The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-03-26

"Ihe CLOTHES tor the wash please
sir. said little eIrl, couricsyine
humsA 40 thc door.
"lp-iair> and downstairs" went
Potter Carver. having hands on What
oyer 81 considered proper prcy ior
the wa,htuh, rwmaging IN bureau
drawers. uphca,mg the contents Of
trunks and turning wardrobc- in-
side ont for a mortal hour before he
had completed the requisite search
Tile kitchen was empty when he
returned
where are the children r was
his first alarmed thought, express
ing itself unconsciou,ly in words.
Il saw 'em go ont Of the door,
please, Sir, said the washorwoman 5
little girl
The July sum was beginning to
glow intensely in the heavens. The
paycmcnis reflected the ardent
shine with tcnfold heat. and poor
Peter Carver was nearly melted ere
he espicd his hopeful son and heir,
with Pet following
Neither of them would walk-in
fact. the little wanderers were far
too wear. So Mr. Carver mounted
one ON each arm and carried them,
limp and unre-isting, through the
streets.
Ill have nurse for YOU, nv
young friends. before the world is a
day older" Ne said, grinding his
teeth with impotent wrath as he de-
posted Pet and Tommy on the floor
and went YEARLY TO his household
duties.
"lIoware you now. Carry;" lac said
about an hour afterward. throwing
himself into a chair bv her bedside
and 4anning himself with the news
paper he had laid there that morn
IN.
about the same, dear. How does
the housekeeping get along:'
1T don't get along at all.
rs dinner ready:'
Dinner echoed Peter in a sort
Of dismaycd tone. "Nhy, / haven't
got through with breakfast yeti"
But il is u o'clock"
81 don't care if it's % o'clock. 4
man can't 10 forty things at once"
where are the Children asked
his wife.
I'm bed. They were too much for
me, so / undresscd EN- and put EN-
to bed to get them out of the way"
Poor thingsw said Carry.
Poor me, | should think" said
Carver irately. Il had quite enough
to do without EN-. I've broken the
plates and melted or the nose Of the
teapot and lost my diamond ring in
the ash barrel and cut my fingers
with The carving knife"
Have you looked after the pie
kles and baked fresh pies :"
"No.w
"Nor blackened the range nor
cleaned the knives nor scrubbed the
kitchen hoor:"
NO"
'Nor made the beds nor swept
the chamber nor busted the parlors
nor polished the windows nor heard
the children's lessons nor taken care
Of the canary birds nor
"Stop-stop" calculated llr. Pc
ter Carver, tearing wildly at his
hair "lou don't mean TO say that
You do all these things every day.
Il DO most certainly and long be-
fore - o'clock. And yet you Won
der that am not dressed and cult
waiting my mind before IL o'clock"
My dear Carry" said Peter peni-
tently, Il have been brute. I'll
have a cook and nurse and a 4
chambermaid here just as soon as l |
can possibly obtain them. You
shall be drudge no longer"
A few minutes afterward the I'M
skilled cook was scorching his wills
kers over a gridiron covered with !
Kissing mutton chops, which would |
alarm him by suddenly blazing up
into his face without the least pre-
monitory symptom, when a light |
step crossed the kitchen floor and
little hand took the handle Of the
gridiron from his grasp.
Garry"
Il release YOU from duty" smiled I
tie wife. My ankle is better now"
Il say, Carry"
"Well?'
"Tcll the truth, now. Wasn't that
ankle business a little cxaggcrat- I
"a Z"
Considerable.
A well known New York clergy
nan had a habN nj one time OF con- /