The American Woman in Fact and Fiction; Revolt of mother

But I. Am. No. One is sure why then do you know but then he'll fall. Foul of the whole don't bother me you know how. I got to do this we're going to doctor the lot. Now look here father I want to know what they may not be going over in the field for and I'm going to know. Hard work should go on into the house mother and you turn to your own affair going into the house did you tell me what they managed to win over there in the field.

You're bald all morning. Right is that you want to know. I wanna know what there may not be going over there in that he'll hole where they're going to suffer. Spose you gotta know a sellable one a bar. Bah you ain't going to build up. Oh I know what they are where we was going to have a house. Yeah I guess that's about it. Now you got there you. Know you go away and you have a bad don't you. What if they didn't want you to tell you they had diggin for a setup for a new bomb. Oh mother he ain't going to build another bone. That's what he says. So what does he need another bone for. I thought we was going to build a new house now.

That's what I thought. Looks like we've got a big enough bond with all them Sherrod's and outbuildings. I am me. Yes I'm the you know father was going to build a new one. Yes I suppose I did. How long have you known it. Oh about three months I guess. Well while I didn't yet have a lot of it I didn't think to do no good. I don't see what Father wants another bond. Is he going to buy more cows Sam I Am Sam. I want you to tell me if he's going to buy a cow. I spose a year is where's my lunch. Here t is saying how many cows for I guess. Well Pooler mon have where I was. What's he going to go mother I'll be late for school what I ate but a little after 7:00. Let him go mo cash. Well I guess I better get back to these dishes.

You want. I'm sure there's a good many this morning. Mother. Don't you think it's too bad father's going to build that new barn much as we need a decent house to live. I guess you ain't found out yet we're womenfolks nonpaying and you ain't seen enough for many folks yet to. One of these days you'll find out and then you'll know that we only know what men folks think we do. So far as any of us was how we got to recommend folk scene with Providence and not complain of what they do anymore than would do with the weather and I don't care I don't believe George is anything like that anyhow all he wait and see. I guess George Eastman ain't no better than the other man. You hadn't ought to judge father though he can help because he don't look at things just the way we do. Oh I do wish we had a parliament. My guess it won't hurt George Eastman to come and see you in a nice clean kitchen. There's a good many girls don't have as good a place as this. Nobody's ever heard me

complain when I complain I need their mother well I don't think you better good father a good home as you've got. But suppose your father made you go out and work for your livin lots of girls have to that ain't no stronger and better able than you be. I know mother I know Father is good but but nothing like me. It's hot I'm hearing it. Yes we must have that story moved out of the shed before long. Talk about not having things. It's been a real blessing to be able to put a stove up there in that shed in the hot weather. Father did one good thing when he fixed that stove pipe thing. Yes he did. Here I'll finish it you get on with your fancy work or you won't be ready for your wedding come fall. Oh I have to go down to the store and buy some more bread rethread I better help you finish up first tonight. No you go along. I'm just going to make up a few mince pies. Your father won't like it if you don't get a piece of pie between movements.

Anyhow he's back home. I want to have a word with him. Well all right I'll be back on Monday. Don't hurry now get all wore out. It's going to be a hot day I can feel it anything I want to one. Method I can think go round. Fall though there were no orders or no. I want to see you just a minute. Father would know how. I got to get out of the hold of your goal for a longer growing 7 year old and here I'm going to have normal but I'm going to school surely Well I guess that one will keep for a few minutes I want to speak to you. I've turned up nor home or father but you come here. Oh where oh. Where are you. Rather sit down and get something I want to see. Where I Wanna Know what you're building

that new phone. Right got nothing to say about it. It can't be you think you need another Vonne church not a nursery a bird of mother and I ain't going to say no one be you gonna buy more cals. God no. Now the look I'm going to talk real plain to you. I never have since my marriage but I'm going to never dying never complained and I ain't going to complain now but I'm going to talk plain and you see this room here father. You look at that way. You see there ain't no carpet on the floor and you see the paper all dirty and drop it off the wall. We ain't had no no paper on it but ten year and then I put it on myself and it didn't cost but non-parents a roll you see this room father. It's all the one I've had to work in and eat in and set in since we was married. There isn't another woman in the

