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Show srcuvKi) HI3JT RIGHT. M He criticised her puddings and found jH fault with her cake, H He wished she'd make such biscuits H as his mother used to make; H She didn't wash the dishes, and Bhe H didn't make a stew, H Nor even mend his stocking, as his H mother used to do. H Ills mother had six children, but by H night her work was done, H His wife was always, drudging, and H yet had only one; H His mother always waa well dressed, H his wife could be so, too, H If she would only manage as his H mother used to do. H Ah, well, she wasn't perfect, but she l tried to do her best, jfl Until at length she thought her time H had come to take a rest; H And so one day, when he the same B harangue went through, H She turned and boxed his oars, as H his mother used to do. H |