The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1849-07-27

Very pleasant was this retrospect 10 Mi
, licen. Heath. The picture Of the past Ia
on it soma rough places, and some har
+ trials, but do domestic strife or dlsconten
morrej lis sunny aspect. There were sm,
ling faces CT ii-bappy chIldren's faces
withou, which no life picture is beautiful
Soft blue eyes shown with rnc!ouded glad
ness aud wavy hair tloa,ed ca.e,essy owe
unwrltteE ioreheads. She forgot 70. a mo
ment how they ~ere changed snd almos
iancied herself the young mother, and tiny
hands stole lovingly over her bosom, auc
young hends nestled there as OF old The
l!lusion vanished quickly, aat she sighed
as che thoogat of her younges, born, the
reckless boy Who had left her three years
before, for home on the eea. olce only
had iidines reached her of tho wuLdeier.
The latter spoke ofhafdship and homo sick.
uess, in that high, and careless way that
reached the mothers heart more surely
Than pineing and complaint. To know that
he suffered With a strong heart. with noble
unyieding resolutions. gave her ieeln,
Of pleasure, not unmiyed with pride.
-" He will surely como back" murmured
the Hfiecilona.e mother. TO herself and
! read the paper so carefully every week
that If II says any thing about the ship Al.
fred sai'cd IN, shsl he sure to see 1t -
Mrs. Heath, SAID her husbond, inter
rup;ng her ,ned,taiions some what rudely,
we've spent thirty dollars more than usual
this year; where can It have gone to r.
The new harness" suggested Ms
Heath, that don't come every year you
know"
"Wen, there's twenty dollars accounted
for"
We had the carriage fixed up when
you bought the harness" continued his
wife.
Well hat was clgh, doIlar,, that's laon
y eight dollars We don't spend every wear
but the other tGo--ahere can they have
gone y Glancmg his eye hastily over the
memorandum book. he continued :" III tell
you what It's, the newspaper costs jus, tao
dollars nLd We eau do without Il. 1t isn't
any thing o eat. dunk or wear. don't
do any thing with II. aud you only lay Il
away % IL the chamber. |, may as we'll
he ict on, as moi, aud Ill stop my subiclip
hon right Away"
"Oh, said The wife, "you don't know
how much ! sci by the newspaper. al.
soys have sort Of glad feeling when see
sou take u out Of your hat and lay It 90 the
, kitchen mantcpleee, Iusl as DO Nhen some
| OF the children como home. And aheG
I I'm tired, | slt down with my knitting, work
and read, Il can kni, JUS, as we'll When I'm
readng,) and feel so con,en,ed. | don,
believe Queen Victoria herself lakes more
solid comior, than do sitting by the cas-,
window Of summer afternoon reading my
! newspaper.
" BuI you'd be JUS, as we'll oT silhcul
II, answered her husband Tor want Of any.
thing else TO say.
!" never neslec, anything cor reading
do !" asked Mrs Heath, mildly.
Z" " don. kno. as YOU DO. answered
her husband "bul 4 teems 10 ne 40 ex
ira like. | shall stop ~. he added, IN Z
tone that showed plainly enough he wIshec
10 stop the consetsalJco.
81 shall take the paper, remarked IN
wife, "ii | haso to 60 out washing to pay
for il.
This sas not spoken ancrily, but so firm
" tina, 'lr. Heath nollctdli, though By u,
means remarkable far discernmen, 10 mos
matters II sounded so different from DO
usual quiet cas- you thifk best" tina, hr
actually stopped a moment TO consde
whether II was At all likely she would do q
she sald. Mr.. Heath was n ktn1 husband
as ,ha, ind finite description 10 gcnerall
understood that is, no do not beui b.
vito, aal always gave her enough TO eat
More than this, he bad a certain regard 70
her happiness which already made hun fec
/ half ashamed Of his decision but like man
2 other men who haso more obs,lnacv thu
u wisdom, he couldn't bear TO retract ans
o thing, and above all 10 be convinced he wa
wrong BY woman.
!. lloeever, with a commendlble wlsh
d remove the uuhappness he had created, b
suggested that as the papers were careful
! IS filed, and as she had iound them nlere
t. ing, she could read en- ell over again, b
II ginning at January, and taking ono cac
/, week clear through the ycar--they won
. -us, come cut even, he concluded, as #
!, were q singular fact they should do so.
Notwithstanding this admirable prop
d sl,ion, he still felt some uneasincss. 1t Il
', lowed him os he walked up tho pleosa
Z lane to the pasture, aud i made him spr,
IS moro sharply thaa was his wont, # 4
Id cows stopped @hIIe he was driving the
home, TO crop tho eraso where Il look
G. preenest and sweetest on the sunny soF
We II ,ro1hIed him till he heard his wife G
O. him to supper IN such cheerful tone ID
az no concluded che dldn'l cnre much abe
the newspaper after I'LL.
I'd About week after this, as Mr.. ilea
rs was moving one morning, he was surpris
to see his wife come on, dressed as II FOL
AT visit. "fm going" ssd she, "io spe
ke tho day with Mrs. Brown-fve left pler
i, for you TO eat" And SO saying, sho va
ed rapidly on.
er. Mr.. Heath thought about It just 10
ad enough TO say 10 himself, she don't
SO visiting to stay all day once e year bard
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