The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1889-02-06
HIS SONS WIFE.

yoar mother used 10 keep hoase. Hector
Eh how2 Yhere We goin' now y
Hector Baylitf bad len the ox-yoke he
was nnsnding. and crossed the green door
yari with rapid step, 10 take the heap
esi-up cioShes-baske from the hauds Of
pretty. slender yoanz woman who had
Just emerged from the kitchen door.
The old nan uttered an audible snori
CT disgasf
Well, ! neVer - said he If Hector
hain't left his work to,wais on that wife
o. his'n 1t amt a Hsans work to carry
clothes out, no way ycs can fix it II You
do II once, you'll be expected to do il
tuice. And Hector's v r. Is clean spoiled
a'realy. It ain't the wy managed mat
tiers when Was first married TO Hect0rs
mother. What ye been doin' p sharply
Is the yeung mAn once :nore returIle'i Il
MS work
That basket was too heavy for Gym
iliia to carry said Hector. eartiy.
wish could siFoFd . keep girl for
her"
a girl = Mr Bayliffs voice betrayed
mingled ssioaishuaenf AMI contempt
a girl Your mother
@yes, I knew, father" interrupted
Hector . Blf thinxs have changed since
then, and perhaps mother would have
been alive now. ii the houseSork hahn
worn her out before her time
That's doxnIight flying in the fAee
Of Providence - said Mr. Baylif, red
iel.ing to the roots Of his stitf, iron-gray
( hair. II was the Leni's vii that your
mother shonld be took away, and there
amt no scri o doubt but that she's BET
/ ter og. And C'ynth.a sen't never stand
IN her shoes, no way yoa esa lock At
iin
HectoT BaviiiT made NJ reply, but took
/ up his ox-yoke and ven across the fields
With il.
Father may say what he pleases.
said he 10 himself, bn1 mother died ol
oye-Eors and undercare, and nothing
else. And the household duties are TOO
heavy for Cynthia, and | must see what
can be done to tighten them No woman
shall be drndgrd 70 death under this roof
now
Cynthia Housh had been 4 pretty fac
tory girl when Hector Bayiif had mar
ried her. She had been ignorant OF all
the details Of housekeeping, but she had
exerte-i herself diligently 70 learn.
Old Mr. Baylia. however. was an ex-
acting critic. and the BayI:f farmhouse
was big, rambling. inconyenient place,
where one might work hard all day, and
have very little To show for it at the end
And the tired look in her eyes. and the
wezry flush on iier cheek, went 10 Hee-
tors heart At times
BY darling, sand he. g wish eosld
make things easier for you
On, they are easy ehongh. said Gym
thia- brightly. It's only that l am too
stupid 10 manage as / ought"
Hector shook his head. He knew that
something was lacking, but he did not
quite comprehend what
Bat she droope'l % that he sav some
radical charge vas necessary
Cynthia said he, this Son't do
You must 20 to stay With yoar mother
for a week or two, and rest and re-
cruit-
But what uiII yoasao. Hector
Well keep bachelors hail, fatherand
l." said the young man, chee-ily. What
does It signify 70 rs. j little ineonveE-
ience, % long as you are benefited p
~, rather nnxilhngiy. Cynthia went.
Old sIias Bayliif shook his head forebod-
ingIy.
IfshiSis the way you're goin' u baby
that wife Of youz'R, Hector, sid be
Yoa'n hev her playin sick the whole
time. cont hold to lesfin- women think
themselves too important Vow We shall
be o5ieeged % have Mary Jenkins here
to do the chores an cook, AMI nj cost
Us a dollar and half a week at the very
least. faint what / call economical
housekeepin .
That depends uPon what one calls
economy said Hector. quietly
But when his neighbor, Lazon Perkins
drove past that afternoon, with his xife.
Hector ealie-5 them in, secretly rejoicing
that old silzs was down in the swamp
lot, capturing refractory calf
Yoa're not in a hurry. Luzon, are
you p said he. sit ioVn a minute
want 10 ask your siles advice
A pretty thing TO do laughed Mrs
Perkins, VIXEN you've got 3 sic Of your
own
It's about her ihst want to consult
yoa.@ said Hector. . Tae work here Is too
heavy for her. She don't seen to get
along with If, ami l don't know Why.
Vow. Mrs Persins, lock around this
kitchen. and tell me what YOU wouid 90
to il II you lived here
Mrs. Perkins took leisurely view OF
the premises, letting her eyes rest on one
portion after another, with meditatiye
s!oWaess-
Welt? said Hector.
In the first place Sad Mrs. Perkins,
= wouldn't haee this room f5r kit-h-
en- 1t ali, if lived here Its dAm7.~
Damp echoed Hector
~As biEs mould, nodded the oracle.
q The cellar under II isa't properly drain.
Ell, am certain. And the windows look
20 the north. and / don't suppose there's
sunshine IN ii ali day. So-alake store
place or something Of this room, and
take the sitting room for kitchen, where
there's bright lookout % tke south, and
good oenented cellar underneath
L never thought Of that, said Hec-
Tor. Wei. what elseg
Where Do you get your water - ask
ed Mrs Perkins
From the spring. unsier the hiF7
Do yos1 mean that your uife has 70
bring all the water that you Use np that
hilr'
Except the wssh-witer. That she
dips out from the hoesheas under the
caves, explained Hector. rather Iiscorn-
tilted.
Ny gooiness meF' said Nrs. PerSiuz, /
wringing her plump hands in canicai