New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-10-07
4 DOMESTIC EXPERIMENT.


-e1Indeedn' said his wife, absently.s
'seAndif there isn't any fall in the
price Of fruit" he said, tour peach
orchard is going to net us cool hun.
dred dollars
As he spoke he flung the homespun
towel, with which he had been wiping
mis- hands over the back Of the chair
ooh, George, do hang up the towel
tssaid Mrs. White, "the nail is just as
NEAR the chair back, and Ihave enough
steps TO take in the course of the day,
without waiting on YOU"
<sYou are always grumbling about
something, said the young farmer
as ne Jerked the towel to it's nail
&1There! Does that suit you?"
fsHere is "a letter from Cousin Dora,
George, said Mrs. White, wisely avoid
ang the moeted question. "she wants
to come here and board for a few
weeks
"Well let HEROINE" said White. cit
won't cost us a great deal, and little
extra money always counts up at the
years end"
sfBut George, I was thinking
<tAbout what?';
s<Why, | am so hurried with the
sxork, and there is SO much to do"
eTEhat is the perpetual burden OF
your song" said Mr.. White, irritably,
.TsWomen do beat all for complaining. /"
<Won't you hear me out? said Mrs.
White, So / thought it agood plan to
gave Dora her board if she would help
me with the house-work little It
would accommodate her, and it will ac-
eosun1osiate me-"
1tDut it won't accommodate meW said
Nix. White, cavalierly. ."Really, Lefty,
yoa are getting absolutely lazy"
Mrs White crimsoned.
No one ever said that of me be-
Nf0re, said She
'sBut just look at it," said the far
rner. 3'Tell me OF any other woman
lin tive saeighborhood who keeps a girl!
why, they make a boast Of doing their
own work. /"
t'They all have sisters, or mothers,
or grown up daughters; have none"
<.Pshaw!" said White "Ridiculous!
OF course you have to work. We all
do, don't we? But your work don't
amount to q row of pins. [ don It
!kasow OF any woman who has it easier
Thar, yon do"
<'That is all you know about it'll
said LEFTY, in a choked voice.
"Write to Dora that We'll board her
for five dollars week. said White,
athoritatively. "Wemust earn all the
money we cam while there is a chance.
Make the hay while the sun shines,
ehg And guess you'll do as we'll as
other women do, Lefty. Now run up
stairs TO the garnet, dear, and get me
srs,y blue yean overalls, that's a good
g1rs!7'
Lefty obeyed, but the tears were in
sur eyes, and a big round ball was ris-
1ssg up in her throat, and she could
hardly see the jean overalls, as they
hung asp high on end Of the beams.
As she reached up a loose board in
THE garnet floor tripped her; her foot
Slipped through on the laths and plas-
ter below, and, with agroan, she sank
to the floor.
The time passed on, and George
White grew tired Of waiting.
s1fe shouted up the stairway:
1I.e>Dk alive there, Lefty! Do you
Sazesrn TO be all day."
Bslt no answer came. He ran up
stairs, to find Lefty lying on the floor,
slth one leg broken, just above the
ankle.
1<Now you'll have to get some one to
do the work. said Lefty, not without,
a. spice of malice, as she lay on the
calico covered settee, with her poor
ankle duly set and bandaged.
A..Not If | know it," said George
White. "Hire a4lazy woman who'll
want a dollar and a half a week, and
her board into the bargain, to do the
work of this house? ] guess not!'
4tBut what are you going to do?"
asked Lefty.
40 do it myself, to-be-sure. Half
an hour every orning, and half an
hour every evening ought to be enough
Ito square up ACCOUNTS
We'll. said Mrs. White, Il shall
lust like to see you do it. !"
Then you Il have your WISH" said
her husband.
He rose early the next morning and
aighted the kitchen fire.
4tPhaw,' said he, as he piled on the
sticks Of wood, 'what does a woman
;eafnountto anyhow? What's the next
lesson, Letty?''
81 always skim the cream and
strslan the milk" said Lefty, who,
holstered up on the lounge, and was
sconaa,ing her hair with more delibera-
ton than she had practiced for a
year.
Well, here goes then" said George.
And a, period ofsilence ensued.
Presently he shouted:
81 haven't got lmilk-pans enough!';
d <'Of course you haven't, ]" said Let
sIy- You must scald your yester.
days. You know you said you
re>sIldn't set up a tin-shop when asked
Tor a dozen more last month. =
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