whole town whose husband ain't got half the means you have but what's gotten better. It's all the wrong name. Got to have the company. From there one of our mates but what's got better when their fathers not so able of hers is it's all the room she'll have to be married. Now what would you have thought Father if we had had our wedding in a room like me. Yes I was married in my mother's. On with the cop it on the floor and and stuff furniture and um ah ha give me tea and this is all the room my daughter will have to be married in. Loki a father. Their father they has all the Rome I've had to sleep in for 20 years. Just a little coop big enough for a bed and up your run up paths between all my children will go on the ever to the dogma to the to live and why it ain't so good if your horse is tall

it ain't so warm and tie and look look over here. Here is all the pantry I've got. Every place I've got for my dishes to set away my vittles and to keep my milk pans in. Bob I've been taking care of the milk of six cows in this place and now you're going to build a new ball on and keep more cows and give me more to do in it. But I want to know what you think you want to do when right and according to what you profess here. When we was married 20 years ago you promised me faithful that we should have a new house built in that lot over in the field before the year was out. You said you had money enough and you would as middle of a no such place as this. Well it's 20 year now and you've been making more money and I've been saving up it for you ever since and you know

how so yeah your bill stands and cow houses them what new Bond and now you're going to build another. I want to know Bob if you think it's rot your lodge and your dumb beasts better than you know you're all flesh and blood. I want to know if you think it's raw. Our ain't got nothing to say. Oh you can't sing about Ohman that ain't right. Father. And there's another thing. If we stay in this house she can't live with us after she's married she'll have to go somewhere else to live away from us and don't seem as if I could have it so no ways. But she wanted to have a strong oh she's she's got considerable color but there was never any backbone to what I was took to half the very earth the law for and and she ain't fit to keep house and do everything on a sale. But she'll be all wore out inside of IKEA. Think of her doing all the

washing and I haven't the bacon and and sweep and I can have it so no way. Father ain't got nothing to say. I got to go off after about load of rubble. I can't stand here talking all day won't you think at all and have a house built fair instead of a I ain't got nothing to say. Yeah I got this. Well I'm back mother. The man over in the field have a team helping them now. Looks like we're going to have a new bond in a hurry. Looks like. What did father say. Nothing mother. I've been thinking.

I don't see how we're going to have any Whedon in this room. I'd be ashamed to have his folks come if we didn't have anybody else. Well maybe we can have some new paper before then I can put in there. I guess you won't have no call to be ashamed of your belongings. We might have the wedding in the new barn. Why mother you look so strange. What's the matter. Nothing. A new ball on the ball. Obama and his mother no work at all go on over there today. It's a relief to get rid of all that pounding and salt and anyway Sam says father's got to move the

stock in democracy. He is your father last. Tuesday letter from Father Moon. It's from your Uncle Hiram last year what does it say about the folk I guess they're all right each shares you think you're going to come up country right off there's a chance to buy just the current OBO horse I want her. I had a piece a work cut out from a show in the next few days. I hate to go off just now write an image to Hagan but eternally go lots cut. And I guess roof and the others can get along without me for three or four days or I can't get the horse round here to suit me. No. I got to have another involved that would have fallen on the floor. I told her to watch out if you got wind of a good horse to never know and I don't know but what you betta go and yeah I was in a ghostwriter cup right now. Resume in a better way.

