Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1885-08-29

keIJle o. vegetables oack Wuefe lGsl
simmer and not burn. And now I'll
Jest step over to the MILL"
"And leave me all alone, Daniels'
said his wife, lugubriously.
"The mill has got to be seen to-
now that Elias johnson has gone
on his weddin' trip said Dorking
Sand a man can't be in two places
at once, Maria, We know"
"Oh, well, it don't NATTER said
Mrs. Dorking, with a melancholy
sniff. 'sPm only u poor creetur, |
shan't bother nobody very long"
ssHev little more bacon. Marian
soothed her husband.
But Mrs. Dorking, who had i'll
ready eaten enough bacon for a
working man, both the fried eggs, a
slice of bread and butter, and drank
about pint of coffee. shook her
head and fell back on "Hervey's
Meditations Among the Tombs.p
II won't be gone long, said Dan,
iel, cbeerfully. "And I'll fetch a
bit o. fresh meat to cook for dinner
P'raps you'd fancy a steak or chop
Salt meats gettin' sort o. mono
tonous."
But Maria declined to notice this
remark at all, and poor Daniel crept
away, believing himself to be a
heartless poltroon, end his wife a
prosecuted angel.
II don't see how on earth Pm
goln' to get along this way" said he,
'sThem clothes is friz as stiff as
boards, and ought to be took in and
dried round the stove; aud the
chickens amt been fed, and the soft
soaps sp'iIin', and the apples need
to be picked over, and the potatoes
is all sproutin' down in the cellar,
4 and my stockings is full o. holes,
cobble them as / will, and Maria
won't hear to no hired help. And
my neuralgia was pretty bad last
night-I'm most afeard Pm goin' to
break down. I've half mind to
go over and talk to Getchey's folks
about it,"
1t was just d week afterwara the
younger Mrs. Getchey made her
appearance in the bedroom of the
melancholy Mrs. Dorking.
allow are you feelin' today :" she
asked in the carefully modulated
accents of sympathy.
Mrs. Dorking shook her head
backward and forward among the
pillows with closed eyes.
"I'm Unstable, thankee," she
said.
sit must be il comfort to you
havin' Abby Jane here" said Mrs.
Getchey, seating herself in the splint
bottomed arm chair beside the bed.
"Havin' who % said Mrs. Dorking,
opening her eyes widely.
"Why, Abby Jane the young
woman your husband has got down
stairs to help with the housework,
you know" explained Mrs. Getchey.
Mrs. Dorking sat up in bed.
"a Young woman" she repeated,
"to help with the housework.'
Mrs. Getehey nodded.
"Dan'l wasn't goin' to say nothin'
about it to yon," said she. "He
calculated it would only fret and
worry. But he found he conld't get
along and do everything himself.
And Abby James right smart. /
jest wish you could see how white
the clothes is out ON the lines.
And how nice she's secured up the
kitchen tins and bleached the old
curtains and polished the brass can.
dlesticks! She's IL one to turn off
work, now, tell your
swell y calculated Mrs. Dorking.
"She's a bakin pies now,v said
Mrs. Getchey; "dried apple, with
plenty OF fennel seeds; and pump
kin, and a cranberry tart for Elder
Swift. Elder Swift is to be here to
tea, and he's dreadful partial to
cranberry tarts and shortcake.v
Mrs. Dolking turned very red in
the face. ..Invitin' company be
they ?" said she sand cookin lot
O. things in my own house and never
consultin' me. Him and his hired
gal, indeedw
"Danl calculated you was too
feeble to be bothcred,r said Mrs.
Getchey, consolingIy.
81 amt so feeble as he'd like to
make out that be ~ muttered Mrs.
Dorking. Il was thinking spell
ago 'bout settin' up a little while.
Jest hand me my stockings, will you
Aurilla Annf-
81 wouldn't try to sit up,r said
Aurilla Ann; syou amt able.r
"Yes l be !" snapped the hypoch-
ondriac. .sWho's the best Judge of
my feelings, you or met What
SORT of n lookin, oai L. This thot,s