St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1892-03-31
HE MADE A DISCOVERY.

A DISCOVERH.
After dinner had been finished the
woman of fashion seated herself COM
| bly, in an easy chair and said !:
We'll, we will have quiet even
ing
mo one expected ?" asked her hus-
band
Not a soul" replied the wife
Every one is at the Browns, and
sent regrets, you know"
Where are the children p he asked.
"Upstairs in the nursery" she re-
| piled, languidlv.
I'D like to see them" he said.
Suppose we let them come down"
"Oh, dear, no." she exclaimed.
They're not dressed to come down
stairs. They have their nursery
clothes on, you know, and they'd
want to play here and they'd get
everything topsyturvey. 1t wOuldn' t
do at all"
But no one is expected" he pro-
tested.
Yes, dear, but someone might
drop in, and, besides, we mustn't get
them in the habit of coming down
here when they are not properly
dressed and prepared to behave
as well-trained children should"
when they are on parade" he
suggested.
'Joseph!" she said sharply. Don't
talk like that! They have a nurse
and room to themselves, and you
certainly can't expect me to let them
come down here except when they
are properly attired. Besides, they
enjoy themselves more in the nur-
sery."
Il presume they do" he said
quietly.
IF you had seen what saw to-
day." she went on, you would un-
! derstand. | called on little Mrs.
Fernwood, and when | went in the
floor Of the library was just covered
with books and toys, and her two
children were playing there on the
! floor. Why, she had to have the
! folding doors shut when she came
into the reception room, and then
some of the blocks and toys were left
on our side of the door, and we
could hear the children laughing and
| talking all the time | was there.
|
ut must have looked like a home
and not one of the parlors of a fash
ionable hotel" he interrupted, as
he got up from his chair "Perhaps
she went little too much to one
extreme, but it is better than going
too much To- He noticed the gilt
ter in his wife's eye and stopped
Never mind" he said. I'm going to
/ the nursery"
Half an hour later, when his wife
sent for him to see a caller the ser
want found him sitting on the floor,
smoking pipe and building block
! houses
Say I'm engaged" he said, and
tell her conhdentially." he added,
that we've got a couple of mighty
| bright and interesting children. l
never had chance to find it out be-
! fore and maybe she doesn' t know it. ="
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