Huge a clean shirt collar and yes on this suit if you need them and put these in the police for your fun. Yeah man just wrap up some of this pie and cheese for you have a bite to eat on the way. Don't forget to file those rays that I and I thought it might work. And sure I asked when them colors come Sammy or Rufus can drive men to the new barn and when they bring the hay up where they can get it in there to. Be back by Sunday. If nothing happens do be careful father. Good bye father. Said it didn't. This is Tuesday. We didn't stay there. So what did you say mother. I was just thinking out loud. You don't look so good today NE and what have you got that pain in your

side again. A little ole yard and a works a steady even on that fancy work you get to be in. Why don't you go lay down and restore what. Oh no Mother I'm all right. Why I better get on with this bacon sandwich. But to want to do you set the guideposts of the lowered the priest just says not much. Supposin I had wrote to Hiram Supposing I had asked him if he knew of any home. Yes I did. Your father's gone want none of my doing. We have all looks like up parole but then what are you talking about my own. And what's there. What's Rufus with a load of hay in a way. Do you know what's going on with the new boat why I've got to stop you. Not one of you have room for it. Oh I don't want

that job on one of the old watch. Why were you one of the old one and they had this woman up and all balling you. Oh well then put it in the hole was right you know I'm right. I thought father won them to put they in the new Bond movie it's all right. Dinner ready mother. Why I'm going to get a regular dinner today Sam as long as your father's gun and let the $5 even have some bread and milk. I'm not we get along. You'd better eat now you might as well get through with it. I want you to help me afterwards and Rufus to tell tell Rufus I want him to help us once he's finished say. Hey what's going on. Why don't you have what the hay in the new barn. What are you going to do mother. You'll see what I'm going to do when you're through man that I want you to go up stairs and pack your things and I want you Sammy to help me take down the bed

in the bedroom. Oh mater What fo you see you and say I am. Tell Rufus I want him to take down the stove and set it up in the harness room in the new bar in the new bar ma in the new barn. We're movin when I'm movin in the next three four days. Bag and baggage lock stock and barrel into the new poll. Right Thing I have and you can go Rufus. And when you get through milkin tonight bring the bill down here to the new bar put the cans in the feed room yonder we have got milk pans by the sink and when there are new cows a mist depends come what three of them and the old barn and the other in the house shared with the cook stove used to say. Oh and Sammy rustle up some more wood to keep this fire going in the cook stove so the beans will stay hot. Here's my bed that Phaedra will

make a fine buttery mother well I'll have room to turn around in it anyway and it's light enough and then so I can see what I'm doing. That's a big job skimming the cream and getting the butter ready for market from ten cows milk and I know but I'll be able to do the work of ten there home most as easy as I could a six and no pantry I shouldn't wonder. What's father going to say we ain't got long to wait to find that out. He ought to be along in a minute. But what do. You often see the right of it mark my words. Who knows right from wrong as well as any one I reckon I and he know it was right for me to have to do my work like I did there. Running outside all summer to do my cooking. With all the heavy cannon and preserving the army and us cooped up there in that drafty cold shack all winter not even room to breathe again. But men folks. It costs and they are so used to shoving their way around and

being waited on they don't stop to think how other folks feel unless they are the men and women and children one day you can just take what they get and be grateful. But I ain't blaming your father. He's no worse than other men. It's me when you put up with it all the beach he has I shit up put my foot down long ago with his making such good money he gets to be on ALL FULL have it just take and let men give him asking for MOMO. As for what he'll do. There ain't much your body can do with someone takes a firm stand to do what's right when he knows it's right. I don't see how you ever dared to do it mother the way I'm surprised it must say no. But all of a sudden it just seemed to me it was time to call a halt and I dance to your father's fiddlin for 20 years and now for

once I'm going to call up to will not work as hard as your father has these 20 years probably most like I had you children to look after and to the standard homes that may have worked. Ramona tonight and never asked a thing from a labor that it won't. I had a duty to myself and my family and I still. I don't ever believe your sister in law they would have died if we'd had a tight warm us to tender in when she got sick. There women are women's places in the home they say and well my own ain't always been or had done my share in the field work Reg and I before we had hands worked as hard as a man but narrow my work is in the house a good deal of it. Well if your father can have fancy barns to house his cows and horses and I reckon he can house his family better he's placing nothing extra for humans but

