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

slfak more sharply tilal Mas las wont.
ii The enws stopped uhile he MAS driving
lAem home. 10 crop the grass where II
lacked gTeenesi and saee,el On lie snu.
nv slope. Il ironhled Linn III lie heard
his ~ifsrsll him 10 supper ID ssrI CHEER
ful iore that he conrluded she dalni care
m7rh ahUns tie newspaper after III.
About week after this. as Mr.. Heath
Was mowiEg one morning. he vas surpris-
cd 10 see hls wife r-anr nhl drssrd as il
fora VISIT. I'm gniag." said she. 10
spend the day with Mrs. Brnwn-fye
leii plenty for you T. eat" aud 50 SAT-
ing. size walked rspidis an.
Nj. Heath lhoBglll al,nnl il Insl long
enoi,gh 10 sac 10 himself. . she dnn'l go
visiting 10 STAY ~ dsy ore year hard
~. and rs strange she should - ia hay
Iune."
Very long the DAY seemed 10 him; 10
90 ~ for lunclieon. dinner AMI snpper, and
haye nobody 10 speak 10 10 6iI every
hing 50 sliit. Fhe cinrS lirkel slillrr
than nsu:.i, he thought lie brood u pref,
" while chickens that were almost al.
ways pecping round The door. had wan.
deIed or somewhere. anil left Il sliilrr vel !;
he even missed The busy click &c Tie
kniliing ifeeih hat was spi 10 put him
oul 50. when lie was doing any figuring.
!" am glad" he said 10 himself, as lie
begun 10 look down the road al sunset.
/. that Millicenl don't 90 yisilin' Ill lie
time. rs some women do lAereS she is
Just comiu."
How lIred you LOOK" said he. as SHE
came up; "why d,ln'i you speak about
il. and Id have harnessed up and come
aller you."
.rm not very tired" she answered ,
hui her looks belied her; indeed. her hus.
band declared she looked tired like for
a day or two after"
What was his amazementlo see her 60
sway the next Tuesday in the same man
ner as before. without saving much about
II bcfure she started.
10 his great dissatisfaction everything
seemed iisst day 10 parIake of his wife !
new propensity Tor going away from
home. "a man don't want cold feed in
hay time" gumbled he, as he sal down
10 dinner. IN The same grumbling mood
he reeounled The nishaps Of the morning
which seemed TO have been much after liIe
-. n
time, for he embellished his recital by al.
fusion 10
"The Sleeps IN the meadow
The COWS IN the Germ"
adding that they wouidn'lhavr been ihete,
if Mrs. Heath had been home, because
she'd have seen EN- before They gnl ia,
and hallowed. She would have seen the
oxen. TOO. before they got across The river,
aud saved him the trouble Of getting them
back. But after tracing all these untow-
ard events 10 her atseiise, he said 10 him.
self consolir-ly, Il guess she wont 60
any more-slic always was home boz
d."
Mrs. Heath did 50 again ant again, and
The dag she went for tie fourth lime,
her husband took counsel with himself as
10 what lie should do ,u stop her CAD.
ding" Seated oil the duor step. in the
shade nf the old trees, he spent an hour or
Two in devlsing ways aud measures, talk
ing aloud all The time. and having the sa-
Iisiaclion Of hearing no body dispute HIN.
I. lis hard tn think Of her getting 10 be a
visiting woman" said he, and its clear
il ain'l right" keep her al home
I've read the Bible. (old Richards Bible
knowledge was somewhat confused, and
his quotation vailed slightly ltun; the scrip
Iural phrase, "keepers Al home but IL
SAYS. too. he added, with The tue sincere
man, T. That husbands must set great store
BY their wives and treat 'em well. | won't
scold Millicent, Ill harness up and 90 at
er her 10 night, aud comm home LII talk
i over with her, and lell her how bad ii
makes me feel, and il that don't do, LII
Try something else"
III accordance with this praisewerthy
resolution. he might have been seen dhoal
sunset hilching his horse at Mr. Browns
loor; for strangely enough, Mrs. Hea,h's
visits had all been made a, the same
1lace. Going up 10 the door he stopped
II amazement al seeing his wife in the
just taking off great woollen
wash apron, and putting down her sleeves.
which had been rolled up as for washing.
He listened and heard her say, as she
uok sumo money from Mrs. Brown, /" IL
Won't be so that ! can do your washing
lgain."
Ii has been great favor 10 have you
10 il while | have been SO poorly" said
Yrs, b., and I'm glad 10 pay you for il.
This makes four lines, and here's two
dollars. 'Tis just we'll that you can't
.ome again. for | think tina, shull he well
enough TO do il myself.
Two dollars-Just The price Of the
newspaper" exclaimed Mr.. Heath, as the
ruth flashed upon him. Rather silent
idle home they had, ill at last he said, ~
never was so ashamed in my life.
.Of whalm asked his wife.
why, 10 have you 60 out washing /;
mint so poor as that comes to-"
Well, | don't know" replied his wife,