Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-08-13
TOM SOLVED PROBLEM.
AND IN A WAY THAT MIGHT 81
EXPECTED OF A MAN.
However, lt Caused Mrs. carrlck 70
\ See Things In . New Light, and
Thsrs Was m End OF
4 Worrying.

+ Everything in the Carricks' apart
ment was beautifully clean, for young
Mrs. Carrick was careful housekeep-
q and she found her greatest pride
and pleasure In her sparkling glass.
spotless curtains and speckless floors.
Tom Carrick submitted to his wife's
rules OF order with smiling good ma
ture and when pair Of slippers on
the top Of his chiffonier or the scat
tered pages Of newspaper on the
parlor floor proved him a transgressor
he received her general rebukes with
eomical display Of penitence that
quite disarmed her., according to the
Youths Companion. ag
It was with genuine Joy that Mrs
Carrick prepared a room for her IA,
ther when the breaking up Of his old
home made It necessary for him to
come to live with her. She lay awake
at night planning little comforts for
him, but the labor she put into the ar
rangement Of these conyeniences was
~ nothing compared with her efforts
to make him use and enjoy them.
Father, why don't you hang your
coat on one Of your hangers?" she
asked one day, when she found his
Sunday coat suspended by the collar
from a hook Il had these hangers
put In your closet SO that you could
keep your clothes NICE
THAT was real thoughtful OF you.
but you know, Maggie. / never was
much OF hand for fussing about my
clothes" y.
Don't you like that shaving stand.
father? notice you never use it."
Yes. it's a real clever contrivance,
but I've always been used to hooking
my little hand glass on the window
sill and hacking away" He laughed
Is he displayed small cut In his
cheek and then sighed your mother
said long ago that | ought to go to q
barber to be shaved. but I'm no hand
for Innovations, Maggie" KS s
Matters became worse rather than
better, and It required all Mrs. Car
rick's loving patience not to be cross
when she found neckties and collars
scattered about the dressing case, In
stead Of being laid away In the holders
she had made for them or the shoe
blacking brush on the top OF the wash
stand, Instead OF in its proper place be-
meath. There came q time when she
felt she could no longer suffer her IA
TIERS untidiness In silence and she
went to her husband almost tearfully.
Il don't know what to say to ia
ther," she said HE keeps everything
In his room in dreadful muss. but I
can stand that, for / 60 In often and
put things to right. but don't know
what to do about the rug.
1.-THE rug? repeated Carrick.
Eyes, you know, Tom. he has an
ointment for the rheumatism in his
ankles and he rubs 1t on 80 carelessly
that that nice big rug In hts room IL
getting simply covered with grease
spots. I Just don't know what to do
about II" Is
well. Margaret. I'll tell you what
we'll do" Carrick assumed the air OF
a conspirator and lowered his voice to
Q whisper. I'VE won't ever breathe
q word about 1t to him and we'll stand
the rug as long as we can and when
we can't endure the grease spots any
longer, we'll buy him . new rug"
Margaret's voice was little un-
steady. "Tom,' . she said, you make
me ashamed" us