The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-03-22

little fruit and plan your toilets for the dy.'
tpwent Mary's eyebrows and sar-
castle smile played about her mouth.
Three children 10 send 70 school at
nine o'clock, and breakfast 10 get be-
fore that. tilancing up, Mr.. Fenton
caught the smile.
Naturally" he into rruptcd himself,
"cvcry woman cannot follow this plan
exactly. but the general outline Is
good Youll see"
30 he travelled down the column OF
directions, for The bath with bran bags, |
almond meal and orris root, the pedi-
curing. the manicuring, the elaborate
brushing Of hair and teeth, the gym
nastcs for the developing Of the figure,
the careful examination OF each ar
ticlc Of clothing to see IL single
stitch bc wanting, the hundreds OF NJ
lie details which IL takes so few
minutes to write down. SO many To
carry out As he went on, Mary's
natural sense of fun came to her res
cue and, beginning To appreciate the
absurdity Of the situation, She held
her peace. adding up as they were
mentioned in turn the twenty minutes
, for this. the thirty minutes for that,
and her husband drew long breath at
the end OF the evolution OF "a lovely
creature immaculate from top To toe.
ut seems to me-" observed she, de-
murely. '.as if cleanliness were getting
ahead of godlincss nowadays. Well, II
must be delightful to 90 through such
"A thorough process, and yet four hours
seems long time to devote to dressing
: every morning
-Four hours" cried Mr.. Fenton,
taken by surprise. my dear, you
must be mistaken. Why, the half
hour for the bath is the longest item
!, in the lot"
: MANY mickle makes muckle
!, papa. dear" rejoined Mary. earnestly
- do YOU think there is ever morning
' in the whole years round when coult
:" take four hours for the adjoining OF IN,
~ own person? Where would your break
> fast be. and the children. and the or
, ders TO the butcher and the grocer
James, what are you going to do "
y morrow" she suddenly asked. and
ie dimplc appeared in her cheek, whic
10 made. her look quite young again.
~ "To-morrow?' he repeated mechar
! ically.
q, Yes; at the Office, you know. Any
- thing especial?"
Oh .Vky. no. have dozen bills
collect for Mr.. Snow; that's all why
We Because / want to try little G.
"a, periment. It's not at all original.
AL fact. it's as old as the hills Promi'
y. me YOU will do it,
III is within reason" stipuiat'
Mr. Fenton. His wife had not chang
~ so much, after all. II she had on
= groyyn her neatness, the old vivaci
- was still alive IN her.
~. "Oh, yes This is what want y
- to do. Change places with me Tor o
day. Let me go and collect the oi
!, IA for Mr.. Snow. | warrant you tha'
=" will get every cent that is due him, a
en- Won STAY AT home as housekeeper, coz
ln nurse and general factotum'
"What perfect nonsense" grow
- the gentleman. taking up his pa
"1 again. II should think you were
n, schoolgirl OF sixteen. You know thu
Al. impossible
"" Rut IL was not impossible. and d
'a Fenton proved it. il not to her spou'
satisfaction. at least to his convicti
She had recourse to all her forsai
arts of coaxing and wheedling, and
last. quite worn out with argn
49, and shutting, he had to give In,
agreed to make fool of himself on
ers' morrow. The victor went up to
'usn triumphant. pausing in the nurser,
GUS leave the big intending basket ane
~. lean lovingly for moment over
i's bed where her twin boys lay sieep'l
inc sturdy lads of nine. In the next r
row she drew aside little Mabels curis
stap left a kiss on the rosy cheek, and
re- lenyth. with deep sigh, she 10
lips herself standing before her dres
table. taking down the coils OF
larry hair. Many silver thread had 81
urse, into the bright brown ripples. put
ana sti;l fell to her waist Is abundat
hum eyer and against the girlish .
/? IL ,round her face seemed to lose son
you IT, lines Of care Was it true thai
had been growing careless OF her
their appearance? Like nash there
4 had across her mind those words about
nc i'm Van Dusen. and. staring earnest
q tins the glass. She felt thriil ~ .
was pride in its assurance that. win
lie 70 Clothes as adorned that lazy,
A that would be more on par in GOOD
lutcly than casual observer would INA
&c re- Tnen She thought Of her husband
the experiment that was 70 he
)uscn. and laughing softly to herself
what turned out the gas and got INTO
a fine hearing that unfortunate man
Mighty cellar below. muttcring like the
~ uamlet's father as he put c"ai
900 a furnace fire.
rhaps, The memory Of the following
m, cx- even now q hidcous nightmare TO-
useless r,nton. Never had the ollicc wh'
has no kept books for a pcppery ana
o.hinr sonablc coal merchant involved
am SO many trying situations LIS
You re- true 10 the arrangement, had pre-
,nbicct herself III breakfast arrayeo
ire me walking dress. and offered to mar
r. Won erestions about curling NADER
in our tying on her pinafore and meme
many n,itten brought to her just as "
brim.~ maid rang the bell for breakfast