St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-04-19

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in cases where consultation was I'm.
necessary. The daughter of the fam
lily opined that he had experienced
religion; the son declared that he
had received ghostly warning as tc
his immediate demise, but the mys-
terry remained impenetrable until one
evening when Nelson asked permits.
sion to go home earlier than usual
saying that his wife wanted him.
"Why, Nelson, I didn't know yor
had wife,
"Oh, yessum, I gotter wife, but
yuh see, we ain been livin' togethah;
she went south with er family an
went tub Florida tub wait in er hotel
an we got los from each othah, an
she thought I was daid an married
ernothah gemman. Now, she done
fine me ergin an she done lef de
othah gemman an come back tub
me. She's powerful had woman
tub please, Mira is. an dat othah
husban' she done lef he was q
mighty fine man, an I gotter wuk
mighty had tub keep up to his level
deed has, ma'am, an Mira she
amt ergoin' tub femme fergit it,
The effect of Maria upon her liege
was most pronounced as time went
on. Nelson no longer firmly waved
away, orders and conducted his de.
partment on the most despotic plan;
the cook began to impose upon him
and the mistress of the mansion even
ventured to scold him. His polite.
ness deepened and willingness to re.
main after hours, if only he had the
authority of the head of the family
for doing so, became one of his most
pronounced characteristics. In fact,
Nelson was now q jewel without
flaw.
But all this was quite too good to
last, and one day the mistress of
the mansion was sadly surprised to
find Nelson once more setting aside
her orders with calm faith in his
own superior judgment. why, Mel
son, what is the matter?" she said.
II distinctly told you that I wanted
the hall rugs beaten to-day and the
hangings put up, and instead of that,
1 find you cleaning all the silver"
"Dat all right'm, dat's all right"
Nelson made unabashed reply. Il
lest had tub clean dis heah silver to-
day, an I says tub mys'f, I says:
Nelson, people doan always know
what's bes' foah theyselves an yuh
gottah do yuh duty. Now, thaihs
that Mira. I done met dat alb
othah husban' o. hubs what she done
mahried when she thought I was
daid, and he's a low-down, no err
count cullud gemman, he is. tells
dat Mira l doan wan tub heah no
noah foolishness out O. huh, an
aftah this she gottah do what tells
huh an behave huhse'f.'
"And what did Maria say?" queried
the mistress of the mansion, hope.
fully.
"she didn't say nothin', ma'am;
nothin' at all. That woman knows
she kahn play no noah tricks on me,
no, ma'am."
And after that not even the cook
rebelled against demonstrating.
ton Star.
Model for American Women.
The model that should be held up
to American women of to-day is not
the Amazon, glorying in her martial
deeds and powers; not the Spartan,
who made female perfection to con-
sist in the development of physical
strength at the expense of feminine
lecorum and modesty; not the god.
less of impure love like Venus, whose
regarded beauty of form
and personal charm as the highest
types of womanly excellence. No,
The model that should be held up
cefore you and all women is Mary,
The mother of Christ. She is the
great pattern of virtue, ana all tina.
goes to make the perfect woman
alike to maiden. wife and mother
Cardinal Gibbons. in Ladies' Home
Journal.