Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-09-26
ARCHIBALD'S FIND.

| edlv and found the second Girl seated at the
piano in the parlor executing with some dis
sonance and many hesitatons a Sousa
march, while a strange Young man with a
pimply countenance accompanied her on
the mouth organ. Then there was the Girl
who, without a moments warning. INV dear.
or indicating the least dissatisfaction with
her lot, left suddenly just in the middle of
a dinner party. Also there was that nice,
neat, modest and well-behaved maid, who
| it was discovered, fed her entire family
from the back door from the Considine
larder and was not wholly unsupported of
teaspoons and a silk pettieoat, though that
could never be proved. But Mrs. Consi.
dimes favorite stories were those relating
| to the sinful extravaganza and reckless
wastefuness of her present cook.
Considine used to demonstrate with her.
There should always be between husband
and wife mutual liberation OF each others
stories. That is one OF the essentials OF
domestic happiness When there is good
chance to relate something entirely apropos
to guest 1t Is not TO be expected That
either should refrain from relating 1t Just
because the other mas heard 1t d lew score
| times pelore' 1he lamlly anecdotes shouId
be common property, Just as much 80 as
the family album, ana the husband should
take as much PRIDE and pleasure III MS
Wile story OF JOKE as Il IL were MS own
anu VIZ versa 'u' Vis'u'"e san ne "'s
SIGN VI nearing dpouV 'ha' GUM lie ulun
uiinu 'ne i"TS ry'ie i' IN VI Wy
leparteu iinua' NIaila anu i1ileh 80 lnuon'
ne SAID Dut ne ulu Villilh tna1 sue might
| wv 'ne UooA ue4inqueHCies lee.'
IL Ism anything TO De proud OF, ne
argued: In tact, should think 1t would
De rather the other way Your guests
should imagine, Woulu pe inclined 10 thinh
slia. YOU ln'elIeGV Is AilocNhneeu anu wa.
| your Will power mas receulhs chll, DIS IL
| WERE wien YOU zen treill Uii"' soi Va 'h4iie
Gnu III 'he s'liie " can "OiiHV '4i'' Va Il" 'e
| AeP' lhe " 0i'4 A0i "iS' S W ~ nv"
| ish II, ,,. .
Dul shes such d goou cooh, w AiIdih'
| protested the lady, almost tealfuly. sup
pose DO dismiss ner' where Wouid get
another that was even as good! 1hey We all
| Sot sOlhe shortcomings, anu 9ou NM" !Ou
would complain II let her 60
| On, did l say anything about dlsmlsslng
her: You can be most eXasperatlng when
you set your mind to It, NO, What L say Is
thal average her up anu sHe about DIS
| goou as you IL get, 50 why Hot 4el IL ~ AZ
that and accept Aer DRAWBACKS III meek
III silence. ohe al rignt'
But, W lAam, do you know what she dld
| yesterday! Ihere was all that chicken saldu
LETT over from dlnner. should say tAere
was three parts OF that large DOW IulI ana
II IL hau peeh put III the leAl Ieel"'oi Il
Wouu nave zone nicely Aol 4uhcH 'nis
morning ~ Was pei4ec4y soou anu sHe
| JUST thIe" ~ out WIN 'ne ga D"sN,
lHere Mds tne lods' iaiilo on AueHu"!
| went tne salhe wa! anu ~ was Pei4e|'H
goou' NO eAcuse ior IL d. an
| Oh, forget II, forget II. saiu W illdlh'
But Mrs. Considlhe refused 70 forget II,
1t ranked IN her houseWllely bosom ana
until 1t was eventually displaced by other
and fresh otenses that enlckeh salad was
resurrected and the lamb warmed over III
conversational form Tor the delectatlon ol
visitors to such an extent mat Consume
used to lay down his KNIFE ana 1orh ana sign
and look lmploIlngly at ms "lie whenever
the subject was approached. 1hey mao
great uedi Vi company uiu 'ne ~ f'--A0
ana ds Vhelr ulnheis were INV a. iDo's eo0N
.He eooh u'eu w oe
But wastefu! You We no ldea, SAID the
hostess i never 60 anywhere near 'Ae
garbage pail that don hnd somethlhg per
lectly good thrown away-wAoie loaNes OF
| pASod uAiA 'NSNN'DiNH NN ---N~N
think that there's more than enough thrown
away i'll that garbage pail every Gay tnan
would keep two more families the SIZE OF
ours-and all perfectly good, don't you
know"
1t got to be rather joke among Mrs.
Conscience acquaintance a last. Probably
Considine was justified to great extent IN
Directing. Still it remained for Archibald
Bentham Considine, aged six, to put stop
to it. Archibald was a nice little boy, con-
sidering the way he had been brought up
rather an observing and initiative little
boy, too. They used to have HMM III to des.
sert usually, on which occasions his fond
parents would ply him with questions with
the obvious idea Of eliciting smart replies,
which was distinctly Objectionable, But
the child could hardly be blamed Tor that
any more than for his long yellow curls