Show A never was n youn wife happier ami more disposed lo 10 bo pleased with her new dionio the little woman one bright sunny mornin introduced as mistress 0 tho plain brown lionso aliat stood at alio entrance of alic village of it ia capable of being made 1 lovely little place alio observed to her husband alter a quick stancy of tho yard and exterior generally A honeysuckle trained over that window and of paint on alio llio poi tico would licup it wonderfully U ahil I 1 shall take such pleasure i n making our lioma c and prilly I 1 have an old white dimity dress that belonged to mother made before they goice the skirts you know and I 1 mean to make curtains out of it for tho upstairs up stairs chambers bont be up your clothes kotc to furnish the house im afraid there be much economy in that was phillips laughing reply as lie led alio way into the kate from room to another chatting gaily of her plans as alio found something and convenient in each apartment a cosy corner hero to sew in a well placed shelf there thai cupboard for her dishes and this one for the linen to all of which her husband listened with 1 pleased amile ye I 1 shall so much enjoy keeping it tidy and orderly she again and again as the conr of the rooms was finished and alio next day the pretty bride began housekeeping in earnest ahe was cheap and plain but it was marvelous marv olous how cheery the rooms looked after kale with a few graceful touches hid disposed of numerous email ornamental article taken from ier trunk which glicr nimble lingers had fashioned before leaving alie home roof it was wonderful too how much eliat trunk contained almost every day philip was called on to admire some new thing brought up from its depths to and beauty to aliu little house it became n aito a matter of course to inquito inqui io whenever a mcw tin pan or other kitchen utensil WAS added to their stock it it too dime out of the trunk As time spoil by our young house found lull occupation for hands and heart and although her increasing household duties and the charge of tha liello one that was born to them left their on her pale fic ennd bowed shoulders she lost none of the enthusiasm ami genuine in keeping alie house neat and pretty which biad characterized alio beginning of glicr wifely career the lawn ans dolled shrubbery planted and cared or by her own hands the well kept strawberry patch the thrifty grapevines and choice loung fruits acro also alic result of glicr industry unaided sive by the occasional help of the little ones who were far a hinde ranco alian an assistance and all this laid been accomplished at a disadvantage for mr was a man who cared very little for these ti lings or at least did not value them at their real worth ilo relished the line cherries and berries eliat added ao much to their bill of fare elming the season of fruits quite as anich as any one but lie had only a vague idea of the labor anil care they cot liis wife lie enjoyed coming home in the evening to his alc an orderly where lie knew always eliat a palatable meal awaited him lie realized dimly that alie dooryard with its borders of sweet alyssum and bright phlox was one of the prettiest sights in the village but lie accepted it all as a matter of bouno his wife was a model woman in iiii and when lie noticed as the truth does force itself on overa mind that she looked careworn care worn and too old for her years it never occurred to him that a kinle on his part would save her many auary lie had not learned eliat lesson to many husbands nood to learn that by exercising u little care a cifes labors kiy bo materially lightened philip would linao the imputation said he was cruel to poor gutc ami yet the habit of carrying in a rim of mud on his boot to bo ground into the sitting room carpet for his weak backed ditc to sweep out again deserved no milder term A hatrack hat rack was a part of the hall furniture but so far as air concerned it might as well hive been in jamaica A coat thrown over the back of a chair or a aliat liat tossed on the floor was rule with the head of the house and the fact clial the orderly kate would immediately leave her work to put in their proper places did ciol canuso sir birney to mend his ways 0 philip liow could you sho sa rl ono day on returning from a visit anil her husband had been making his toilet in the parlor leaving as a delicate souvenir of his presence his soiled linen and a pair of socks in tho middle of the bloor did aliis room look this way when mrs jamison was hero the children told rue she called this afternoon while I 1 was one 0 I 1 give you my word for it amri jamison never saw choso clothes she only taid a tow minutes and she looked out of the window all alio time said mr halt reluctantly when he saw liow distrusted his difo was at liis of course she saw them let a woman abouo for that sobbed tho poor wife utterly broken down willi tho stranger had wit need the disorder and what a dreadful opinion sho hivo ol 01 me it your doing anto H couro aho would flirt i eagerly put in air hirney anxious to say something consoling no no thai kiako any alu crenco a woman always acta tho blame if her lionso ii disorderly answered mrs mournfully shaking glicr ecail and it pleasant when has worked hard to hao things neat anil clean gel tho impression that is a you suo su o nervous today to day said air nil ni once comprehending aliat his wife did not look well does your head acho 0 O I 1 all over rm clear tired out alio replied wearily putting her hands to her throbbing temples you must go to bed right awny and 1 will go for dr careon said tho now alarmed husband almost carrying her in his aeils as ho laid heron her own bed in alio long dreary weeks that followed whilo tha sick woman lay prostrate tho husband had ample timo to discover clial his own want of thought and blindness to her failing strength biad largely contributed to her illness the hats and coats were allowed to lie undisturbed now where he happened to them tho dust was left annio asted on the furniture and had it not been that mr birness birneys Bir thoughts were so much occupied with ins