The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1888-03-30
miscellaneous.
MISFIT TEXTS.


Hiram Slade peered in at the open door of
the kitchen but did not advance Il step
further, as the rays Of the lantern lie carried
showed him strange and disastrous turn to
his domestic affairs. The kitchen had to all
appearance sunk out of sight, as if it been
swallowed up in the earth.
"Where he you, Susan? Where's the
children? What's happened to We ALL"
Here we is, pop" called out two little
weak voices in chorus. yves on e clock
shelf, where ma put we's"
A low groan from the dark space at his
feet saluted the Mortified man.
"Air we alive, Susan What's took place ?
Ell it was an airthshake 1t didn't get to the
wood lot. haint heard nothin'. What's
took YEP
scrubbed through !" came in sepuchral &C.
cents from the cellar Lift them children
oti'n the clock shelf, and light the fire for
supper; and Hiram--remember--d on't--make
Misunderstanding
Hiram Slade muttcred something that
sounded like glade of it," but that could not
be, for he was a good husband, and kind
father. He stepped around little carefully
and rescued the children from the shelf where
their mother put them to keep them out of
harms way while she Cleaned up" AS she
did this once, at least, every day of her life,
they were used to it aud rather liked the ex-
citement of hanging on by their eyelids in
that perlOus manner.
Then Mr.. Slade assisted his wife out,
$50 we scrubbed through" he said cheer
fully. 81 allus told We that We would, Susan.
Et was jest scrub, scrub, scrub, from morn
in TO night"
"It's in the Bible" gasped bis wife, re-
proachiully. "'Cleanliness is next to godli-
ness It's golden text"
"S'pose it is" answered her husband, "ye
amt commanded to do ererytting that's said
in the Bible air we, Susan? Sides that text
amt in the Bible I've looked for it ever
sence you struck it,"
1--WE want us supper, ma" cried the child
rem in hungry voices, but their mother
was in no condition to give them supper
she was too bruised and miserable to sit up
and after one or two Intellectual attempts gave
up, and left the management of affairs to
Hiram.
The trouble was just this Some friend
had sent Mrs. Slade book of illuminated
texts and she had been trying to adapt her
lite to them, without regard to their pecu.
liar fitness. She had always prided herself
on being clean, but with this text as a daily
study she had striyen to Guido all her form.
err efforts. The result so far had been, first to
give the children colds and sore throats from
wet floors. then to relieve her of her hired
help, who went off in high dudgeon because
she was asked to clean out the corners of the
stairs with hairpin.
She came back, however, when the kitchen
was repaired, and agreed to stay until Mrs
Sade was well.
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Sade sent one of the children for her golden
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