Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 5, Number 1, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 4 July 1874 — Page 2

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nt you keep near the ground like met" What If the rose should my to the phlox: "My inandc rar» 'ithoii To pl« a: your J' er, j• -u've tob®. Precisely fa all reapers like me." What If a grape atumki say to a pear

Why are ou flaunting about up there? Beware of swinging alone and free You ought to clTugto a trelll*, like me. What if a

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*ay toa rlU:

"If you wen i. too you'd turn a mill. Study iny m^u-od,uus wtobe, A rushing, roaring river like me. What If a swan should «ay to a crow:

You bel"»»s to the race of ao-and-«o, It'll a dea «in for yott to be free Your oal

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In nerving me.

What If a goose should t«*ch a wren I Or an eacle try to follow a hen! What ft he monkeys should all agree, That there ought to he uniformity What if a man should nay to another:

Differ with me and you're not my brother I have the truth as the oracles tell Go with me or you'll go to hell

The Dearest Little Wife

in the World.

BY T. 8. ARTHUR.

You're the dearest little wife in the world," said Clem Sandford, kissing the sweet lips of his pretty Katie, and ga*ina at himself in the mirror of her tender blue eyes. "And I'm the luckiest man in town," he added, as he kissed

**Ka§elooked happy. She went with her handsome young husband to the door, and stood following him with her eyes as be walked down the street. She waited until he was nearly a block away hoping he might turn to get another sight of her. but lie walked on without

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expression faded off slowly

from the young wile's countenance—laded and faded, until the serene aspect that succeeded gave place to a look of care and disappointment. A baby fretting cry came down from the chamber. Katie started and ran up quickly. "Baby, darling!" she exclaimed, as she lifted her sick child from its crib. The large bright eyes and pale fece-| showed that the illnesB was serious. The baby's languid head went down upon Katie's shoulder, and a feeble murmur of satisfaction came from its fever-stain-ed lips.

For nearly half an hour the young mother paced the chamber floor, baby's head resting on her shoulder, sometimes singing a low droning song, and sometimes moving to and fro In silence with a manner so absent and absorbed that she seemed like one in a dream. Long before she knew it the baby was asleep. She was still walking the floor with the child in her arms wheal the door opened, and the coarse free of a woman looked to "I beesgoin'," said the hard mouth quiring out of the coarse (hoe, anc musingdie words with a sort of cruel satisfaction at the startled little woman. "Going, Mary! Going where?" asked bewildered Katie, but half comprehending the import of what she had just heard.

Going to lave," was answered. Yon'11 not go until I get some one in your place, Mary?"

The fraii little woman stood almost suppliant before the brawny Irish girl.

bees goin' now. My wake's up," returned Mary, sharply, and with a toss of her head.

But, Mary,

be all alone, What am 1 to do?

and 'B' baby is side?

And tears rushed to Mrs. Sandford *s

bees goin'," growled the unfeeling wretch, and turning around, went up stairs instead of back to the kitchen. In a little while she came down, bundle in hand, and took herself off, leaving Mrs. Sandford almost in despair. JShe had asked for and received her week's wages on the evening before.

What eould poor little Katie do but sit down and cry and she did cry long and bitterly. In the midst of her despair baby*awoke, and and raoanln

began fretting where die'

Ing in the crib

laid him. At this moment the door-bell rang. Not until it rang again,andloud©r than at

don't Ing," a? maid. "But let .b-v the what have. Here are—"

The ira™ fd T*r led Katf* to stand in :hit mi-Mi tt.iv so that tif ZtiAn.t to now earned her to «ter vw \v i»M a qnkk Hfvement, and at»!..

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Jt Katie some time to clear —Tftpr- ..-od ito sftustinn, and to *_•: -t .t waa to he dnwa.. waa r.. kexperieneed—knew little of O.C i.. Vivvucs of housekeeping, and less of euunaunr art. So Iter, me had msn^?T^^rr- w-n^ny well" ao Clem O1'' .irtooa when bis i.nivmmnitthough tt HUM heu^L

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u::nM tend*, an "i- sua!, state of aftmtrm *3ear tuind. If "he aiene m- -he we-:. 1 teve been'--.igh. Bat,

tea. and bread and He mat imm hlevotfft, antf -M* and hie demerit Clem atwagm wanted "a r," aa he called it, and »Wttt having every-

twelve, and Clem would be home at two, and expect to find hto din-t ner on the table. Katie had been ing for half an hour to get baby i, eo that she coolil be free dinner, bat it wp ofjao sleep was not in hi* even. 8o, at last, with babv in her araw, she went down to tl» kiWiien.

