The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1849-05-30

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ihes locked like nlafsise piles 81 70.
Iiaee. Hearing her Own name ki-dly
spoken. led her ihaughls Car back 10 lhe
past: Enr afisf s,e lapse Of twenty Eve
yesls. The simple sound Of lie name she
bore IN yonih means more 10 q wife Than
al, lhe pulling epilheis n dearesl. love. aud
darling. SO lasishly offered in luas past
counship.
Very pleasant was lllis retrospect ~
Millinenl Heath. The picture Of, llie
past had on il some Iough places. and
some hard nials. hnl no domestic strife or
distonieni mared ils sunny aspect 'fhere
were smiling faces on il-hapPy child
rpn's faces Silhani which no HE Picsure
is beautiful. soll blue eyes shown win
unclouded gladness and wayy hair iloaisd
rarelessly over unwniien foreIlea1ls. She
lorgni fDr moment how they were chang
cd. and almost laneieh herself ihe young
mother. and lins hands sole lovingly over
her bosom. and y0nng heads nestled there
as of old. The illusion vanished qnlrk-
II, and she sighed Is she thought 81 her
Youngest born. flle reckless boy aho had
iefl her three years bef,rs. for ! home on
The sea. Once oidy bad lidifgs reached
her of The aandtfer. The kiier spoke
&c hardship and home sickness. in that
light and careless way thai reached ,hs
nolher's heart more surely Than pineing
and complaint. Ia Know that he suller.
ed with strong heart. Withhold nnyield-
ing resolution. gave her feelins, of plea.
sure. moi nnmixed with pride.
lie will surely come back" murnur-
ed the aileclinnaie maIher, 10 herself /;
:. and ! read the paper so carefully every
week. thai if il says any ding about tie
ship Alfred sailed n. shall be sure To see
it
MRS. Healh." said her husband. III.
lerrupling her medl;aiinns somewhat
rudely. . we've spent thirty dollars more
Than usual this year, where can il have
gone lot"
THE new harness." suggested Mrs.
Heath. !. that don't come every , ear Jon
know"
well, there's twenty dollars account.
ell for"
We had the carriage fixed mp when
You bought the harness. continued his
wife.
.,Well, tina, was eight dollars. that's
iweniy-eighl dollars we doni speri e.e.
~ year-bui the other two-where can
they have gomez" CHANGING his eve has.
lily over the memorandum book, he con-
iinued J." I'll tell sou what lis, the news
paper costs just two dollars and we can
DO without Il. II isn't any thing to-eai.
drink or wear. | don't do any thing with
il, and you only lay II away up in The
chamber. Il may as well be lell oul rs
mol, aud I'll stop my subscription right
away"
oh" SAID The wife, "you don't know
how much sci by The newspaper. al
ways have a sort u glad feeling when |
see you take il oul of your hal and lay it
on The kitchen manlle.piece, just as do
when some oil The children come tnine.
And when I'm tired, | sit down with my
knitting, work aud read. can Knit just
as well when I'm readng.) and feel 50
contenied. | don't believe Queen SlcIo.
rio herself takes more solid comfort Than
do sitting b. lhe easl widow ul
summer afternoons, reading my. neHspa.
per"
But you'd be just as well of without
H." answered her husband for want of
anything else 10 say.
II never ueslec, anything for reading,
do II" asked Mis-. Heath. mildly.
!. M don't know as you do" answer
ed her husband {" but il seems 10 me an
extra like. | shall stop it, lie added,
in tone that showed plainly enough lie
wished To stop the conversation.
:" | shall take The paper" remarked his
wife, if | have 10 90 out washing 10 pay
Tor il.
Tins was not spoken angrily. but so
firmly that MIR. Heath noticed it, though
By no means remarkable for discernment
in most matters. ID sounded SD different
from her usual quiet "as you think best, J"
lha, he actually stopped moment 10 con-
slider whether il was al all likely she would
do as she said. Mr. Heath was kind
husband. as that indefinite description is
generally underslood; that is, he did not
beat his wife, and always gave her enough
to eat. More than this, he had certain
regard Tor her happiness which already
made him feel half ashamed Of his iecl-
sion but like many other men who have
more ubsiinacv Than wisdom, he couldn't
bear 10 relract anything, and above all 10
be convinced he was wrong by wo-
man.
However, with commendabie wish 10
remove The nnhappiness he had created,
he suggested that as The papers were care
FULLY hled, aud as she had found them in-
teresling, she could read 'ein all over
again. beginning at January. aud taking
one each week clear through the veal
they would just come out even. he con-
cluded, as if it were singular fact they
should do so.
Notwithstanding this admirable proro-