The Van Buren press., 1895-04-06

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and her husband drew . long brssxA q
the end OF tine erolnsi0n II lossiJ
crezsnrs immacnaas< from top to sa<-
1T se<ms 10 49, Sb~errs6 she- fe.
mureIy. '-ss IL cleanliness we're yessznz
shead Of godIine~s nowsdaya Well i
anust be deaighrfal 10 sD shroasa suea
rxlprongh prDce.a- and jet sorr hosrs
aeems long time TO devote 70 dressing
every morning.
s~Yorr hours ersen Mr. R-ason,
taken by surpriae- @Ny dear yau
nnnxt b. mistaken Why. the az11
hour Sor the bath h the loeeess isen
In tine lot
Many . msezis makes . muckie-
papa dear reSosned MARI. earnestly
= DO yoa think thers Is eTex moeninz
in the whole years round wbea could
take sons hours for the sderninx IT NJ
own person7 where would To1z break.
fast be. and ths ehildren- and the OF.
derx to the butcher and the 9rscerf
JameA. what ase yon goin9 70 do to
moFrow7" shs sud1eniy a&ked- and .
dsmpls appeared i'm her check. which
made her look qusse young again
'Tomorrow7~ he repeated nseehsn'
's.l1g ". :. q. osss. 70. know. A.,.
thing espsciaiz-
why, mo. I have . doaen bills td
collect fOr Nr. Snow; that's all WhyT
~Becsnse ! want 10 try little ex
pertinent IT'S not At all original In
fact is's ~ old a. the hiliA Promise
me you will do it
--ffit IL within reason stipulated
Mr. Fenton- His wife had no. changed
70 mach. after all II she had out
grown her neatnesa, the old vivacity
was still alive IN her.
oh, ysA This Is what I want yoz
to do. Change places with me for one
day. Let me GO and collect the bill
for Mr.. Snow. I warrant you that |
viii get every cent that Ii due him. and
you stay at home az housekeeper, cook,
narse and general factotum--
what perfect nonsenses- gYosieel
che gentleman taking up his paper
again II should think yeu were a
schoolgirl of sixteen You know that's
impossible"
Bot It was not impossible, and Mrs.
Fenton proved 1t, IL not 70 her speuse's
satisfaction. at least TO his conviction.
She had recourse TO all her forsaken
artA Of coaxing and whesdiin9, and .,
last, quite worn out with arguing
and shutting. he had 70 give In, and
agreed 10 make fool Of himself On the
morrow. The victor went up 70 bed
triumphant, pausing In the nursery to
leave the big mending basket and 70
lean lovingly for . moment oTer the
bed where her twin boys lay sleeping
stnrdy lads Of nine Ia the next room
she drew aside little Mab<rs curls and
left kiss on the rosy cheek. and at
length, with deep sigh, she found
herself standing before her dressing
table, taking down the coils Of her
hair Many silver thread had stolen
into the bright brown ripples, bat they
stifl fell 10 her waist a. abundant a
ever, and against the girlish back
ground her face seemed 10 lose some OF
il lines of care Was IL true that she
bad been growing careless Of her own
appearance? Like fash there ran
acroas her mind those words about Mrs.
Van Dusen. and, staring earnestly at
the glass, she felt thrill OF simple
pride In It's assurance that, with such
clothes ~ adorned that lady, they
would be more on par In good looks
than . casual observer would imagine.
Then she thought OF her husband and
the experiment that was 10 be tried
and, laughing softly 10 herself, she
turned out the Raa and got into bed,
hearing that unfortunate man In the
cellar below, muttsfing like the ghost
of Hamlet's father az he put coal on the
furnace fire. f.tr
The memory Of the following day 10
even now hideous nightmare TO James
Fenton. Never had the Office where he
kept books for q peppery and unrea-
sonable coal merchant involved him In
10 many trying situations His wife,
true 10 the arrangement, had presented
herself st breakfast arrayed In her
walking dress. and offered 10 make sug-
gcstions about curling Mabels hair,
tying on her pinafore and mending .
mitten brought TO her Just ~ the one
maid rang the bell for breakfast. Han.
nah was In the secret, for she had al
ready been TO ask his advice about the
mullins with giRgle, and Tom and
Harry had been told by mamma that
their father would lay out their clean
clothes and give them any help they
needed in the toilet line. BY the time
he sat down At the table he was des-
pcratc man. His own toilet had been
In the extreme, and he had
literally had not minute TO think.
Mary In the gayest Of spirits took his
bundle OF bills and went of, remind
ing him not 10 forget TO sort the wash
ing just brought upstairs, and that this
was the day for sweeping the parlor.
And hope she said, cruelty, st
parting, shat you will find time 10
give at least fifty strokes Of the brush
10 your back hair, James, dear"
The pen refuses to record what
James replied under his breath to this
taunt-curses not loud, but
deeu-for when a man has snid faxa.