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abouf'd

She had been fit the kitchen half an hour befbre to look after the fire, and found it nearly out and no ooal in the scuttle. She had gone into the cellar with baby on ier arm and brought up coal abo had raked down the ftre and put on ftesh ooal and now she was in the kitchen again to see about cooking the dinner. Alaa for the are! She had raked it nearly out, and the fresh coal looked almost black an when she throw it on, Ailing the grate to the top. •»On dear!" exelalmedi Katie, in despair, as she saw the almost it relets range and seising the poker, she commenced raking it with all her might. But, of course, this didn't help tho matter any, only made it worse. Then she went to the refrigerator and took out the quarter of lamb that had been bought for dinner. This she put into a dripping-pan, and sot.it in the oven of the range. Next she brought up from the cellar a basket ^of green peas, and began shelling them, holding baby all the while. Iter back was aching, her head was aching, and her limb* and hands unsteady from excessive nervousness. After shelling

the peas, she got some potatoes ready for boiling. There were beets to cook, besides mint-sauce to make and some kind of a dos sert to get up, for Clem never would go without his dessert.

Potatoes were put into one pot and the peas into another, with some water—the quantity guessed at in each case—and both vessels set upon the range. You might have held your hand upon it without getting burnt, the fire was so low. Away down at the bottom of the grate it had a bright glow, but the mass of coal heaped above to the very top was as black as when it came from the bin, and did not promise to be alive for an hour at least.

Steadily the hands moved over the fnco of the clock, and Katie looked at them in despair as they drew nearer and nearer to the dinner-hour, while the tire at the bottom of the grate made but slow encroachments on the mass of coal above. Half-past one, and the piece of lamb looked as raw as when placed in the oven. Not a bubble had yet risen to the surface of the water in wldch the potatoes and peas had been put to boil. As for a dessert, all idea of that had been abandoned. Baby was asleep, having worn out both hlmaolf and his mother with crying and fretting. With unsteady steps and an inward trembling, the re-

Itof sheer physical exhaustion, Katie now proceeded to arrange the table and

ret everything ready fcr serving the dinner as soon as the fire should accom-

gic

lish Its task. All she could do to help fire she did, raking it with the poker every few minutes, and so hindering instead of helping it. If she had let It alone after the first raking and too liberal supply of coal, it would by this time have got well ahead and been quite a respectable fire. But all it was able to gain in the five or ten minutes at a time mat Katie let it alone it weuld lose when she made a new onslaught with the poker. Poor fire! Poor Katie! Poor dinner! A most unhappy and melancholy trio!

Ting! Ting! It was the clock striking two. At the same moment came down from the chamber aloud cry from baby. Katie threw a look of despair at the black and ashy range, and dropping the poker she had just lifted to give the ftre another helping punch, ran up to her sick child. As she llileji ldin iu her arms she heard Clem's key rattle in the door. It opened and shut with the usual bang. Clem was quick and emphatic in his movements. She sat down, weak and trembling. Up stains ho came with two or three great bounds, clearing half a dozen steps at a time, like a great romping boy.

Where's my little wife he cried, as he swept like a strong wind into the room where Katie sat, with pale face and tear-filled eyes, trying to rally her feelings and draw a veil over her counte•nance,

Why, Katie!" exclaimed Clem. "Ia baby worse?" He's a very sick child," answered Katie, trying bard to command her fteel-

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first, did it oome into Katie's

w»itw that there was no one but herself to answer it. Them she picked up baby hastily and went down stairs. A man with an evil-looking free stood at the door. He had a basket of notions for sale, and made a movement to push by her into the vestibule. But an instinct of danger caused her to stand fast in his

time to *Uut th- door In hi"

liK*. She heard him corse her as she did so. W«ak and trembling, she went front ti* v.-Hrtbu!.-tat© the pari* and there trying -'lect her bewildered't

®»do abont

dinner BaJbw frnt«i and moaned, and

havebC" ae very un was niek, and roe w* Ml the dodor had

kissed them both tenderly, and

said, in his light, confident way: Oh, never fear about baby. He 11 be all right in a few days. I saw Dr. Jones this morning, and he says the worst is over. And now, darling, ring the bell and order up dinner. I'm three minntes late."

