The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-10-18
LEARNING A LESSON.
There May Be knowledge Not
Worth the Purchase.

Not happym cried Mrs. Secor, ir
genuine amazement, as she sat look
ing at the pretty rose-cheeked bride
who had been her graduating scholar
six months before, and who had now
attained to the dignity of a wedding
ring and the prefix of Mrs"
I'm the most wretched creature in
the world" said Lally Vane. crushing
back a great hysterical lump out of
her throat, so that the dry-goods clerk
who stood on the opposite side of the
counter. showing Mrs. Socor some
domestic sheetings,' should not sur
mise her inward disturbance.
"Lally," said the good lady pre-
ceptress of St. Sigmund's Academy,
'are you in earnest?"
Never was more so in my life, "
dolorously answered Mrs. Vane, pre-
tending to be absorbed in the fringe of
a pile of toweling. I've only come
up to town because Icouldn't be happy
down in the country"
But your husbandP'
"Oh, he's all right" responded the
bride. .'0nly, of course, he can't re-
spect me, now that he sees what a
wretched nonentity he has married. :"
Mrs. Secor Paid for her goods, wrote
out the address to which they were to
be sent, and then. taking Mrs. Vane's
arm. led her out into the bright. spark
ling autumn air, and looked her full in
the face.
Now, Lally," said she, tell me
what all this means"
The young creature threw her arms
passionately about the old lady's neck.
"Oh, dear! Mrs. Secorr she cried
out, 'why didn't you teach me to make
bread and pies, and churn butter, and
weave rag carpet, instead OF loga-
rithms, and guitar practice. and an
cient history? I'm failure, Mrs. Secor
"A dead failure in life. My mother
in-law says that I'm no better than u
wax doll, and she's right. And If |
knew of any way to help Joe to di-
vorce. I'd do it,"
"Oh." said Mrs. Secor. beginning
dimly to comprehend matters, II see.
You don't succeed as housekeeper. ="
That's it. exactly" said Lally.
THE griddle-cakes burn, and the bread
is scorched, and the rice pudding
tastes smoky, and the recipes Won't
come right, and my plum pudding
looks like mud. Oh, dear!-and Joe's
cousin, Melissa, is impertinent, all be-
cause she knows what little silly stu
pid l ann
my DEAR" said Mrs. Secor "all
this is very foolish of you. There is
no reason that you should not acquaint
yourself thoroughly with housekeep-
ing, The same brain that conquered
IAatLematics and mastered history
need not quail before few details ap-
pertaining to porcelain kettles and
spice-boxes."
"Ah! but sighed Lally, ''you don't
know how hard it is.
'Try," said Mrs. Secor. PUT your
whole soal into it. Determine that
you uW succeed
So Mrs. Vane went back, "deter-
mined to succeed!'
Meanwhile, Joe Vane, the handsome,
warm. hearted young Hercules Of a
husband, was pleading his wife's cause
with the domestic Vehmgericht at
home.
She is so young. you know" said
he"
"She's twenty" said old Mrs. Vane,
a Medusa-like female, with high cheek
bones. and light blue eyes like balls Of
steel; "and whom was twenty l did
the whole work Of your fathers farm,
Joseph, and had twins into the bar
gain"
"And she's inexperienced, too"
added Joe; "iust out Of boarding
school, you must remember.
"Stuif and nonsense said MISS Me-
lissa, the elderly cousin, who had been
disappointed" when Joe married the
pretty young girl instead of her au-
tumnal self. "Is a woman expected to
be set on the mantel-tree and covered
up with glass shadep Folks has got
to work. say |, II they expect to eat"
1--WE are none of us human butter
flies,n said grandmother, mildly; 'and
II your wife really loves you, Joseph,
twill be her greatest pleasure to save
your money and study your interests. =
Joe whistled in an unconcerned sort
OF way. Lally was Lally, he thought.
not Melissa, nor grandmother, nor yet
old Mrs. Yane.