River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-10-19

me that the head OF the family that
had moved in opposite was detective,
and that there was case OF scarlet
fever on the next block. Augustus had
a resigned look wnen I returned, but
he maguanimously said ncthing In
i've minutes more the groeer's boy
came for orders. but that did not de-
tain us long. 1t seemed as thougn my
r0lling-pin had never made 81 ,auch
noise. and my head began 10 thiJb with
the effort to listen. and u becs re still
worse when ] hegan the lively process
of baking and rolling out at the saile
time, every now and then augustus
would glance mp, as much a. To say:
There's n fine passage for Won. and 4
would smile IN a vacant sort of way TO
show him that ] appreciated il. At one
place he stopped,and enlarged upon the
subject in a way which was very inter-
esting. but knew ought to look in
the oven. and hated 10 interrupt him,
80 I VIZ ted till he turned 10 his volume
and Z n found two tins OF cakes
bu-nc,l black. was 50 thankful he
did not notice it-he is such an econo-
mist; but il is very true that he is mot
a man whose train of thought is inter.
rupted by trifles."
After the cakes were rolled out and
had nothing 10 do but watch the oven
managed 10 grasp the thought little
better; but Just as I was removing the
cakes from a tin and my attention was
momentarily diverted he turned to me
{ a. EsTHE-...-.f
that wei. pute'' Yes. indeed.n | said
with emphasis; and the lie troubled my
conscience for two days thereafter.
Our little three year-old Isabel. who
had been playing in the sunshine on
( the front porch, now came in. wheel
+ ing her doll-carriage. You must be
very quiet If YOU stay here. ! whis-
pered; papa Is reading" The little
+ darling meant 10 be very obedient and
} il was amusing to hear her talking to
her doll in pretty. broken accents:
100 must be till, dolly, and hear papa
wead" Ia spite of myself. was more
interested in her than ia the momentous
questions which were being settled by
/ her father aud his old instructor. |
had turned toward the child. and l sup
pose Augustus glanced up as he had
/ done before. expecting 10 meet re-
! Spouse on my face. and found me nap
ping. He came 20 an ominous stop lis
/ IL possible. Maria, that YOU are not in
/ terested?" he said. coldly. ''Oh. yes
/ ! answered, humblv. DO excuse me,
/ Augustus, but she is so cunningr'
That il true. he replied. his severity
/ disappearing as ke looked fondly at the
/ little prattler, for. as ] remarked he
fore. he is a very affectionate father.
The cakes were now all out of the
oven, and I SGT with eyes fixed upon the
/ reader, determined that nothing should
divert eye or brain; but there came a
knock at the door; / answered it; IL
was a tramp, a Misunderstanding fell
/ low who wanted something to eat
/ Augustus new, allows me to feed these
/ Migrants, and I dismissed him quite
/ CURLY, and turned away. lie opened
/ the screen door and followed me into
/ the kitchen; he beat hsstv retreat as
/ soon as he saw Augustus. who has such
a commanding presence that even a
! tramp Is affected by il.
seated myself again. and in about
/ three minutes Isabel. the enforced
/ quiet having become irlSsome, began 10
I trundle the doll carriage over tho bare
/ floor in a most distracting manner.
/ ''Oh, do wait minute, until | can dis
/ pose of this child,' ! cried. / took her
/ into the dining room and brought out
some toys which she Is allowed to have
only on state occasions. and hurried
back. The end of a chapter was soon
/ reached. and Augustus announced that
I he thought that would do for that
morning, and disappeared mp the back
I stairs. thought afterward that
/ did not express my gratitude
As ought; but had happened
/ to glance at the clock as ! came
! in from the dining-room. and was
startled TO find how near dinner-time
I IL was Augustus is So punetuai, and
/ does not want the time of his meals to
! vary a minute; 50. though IL IS great
help toward forming correct habits Ia
live with such person, am extreme
/ IL nervous IL get behindhand Another
aggravation was that when | went TO
/ set the table found that Isabel had
/ married in shocking manner the face
/ Of ne handsome wax doll that Angus
F tus mother gave her last Christmas.
I saying that with care ii would last uu-
/ I'll she was done playing with dolls. 1t
was ali my fault. too, for giving it 70
[ her
Dinner was late, of course. know
Augustus was annoyed, though he WA
! kindly silent on the subject. Ii seemed
/ as though ] never should get my
/ dinner dishes washed. and then / had
/ 10 20 to bed with a nervous headache.
Augustus has never offered to read 10
me since, nor referred To the book.
I There are some other subjects that to
I my mind seem To need reconciliation
as well as science and religion, but
I what troubles me the most Is that al
/ these things make it so very discourag
/ ing for Augustus.-S. J. Underwood.
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