Montgomery County sentinel., 1890-01-24


came back from the second meeting an,
drank her tea in a meditative silence
MIR. Hawkins was filled with appreheu
sion, What was Sarah up to now
After tea Mrs Hawkins said, Lean
der, you may go to Smiths and order 4
five pound roast of beef, and stop at the
grocery and get some onions and turnip
and molasses aud raisins and oranges. =
Say. ma, are We going to have com
pany? queried her son.
mo, we aren't replied his mother,
shortly, "and nobody asked you to say
anything
Mr.. Hawkins laid down his paper.
curiosity getting the better Of bis fear
why. then, Sarah.' he said mildly.
what are you going to do with all
these y
They said at the club to-day" said
Mrs. Hawkens, that no one could have
good health who didn't have good sub
stantia food to eat DR.. Wellington
Hawes said it was better to pay the
butcher than to pay the doctor -
And I've been feeling kind Of tired
aud miserable for the last few days,
and believe its because we don't have
hearty food to eat"
Mr., Hawkins face expressed thous-
and different emotions; us he retired be-
hind his paper, grimly wondering il
that was what made him feel kind OF
tired and miserable for the last fifteen
years The family Jared better after
that. Mrs. Hawkins bought new
cook book in the place of the one that
had been in her family for twenty years,
and Mr.. Hawkins began to take more
cheerful view of life.
The next Monday afternoon, Mr.
Hawkius came home to find the front
curtains up, and the sun shining right in
to the parlor, where sat his wife talking
to neighbor, Mrs. Hawkins was say
ing They said ut the club this after
noon that sunlight was healthy, and that
people had been known to die from liv.
ing in rooms where the sun never came
SO am going to keep the shades up
after this
And IA second time Mr. Hawkins had
occasion to bless the club.
A few weeks later the club had "A day
on 'homc decoration" after which Mrs
Hawkins proceeded to take down the
hldcous blue shades from the window,
and replace them with soft graceful
hangings, and hang up some engravinys
ana put scarfs ON the tables and chairs.
One evening Mr.. Hawkins found his
wlie's face wreathed ia smiles He
couldn't imagine what ii meant But
shortly II came ont that an article AZ III,
club had asserted that fretting produced.
wrinkles Hence those smiles
But when at the close of an Elmer
SON day, Mrs. Hawkins announced that
the Concord philosopher thought TINT
man and wife might have different re-
ligious crccds, and she didn't know TINT
she had any objections to Mr.. Hawkins
going to his own church after this-when
this happened Mr.. Hawkins was fnin
to believe that the millennium was nj
hand.
There was still another round ia the
ladder OF progress, and Mrs Hawkins
never faltered when she reached il. but
mounted it boldly The subject at the
club was Our Social Natures Mrs.
Hawkins walked home from that meet
ing with two other club ladies', and stood
at the gate and talked earnestly for half
an hour That evening she informed
Mr.. Hawkins, with the air of having
always thought to herself, that it was
natural for people to like society. Car
lyle said, "Beware of the solitary man
and Mrs. De Grimes said ut the club
that ii was every womnn's duty to look
after the social interest of her family
"She made a splendid speech said
Mrs Hawkins. "and VIC all agreed witt,
her. And I've been thinking II would
be good idea for US to have some COM
pnny; aud ! am going to let the chill
dren have party" "
That night Mr.. Hawkins wr ote d let
ter to Mrs. A in Boston. Ho hum
bly, apologized for bis rudeness to her;
he enclosed check for 800, and told
her to use it where it would do the most
good and be oonc uded in those ferven
words, ''As long as live shall bless
that club. 1t helped me when every
thing else failed