The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1885-09-04

"Have got to wait for that water to heat ~
groaned George.
II don't known anything else Tor you to
| do" remarked Lefty dryly.
"Humph" observed her lord and master
"What's for breakfast?"
| Ham and eggs, suppose"
! "Well, Pm up to that part of the program
me at least" said he, cheerfully. "Oh, the
dickens What is the use of keeping your
knives SO sharp? I've nearly cut my thumb
off! Where do you keep tue oatmeal
can be attending to your old milkpans while
the breakfast is cooking, l suppose. There
is nothing like economy in work y
| But it was mortal hour before the milk
wac strained and the pigs fed, and by thai
| time the house was blue with a sort of smud
gy smoke.
"Hullow shouted George, coming In
whats all this ?-is the house on fire?"
No" said Lefty, calmly; "only the break
| fast is burned up"
George uttered long sigh.
"Who'd have thought the fire was so hot?'
| said he "What am | to do now 7"
Cook another, suppose answered Let
"And what nextw demanded George
| tercely Juggling at his moustache.
"Why, set the table, and then clear it away
| and wash the dishes"
with this cut fnger?' complained The
| husband
II was obliged to do it all the weeks had
the sore felon on my middle finger" remark.
ed Lefty. "The young turkeys and geese
| ought to have been let out and fed long be-
fore this; and the three calves in the barn.
yard must be attended to- And then there
| are the kitchen and dining-room to be
swept and busted and the beds to make, and
string beans TO be picked, and bread to
bake, and huckleberry pie to make, and your
| white vest to be roned, and potatoes to be
pealed, and preserves TO be scalded over, and
the cheese to be turned, and dinner to get
| aud the table to clear, and the dishes to be
washed"
Hold on" cried George; you have said
that once"
Every likely, but it has TO be done three
times day--and the chickens to be looked
after, and the linen pillow-cases to be put
bleaching, and the south windows to be wash
ed, and your trowsers to be patched, and the
stockings TO be darncd, and-you know
you always like something hot for supper
And then the nights milk to be brought in
and strained, and the pans scalded, and the
geese and turkeys fed and shut into theiI
coops, and-Oh, dear /! l entirely forgot the
churnng. That will take an hour, at least
But dear me, George, am getting so hungry
and do not see the least signs of breakfast
George! Where are you going, George?
neutrality-suspicious. p
For George had disappeared in the midst
of her eXordium.
In twenty minutes or so he returned, and
by his side trudged Mary Anne Putt, the
nearest neighbours twenty year old daughter
at t,Ir z, ali H., IT,
lower my colors, Lefty. Your work is hard
! couldn't take care of the milk, and cream
and cheese for the wages girl would ask
| never realized before how much woman
had to do"
Are you quite sure you realize il now p
said Lefty, mischievously.
We'll I've got pretty fair idea on the
subject" nodded George.
But you should be here on washing day,
said Lefty, Tor on ironing day, or on the days
| when we chop sausage-meat, or make soft
soap, Or"
Stop, stop p shouted George. "If you
say another word, I'll go for Mahala Blinks
too Haven't | said that take all that backi
What more would you have?"
oval, SQUIRE" said Mary Ann, who had
| by this time removed her hat and shawl
"whatll do tirst!
DO |" echoed Mr.. White. DO every
thing, and let me get off to the hay field as
fast as can"
"Jes' as your orders is" said Mary Ann.
And say, Letty!" he added.
Eyes, George"
"Write to your cousin Dora. Tell hel
we'll be glad to board her, if she will assist
you about the house."
But you've hired Mary Ann"
There's work for 'em both," said Mr.
| White.
And he sat down, and took refuge in last
weeks paper, while Mary Ann wrestled with
the charred remains of the breakfast, and cut
| fresh slices of home cured ham.
In this world, there are bloodless battles
and victories won without the clash of steel
and in this category may be classed Mrs
Whites victory over her husband, in respect
| to the question of"hired help"