Dinner isn't near ready," answered Katie. "Kverything'a gone wrong U-

binner not ready

and Clem, as he

said this in a tone of profound surprise, unmingled with displeasure, drew his watch and looked at the free. out —, «It's five minute* past two now. I« there's any one thing I insist on, it's

Not near ready! Did you

punctuality. Not way tint, Katie T' Take baby, and I'll go down and «ee about itand Katie reached baby t© Clem. "Mary went off this morning and I've had everything to do myself." Katie tried to speak riieerfhlly, even to

Thai's too bad," said Hem, but In tor)- of vofc* than showed bow little he comprehended all that was Involved in the sentence! "Manr went off this tnorainjc, and I've had everything to do things ON the table as quickly von oan,M he added.

a fi

waa not chary of

^nplaint when any wIn the b- ttiie

be down In

minutes: am in a desperate huiry to-day, MB* be beck to the store by them precisely."

II won't be ready for half an hour. detn,w returned Katie, a look of distress oa herftwe. "I've tried my beat to mab« the ftre ham. Mary let it go nearly

"Half an boatr! Why, Kstie! When

IHnictiy* *ai(ler breaklfast, Katie.

Id hMfc"

MBatye«M«H

Mwnead Mm a f*eat

than en »^day before. So had been onher iidnd, /not have been very hard to Bui hftntd«s abe had her

grsat, ttsahtleas husband 10 earry, po-" tfe'-^J The wo I' a« half-paat

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"And you've been ever since trying to make the fire berrt!» The rcirake In C»em hurt Ka« He mere than the rebuke In Mi werd*. &he made no reply, hat went down stSS. In. fowS&Wciem followed.

reply ^b

He ^*in"tbe

Half an boarf Better aay half a y!" he exelaliwsd, with in-reprwwed mier, "What haee jew got? I^gof U*nb tmUOoes peas. Humph! show in evevy way! I wjml wait. Here Mt» baby. be

Toward the middle of the afternoon a business friend with whom Clem was personally intimate happened into the "to"**

How's that dear little wife of yours?" he inquired. Clem often bragged of bis wi fe, and his friends, seeing how any reference to her pleused him, were in the habit of asking alter Katie. "Not over brilliant, dear littlesottl! answered Clem. "Found her all out of sorts when I went mie to-day. Sick baby, no servant and a half-cooked dinner.

And what did you do about It asked the friend, who knew Clem little better, permum, than

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go without jowr din

ner, Clem? l*n so aorry. butTvedone the neal I eoaKI," pleaded mieerahle ttttie Matte, rOwT

CSetn and •raw, YooH g«* fotneth at a mrtaurant,

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TERBE TT ATTTTfl SATURDAY EVEKHSTG MAIL..

IK TUKRK'S ANY ONK THING I INSIST ON, ir'F PUNCTUALITY.

wont you said Katie, more concerned for Clem than for herself. "I don't know," returned Clem, in

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injured tone. He was put out, and felt just ugly enough to let Katie know that ne was annoved and diaplensed.

But he didf know, the selfish, ungenerous fellow! It was that lie might have time to get a good dinner at a reKJaiuunt that he was so eager to get awav.

So off" he swept, not even kis unf. the dearest little wife in tho world. Poor Katie was almost heartbroken. Clem's displeasure, added to the trouble and exhausting efl'orts of the morning, was more than she eould lcar. As the street door shut lieavilv behind her husband, great sobs burst from her heart, and she sat down with a baby in her weak and trembling arms, moaning and crying in away that it Clem could have heard it would have startled him into something like surprise and pity, if not t.^»ame.

And there she sat, crying to horself or hushing her restless baby in a sort of helpless despair—sat there aloij :*»int and sick in body and mind, w? ui was enjoying "a good square d.a a first-class eating-house.

After the pain caused by Clem's selfish and unmanly conduct had lost some of its sharpness—only aching in a dull, heavy way—Katie went into the kitchen and removed the half-cooked meat and vegetables from the range. But just what to do with them ?h«

did

not know.

