Show from the northern light the three homes or the magic of neatness it if had ia d been an uncommonly warm and sultry day and as the cool air air of evening swept P P 0 onward anwar and fanned the brows of the he heated laborers 1 re r s they n one ie and all thanked heaven that the toil oft of the e 11 lay ay was over but to none among the homeward bound hound dd the ilia eve nili breeze see em manore more mone re refreshing in than to three baskets of tools borne oven over their shoulders denoted them hern carpenters at the he entrance of the village where they lived jones jdnes yates and fields separated each to seek his bis lu own dwelling there was not a cleaner or neater abode in in bellair bell neli air ain han llian I 1 thai thal awaiting the reception of jones not a speck of dust dimmed the brilliance of the window windows every article artcle of furniture was polished till it shone sholie lre ike ire a mirror fresh flowers br bathed forth their fragrance fra grance prance from the chimney piece a it spotless tp otless cloth covered dip HIP little supper table and mrs jones jolie and the children were as neat as it wa maible to be fr F or different ferent lif the thi scene which awaited MR ins house was in disorder and his wife absent the last named evil was however soon remedied for one of the children was dispatched in quest ques t of nis his mother who soon returned with her tier yol yoi liere here already bill slie pite sl exclaimed in 1 breathlessly itt tit a dim dir dirty ly gown own 11 1 I had no idea it wa was so 0 o late light li lit ait the fire a good boy and well weil have hap hae supper 2 1 11 I am so tired fired mary that id rather do with out 1 I throwing upon a seat sent are you u well will then lher pil pil Pit make if i ii and as she huiel ined to light the he fire more than ihan ohe obe one place prece of crockery was broken which had for the time been nut it in the wrong place inzere where have you vu been inquired yates jut next door ti tv see poor mrs airs browns sick baha 1 mother has been go gone neever ever since ance two chimed in n 1 I youngster yon yott you abominable story teller take that and here the tile mother boxed tile the ears cars of tile the child oft off went vent the child in a crying fit and oft off went uri mrs yates to prepare the supper the children became cross and slee sleepy lay lly and when lea was at last reade she had bad fogo togo to fa go lip tit tri stairs and put them to jo wed ted ped then returning swallowed her tier own meal meat hastily and putting pulling aide aside the dirty piat plat plates tes ses declared that now she must ao 10 I 1 0 o and ara wah tb washl exclaimed iler her Ims husband band in astonishment 11 1 I thought you were to do that yesterday well so I 1 meant but mrs urs brown came in and prevented me and now I 1 must inu wash for neither I 1 nor the children have a clean thins thing to put on 9 so it if seem seems said yates sarcastic sarcastically aliv so it seems indeed slie sile cried angi angl angrily ily liy 11 1 suppose su you vou expect me to keep as clean and neat as if it I 1 kept twenty servants no mary alary 2 said ber her husband gravely 11 t form no such extravagant notions all I 1 ask is iq that the I 1 hours im working to earn our bread may mav be spen spent by y you lri tit in a manner more profitable I 1 than an I 1 gossiping and so let m me 1 e find a quiet and or order orden er ly house houie on my return and a companion suc such inch b as von ion to used to be in the earlier days of our wedded I 1 life it but the affectionate tone of tho tha last words exercised no softening influence on the rou roused ned zed spirit of the indignant wife and a quarrel ens ensued tied 1 which ended in yate yates taking his hat and finding at the bublic public house the comfort which lie he could not nol hin fin hind find in his own meanwhile abne passed through his trim little garden entered ills his pretty cottage home and I 1 setting down his basket seated himself by the j window windo xv to 0 jones you never wiped your feet when you came in was his wife salutation as she entered the room well my dear arll aril if I 1 iid ild lid did not there coup be no tio mud on them he be said no but ill be bound theres plenty of dut dutt on them ae he retorted cros crossly sIv and vou you know how I 1 hate dut dust and here lord bless me it if your dirty basket aint set down on tile the clean wax cloth cioth what is the use of my being a slave if thi is the way you act but nell im so tired fired tind tined tired forsooth and dont you think that I 1 get