Show the small family husli tish baby hush whispered a young girlish looking mother as perhaps for the tenth time she left the bread she was making and cros crossing sin 1 9 the room to touch with ith her tier foot the rocker of a wicker cradle whose tiny occupant lay jay nestling and twisting wearily fighting the air with both chubby fists fist as though bidding defiance to further farther sleep or quiet A few minutes hurried rocking and the nestling ceased as the little hands fell unconsciously oil on the blanket and the diligent little housekeeper hurried back to her bread again I 1 1111 mercy ercy on me a quarter to twelve ul already ready she sha said raising her eyes to the clock and laud aud how impatient louis will be when he finds he lie must wait for dinner 0 0 dear dearl and the pretty woman fontan flashed flushed and flurried by the anticipation of her tier husbands fretfulness hurried about with all pos eible expedition the bread was at last in the ilia oven the various culinary enterprises put in operation and mrs floyd was just spreading the cloth on the tho din ner table when the tiie baby ried tried again and the little littie foot hurried to the rocker again as usual before the child was quieted mr air floyd came in why owhy annl anni ho he said hastily lias ilas tily wheres dinner 0 dear you any regularity nowadays now a days youre always rocking that cradle and never get any thing done in time I 1 wonder what oud do if yoa had ten in ia a family as your stepmother has mrs urs llpyd felt the tears ears tring trying to come but ahe she me choked them down and said quietly Donth ff impatient louis douis I 1 ried tried tied to lie lve loe ioe ime ao 40 ii WT nr in time buethe but the baby has been trou brou lesmo lesme les me and wakeful all the morning ive had to c airry irry him in my arms 1 while I ile lle I 1 wils wits at work hall half the tiie forenoon besides im not very strong and ive had a distressing dU headache all day if you are not able to do 5 our work you ou should have kept matty blatty longer she was wi willing aling to stay sty shy yes gyes I 1 knew but you said yourself ilat liat aliat she wasted more than her tier wages and that everything about the house was going to wreck and ruin under u it her administration besides she knew very tilo ittle tile about doing housework cs as it should bedora be done 10 0 annie youre too particular and tod iod od lod anaid lah ish by a great deal deai am IT I 1 who came to me with such a woeful complaint because matty natty old oid nia oish fish enough about her cookery who woul dut drink a glass of water because he saw the print of her tier fingers on the glass class who looked so dismal because the sugar bowl wa ant in fit its old place on oil file tiie be table tible and his napkin happened to be on tile the wrong side sida of the table wel well laughed louis lobis she certainly display much taste triste in fit arranging tile tiie table but there are other othen slie site could do to help you nothing more than a child ten years old would do slie she even make tea biscuits without coming to know how maily mally to make slie she a baking or ironed your linen once while she slie was here to the iatter litter a clothes basket half balf full of starched things can testify even now flow for I 1 have not found time to iron them yet since the went away 1 she was a poor norair amm aff air I 1 grant you but she could at least have taken care of little lou baby tending dont require much talent I 1 beli beh ve 1 11 indeed but it does though ai and ud such talents us ills c few possess maity matty said sile she like babies bables and she eho was never nevar willing to take lou in her h r arms and if I 1 insisted u upon on it she would be quite us like to lift lit him by bydone one arm as any way I 1 never felt safe to leave him with her tier u moment IV veil ed I 1 dont know betit but it seems to me she woud would have been better than nothing any how I 1 dont like bi imy nig 6 obliged to wait walt waita walta a quarter ot of au an hour for dinner 1 the young wife wire sighed at the implied reproof and hurried around to complete her arrangements while the llie thoughtless husband seated him sell beit bv by the window and drawing some soine ars from his packet pocket reid read comfortably until she site ic d him to the table tha dinner hour passed pleasantly for mr al floyd though sometimes irritable was at ilert in very fond of hie hii pretty little wife and vastly tefan proud rould of his hia bf boy his wife had hitherto been us aesa he so the mot punctual little creature in he world worlo but little lou bouhad had clait claimed ned som tom so irich ni of lyt fit r ame me and attention she sha found it impossible to u dacre daere acre to her former rules she 0 he hda it A 1 nail A a firmly true tru and many many seem to consider th tt is s but another term for ease and lei sure but ma y a young wile wife with only a hus b ba a d auld alid stid a d one oco r did to c cire ire for has found to the contrary coit rayy the same routine of hou must roust he hegine rie tie t taro tiro b witti for a famil family y of three as for dogole tint 01 it num r and if a part of it is ne nez leet lenti d tib tle tie cle orr or s irl tri is is quito quite a sensibly sn sibly felt 0 a wom in