Thev had been intended l'or t.'lem's dinner,'but Clem had gone off, and there was no longer any use for them. As for herself, she had no desire for foodcould not have taken a mouthful of anything. And now baby began to scream as if in pain. Katie rocked him in her arms, walked with him, sang to him, tried in all possible ways to soothe and quiet him, but all in vain. He screamed on, and writhed and threw himself about in evident suffering. Leaving the halfcooked dinner on the hearth before the range, Katie went up stairs with her sick child. For more than an hour he cried on, and then from exhaustion became still, dropping off to sleep.

As soon as Katie, who had thrown herself on the bed beside her baby, found that ho waa sleeping, she rose up, intending to go down to the kitchen again, but as she raised her head everything grew dark. She kne^ nothing more until she found her husband bending over her with a pale and frightened face.

After Clem had eaten his "good square dinner" ho felt moro comfortable in mind and body. His annoyance .*.t the home irregularity and disappointment was over no was at p.'ace with hiruwelf and all mankind. He hojed that Katie was all right had n» doubt that she was, and would mako amends for the dinner shortcoming by getting lilm up something specially ni*e for supper.

knew Siimsclf,

"Me? What could I do about it?*' «ml Clem

opened

was junoyed, tluU'sa fsK.l, eonfowied Clem, in a penitent voice. hen ii man come* in on time, sharp art, and finds a half cooked piece of meat In the range, servant gone, a wife with a cryinglmby In her arms, looking the picture of dfetreaft. and no prospect of dinner for half an hoar, he most lie next to a saint If h« keeps hla temper."

And doesn't come down lite a brute on Ms poor little overtaxed wills, whose head, maybe, Is aehing to burst,"

Then fell a brief silence, the two man gaclng, meantime, into each other's free. "Look here, Clem!" broke out the friend, a latent thrill of anger in his votoet'lf P** feally gneaMrf at the

up to having behaved a little shabbily. A hungry, disappointed, put-out man doesn't afways have the beat control of

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himself, isn't the most considerate »»imal in the world." "Went oil in a hull",' said the friend, "jo enjov a good meal at an eatinghouse, without a word of synqwitHy for the dearest little wife in the world, who, without a servant and burdened with a sick child, had tiird her be.«t to get hiui upndintuN, but tUllfni to lo tin Unto! I wonder what Katie whh doiny: while lie was enjoying himself «t Price»? 1 wonder'if site luwl as jjnod an ap|etiteus her husband, and sat down to as tasty a meal? If there were no teurs in her wine? Did I unders and you aright wont on the friend. "No servant? Alone all da with a Kick child, hotsell a lrail, delicate little thiiu!—a blossom that anv sudden strong wind might blow awav!'1

Clem began to move alHmt uneasily. A look of anxiety crept into his face.

You'l

vou

better get home as quickly ns

can," went oh his ft lend. "I have little doubt, alter a day such as Katie has had, vou will fi..d her in lieu. What if babv "were taken worse? What if Katie herself were to become suddenly ill, all alone in the house? Why, Clem, the more I think ol it, the nr.re astonished I grow! Take »nv

home as quickly as possible. Yon dout know what may have happened." Clem, now thoroughly slarmed, was not long in taking his friends a«.vice. As he hurried homeward, his excited Imagination tortured him with a hundred frightful picture*. He culled himself "a miserable, selfish brut'," "an unfeeling wretch," "a cruel monster." He was deeply grieved ami penitent. 'learning, at lust, the corner t»Ht brought him in si^lit ot his house, he looked toward it anxiously. Tln*re WHS no sign of life all the shutters, from the highest to the lowest s'ory. were closed, lie quickened his steps almost to a run. A great pressure was on his breast, lie eould feel his heart beating. How still it was as he entered

Across the bed, on which sh,v had tallen in a fainting fit nearly an hour liefore, hu found Katie. She was still unconscious, her face like the faeeol death. "Oh, Katie, Katie!" cried the horrorstricken husband* as he lifld her in Ids ••-tiis and looked into her ashen eounlenaii-.'.-. He saw the nut-icies quiver about her mouth and throat, and had presetter of mind enough to lav her back noun th« bed and run for T. which he dashed in her fUee. Tola soon revived her. She oiKMted her eyes and looked at Cletu half unconsciously, then closed them and lay still for a little while.

Katie!" called Clem, in a voice tender and loving. The eye* Hew open, and light flashed Into them.

