The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1842-09-15

sy, snd Which 10 50 wsll e.lruI.,sd a
p'odsas cnidasss. Il aes disgust llsr
dnmssi'e arrangements were . m,rs O.
risas mssasr. Size wss boz DC le msss
has elfh'sea. snd slough her sduessioa
N thn particular brunch had not been
argisesfd. abe yet had liiils skllI 10 ina
dspanmfa where srptrknrx 10 90 i'm
pofisni. She m,ds many mistakes. sad
saaid hass msds many moro. hul Cor The
rear neighbouvhaod Of her ~ iher whnm
she frequenily ennsul,sd. aad whom she
foead better Than tssniy bssks on da.nes
&c scanomy. Bot Helen did her best
.nd hapsd IN time iksl would beeoms ca
~ whieh wss nov 90 difIseal.. As brErs
said. shs resolved o. please her husbsud
20 I'll things. and daub.sd not Cor an in
slant that be waold be equally solicisss.
10 please her. On one point she ,aiiei-
pa'sd d.Gersnre Her parents had %
plainly tald her Of her faults. and had
l-bsnied 90 sedulously 10 eoneri them.
that she vas conscious 81 being far IRON
whsi she ought % be; conssquendy,
her husband would have much 20 over
look and forgive; he. on ihs contrary,
~ss 50 cnrreel. go perfect. that che you'd
have liule or nothing 10 excuse. Bu,
he had loved her, and sought her fyr q
vile. kno~iag her 10 be very impsrfec,
creature. and would nos that love lead
him 10 pardon al snofs--,he more rsa
Oily. Is ihey ~ould not be wilfuli Un-
aass'isnably 10 would.
With views and feelings and, designs
ike Ihsse. Helen Howard hogan her msr.
RED lfr; and she coniormsd % her plan
40 nearly. perhaps. ss any ones action
ever conform 90 oas's rrsaluiion--one .
praclce 10 ones theory. True, she did
MOI 6ud herself always
.sai.ing on the summers SEA,
Sheninei breath Of wind f,es DER ne svr.
a,e.' a- 49,.
Some nf her eares we're irk.oms: some Of
her self dsnisls no, lnlle painful. She
faundMr Inward exceedingly particular.
rhi, however did no, surprise her; IL vas
shs, she anticipated. How could one so
perfect IN oil lhing.-princip:es. manners.
iss,s-iail Of heing psrticulari Bot then
u nsds 10 ,l'fiieul, 70 please him; and Of.
,sn,imes. she was ia doubt ~he,her the
thing shs decided 10 do. or The manner of
doing il, woald be agreeable 20 him or not.
When possible she sl~sys consulted HIN
an pain,s where she supposed he would
have any ehoIce, but frequently che was
Obliged 10 act, when 10 consult him Was
out Of the question; snd somehow, IL
seemed 10 lielcn. that almost every thing
she did according TO her own judgment
nr taste. was directly adverse 10 his.
She had no, lived with her husband
many months. belurs she learned that by
a particular closing Of his lips, she could
tell when he was dlspleassd. For her.
self, che vas . child in feeling, mild 10
temper, gentle and fascinating in manner;
aud si'sr she had become acquainted with
the prculisri,ies Of Mr.. Howard's dispo
81 ION. she would. in his moments Of dis
pleasure, twins her aims around his
neck, ash f,r an explanation. coufsss her
fault. and beg forgiveness. An affection.
ale kiss from HIN would dis.ipste all her
aud lead 10 fresh efforts TO
please. -.-@ 4H * r+ maev n
Mr.. Howard did m, always wait To
have his di,pleasure or Jrsspprobsriou de
.ecieJ. AZ time rolled on. and the bride
was los, IN the wife. he was not slow.
very plainly 10 tell her when he saw
aushi an,,.s; but. the same process Of 70
E meditation i"llowed. and all was we'll
again. Though Mr. Howard could
blame. he never praised. lie W., Of The
,rialon that praise is always injnrinns. |
He was not alone in that belief. Many
persons seem 10 think, that even the mus,
nerilsd comm endsuon mus, induce vsni |
y and pride. Piyn 10 that some who
'avc embraced this view, were no, equal
y afraid Of continual censure. or even Of
SANDER aud derracIionl ....
Let no one think from the proceeding
,ic.ure, that Helen was an unhappy vile.
She was far from il. No one could be
unhappy who loved and respected hus.
'snd as she loved and respected Mr.
Howard, aud who doubted No, that her
'hertou was reciproca,ed. There were
'nly occasional clouds tina, crossed The
andsrape, making the returning sunbeams
eem still brighter.
Years IS well Is months gliie away;
md when Helen vas fou:-and.twenty.
he was the mo'her Of con, daughter,
nd another son. la the meantime. she
lad suffered severe sffi ct,on. Her mo
h had been taken away by death; but
he lived l"rg en"ugh To have al her fears
llayed as 10 her daughters dnmes,ic fell
i,y. She saw n"thng, heard nothing TO
cad her to doub, that il was as perfec. as
ould be expected in this imperfec, world.
nleed, she knew not, that so FAR rs cnn
ubIsl happiness was concerned, q cloud
Iad eyer passed over her daughters path:
was long ere Helen herself wss aware,
hat the clouds we're darker and more ire.
sunshine rarer. and oil shar.
30 rontlnuaurs. l,w.s by slaw degrees
re learned. thai she must snbmi, TO her