The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-03-10
CRUEI. FRiENCS.
How "a Dear and Loving Woman Tried a
Mothers Patience.

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Mothers Patience.
Ia no respect are the friends outside
the sanctuary ofhOlDe crueler than in act
ing upon the conviction that what Mrs
Stowe defines as terms of undrcss init
macy with us lustities them in parcel
ling out or time to suit their couveil-
fence and pleasure. Women are most
unconscionahle in this species of torture.
Men have been slaves to business for SO
many centuries that the masculine guest
or neighbor. albeit a favorite crony. has
IA glimmerin. appreciation of the fact
that his associates must nave time in
which to earn a living. The cruclest of
friends is the woman who does nothing
in particular and ut 40 particular time
AMI is so fond of you. who have IL sfe-
citic occupation and set hours for carry
ing it on. that she cannot be happy away
from you and finds the day savoriess
which has not been sailed by "A comfort
able talk between you and herself.
A very tiend of atfectionate barbarity
was IA rich and idle woman who chose
as her bosom friend the busy wife of a
city Clergyman and the mother Of five
children. OF these children she was also
the governess until the boys We're ready
for the college preparatory school and
sent her three girls from the family
schoolroom to Smith and Vassar. She
judged rightly that she would lay the
foundation rud:ments of thorough schol.
arship more conscientiousiy than hired
instructors and enjoyed the noble task.
Her husbands parishioners were cog.
infant of her expressed desire that that
part of the day lying between 9 and
| O'Clock should be acvoted to her pupils,
and. to the credit Of those who did not
aspire To the honor of such intimacy a;
the rectory as Elight warrant reversal Of
household arrangements. it iGay be stated
that her ecc"ntricity III this regard was
generally respected.
The Wealtili.st yes%trylnans wife, b.,
virtue Of her peculiar attachment to the
industrious Householder. spurned regu-
lations not of her WI making and de-
clared her Independence Ky word and
deed. The rector's wife loved her for her
many excellent qualities and valued her
answering tateem. | think. neverthe-
less. that MepEistopheles would have
been a more welcome apparition than
the smiling visage that presented Itself
twice or thrice each week at the study
door with the coaxing apology:
II know you can't bear morning calls,
but ] was actually furnishing for a
glimpse Of you. I'll just sit over here in
the corner with my fancy work and nev-
er lisp Il syllable-ins feast my eyes and
ears. The children don't mind the pres
ence of malI as dearest friend"
The children did mind. and
mor than they, an intruder who dis
tracted eyes and thoughts and embar-
raised recitations none the less for the
frequency Of tie visitation. a gravel
81 tone in the shoe is one Of the minor ills
of the daily walk to which the flesh is
slow To- becOIne reconciled. a common
acquaintancn could have been denied at
the outer entrance. or had she reached
the penetralia could have been bowed
out into the drawing room. An uncom-
mon fnend grappled with the sufferer al
a fatally short distaIce.-Marion Uar-
land iii Harper's Bazaar.