Katie dear!" 1etn bent, down and ItiHKod her* "What's-the matter?" asked Katie, making an effort to rise but Clem held her down, saying,

Yon'v.1 been sick, darling, and must keep still." ...

Sick, 'Icm Oh no, I haven't be sick Is it dinner time already, Clem A shadow crept over her fHce. "I don't know what's come over me," she added, faintly, and shut her eyes in a weak, exhausted way.

Oh,

his eyes with a sort of

inuoded look. "ffiek baby, no servant and a halfcooked dinner," the friend said, repeating his words.

Yes, what did you do

about It?" The best I ronld. Had to be back to ihe store by three o'clock. Couldn't wait for Katie's dinner, and no went toa metaurant,'* answered Clem.

Didn't go off lu a huff and forget to kiss the dear little wlft»?" The tell-tale blood mounted to ClemV temples at this unlooked-fbr question.*

Why. Clem Sandford, I never would have believed this of you! The. sweetest, dearest, daintiest little thing of a baby-wills to be treated *o! I'm all amaaemefttF*

babv!" she exclaimed, as baby a

err broke out suddenly In a piercing wall, and sir* started up again, llut lem's hand pressed her back.

You must lie very quiet," lie said, softlv vet firmlv. "I'll see to baby and lie' lilted the sick child irom where he lay behind his mother and tried to soothe and comfort hiiu, but lie only cried the more pltwusly. Kvery moment Katie's strength waa coming back, she now aruae and aat on the lode of the lied, reaching out her hands for the grieving baby. "Give him to me," she said and Clem, finding all his efforts to hush the child unavailing, laid him in her arm*, whseto be bin hww on her boeom and grew quiet. For a little while there waa sllenw. It was br«»ken bv Katie, i'm «o sorry al«mtt the dinner, ("teiu," site Iwwati, In a r"*4r»*tfnl voice "but I did the best I could. M«ry went oflr

Ruttlem put his hand over her soft mouth, saying, You never should have tried It, darHhs. aud 1 was a selfish brute to act as I

no, no, you wssnt, Clem.

oaght to have looked and—and—and— But the poor little thing broke down, she felt so weak and helffeas.

Pin not fit to be anybody's wilj», site nobbed. "I'm not stroog, and I don't know how to do anything. "Now, hush, Katie! I won't taw mg talk so. otiVc the deatwst little wife In the world," answered Clem. "I'm little and wea* and ignorant, and not fit to be anybody wife, nersiwted Katie, ami she wa* mnre than haJlf in the right, tvrtalnly, with all tfcwie disqualifications, she was not fit to

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be the wife of so selfish and selfindulgent a roan as Clem Sandford, proud «s he WAR of the sweet little Moslem ypOtt which only rantle' gu turner aim had blown until fimnsnlantflld to bis garden, wher«r chut winds awept ^ver it too often.

Now, hush, Katie, I say!" Clem ntMfttod. "I'm not fit to be of a dainty little darling likeyou." „nd Clem was much nearer the truth than he thought. He was not fit to be the husband of any one like Katie.

I fit

wife needed

to have strong nerves and physical endurance, to be skilled in the art of housekeeping, and thoughtful in the work of applying this skill to her husband's comfort. He ha married for his own convenience and happiness, not thinking of these homely accomplishments in a wife, however, but none the lea? annoyed and disappointed at not finding them in his pretty little Katie, of whom, as we have said, he was very proud, and tried In his 3lfish way to love.

A knowledge of one's faults is half tha cure," and "Never too late to mend," are clever sayings, and true in many casea.

The truth was coming to the minds of both Clem and Katie, but it did not come in helpfulness. The mending process involved too much for their strength of charac-ter—self-forgetfUlness for the good of other*, at.,1: persistent purpose. The "dear ly

i.?#vrifo"

As a measure of relief to Katie, aa well as comfort for himself, Clem determined to get his dinner down town. The

dear little wife" opposed this. She could not b?ar the thought of being left alono all dav, and so made anew effort to

have

his'dinners better cooked and

more punctual as to time. But Biddy, who happened to overhear Clem's proposition, set herself to work to mar all thla. She managed to spoil his fevorite dishes, aiul to keep him waiting day after day until he would lose all patience and blame poor Katie for what she couldn't help, oftener leaving her with a tearful than a smiling face.

