Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1846-03-13
GOD, OUR COUNTRY, AND LIBERTY.


none o that, if you please. Here you,
Jenny-stand up there, and take your fin- +
gers out of your mouth-and you, you
great BOBBY! what ere you grinning at F.!
Look me in the face now, both Of you
what in the plague were you. quarrelling
about p /
No answer.
Uncle Joe fetched stamp that shook
the whole house.
What! ashamed to tell, hey! Pretty
fellow for husband. amt you ?
Here Charles looked at Jenny. I
And you, you jade-pre,ty fellow for
a wife, amt you t
Here Jenny looked at Charles.
THAT such .ehildren should dare TO get
married! Upon my lifeI wouldn't trust.
either of you with a.rag baby -
Here both looked at uncle Joe; and at
ter two or three wry faces. all three burst
ont laughing together.
| And then the glorious old fellow, who
was bit of humorist in his way, and
: very fond Of mischief, giving Jenny a
pinch, and Charles wink, which brought
the color into her cheeks, and made him
look like simplelon. fang himself back
into an old fashioned armchair. they had
just been patching at considerable expense,
jout of the small saving of the husband as
a writer in some Office, and upse.ting a
fancy table with a lamp on it that never
was lighted, and a quantity of old china OF
no earthly use, fell laughing with all his
might, aud kept on-and on--as if he
would never stop. till the chair creaked
and trembed in every joint, and the poor
wife looked at her husband in dismay, ex-
pecling every moment to see his dear old
good-for-nothing uncle Joe, pitching head
! foremost among the glittering fragments o.
her China, or sprawling at his whole length
. upon the floor.
= And then there was a lull--and Their
e another boislerous outbreak; and 1her
t there was a little playful questioning. ant
r then it turned ont that the marriage prom
f Use referred 10 by the wife, was abou
Il swearing; and that when the HUSBAND
came into the room and she asked him a
= bout the weather,and he answered, a it'll
d PettishIy perhaps, that it was damp coll
e dag, she had mistaken what he had sal
Il for something very naugh.y--very naugh
d ty indeed: and when she reminded him G
y the promise made 10 her literally on he
marriage day, and not before, in the sea
d son of courtship; and she found not onl
3 that he had forgotten that promise, but tn;
}, he was inclined to jest with it. and tur
l. the whole off with a laugh--no wonde
y she had a swelling Of the heart. and lo
, her patience and threw herself upon he
l. face and wrapped herself up in whateve
W happened to be nearest--and forgot he
1T feet. and her husband.
~ This affair settled, and another long an
" hearty laugh-ano,her yet. and yet anot
H. err being over; uncle Joe turned suddenl
v, upon his nephew and asked him, with ii
,e look of thoughtful man of business, if |
he had made up his mind TO insure.
" The nephew seemed puzzled for IN
70 ment; and then he answered, no. He like
er the plan; but really, uncle Joe must excu
he him.
be But uncle Joe won, excuse you. Y
H. have no right to run such risks. What
e, to become of your Dife and children.
a you should have any; and happen to die
wi hurry, as young men always do?
Sc Here Jenny caught her husbands han
between hers, and sat gazing into his ey
IS, with look of unutterable tenderness
ae DONE uncle, don't! can't bear it s.
= whispered.
re- Hold your tongue, child-you're
goose. You don't know what you're tai
IS, ing about. Iwant Charles to insure
ed life--:it's all the property he's got, or
IS likely to have
or 'Life--property-I don't understa
nd you; uncle joe
m I dare say not Allow me to ma
myself clear. People insure their shiE
he and houses, and profts~-and leave what
NV more valuable 10 themselves. to their fan
neflies. and 10 their creditors, uninsured---tl
nj is their lives. Life is no. only proper'
IS. but always the best property man has
nj will not man give all that he has for
We life SAG. ...a a#-es -s
ne Yes, uncle---but TO assure ones !
# seems to me to be wicked. uncle Joe. 0
II, life is in the hands of our Maker--.a and il
I'll. fer him to assure it. ..
Nonsense, are not our ships and hous
in the hands-of our Maker! our crop
, ! our health! our happiness why not lea
o. him 10 take the whole care Of these off G
en hands why SOW why reap! why Ia
medicine! why provide for the moro,
why for our families 2