gel et fired tired working about all day as s I 1 ilo llo lio do you are indeed a very industrious wife nell yet even a he be poke spoke he ie sighed lilied lg lied foi for liis his home borne though it was plea piea pleasant sint to look at was very uncomfortable mrs jones was a conscientious and indus triou trion woman and she ei teemed esteemed it her duty dirty to work hard for iier lier husband and children but she site perceived not ilow liow her spirit of af house bouso worship interfered inte with her duties as a wife and mother the latter demanded her houe house should be a home the former haf hat flint it should be an ido and she sh bowed unresistingly down to the tile emige she had llad herself set pt lip up without once suspect suspecting im that the magic mazic word home was in hen her keppie keeping but an ern empty p ty sound her iter husband when his ils hours of labor were over felt as if he lie had fairly won a happy evening but he be was even ever offending against her rules mies of Tro propriety Eriety and therefore brook betook himself to a public bouse house ouse where ll 11 was vas mas an object of consideration which lie he never wai wa at home and ihus thus though mr jones was considered conid pred a better wife than ihan itta mrs yates they both by ery very pry different mean means accomplished one end of driving dt iving from flom their homes domesticated hus bus husbands bands fields too had gained his chiq home a neat little cot cottage taze faze like thoe those of his fellow workmen within all was clean and neat and as orderly a the gambols gain hols hois of the children would permit and the wa wife ife ite who advanced to meet him was as neat a person as the eve eye could wish to rest u upon n I 1 A well weil niell carrie cried fields gaily here I 1 am tired and hungry wanting my sapper supper do you mean to give lve ive m me an any why if you b behave 4 ve yourself I 1 will she replied in the same tone one and as it is all ready read you might us as well have hare it now I 1 should thit thin think yan needed it after sn 0 o tot lot hot a dav day 3 at length the tie comfortable though frugal meal was ended and the children put lo 10 bed and llen ilen then lien tile hie little wife came gaily down i bairs fields was weary and had llad placed his feet upon a chair but no frown darkened carries brow at the on the contrary she advanced good to his side aw and inquired if she should go on with tiie the book she had been reading the previous evening or if he fie would rather chat while she worked nut but the tho pleasure of listening to an interesting book hook wa was far ji greater eater to the weary man mail than ihan that tb t of tf herring hearing the Ille village gossip and so carrie read oti oil oll fill till bed time lime time passed on and with it mrs airs yates grew more careless and fond of gosi gossip mr heirs jones a more devoted house slave and their bus bui husbands bands as i a necessary consequence grew more attached to aie aleh alehouse ale h honse house ansle company while carrie fields pursues tile hie even eien tenor of her way contented neat and cheerful anti and good tempered ller her house a haven of peace and happiness to which her husband ever returned with pleasure and herself h ersela most happy in making him so one day carrie was busila engaged irs in weeding lier her little garden when BT mr ens mrs yate passed by byi byl and seeing her paused to chat a bi bit bil it you have not seen een the new cloak fields bought i me roe on mv birthday birth hirth dav day aid lid carrie no ano ive not but ill come in now and mrs M s I 1 entered upon my word its a pretty cloak I 1 wish wil I 1 could afford such a one said mrs yates and 4 how nice yon you I 1 have haven everything around you I 1 wih I 1 coynee could 1 I be so C comfortable abie able and why should you not nol said carrie your husband has the he same wages as mine ah abl but your 5 our husband husbard does nol not spend so much roach of his money at lle ile lie the public house no he never rever enters it and yet vat when they wee we e both bolh married ma everybody said sald mine wa the best matei match because yates was file tile he steadiest man I 1 cant think how you manage to keep him at home borne by makine making it neat clean and comfortable by lef let letting tine ting him find his supper wailing for him and an d his hi wife and children ready to welcome him a and nd keep him comp company iny try 1 mrs yates stood for a moment silent and self seif convinced she said little to mrs fia Fio ils lils iuis but bidding