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advice,

and got

4*Katie!"

he called, eagerly but only the sound of his voice came back to him HI a taint ami ghostly echo. "Katie!" he called again, and' the startled cry of Ids sick child rosr, wailing, on the air in one of the chambers above. With a bound he cleared the stairway.

can't stand this any longer, and I won't!" he exclaimed one day, losing all control of himself, as the hands of the little French timepiece on the mantel pointed to half-past two. "If you can't make vour cook have dinner in time, I shall go to a restaurant and off he went to get a "good square dinner,.' while Katie betook herself to her cliamler to cry helplessly all the afternoon.

After that Clem dined regularly at an eating-house, while Katie lunched without relish on anything that happened to come to hand, or went without food from breakfast to supper-time. Forlorn enough in mind as weil as in appearance was Katie all day, but as the time drew near for (lem's return at evening she woidd put on anew exterior for her husband's sake, though as the months went bv she grew less and less particular about personal adornment, and leas careful to hide from Clem the weariness uiul discontent from which she suffered.

A «other baby cHine, a dainty, perfect, fairy-like little thing, and Clem was in ecstasies over it. During the three or four weeks that followed—weeks of rest and freedom from care and annoyance, of rest from weariness and pain, of rest from a perpetual sense of incompetence —Katie seemed to be hi heaven. But when tho nurse left her. and. weaker than

before,

new burdens, heaven seemed to shut Its gates upon her and to banish her into outer darkness.

To Clem she was no longer "tho dearest little wife in tho world,' but a weak, fretful, complaining woman, who was no comfort to hemelf or anybody else. Poor Katie tried hard to be cheerful when (Mem came home, but tho faint sunilcs with which she greeted him did not light up lier face with its old attract iveness, and so Clem did not respond with the old exccsa of fondness for which her poor heart longed. Out of her eyes the light would go suddenly, and the stnilo fade like an evening sunbeam, leaving her free cold and less beautiful. And a wall of silence and reserve grew up between them, whore once had been pl pathies. ...

CSew

was more an

untaught cTvvi than a well-fur-nished woc-s*»/. She had few, if any. of the y^Jed qualifications for the high m^nsibility she had assumed, and her deficiencies were more and more apparent to her husband every day, because these deficiencies were perpetually mar-

ring his comfort. «e

_iem tried to be more considerate ot Katio after this, and she. poor thing! tried ia a blind and desperate sort of way to come up to the requirements of her position. But neither of them were equal to tho situation. Katie fell for sllort in her work—not because of unwillingness or indifference, but for lack of strength, training and skill. She had never been taught anything useful at home, and did not know where to begin ordernor what to do in the business of lv housekeeping, and ee was completely in the hands of bad servants, and at their merev. And they led her a miserable life, choosing in most cases to do their worst instead of their best, while she was [lowerlesa in their hands.

Hp between tnem, wnere ouw n»u tu«f*milv pleasant talk and sweet home syml*°i»mny.

So it went on, the husband and wife growing farther and farther apart, and less regardful of each other's well being

frail little wife never saw or tasted leaping along his veins and giving life and strength to nerve and muecie. and the weak, discouraged, exhausted woman,: who was trying to keep step at his side, had little in common with each other, and that little grew lose every day.

Nobody now heard Clem speak of the "dearest little wife in the world and If any one asked for her, Me would shrug his sliouldem, and with an injured look answer, "Sick," or, with a flight levity

of manner, "All played out." or, "So so. all that to left of her and then, to more particular inquiries, would, maybe, ex* patiate on the present

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brtter'to the "fire, I thi old love: and hesawi her pale ,nreet free and tranquil orbs anew and that drew upon his heart higher beauty, that drew upon his and touched him with a sense of

•*1.

Ah! to have her go back again: to have the door of heaven shut, a»jfc were, and she pushed out into the HWrid to take up burdens too heavy for her weak and bent sbooldeiat Bat it was not so to be. She had tigrished hcr wofk, poor and imperfect as it was, and had entered already into her rest,

Clem was sitting by her, on the evening of the third day after the babv wasborn. holding her thin hand, through which you could seo the light, and looking into her pale face, that seemed as the m»ot a spirit. K*£i«~ lag upon him.

J9?s eyes were rest-

...... Such peaceful, happy eyes Oem had never seen before. There was not in them tho "shadow of a shade" of earthly cafe, hut Only die rest and pelco of heaven./' I

Katie!'' he exclaimed, snddenl^, n~ sing and bending ovtr her. A quick change had ootne into her ikce.

