The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1917-09-27
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With Tim nueh longer" sobbed the
bride
~Buf he's going 70 change
What's going 70 change himT
you are. Let ne tell you some
thing. This is going 70 Be plain talk
From the tine you were sixteen you
we're always thinking Of dress and
beauty and gadding around. Instead
0f mendlng your 0xn clothes. Jon put
rhe work OF on me. You wouldn't
help me about the homework - much
as 10 sweep a fo0r Or set the table.
You didn't make your ~ bed half
the time
But / was a girl, mother"
yes, and you are getting your re-
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were married, but you had an excase
every time. You are not making q
home fer Lawrence Marion, and he
realizes the fact. / am going home
with you and stay long enough 10 show
you how 10 do it,
OF course the mother had been IN
the daughters house at least once a
week, and each time she could have
found fault with the way II was kept,
but On this occasion II looked worse
than ever. She looked around with a
Sigh, and then took on her hat and
said:
I'VE have got TO wash the dishes
and sweep up, the first thing"
But Lawrence never SEEM TO no
tice how the house looks"
The dishes were, nevertheless,
washed. wiped and put away. and the
floor was swept. Then the mother
asked:
when did you mop the kitchen
floor iastr' :
why, I never mop IL. Lawrence
said he'd hire a woman some day"
"Pin up your skirt and get at IL"
The mopping was done.
Does Lawrence like steak for din
nerf' she asked, as they sat down TO
rest.
mot very well, / guess.
Probably not. the way you cook
It'll DO you know a porterhouse from
a roundT
"Why, I always tell the butcher a
pound and q half of steak"
When Mr.. Marion came home that
evening be had 50 many surprises In
store for him that he had TO take them
one By one. The house was clean
light and airy. He had the best din
ner he had eaten since he left his
mothers table. He took a peep into
the kitchen and smiled. He was talk
alive and smiling, and, after the meal
he said TO his wife:
"You are dressed up as II you wer'
going somewhere
I'VE are going somewhere" sh'
laughed.
II promised TO play billiards to
night, but will cut II out II you wan
: 10 20 TO the lecture at Royal hall
You see, you are In the habit OF SIT
ting down with a book In the evenin
and az / am no bookist l have had I
| turn 10 something else. Yes. wen g
: 10 the lecture and have a good time.
' Lawrence did no have to get u
! next morning and prepare his own bit
. OF breakfast. IL was ready for hin
A and opposite him sat "a wife so prinpe