Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-22

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that house O. hers raises a drop O. water
'cept to drink it. 1t all comes through
pipes and runs away through pipes. But
folks in the country don't have such fix
ms. They cost money, and fesh'n'
blood's cheaper'n money"
"But there's new pump set in now. .
EYES," with a short, mirthless laugh;
''it'll make things easier for the second
WIFE
| Mr.. Hill rapidly made his way out of
reach of the voices and found himself in
/ the current which passed on to the par
/ lor. Before he realized it hestood beside
i the dead, and in one glance took in the
4 expression Of ineffable peace. But the
weary look had not been quite smoothed
out by the kindly finger of death, and
sharply into his heart smote the idea that
it was like what he had seen in his wife's
face as he had furtively scanned it that
day. 1t seemed to rest there now as she
sat near the coffin. Making signal to
her, he drew her out of the house and
and toward the buggy.
"Ain't we going to the cemetery,
james," she asked, as he united the horse.
mo; | think can give you more
cheerful ride"
He drove home by road she had al
ways liked, and on reaching home told
her to go and lie down. She laughed and
he went to find his daughters.
"Girls, do you know mothers run
down and tired out, and that if we dom
look out she'll be the next one to go?'
/ 1t seemed a cruel bomb to drop into
the light hearts.
"Why, father, is anything the matter?
4 Where's mother"
"No, stay here; there amt anything
the matter yet, perhaps. It's only !
want to have it stopped before the mat
/ ter comes"
! There was a long talk.
I give begged mother time and again
to let me take the dairy work" said
Harriet. "She says it's too hard for
girls"
"WeU make it easier then. Well
make everything easier for you and for
her. We must get her away from home
for change, girls"
''She won't go"
"Let's go'n tell her she must. She's
lying down"
Lying down." said Janet with a
laugh. Look there"
Mother in her working dress was walk
ing around the house to the dairy house.
Father took her arm and brought her in.
Mother he said, I'm going over to
Reuben's next week to see about that
/ business between him and me- | shall
have to again three weeks after. want
you to go with me and stay between
whites"
Mothers face flushed, but she shook
her head.
Il couldn't do it," she said. 81 don't
say but what it would be pleasant to
make good visit to Sister Ruth. but |
couldn't take the time and l couldn't be
ready. I shouldn't want to go looking
shabby, and don't need anything new
for here at home. It's the girls time for
wanting things"
"Oh, yes, yes" said father, half irri-
tably, "but it's the girls time for taking
care of you, and they know it. Some
girls know it too late"
Don't bother now, father" urged
Mrs. Hill. 1t would take a week of
fussing and hard work sewing for me Ia
get ready, and would do moro harm than
good"
Another talk and a conspiracy against
mother was proposed, so astonishing and
so delightful that Harriet could not re-
press a shout of laughter.
It'll cost money" she said.
"There's more valuable things than
money, said father, taking out his pocket
book And the girls grew sober, realizing
how strongly he felt all he was saying as
he laid out one $50 bill, then another,
saying:
"Send for anything she wants ready
made, SO there won't be any fussing.
Then she can't help herself"
/ And for a week mother was sorely puz-
zled at the whisperings and the sly
glances, surprised at sudden hugs ana
bursts of laughter from Harriet, half in
clined to feel angry at seeing very plain
ly that something was going on which
no one would tell her.
At the end of that time a small trunk
was delivered at the door. 1t contained
black silk dress, wrap and bonnet, with
gloves and other accessories to neat
toilet.
That's the secret of all those measure
ments l had to take last week for that
wrapper, said Harriet, pointing to them.
''Will you ever forgive yourself, little
mother, for the way you growled at me?
You see we girls are getting too old for
you to be mistress here any longer, SO
you might as well give in to it at once"
The result was that mother, more
pleased than she would admit, was, as
she told her friends at the end of her
journey, fairly hustled out of the house
before she knew what she was about.
She came back with renewed strength
and spirit for the dear home duties
But those duties had been so lightened
by tender care and thought for her that
she declared there seemed nothing left
for her to do.
/ The windmill which had been planned
to save the labor Of the men had been
called upon as a helper for women also,
and kitchens and wash rooms were well
supplied with faucets and drains. Doors
We're cut and everything else done which
could save the labor of hands and feet.
1T costs little money said Farmer
Hill, ''but I'm not one to count money
. before flesh and blood, and I'm willing
to declare most men think as 1 do, only
they don't happen to think in time
Sydney Dare in Springfield Homestead
4 Stranger to Medicine.
The late Governor English, of Connecti-
cut. never had serious ailment until his
last and fatal illness A short time be-
fore he was taken down with this last