bidding her soon good bye byee sped ped homme horns resolving as s s she elip went that if her tier ims Ins bands i ic formation depended on her it should be set about without adv delay f that eveline at the usual hour the three men returned to bell air fields i sting stin on lle ile lie tile way for his heart was lim licht ht the dill dull and weary for they were exhausted by their days work and had no bright home thoughts to cheer them at length yates parted with wilh his companion companions and sauntered slowly homeward knowin knowing that however we late he might be he was always too soon at last he fie reached his home but stood still fill in astonishment at the scene before him almost whether lie he hadnot had lot biot entered the wrong door the room was swept and dusted and everything was put in its proper place the supper ready and the children neat but the next moment his wife entered and he be j knew hii hi hir i home borne again for her own dress vis lis was a I 1 matter that amid all her re formations she had bad anie overlooked but those she had bad effected silfa sufficed aced iced for the time for pleas pleased pl with unwonted comfort her tier husband remained contented at home A proud and happy woman that night was af mrs rs yates she looked upon the victory as already gained and great creat was hr disappointment when on he following evening yates went to the public house the next morning she took her tier way to mr fields cottage to communicate to her tile the hope hone and fears of the las two dao day you must not he be downhearted down hearted said carrie only go on in ill the way oti you oil have bezim begun and before long your husband w will dil ill sit at home of an evening as happy lappy and contented as mine doos I 1 do you really think so said mrs yates I 1 wiping away the tears to be sure I 1 do sald said carrie gilly and land now I 1 ill ml fell you what ill do ill lend you a book hook read a little of it to mr yates of an aveni evening n and when it is ended vou you shall have an another of her I 1 e thank you sou and mrs airs yaten dellar departed tei tel carrie looked after her tier a moment and then calling ller her hack back exclaimed e whatever you do mrs yates yate dont forget to put on a clean gown becore before evening mrs airs yates took tonic both pieces of advice she put on a clean gown and sh she read the book and they both answered excellently carrie had proved a true prophet and at the end of a year or two both ehmed eem reformed and were as happy and peaceful in their heir neat little cottage as any couple in BH bol air meanwhile months came and went and brought no spell upon their wings for jones happiness one evenin evening there had been the usual display of great anzer aner for little sins n jones jone weary of the share that ml fell upon himself pushed back hack his bis chair and rising turned to leave the lime hrc and nowa now observed mrs jones 1 11 I suppose I 1 because you are arc not allowed to make everything in in a mess yoi yot I 1 are going to the public house to spend your maey money I 1 no replied lie quietly I 1 am going down to yates ya I 1 Ps I 1 to yates 1 replied hn hl wife truly you von hava good taste to choose a dirty dir y house like that 6 mrs yates does not keep a dirty house now it is as neat and clean as any one nee to see teti yeti replied jones and what is more she lets her husband live in peace and quietness and good temper peace quietness and good temper how thee words echoed to mrs jones ear iong long after her husband had left the house yet peace quietness ii t and good temper conscience whimpered alere her hen lie lle were not to he found in her dwelling dwell im there was vas an error soine somewhere where she had alwa always y s been used to ascribe it wholly to her tier huband husband hu band but could it be possible that il it existed ai much perhaps more in herself mrs jones took counsel of none save her own heart and her own conscience but in the end they guided her aright though painful indeed were the efforts made to follow their dictates and much it cost her tier to sacrifice even in ill part tile the habits babits which had grown upon her until they almost seemed a part of herself but time and i good intentions on both sides brought back the peace and happiness chappine s which seemed to have deserted their heir dwelling and at length the hie faces within grew a bright as tile tiie tables which we were re eady eady endy to mirror them for the neatest cot cottage tae in bell air became one of ils its ts cheerful andrest and best ived homed |