Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-05-01
A Man OF Resources.
Mn por,rR'. onrrs .,wrueS.

Mr. Mou,st and hi. merry little wife
occupied a charming cottage in ,he sub.
orb, Of large city in the "F.,hsrland.
Nj. bg,in-. connections we're Of such =
nature ,h., be was usually N leisare AZ
,sr o'elock in The afternoon. This gave
him time 10 devote . grea, deal Of .,,sn.
ton 10 wife .nd home, aud pursuits con-
s,ni.l 90 a man Of hi, e,libre.
Mr.. Mou,sr prided himself on being =
man Of originality and brains. Mr.
Mou.sr also liked . little Joke-n other
peoples expense.
II vas autumn. Mr Moa'er bad ja,,
laid in . soodly supply Of water fuel.
Wood "a. chiefly u.sd tof this purpose
in the land Of Mr.. Moa.sf'' birth.
Sitting by the window othi' cosy h"ins
room. stjoyihs . royal smoke from .
long .,,emmei poreclain pipe, Mf. Noaser
watched the wood ..-y.r plying bis
trade. made easy by long hAbi, OF hand
ling wood and a-. A. Mr. Moa'er
s.Ifd AMI poadsred, al lie. ersP, into
b, head /, ~. grs'P'd-. ideas
quickly became captive there.
"l.i,be,h." ,.id be TO hi, wife. 81, !.
singular | never though, Of !, before-l
generally think " such ,hings-bai u
strike. me that could saw thA, wood
myself"
"Graeiou, wh., an idea"
"a bush, one. i.n', ID A big saw
ing. too. jus, see -iih ~hA, ease Il i'
done-,he man cut. through the sticks
a. IL be we're .lieins bread and butter I;
besides. require more tIerei'e-my
health /. no, VIA, /, hA, been
"why. dear. DO you feel VI ,
"N-no, bat = man needs 10 eIef, him
.,li IL be dee. no, wish 10 run down IN
muscular power. Ny habit, ate too con-
hains; a,en.e Of ,hi. fac, has been grow.
ins on the lately. Ba, have solved the
difiiegl,y while -A,ehias ,hA, man play
on the saw aek."
A merry twinkle Of the eyes. aud
l.ud.ble .ndesvor 10 maintain a serious
expression. would have convinced the be-
holder ,h., Li.be,h also b.. ideas-bu,
like properly respectful wife, she KEEP,
them TO herself un,il called for.
q "Do You DO, think, Li,be,h, ,h., a li'.
lie gen,le muscular activity Is what
need to stimulate appetite >
"iou nigh, pain, the house, or Dc
some lei. ,irssome work than wood saw
ing." replied Mr.. Mouser.
sob. you undeua,e my capacities. my
dear And saving wood j. no, such hard
work. Come and see how simply !, Is
done. ye, how every muscle !. brough, in.
to play. am enchanted With my idea'
and shall cary /, out. The man can fn-
i.h ,hi. JOB bat il shall be the las, ! ever
pay for. whA, think you Of Il. wife ?
"well." laughed the lady. dsmurely,
81 think We shall be obliged to live on
cold ,ic,uAl. aud wear blankets TO keep
from freezing. Ba, seriously, dear, you
had better consider whs, hard labor you
are planning Tor yourelf II | were you
| would experiment, on few cord.',iek',
aud assure myself ,ha, !, is as easy I. II
looks"
That. jas, lik. -oman :" re,or,st
Mr. MOaser. disd.infully; "she n,ye'
does anything heroie.lly I; she !. total,
ineOmPe,en, in matters Of physical ealea'
l.,ion. Now. | can see jus, as we'll as Il
| had stood over ,hs, mans ssw.jaek fol
Al hour the amour, OF force required tC
drive . saw through stick Of eord-wood
And | declare to you, here and now. ,hs'
am going to do the mex, load myself
Ii /. plsy-no:hing bu, play =
Li.be,h laughed 80 ,an,alizingly thai
Mr.. Moa.sr turned upon her in = far,
Of indignation, saying:
"You seem to have your doubts, mad
am
"Seeing /. believing. sir !"
"well, you shall see. You ough, Il
know by ,hi. time ,ha, am q man viii
. mind Of my own, aud when i say an
going to do thing | do IL. Please bea
,hi. In your shallow mentality, Mrs
| Mou.er. ths, |, your husband. am deter
mined to nsvermore pay one dollar for
woOd.awyer's hire"
al am afraid l shall have TO do li,,l'
Of the woOd.sa~ing myself, then" grave
ly murmured Mrs Mouser.
Mr.. Mouser meant business. He .
once ordered the very bes, kind Of saw
iug, Jack made. lie pnrehssed = 'plendi'
saw. With sharp teeth and light frame
lie prsneed abOu, happy as . schoo
boy, with dsbs Of yellow and green pain
spa,tsred all over his person, until fnsll,
the saw frame suited him In Us brigh
yellow coat. The ssw,j.ck he painted
lovely ligh, green
Daily be Pr0msnsdsd imps,isa,l,