Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-04-25
A WoMAN's DIARY.
One Days Record, In which She Gets Into
Print Through the Meanness OF Her
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Print Through the Meannsss Of He
Husband.
Chicago Hsrad.
A North Side husband has torn the lee
Of one day out Of his wife's diary and fol
warded it to ne. The date is Monday
April 5. The entry is as fo'lows:
The reple who live in the lower fat ar
pear to De very nice. think l shall Gk,
her. She was telling me last night hov
it was that abe came to marry her hus
band.
The servant girl of the people Who live
in the fat below hasn't the sense she wa
born with. She told our girl that We vert
to have Tuesday for wash day. Monday
has always been our day, and shall be I'm,
I'll l die.
$50 a. m.-Hsve Just told our girl to 90
at her Washing and get it out.
9:30-The girl in the fat below 10 also
washing. Have told our girl to &c: her
washing out first.
l0:30-Rev. Dr.. -, our rector. has Just
called. Good man, but his sermons are 90
tedious. Wants to know when We are 20.
ing to bring Gertie down to have Ter bsp.
tized. Mart says not until July. Afraid to
have water put on Gertie's head in cold
weather. Mart knows.
l2-Time fer lunch. Girl says she can't
get our washing out first and lunch at the
same time.
l2:30-Never was so hungry in my life,
but told the girl 10 get out the washing.
Up Our girl is down In the back
yard with the clothes-line. Girl in the fat
below out with her line. l wonder il that
woman down stairs thinks l sm going to
stand that sort Of thing?
l:l5-Girls are calling each other names
in the back yard. Our girl has mi end OF
our line tied to the post. She has il
stretched to the other post. Veni. vidi,
vici. Sic semper t~yrannisl Home rule
in the top fat.
l:20-The woman in the fat below has
told her girl to cut our line. | knew she
vas q vixen the frat time | saw her. /
mean the woman, not the girl.
l.25-The girl is cutting our line;--
later. She has cut it. Our girl has thrown
the ashpsn, ashes and all, over the back
porch, and the ashes have settled on the
Of the woman in tie flat below.
30-There are footsteps on the stairs.
| hear the rustic Of the dress Of the woman
in the fiat below There is o knock on
my door.
l5Q-she has gone. guess she will
not come again. put q flea in her ear
which will keep her out Of the back yard.
Up. m.-Ssw q messenger 60 into the
fat below with a hat box. | wonder if that
woman is going to rag ont in q new hat
before | get mine. 0ur girl has her clothes
line out again and our washing ia all out.
230-l wonder what kind Of q hat she
has-the mean thing.
Sour washing is still there.
3:30-I wish | could see what sort Of .
she has. But am too proud TO
ask her forgiveness. Besides, it wasn't my
Up. m.-Wbat's the use Of keeping your
enemy down when you've got EN- down.
M~agnsnimity is one OF the ruling princi,
pies OF our house. ! am going down. !
IAN afford todo it, because our washing is
n.
& Il feel better. | vent down
stairs and kissed her, and told her che
could have the back ward nsxt Monday all
o herself. That broke her back NEAR
ler pride. Then she kissed me. and we
'obbed it out together. Then ] saw her
IT is jewel. Ii is very becom'
to me.
$50 How quiet the house is. Gertie
8 asleep and Mart is resdisg his papers,
The little motto over the door, God Bless
)ur Home" seems to be living. Ny new
bonnet ia ordered and will be here in the
morning. 1t will cost 81 more than hers
3ert,e has Just woke up.