The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-05-15
JOEs WIFE
how : Patient r1ught Ills Doctor
Lesson

firsf ana anxious a. 70 the result Of q
Important surgical operation perf0rme
ihat morning. The mud spattered .
nom he streets ns 10 rolled along. an
- chilling November drizxle gave I
ne familiar trees forlorn. almos
chnstly aspect His heart warmed Q
ke pictured 70 himself wife watchinl
for him. With . welcome smile. fFon
fhelr cory parlor. dinner ready and
1onr rcstfnl evening before them
But e he drew near home, no cheer
I'll iirht atrcaned from door or win
dow. All seemed a. dark and deserte.
= fhe dripping street He threw thi
reInS 70 The boy whose duty was d
hold The horse on his professions
rounds and aung open the front doo
with Al irritated. injured feeling.
No tender smile; no sympathetic
roices no freight; no dinner. apparent
y.
sElInoris be called
No answer.
t.Eiinorfs'
This time voice spoke out Of ths
dnrlrness--a tired voice.
do Be moro quiet, John; the baby
y Just going 70 sleep"
s'confound III Why isn't there light
here2 And why isn't the baby asleeT
before this time Of night7''
ssEIe has been fretfui all day with hIs
teeth, and / have not had chance v
change my dress
A wafling cry from the nursery sent
The voice hurrying thither, and the doc.
Tor, with some inaudible words, pro
ceedcd 70 light the gas and take on his
wet ovcrcoak The house was cold, tho
parIor had evidently been arranged BY
Hibernian hands, an odor Of something
burning stole IN from the kitchen
A pleasant reception for man after a
long days work.
He ran upstairs with no gentle foot
step. His wife sat By the nursery fire;
her face wore . weary expression, and
ahe had on the same blue gown which
she had donned for breakfast The
baby Ct length slept 10 her arms She
held mp . warning finger as her hns-
band came laundering IN, but already ba-
by.s light slumber had been disturbed,
and the process Of soothing and singing
had 70 Be repeated for tho fifteenth
time.
II seemed TO the young mother as II
her patience could hold out no longer,
n was provoking 70 have the little ono
startled from his uneasy dreams again.
She knew Bridget would spoil the din
ner. She had been trying all day 70
get downstairs to make the house
pleasant with magic touch here and
there. 6ho longed 70 get into fresh
gown and brush her hair. but there had
been no time for her to do one Of these
things. Nurke WIS away with hick
MISTER. and babies always demanded
more from their mothers than from
anyone else. They are tyrannical and
know and seize every opportunity 70
prove their power over the anxious,
half-ignorapt young mothers. who are
happy, after AL, to Be their slaves.
When II last tho dinner bell rang,
Mira Ford laid tho baby In his crib,
sound nslcep this time, warm and love-
" In bis utter repose. She gave hnr-
ried dab at her wayy hair. caught up q
1resh handkerchief and ran down to
1oin her husband. who sat at the table
with = decidedly cross iookon his face.
He barely tasted the soup. then pushed
4 away in disgust
sBurned2n asked his wife.
''Of course. Can't you smell Il all
over the housc2 Why don't you look
after Bridget iittle7''
''Why, John, l have hardly been
downstairs today
'sWhere's Hannah7"
''Ehe went TO her sisters last night. !"
''oh. yess forgot What's this2
Cold corned bcen Really, Elinor. have
you nothing else TO offcr2s
''Would you like an omelet2r
ssNos
"What then?n
"A beefsteals, II there Is one.
Mrs. Ford rose and went TO the kitch-
en- The girl. Of course, had Just filled
mp the range with fresh coal, 80 there
WA nothing 70 be done but mako the
best Of cold meat potatoes and maca-
ronl followed by dessert Of apple
pudding and cheese.
Dr.. Ford found fault with the pota-
toes and said he was tired Of maca-
foni. the bread was dry, and the butter
not perfect As TO the pudding:
MY mother always had mince pies
1t this season" said he.
This was the last stray, and his wife,
unusually sensitive to strawa tonight,
could bear no more
1T = pity you ever left your moth
err"
II think 90, too" he responded, push
ing his chair back.
His vito hesitated moment whether
fOlrun around the table and burst into
tears upon her husbands shoulder or
70 rush upstairs and have good cry by
babyb side. She decided upon the lat
ter course, and. with qnivering lip,
left the room and shut herself up In the
nursery. where the fire was dying on
tho hearth and the baby breathing
softly. In strange contrast to her over
wrought condition
"Well, Il Is provoking. Women al.
Ways must cry and Ay into passion
about trifiea.n
But her husband, even as he thought
these words, began to feel repentant
de remembered the teething baby and
the Long day ut home alone In an
bther moment he would have followed
his wife upstairs and apologized for the
pain he had given her. But the door
ball rang and summons 10 visit sick
man Of q diatance sent him at once ont
Into the wet night And all domestic
grievances were forgotten before bic
had driven two hundred yards
The patient lived In squalid part d
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