Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1844-10-10
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A Domestic Story.
A Domestic Story.

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4 Nothing could exceed the prettihess o
: the suburban cottage to which Mark
Pringle took home his newly-mar,ied
. wife, except, (end such comp lhen is
indeed odlous) The preiiness OF The lady
herself What picture she was with
her dark, sparkling eyes sharp, clear,
regular features, and "wee bit mou," "
fresh as rose bud, but thin as lis Leaf,
ana her skin so silken in texture, and
lucid in complexion. Oh those English
= women what debt Of amiablity they
owe nature for her lavoriteisms-then n
her nea!ness was exquisite such bair
breadth niceiy-such uUrumpled pInci-
tude in cuffs and collars-always looking,
as the vulgar say (ihe term is very
apt onc) as she was in print. How
ne managed know not, for she was by
no means one of those persons who 81 in
a room, like waxrn ladies in glass case,
merely to be looked at on the contrary,
she was very active, basiling little per-
son (eyen in hei fathers house j but, A.,
exert herself as she would, no soil was
ever coDtracteG--no crease incurred -
she was still perlect-still in print every
fold falling just as it should do, every
plat precise, as if laid SO, with the fixture
that kept unmoved the glossy bands Of
her hair
Everybody has seen Marx Pring les
place, or its ditto, So great a likeness
exists in all suburban cottages-ihe
stuccoed front, Swiss roof Elizabethan
chImneys, and Gothic windows always
green, trimly-kept grass plot, with It's
pretty flower beds, whereof the mould
looks richly-colored and smooth as the
dust in our grandmnlEers agate snuff.
box, the park-wire fence, the polished
door, the shining knockcr, the gltierine
: windows, with their exterior Jea1oayiiss
) end muslin relief curtains the scrupr-
lously pipe-claycd path, with the locked
gate at the end of it these things are as
familiar TO my readers as the figure OF
! Achilles 10 the keepers Of Hide Park.
And now fancy Mrs. Pringle "at
2 th. Df ,.t,f ~ L.,
worn of, and a natural disposition for
setting to rights cgnning to deyclope
itself Poor Mark ! how happy he was,
Watching her move hilhcr and thiher,
like very incarnation Of order, putting
in form the chaos of month"; S bachelor 5
housekeeping how good nainredly he
stood by TO see old gloves, song books,
bits of strIngs, segars, old leters,-thc
rogue had taken good care not Il single
line in female hand should lie amongs 81
. ihem-thrown ont from the well filled
drawers, to maze room for the snowy
= linen and dellcatcly scented snchets oI
t Mrs Prngle's regime and what a
world Of Importance was in the arched
eyebrows and compressed lips of the new
r wife the queen despo,ic IL her little
, empire of houscwiiery. Order certainly
looks very pretty in "A week-old brIda
; cap and white peignoir, aud 80 Marx
f, Pringle fancied ; by-and.ty, however
he began to think little rest would be
as well-she was always setting 10 rights
\ There arc some women (and Mrs
Pringle was one Of lhem) who start ia
life with the idea that the golden rule oI
domestic comfort is comprised in two
words, cleanliness and economy. In
stead Of considering them as mere ap-
planccs, they put them in the place oI
the principal, and believe themselves ex-
ceedingly ill-used when their practice Is
found unproduc,ive oi the expected effect
| { one he neat and thrifty, they say.
what excuse can n man have fur leaving
his home and neglecring his wi'e' Alas!
will these cold characteristics, wanting
the sweet and simple Influences oi II low
ing aud Intelligent nntnre, satisfy ih"
heart, or make a mans hone happy -
cm certain not bu, let Mrs. Prlngle' ;.
' story tell for itself
Il was n love match on Marks SIDE,
and one OF interest on The badly 5 he,
pretty face and neat person, Joined &" h"'
, character for uotablencss, had arrayed
her in his eyes wnh all the attributes one
wishes IN the being he loves aud, blind
ed by her preference lIor Rose Cottage
and the ndJuncts,) into belief oi be-
\, affection for him, he conceived hlmsol
I on the high road 10 domestic happiness
"6rcsidc cnJoymenis,' sc. sc. On th'
other hand, Mrs Prrgle lsbored undo
- no such pocllcal ballucInalions. Sh'
entered upon her duiie' as # they were
sueh only determined, however TO h'