Katie) Dear Katie!" he called, putting his arm beneath her and raising her from the pillows, ller head foil gently down upon bis bottom. He called her again and again in tenderest words and tone*, but there was no rei

----i ..v eplv. Then a shiver of fear ran through Clem's heart. Ho lifted the bowed head hastily and looked into the face of his wife. A single glance, and the story was told. Katie nad fttUen asleep, and her waking would be with the angels. s===B5B=a==as==:

HOME TALK.'

[t rotn the Hprlngfleki KepubUoan.] A great deal of nonsenso is written, nowadays, about the expense of living. For instance, in a schedule taken from a "poor but deserving" man's actual expenditure for a week, was the item of one pound of coffee, and this man's expenses were held up before the public to show that the working-class (the very poor, of course,) could hardly live on the money they received. Now,, I know people of moderate means who live well, and use only one pound of coffee a month, and worn my own experience in housekeeping, I conclude the poor man mentioned above had not a New Kngland girl for a wife.

It is because poor people, especially poor men's wives, are ignorant and will not try to learn, that everything they earn is eaten up. Aside from the rent, it is cheaper living in New York city than in the island towns and cities, (I speak from experience, having tried

poor, would only pay a little more attention to housenold duties: or, if they were ignorant when married, would try to learn something afterward, and get up a little enthusiasm over their breakfast and dinners, and make the most of everything, instead of moaning and roaning because their precious, lily [lands must be soiled a little, we should, I believe, hear less about poverty. In everv household it is the wife who can't let the most money slip through her for as the husband thinks, and in not making palatable dishes from what is "left over.'' If you cannot do this, if you know nothing, and can invent nothing but "boarding house hash" to make of your cold meat, then you had best break up your home and "be gentle" and board. 1 have often admired the ingenuity shown by many city women in remodeling and making over their wardrobes, and have wondered whv they did not apply the same skill in tjie culinary department. Girls of the poor and medium classes, roared in New York City, as a rule, make dreadfully shiftless housekeepers. All they seem to think of is a fine dress, for their backs, and a diamond ring for their finers, aa many of them have, truly. _»'hcre are many New England country girls here some of them are rich, and some are poor but, go where you will among them, you will' find cleanliness, thrift, economy, and knowledge of what is going on in the world around them. They are not afraid of work, and they take gieat pride in a well-ordered house. Somehow, their blessed mothers, who may be even now living in comfortable poverty up among the Connecticut hills, have instilled such industrious habits into them, and have taught them so much of life and of living, that when they marry and have children of their own they are prepared to bring them up to be men and women, not fops, ana fashionable ladies, thank God! Perhaps I, aNew England woman, have no

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[ht to say this out I think I have, for known many of my clan, and I have a just pride in their virtues.

It is the penny saved, more than tho penny earned, that enriches it is the sheet turned when the first threads break that wears the lengest it is the dampers closed when the cooking is done that stops the dollars from dropping into the ooal bin it is the lamper gas turned low when not in use that "ves you pin-money fer tho month it the care in making tho coffee that makes three spoonsful ge as far an a teacupful, ordinarily: it is the walking ot one or six blocks, instead of taking a car or omnibus, that adds strength to your T»ody and money to your purse it is the OR re feu mending of each weeks wash that gives ease to your conscience and length of days to your garments and, last of all, it is the constant care exercised over overv part of vour household, and constant endeavor to improve and apply your best powers to your work, that alone gives peace and prosperity to

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edumtlng girls, by which tbey were better fitted for being kef* in glass caaca to be looked at and admired than for useful practical women who hadthomosand husbands and'children to look after.

It did not take many yean* rnider the excessive friction to which Katie was subjected, to wear oat the machinery of er life.

her'life. A third baby was laid on her bosom, and again she waa in heaven,

***^011 she »w^i ClemVi eyes, as he bent over her, the old tenderness and

They were lovers again, and in

Ids thought lien reported the words nuce so often on hla Bps, "The dearest little wife in the world."

Again she wasHn heaven and in the company of ministering angels, and their states of peace were flowing in upon her. The angels that "do always behold the ftoe of my Father" were about the newborn babe, and blessing the mother with their presence.

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