Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-10-26

III --A lz-AN-.N -NiszI-14GA hH4AG-L HA-0
remembered that she had asked ia
vain for something to make her work
easier. A seWipg-machine had been
pronounced <'hurtful; better have
fewer changes Of clothing than run a
machine, John had decided when
( the subject was discussed; ga clothes
wringer would be constantly getting
out Of order. To bring the water in
to the house would be just to spoil
the water. Mother would never
have a pump in her day"
''AIy mother used to say all men
are selfish; and I begin to think she
| was right" Mary muttered, as she
went to the kitchen for the plate of
hot biscuit John was so fond Of for
his tea.
Her husbands appetite was good;
but from fatigue and Overheating
! herself Mary could not eat. His ride
| and the society of the genial squire
had acted like q tonic in the air of a
| hot kitchen.
"a cOmmOnplacelit lite, " she said; and
she sighed, as she cleared away the
/ tea-dishes, while John tilted back in
his armchair on the cOC11, drafty
/ porch and talking over things with
neighbor Jones.
! 'Why don't you buy Wilder
! Patch's cranberry medder?'' asked
! Mr.. Jones; sit is going dirt cheap,
and you can afford it. D." The sum was
named, figures that astOnished Mary,
| and she was more surprised when she
! heard her husband say:
! 81 have half q mind to buy it. I've
had an old bill paid in, and to tell
! the truth, affairs in the money mar
! Bet are so squally 1 don't know just
! where to salt it down"
No tears came to Mary's tired eyes,
! but her heart went out in one mighty
sob as she stood, dish-pan in hand,
/ before the disOrdered table, and
thought how cheaply she had sold
! herself, really for her board and two
! dollars a week, to a man who had
! promised to love and cherish her I'M
til death. The beautiful piano she
had brought to the farm was never
/ opened, but looked like a gloomy
casket wherein was buried all thepOe-
try of her life. The "clOsed parlOr"
! had long since assumed the grimness
and mustiness Of country best par
lOrs; of which in her girlhOOd days
/ she had made such fun. John
was q rich man; and in spite
of his marriagevOW and his glowing
prayer-meeting talk, was allowing
/ burdens grieVOus to be borne,
to press on her slender shoulders in
order to ''salt down" his dollars.
Had she not a duty to perform?
Ought she allow him to preach and
never to practice? Had she not
rights to be respected which were not
| by her husband? or, she reasoned, il
he allowed her to do what could be
done by a hired woman at two dol
lars q week, then he rated her at
that price.
'Widder Patch has had a tough
time ont, 3" said neighbOr JOnes, "and
she's going out West to Tom, if she
can sell the medder, and Jane is go
ing out to work; she tried sewing but
it didn't agree with her. DR.. Stone
recommends homework as the
healthiest business"
g IT'S healthy business" chimed in
John, now my wife is q hundred
times better than when I married
her. Why, she never did q washing
in her life until she came to the farm.
I think washing and general house
| work is much better than pianO-plaY-
ing and reading"
$50 I say to the girls who poster
me to buy an organ; better play on
the WashbOard, enough sight," was
the elegant response.
care you going to buy that cram
berry meadow, JOhnY' Mary asked
as she saw her husband making
/ preparations to go from home.
'Yes-why?''
''Can you afford it?''
GIVE shall have to figure a little
clOserin order to do it, but its going
cheap"
"You will have to give up Tom
Birch won't you and do the chores
YOURSELF
Ihave thought oft; but Tom is
poor, and to give him a home is a
deed Of charity. No, we viii save
some other way"
GLOW much do you pay TOm?"
''Three dollars and his board.
And, by the way, he says you didn't
wash his clothes. Washing and
mending was in the bargain"
I think Tom will have to go, for
have hired Jane Patch. She viii be
heretO-night. Two dollars aweek I am
to give her. You want to practice
Bear We one with anOther's burdens,
+ as well as preach from the text; so
will give you a chance. 1 VIII sit or
the cool piazza after tea with a neigh.
Dor, while you do the chores. / think
the time has come for some of my
burdens to be lifted By changing
Tom for Jane you viii have one dol
/ lar 2. week for the cranbe meadow
You say strong active Tom is II
need Of d home; he can make one fOI
himself anywhere. 1t is a deed o.