it's a sight better in what we have and if I can get me a house build I'll leave in the fall and he can keep his cows in my house if he thinks it's fit. This harness will make a good kitchen all the shelves in this big chimney. It'll do fine. And if we had a few more windows that big metal place we could use for a parlor. But then we haven't got any money. We'll get some furniture and some windows cut through to work and will have some partitions put up around those box stalls with pics for bedrooms so we don't have to hang the quilts up in front of them like that. And we could have printed trickled through over there by those tensions and make a door yard where father was going to have his Calomiris really care and framing those stairs to the law. Maybe George and I could live up there after we're married. That's what I want. Maybe if you do who I know you know waist drop me and I want to take care of your mom's a Kim

specially children come along and I don't want you to have to go through with me. You couldn't stay. That's what gives me the strength to do what I did. Mainly What's that now the new roof. Just one of them in the house. Well good. Why is that Sam anyhow this fire's about I have here I come mother away your best hopes that far back in a hurry when you prayin I'm. Lookin so funny for there's a lot of people down there on the road watching Rufus put the car in the house and lookin over here at the new barn and Clack in their tongues off the lamb let them talk. I reckon the hand has been told in Iran how we've been moving over here. I heard one of them so you must be out of your hand out of it. Just come into it. Pan man how you look at it. Mother. The minister. The minister. Funny thing. Kind of been expecting mother older now just sit quiet man and don't get

excited. Sam you keep on fixing the pot. I'll go to the door and speak to the minister. Afternoon Mr. Hennessy Good afternoon Mrs. Mrs. boom. Well I feel it is my duty. This move of yours your husband there ain't no use talking mystical musings. I thought it all over and over and I believe I'm doing what's right. I've made it a subject of prayer and it's been twixt me and the Lord and my husband. There ain't no call for nobody else to worry about it. Well of course if you wrote it to the Lord in prayer and you feel satisfied that you're doing right Mrs. Brown I think it was right just as I think it was right for off all fathers to come over from the old country because they didn't have what belongs to it and I don't doubt you mean where Mr. her as he but where

there are things people hadn't ought to interfere with. I've been a member of the church for over 40 years. I've got my own man in my own feet and I'm going to think my own thoughts and go my own way. And nobody but them know it is going to dictate to me unless I've a mind to have him. And now if you'll excuse me I am expecting my husband back in a minute. Well I've got some of the thinks unless you've a mind to come in and said that the space. Oh no thank you. I believe I'll be going. How is Mrs. Jersey. Here's what I don't like. Well give him our God's way. I guess with thanks. I'd shut the door but it's too hot. What's that now it's for them. You go into the hall. Oh mother. He'll be greeted by that. OK now keep cool now and it's going to be all right. Roof is just not around the corner of the old barn. You don't dare go on.

Let me look. Why he looks like he's had a strong strong fall their toes theory. I best go to the door meeting the mother who love me stand in front of your mother. When you're back. Father How are you father. Father her we're. Worked our air so we're all drawn here for we're somebody we're both we we've come here to live. Father OR. What your dad smells like poker. More a harness room. What on earth does this mean. Mother you coming here to day who are. Now. You mustn't be scared and I ain't crazy. I ain't nothing to be upset about. But we've come yet only in one way go

and live here. We got just as good a right to leave you there is no war says Newcastle as the house wasn't fit for us to live in any longer and I made up my mind I wasn't going to stay there. I've done my duty by you for twenty years and I'm going to do it now. But I'm going to live here. But you've got to put in some windows and partitions and you'll have to buy some furniture or muffler. You'd better take off your coat and set down the sump but it's already baked beans and brown bread and costed pie just that you have always lived on a Saturday night over a come go drink come and sit down to the table. Yes my mom and she going to ask a blessing be present at our table or Lord be here as

everywhere a gourd huge mercy is bless and grant that we may feed her dies when you move. When doing that now. Yes a laid back like General Love sense gun a bad home. I was studying mother yelling angry at me Are you a father you know I don't think of me. I was just thinking how it must look to you. And I got done right by you know lead you all that don't just say such as our Great Mother you will learn me something this evening your that I or the partitions and everything you want. Mother

I know you were her nor I do You were such an actor's whole. This comes to. You.