cifes recovery alio llio dait and disorder prevail inin tho tidy household would havo boudi intolerable A rattling noisy irish girl wholly in donic sti c duties laid been employed to do the for the family during mrs illness and with her crude ideas of cleanliness and to her employers pl interests the whole home atmosphere mo sphere seemed changed tho children knowing motherly lo ran wild with unkempt hair and dirty frocks from morning till presenting so an appearance that alio poor invalid herself scarcely recognized when they were permitted bocc visit the sick chamber the whole sadly transformed household acin si forcible answer to tin question m the old song what is biome without a mother Lasak cs where on earth did so many hies boino from ono day queried airs clavson n kind old lady living in ho neighborhood who often came to mr by sitting a few fioura with his wile while hu attended to his outside duties ive been kearful to keep tho blinds down anil alio llio room cool and comfortable every timo ive been here and now iero is tho poor just about up with blics thai aro a buzzin in and out like 1 swarm 0 bees pursued alio llio old lady as alic went beating about the room with a lly bruh in thu endeavor to gel the troublesome creatures out being to alic window and looking out she stalled back exclaiming well if that dont beat all somebody has gono and set an empty sugar barl light under this very window as sure as ray names S clayann Clays nn just to draw hies in this end of town and pester this sick wom ans life out of her who such a silly trick mr rushed from the room and seizing alio barrel from which issued a clo id ot blics at his approach kicked it vigorously down to the bottom of the lot soliloquizing as lie went ahil a confounded 1001 I 1 am to set this barrel in eliat place I 1 declare I 1 to be alive just as if poor kale had enough sull oring and misery already ihen as thu of alio llio daily inconsiderate acts of winch ho had been guilty and of winch bis patient wife had been the victim rose up before him alio unhappy man aloud it kalo ever gets well she cliant wash any leoro dirty spittoons spit for me its an awful moan job for a man to impose upon any woman ami I 1 might anc saved lier lots of scrubbing of oil claths cloths and washing of renders i I 1 had been particular never to spit on cm ive sometimes thought may bo she was n loo nice but 1 see now liow unhappy and miserable id bo if I 1 was compelled to inc with a slatternly woman alio pride enough to keep bilings tidy home be biome to nio it kate biad been a dirty woman like norah and yet all these deais ive been making labor for her by my confounded I 1 suppose it is a mortification just as she says to strangers look on her as a careless and slovenly housekeeper hen alio tries very hard to havo things nice banys alic limo alios lugged in heavy buckets of water when lur hack was aching terribly lo 10 been sitting by rending alio bear to tic yard up and I 1 onder if her sickness bartly brought oi by dairying cair ying away hoar heavy planks that id been prom sing her for two months to aike to alio jarn I 1 always intended to ilo it but somehow ive forgotten though id rather liac diac got up out of bed at midnight and don w it alian let her strain her poor weak back by carrying cm herself tho way it was with living up tho asli hopper when she wanted to make soap she asked me at least a dozen times to do it fur glicr but somehow I 1 got nt it and so at last sho trot discouraged and did it herself ahou a mans got an ambitious energetic difo aliu lakes in glicr homo and surroundings lio cant do her a greater wro nthan to throw cold water on her efforts and be a millstone in alio way tho of an old farmer friend living i short distance down tho road alio stopped hii hor so at this moment to inquire after mrs kirney put an end to the bitter you hao a aioo place here observed farmer doyle as lie glanced at the vines and rows of bushes in alio llio yard at the rear ol 01 the house your difo took a sight of comfort in cultivating this little patch of ground before she got sick 1 used to expect to her nearly every linn I 1 passed in alio morning just ns regularly as I 1 expected to sec thu couo itself standing there alio was digging around tho lines and shrubs and sometimes carrying of earth or maybe she would bo working with glicr bees up in the under the trees or making new beds for glicr or trimming ou alio grass with her sickle I 1 used otten to arll her it wis too hard work for glicr to bo bending ocr that way to cut tho grass but alio never beenick to mind it particularly I 1 suppose it was just her energy and determination mi to havo things complete that kept her up yes youve got a nice place leruey it dont look much as it did when you moved hero I 1 remember I 1 used to think it would take a good deal of money to lix it up and make it salable but here your wife s just gone ahead and without any expense as mailo it as a roti and 1 day d it would bring double us much a ou paid for it I 1 lull you neighbor those improvements that cost only labor ami caru arutha boat a ninn can nuke and alio kind thit adds to alio value of property moru than bontly building rd rathor have your homo HA cheerful yorlli covered with that queen of tho and shady front yard and choice small aruil s than mr bp bild lild lookin house over thoro with lii mansard roof colored fila ss and not n vine or a to be seen and weeds as high 13 i baana if they had your it would bo alic most desirable place in chii part 0 alio country savon doare and so far ra I 1 can they ciuch also but nui stocks aud boidock lo 10 show tor it word that alio llio farmer saoko in eulogy of his property was a stab to tho conscience smitten for he roil iyce aliat lio had never done before that to his stricken wife lio was indebted for it nil anil as he watched alio retreating liuro of fanner daylo as ho rode away ho made a new resolution that if poor kotc WM spared to him ho would endeavor in future not to add to but to save tier every step lie could lot us liopo that lio kept his resolution Cou iUri gentleman |