
But it won't accommodate me % said
George White, cavalierly. " Really, Lefty,
sou are getting absolutely lazy"
Mrs. White crimsoned.
mo one ever said that of me BEFORE
said she.
g But just look at it," said the farmer.
:" Tell me of any other woman in the neigh
borhood who keeps a grill Why, they
make boast of doing their own work"
They all have sisters, or mothers, or
grown daughters; have none"
Pshawl" said White. Ridiculous I
OF course you have TO work. We all do,
don't we2 But your work don't amount to
row of pins. don't know of any ont
who has it easier than you do"
That is all that you know about itir
said Lefty, in q choked voice.
''Write to Dora that we'll board her for
five dollars week." said White, authorita-
lively. We must earn all the money we
can while there is chance. Make hay
while the sun shines, chi? And guess
you'll manage to get along as well as other
women do, Lefty. Now run up stairs into
the garnet, my dear, and get me my blue
jean overalls, there's good grill"
Lefty obeyed, but the tears were in her
eyes, and big, round ball was rising up in
her throat, and she could hardly see the
jean overalls, as they hung up high on one
of the beams.
As she reached up, loose board in the
garret-fioor tipped; her foot slipped through
on the laths and plaster below, and, with a
groan, she sank to the floor.
The time passed on, and George White
grew tired of waiting.
He shouted up the garnet stairway:
Look alive there, Lettyi Do you mean
to be all day?"
But no answer came. He ran up stairs,
to find Lefty lying senseless on the floor,
with one leg broken, just above the ankle.
Now you'll have to get some one to do
the work" said Lefty, not without spice
of malice, as she lay on the calico-covered
settee, with her poor ankle duly set and
bandaged.
Not IT l know it," said George White.
:" Hire lazy woman who'll want dollar
and half week, and her board into the
bargain, to do the work of this house? l
guess not !"
But what are you going to do?" asked
Lefty.
:" To do it myself, to-be-sure. Half an
hour every morning and half an hour every
evening ought to be enough to square UP
accounts"
Well said Mrs. White, 81 shall just
like to see you do 1t !"
"Then you'll have your wish ~ said her
husband.
He rose early the next morning and light.
ed the kitchen fire.
"Pshawl" said he, as he piled ON the
sticks of wood, "what does womans
work amount to, anyhow What's the next
lesson, Lefty ?"
always skim the cream and strain the
milk" said Lefty, who, bolstered up on the
lounge, was combing her hair with more
deliberation than she had practiced for Q
gear.
"Well, here goes then,' said George.
And period of silence ensued.
Presently he shouted
81 haven't got milk-pans enough !"
"Of course you haven't |" said Lefty
"You must scald out yesterdays. You
know you said you couldn't set up tin
shop when asked for dozen more las
month";"
They smell like fat-boiiing factory
and George, disdainfully. What ALL
'em ?"
You should have scalded them out las,
night" sighed Lefty, wishing that she had
wings like dove, that she might soar into
the milk-room and restore order out o.
chaos.
"Heresa go!" said George. There
isn't any hot water" res
"Oh, George, you've forgotten to putt
kettle on !" u,
$50 did," said her husband. . And
the sticks, hang 'em, are all burned out p
"You know wanted you to get ton Of
COAL" said Lefty; g but You said that as
long as wood cost nothing but the chop.
ping and hauling, wood it should be-"
"Have I got to wait for that COMPOUNDED
water to heat?" groaned George.
"I don't know anything else for you to
do," remarked Lefty, drily.
AstHumphl" observed her lord and
lalaster. /" What's for breakfast r.
Hmm ndeggs, suppose"
AfH Well, I'm up to that part of the pro-
gramme, at least" said he, cheerfully
"Oh, the dickens What is the use Of
keeping your knives so sharp? I've nearly
cut my thumb of Where do you keep the
oatmeal? can be attending to your old
milk-pars while the breakfast is cooking, ]