MANAGING A WIFE.

Waikato Times, Volume XI, Issue 869, 15 January 1878, Page 2

MANAGING A WIFE.

VSythe atorn^btir* , the night before last,^inSal&ife fury, on the outlying looses of the suburbs, i. blew open . glass dooi- m John Henry's bedrorrai^anq- amtkened the startled sleepers with a crash. ' Mrs Henry aid John, cuddling, down under the ■jlothetk_, ;;tp Wv . escape the icy olast; 'your side; of the bed is nearest j will you be kind^enough to shut tha.t ? •-.-.. " ' Shut it yoHrflelf'you laijr'grute. I've got the baby to attend to? ' Mrs Henry, that is not a proper way to address me. It is not respectf .1. Besides, I have not buen feeling well, and if I were to catch eoU, I ihould not be able to attend to busii6hs to-morrow. ' Cold 1 Cold, is it? It's a pretty hing for you to be talking of colds, vtie*h "I d g^'B&iverih^ round the:,. <ouse from morning till night, just *?* tecaase - you can't aflford a new iumnce. I won't shut the door, if I'm froze for it \ and a mean, i irirloss thing to a*k it.' 4 Don't get excited, Mrs Ffrnry ; don't get excited. An. l don't be ash, because if you don't shut that •oor it will stay open all night and hat would make us all ill, you now: 1 A solemn silence fell for a few Moments on the domestic scene, hen Mrs Henry rose to business. \nger was not visible on her ; mutenance so much as astonishuent. This was an emirely new :eparture ot John's. He had hitherto oeen meek and docilo when pressed o the wall. Sde felt her supremacy -vas m danger: that the situ.it ion >vas critical, and demanded strong nsasures. |0f a sudden the water pitcher shot wildly from its sphere, de•icribed a parabola m the gleaming iire light, and lightel full upon John's . nightcap. The coal-sea tie :\)1 lowed, then a pair of boots, theu tie baby's cradlr, followed m rapid iccessim by a powd?r hox, h boti le of bay-rcn, a bros.z<* oia-itle ornament, a pair of tongs, and a box of ►lacking. Then with the m;ije«tsc force of true womanhood she snatched the rovers of the bed with one lunduud »oured a pitcher of i c water over his legs with the other. John arose and shut the door. N«c morning as John Henry ent red the office s jnibwhat iato, and ookingas if nature's sweet restorer hdd rather misused niin, his parner spoke up. , '*• Well, Jjlm, did -you try it?" '•Yes, Satn, I hied it." " Anf. she came down, eh ?" " Yes, Sam, she cam« dow •. But tt wasn't altogether pleasant. Tuey always give m, as you sny, when one makes a determiu^d stand igains^ them. Bu f . some wav it seems to hurt their feeii?^, »n<l I lon't think I'll do it any mare."