with only a husband anda and a bb baby buby yla yia 1 Is to I 1 bo pit led if the doorbell door bell rings slie site must answer it no nutt mi it ewh r whether ther she sho is washing dishes knea kneading dlag bread broad or engaged in any other domestic duty ut she slie must wust go almost always alwais with the baby in in her herair arrs s she site has bas ats his no one to take lake it fo her froin from moi mol n ng till night every little touch must be sith with hr in r own hand al ma floyd ros from the tile table kissed the tho boy slee sleeping bini pini so in the cradle said that lie lle was a funny li tie plaything and appear to mak maki i much trou brou ble blo after all took his hat and was g the room when suddenly recollecting himself lina Llna gelf self he drew a roll of papers from his pocket saying a ing annie here hero are ara some important im papers which I 1 wish you would copy this afternoon they must bs ba accurately done and I 1 dont like to trust them to that new clerk he be is a blundering fellow at best and I 1 llave have as much as I 1 can do afternoon roon knoon it is positively necessary y that these be done dons as soon as possible pos nos cant you attend to them at once ones and send them to the office 0 by a boy Th tire ivre ary ars half a dozen playing out before the gate 1 im 1 na afraid adrais I 1 cannot well vell afford time louis non Nou nonsense sense serse you write so rapidly you know knowd and here I 1 forgot to mention that I 1 caught my coat on the gate latch and tore tiie the lining shockingly hand me another from the tile w piebe pl oae and I 1 wish mend his this so I 1 can call have it again at teatime tea time tune here it lt is good goodbye bye be and tossing tile ile lie disabled garment on a chair he closed the door behind him hini but opened it again tile the next IT mute to say 10 0 annie get up something nice for tea wont you remember youve given toast twice within a week already seems to me you dont bave have much variety these gays otys eh ell abuit and lie laughed as he lie closed tile the g tte ite poor A Annii annil sile she felt imil lull sick and quite discouraged cou raged and longed to lie down and ret rest there was tio iio lio release from that war so sile die hastily cleared the table tabie und commenced lier tier copying the tile tak ous was foucaud long and difficult it wits was after one that fier her husband ind ifft ift tn hou lull a d by the most rapid ra d i x bit sit bhe she c uld m ditc the p i pers pera were here not til till half past to two she site sent them to the office its and then us its tile the baby was rot i ot arn ing lug slie site thought it would be le her beit best opportunity to mend melid the lie unfortunate cott cot iso io she che commenced it and lind fold hardly half a dozen stitches win when wi n little lilile lou out ot of till all pa tience hence i braan brgan lo 10 moil most musically she took look him of up li id lil bim him a few mii mil ute and leaning him ag 1 st till tile pillow in such a position po ilici that thai lie tie could st t hi h r lac face laceste eshe slie site resumed iler tier ier ter mending und and sewed aili diligently gently for nearly an hour the baby crying cry I 1 g ajl ha the tune milne in spite of her tier nods and smiles it was wag finished at 1 list last and she turned her tier attention to he the lieg italy raty it wits was now half pst past thre and slie site was r in fili her tier mind rs is to the best method elliod rn of ashing hashing the file dishes with liim film in in her tier anun anus when the door bell rung tile tiie new comer were some souie lady wy acquaintances who lemd called ild to see til tho darling daning boy and after it till it wis cross and fretful a and ad d iiga a full lull half hour ilour of the poor pool womans comans time lime thy they took their leave eilif aft r four lour she exel exclaimed lined on reenter re enter ing tiie ile kitchen kii kli clien 0 dear where aher I 1 ilas lias the tiie afternoon gol got gone A and lid tid now sapp r ought to bf bi on oil tile the table by five and heres the tile fire all out and this child in iny my arins she site gon aon egird siguid him quee more to the file cradle where lie iv I 1 iv ki fiig and crying after the most approved 17 shiun uncil she hild had kindled tho the fire an and washed tile llie bislis di slits silts this cont cout consumed about fifteen minute td d tir ii set about preparing some little d licary to tempt her tier husbands bastio rous lous on appt appi lre ire the rhe table was wag drawn into fit tit center of the floor hoor when wh n lie he arrived arnved ind all wives know eliat men never t filere is is anything liri 1111 thing done toward getting a bied i c I 1 until til ible tible t is ii i i set eel 10 0 ami lie tie t excl exal achim im d ais ale aie ale hie threw himml into a char chir you ou ure are gettig perfectly incorrigible give five 0 ock uck and not a eign sign of supper otie oae xou aoud d think the tiie work of su so a family might inight be done if ili ill better gedson season geli seii on and with some soine regard to punctually libit would you ou do it you ou hd seven chal hren dren as your step stepi n i other oilier has her meals are al v a is a ready in tinie time vs wis a favorite hobby with mr air floyd