The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-06-09
FROM DREAM TO
REALITY.
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tOriginAll
Once upon time family, consist
ing Of young mag. his wife and two
little children, ivee III cabin near d
pottery in England The wife did
the cooking, took care Of the home
and the children. while the husband
worked In the pottery. Edmond Spier
was not very good WORKINGS. He
was rather inclined to study processes
for saving labor or Of producing new
and useful articles.
His wife. who was practical wo-
man, had to bear her share OF her hus-
bands handicap. She often argued
with him as to the futiIity of dreaming
abort new processes none OF which he
had the ability to invent and being
thus drawn from hard work which
might advance his wages and render
the family more comfortable. But It
ia impossible to change peoples dis
positions, and Molly Spier at last
gave up trying to change that Of her
husband. ss
Meanwhile there was no addition to
the comforts Of the home. The larder
was no better. the furniture was get.
ting more shabby, and the children
were ragged. What with the cooking,
the homework and the patching Of
clothes Molly Spier was having a
hard time Of 1t. But with all her prac-
ficability her amiable disposition could
no more be changed than could her
husbands proclivity to dream. But
one day Edmond came home from the
factory with a burning fever on him.
and 1t was evident that he was in for
protracted illness.
There were no unions in those days
to take care Of man when he was
ill, and the Spier family suffered great
". Molly Spier got odd jobs to do
which helped to keep them from starv-
ing. Edmond applied to his employer
for help. The pottery owner was
cold, calculating business man ana re-
piled that IL he began to pay wages TO
one of his men while III he would end
IN having to pay an under similar cir
cumstances This killed all hope OF OBJ
tanning anything from that direction.
One day Molly spent what money
she had on hand for some fresh pork
Having bought more Of 1t than she
could use iii short time because it
was cheap, she determined to cure d
part Of it. Putting some salt In com
mon cooking vessel such as was used
III those days, an unglazed porous af
fair, she filled 1t with water and set 1T
on the stove to heat Then she went
out to attend to another matter.
Edmond, who was now conyalescent,
was In the only other room In the
cabin spending his time, as usual. day
dreaming. He began by inventing In
imagination vessel hard glazed like
glass. a substance that no water could
penetrate and neither heat nor cold
crack. Having Invented this imaginary
vessel, he proceeded to sell his inven-
tion for fabulous sum. build house,
dress his wife in silks and satins and
the children In equally fine apparel.
He heard something sizzling In the
kitchen. and II occurred to him that be
should 60 in there and see what was
wrong and correct It. But at that mo-
ment he was figuring up bis fortune,
and the matter passed out OF his mind.
He was still dreaming when he heard
Molly go into the kitchen and utter an
exclamation Of impatience. Then she
came info where Edmond was lying.
holding an empty saucepan, and for
once since his illness lost her equa-
nimity.
.All the salt had is gone" she said
~ put It on hot fire with water
which boiled over Besides, just look
ut the saucepan. There's something on
the outside that won't be rubbed Off
The pan Is spoiled for looks II not for
use | do think ven might have gone
into the Kitchen and prevented the |
damage"
Edmond took the saucepan in his
hand and examined it. Where the |
salt and water had boiled over the