The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1895-05-21

through tn e
tube. And what was the use
OF making up my mind to be
be an old mar S darling rather than n
young mans slave when it turns out
like this?'
But it can turns out lust MS Won
say, my dear, said Mrs. Royal. GIVE
me the particulars. More is to be
gained by submission than revolt.
especially when the husband is much
older than the wife"
'Submit!" cried young Mrs Fisher.
mol / will never do that-never !
DO you suppose l married rich man
to do the housework?"
"Let me hear the particulars, Be
renee, repeated Mrs. Royal.
"Well, mamma" said young Mrs.
Fisher, ''you know | went into "A house
fuil OF servants excellent ones. too.
josiah was very aifcctionatc, AS he al
ways Is, and ali he asked me to do was
to tie his cravat, and pin rose into
ms buttonhOle, and to go to the door
and throw kisses to him OF morning.
And after II while it was, Get my slip-
pers, darling. Run for my umbrella.
Where is my hanlkerchief?' VERY
, tlresome, but to be expected. Thcn
very soon it was, Let us send the SER
wants away Mt meal times, and wait on
ourselves mt table 1t is so delicious
to be quite aloncl' OF course agreed ::
and nGwEcomes this astonishing prop.
ositiOn-dismissa the servants: live
for each other! I'm to do the cook
ing for him, iron his shirts black his
boots, for all / know! Not for econ
omy's sake, but to make life beautl-
full Oh, | sha'n't endure it. can
not, mamma! | shall quarrel if he
persists! l did not marry u rich man
to be cook and laundress. /"
BE quiet, darlng,' said Mrs.
Royal. 'Listen to me little while.
Let him have his own way, that You
may have yours in the end 1t is an
amiable caprice; humor it,.
a long conversation between mother
and daughter followed, and the result
was that when Mr.. Fisher returned to
his home that afternoon he found his
wife fairly beGming with smiles.
'Wcll, Berenice, my pet, have YOU
been thinking OF the ideal life I pro-
posed? You did not seem to apprc-
clato the notion quite as thoroughly
rs | expected this morning"
I'm afraid / did not, darling. -
said young Mrs. Fisher "Eut / ran
ran over to mamma's, and she was SO
enthusiastic over it. "
''Was she? was shc?' cried the hus-
band in amazement. 81 fancicd that
she would rather oppose it,"
'Oh You don't know mamma, s"
said Bercnice. "Josiah, while Won nre
doing it, why not get n cottage and n
COW and chickens? would like TO
milk, and make butter, and hunt for
eggs. And we might have few pigs "
wen begin by degrees" said Mr.
Fisher. Ss-e
81 suppose wc'll have to. Josiah, 8"
said Bcrcnice "but I'm wild TO take
things In hnnd. Pay the servants M
to the end of their months Tomorrow.
and pack them Of, and you'll have
nice, homemade cooking right away. -"
Dear me ~ mil he, ''l Shall spsnl
most ofmy time watching you at work.
IN O little white apron, with your
sleeves rolled mp.
"Ob, how nice ihe cried. kissing
him. "Oh, make haste a5oyt H. IT,.
s.ah."
Josiah obcvel gy III, FOLLOWING
night the servants bal oil dorortaJ
Only Bercnicc ramaincl i'm the bouse.
though she had % visit from, her moth
cr Tho tlblc was ..t for N or3pl
dinner and ms SIR Fisher opeucJ tbo
door o. small figure appeared 10 the
head of Ga, ba-....nt sf5ir,