flod and aunie annie had haard it un unil il she wills tired of it iler her cheek reddened as she replied what would I 1 do ill fell eil ell yon you louis id do as sile slie does dot doi s ave h ve two or t three ree roe girls among the seven who wilo could c uld do half the work abild and ali all tle lle tie tib running sh sit dont answer the tile doorbell door bell nor moke make a bed bd from froin one weeks end to another and h hr r mother tak a entire charge chargo of the mending eo so she is is fre fret from front that ux axon on her tier tine ti ne and these same seven children cl idren oil on which von non on and she lire are always li as such a load 0 on ii tier drs making so much wok wo k and taking so much time tim ire just what whit ave save dve her tier steps stepa and by doing a thousand iad lad 1 til infill g offices small smail in in themselves but still taking tinie tune enable enables im her r to have haie her tier meals always rady in in time tinb even the little oe ones can cn close a dour bring her lier spool or thimble or gather a b basket asket of chips amis ind and thita more inere than I 1 hav done for me nie from irom morning g IN ti 1 night 1 but then A ani jurt think of the cooking she has to do yon you v on say ety sty it is is the worst task you ou have to do in in the summer ad a d you sou ou know she al always does tile the co king herself herf heri elf yes i 1 und batand uli ull a I 1 about that ive lve lived in the family years enough to know and youil look w lien lieu I 1 tell yra that for or the real labor id us as soon do tile tiie cooki booking ilg tig lor for her tier family as my own she ils ins lis to prepare an pare a 0 quantity of foud food to be sure but she slie hos has h is non noil of this little vexing and fus fas lug ing to get up nice its as you tell me ine for ever every y mei mel nul her husband say a word if she site had toX tod Tor tea evera night in it the tio week she never neven r troubles herself to pre prep pire tre ire the hundo hundred iii ili attle t deli J acis s winch which demind mv iny time and pati ilee ilce slie she prepares i q i 0 of ie ne food and it lasts last till it is gone goge that is if it disposed of it the tile first meal it is is placed on the tabie table H at t the succeeding one but you know you ne never v e r want to see bee any anything thing lhing on th table but once even sven even if it is something roni ething alich wl ich is just as its nice as though newly prepared you yon think thinh yourself undone if you dont have warm warin bread at every meal her tier husband dont see any for days ays together all these things may ba trifles louls loula but taken together they may muke all ile til lie e di grence difference in the world tile the young you ug in lineba osband nd looked serious as ha lie raised the baby from the pillow and began plying with him while aunie annia was clea clearing away the tea things just as she had bad nearly finish ed tile the step mother whom mr air floyd had so often quoted came in by the garden door she sha was a little sharp featured observing woman who prided herself on what she called abig alig advantage of her work having it always done in a time albeit she had the largest family in the neighborhood good evening anille aume 1 she site said as her eyes took in the fact that louis was terl teri tending diug dlug the baby while his ins wife washed the dishes di hes hea seems seems I 1 0 to o me louis Is getting domestic wonder what my hu husband saud sand would say if I 1 should ask him film to stay in the lle ile lie house nud pud take care of the baby he would probably tell lell you rou on to call on one of tile girls elris iris I 1 said annie annle A it nie with a it quiet smile not of it having haring ving gained any advantage in this the lite lady changed the conver conversation tation it has been a chi aming day why you come in with little louly lou 1 I have been busy all day answered annie lou has been very troublesome and I 1 hd h id to I 1 i neglect him sadly ile he has cried half the time 2 1 I dont see how you keep busy all day with what little house work you have to do said tile the pattern lady who always delighted in guch euch convicting re proofs of annies anniela household management 11 1 I should think you could go out just when you please N I 1 cannot answered annie and land I 1 rn in not slow either it is friday everil evening ng and ibave 1 llave been buoy at work ever since monday londay morning I 1 lauve lave rison lison in good season in tite ilia morning worked u unlit nill util nie hie at ni night lit made asi agi a single cail call and opened a book or newspaper paper and aud my weeks ironing done yet mine wms done in the middle of the week said the pattern dij did you do it asked annie oh no diary mary always does the ironing 4 I 1 have enough else to do P and land your mother has done the mending and nell the house cleaning and kate the chamber work and fann fanny has washed the dishes as 1 continual conti continued continued nuel annie annle annie yes replied the lady the girls are ies lis as capable of dol doi doing i n such things as any mem hem th though h 0 of f course tile the care all faiia falla on me mell well weil mother 1 says annie a little mis chiev ansly as she took the baby and |