Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1851-09-12

reached him the sugar and cream.
"Sweeien il to your own tas,e," she
said, litle frettuily, "l'm sure tried
to make il right"
| Canning did as he was desired, aud
then drank the coffee, bat then il was
with the u,mos, difficulty that he could
! do so. f2e
This was the first little cloud that
darkened The sky Of their welded liie;
and il did not f'irly pass away for near
~ week Nor then did the days
seem as bright as before. The cause
was sligh,--very sligh,--but how liule
"A thing will sometimes make the heat
unhappy. How .rifling are the occur
rences upon which We often lay, as up
on foundation, a superstruciure of mis-
err! Had the earnestly urged precept
nf Aunt Hannah been regarded, had
The lessun-"Bear AMI Forbear," been
well learned ard understood by Marga-
ret, this cloud had never dimmed the
sun OF their early love. A pleasant
word, in answer 10 her husbands mo.
mt ntary Impotence, would have made
him sensible tha, he had not spoken with
proprieiy, and caused him 10 he more
careful in future. As il was, both were
more circumspect, but it was from pride
instead of lore!---and more to pIoiect
self. than u tender regard for each other.
Only month or Two passed before
there was another Sigh. collision. |.
made them both more unhappy than
they were before But the breach was
quickly healed SulI, sears remained
aud there were times when the blood
flowed into these cicalrces SD feVerishlv
as to cause pain Alas! wounds of lhe
spirit do not close any more perfectly
lhtn do wounds of the body---lhe sears
remain forever.
Aud thus the weeks and months went
by. Neither of the married partners
had learned The true secret of happiness
in their holy relations -neiiher of Them
ieit the absolute necessity of bearing and
Enrbearing. L,tle inequalities of char
acter, instead of being smoothed off by
gentle contact, were Suffered 10 strike
against each other, and produce, some
times, deep and painful wounds--he;,l-
ing, too often, lmperiecily. and too often
remaining as fostering sores
And ye, Canning and his wife loved
| each other tenderly; and iti,, most oi
| their time, thatthey were very happy.-
There were litle things in each other
that each wished The other would cor
RI CT, but neither lelt the necessity of self
cOrreelinI.
The birth of child drew them to-
gether at time when there WAS some
danger of a serious rupIure. Dear lntle
LIilu, or Idly" as she was called
was a chor,! of love 10 bind them in a
| closer unicn. . -"F
Il love You more than ever. Maggy,'
Canning could not help saying To his
wife. as he kissed first her lips and then
the soft cheek of his ehlld, Il mou'h al,
ter the babe was born. ..t
And | am sure | love you better
than did, il i, were possible" returned
Margaret, looking into her husbands
face with glance of deep affection.
| As the babe grew older the parents
love for il continued 10 increase, and,
with this increased their happiness. -
The chord which had several times Jar
red harshly between them, step, in pro
found peace.
But, after this sweet calm. the surface
of lhei. feelings became again rutfled. -
One lille incongrui,y OF character after
another showed Itself in both, aud there
was no genuine spirit Of iorbearance IN
either OF them 10 meet and neGIraliZe
any sudden eiler,escence of the mind.
lLIly was no. year old. before they
had a serious misunderstanding that
made them both unhappy for weeks. 1t
had It's origin in mere ,riile, as such
things usually have. They had been Ia
king tea and spending an evening with a
friend, widow lady, Tor whom Mrs.
Canning had particular friendship. As
there was no gentlemen present during
the evening, the time passed rather heas.
lily TO Mr. Canning, who could not get
interested IN the conversation of The TWO
ladies'. Toward nihe O'Clock he began
10 feel restless and impatient. and 10
wonder ii his vile would not soon be
thinking about g.ing home. But the
time passed wearlly until ten o'clock,
aud sui the conversation between the
two ladies' was continued with undimin-
ished interest, aud, TO all appearances
was likely 10 continue until midnight.
Gaming at length became SD restless
and weared that he said. thinking thai
mis- wife did not probably know how laie
i, was
"Come, Margare,, ism. il most time
To GO homr!"
Mrs. Canning merely looked into her
husbands face, but male no answer.
More earnestly lhan ever, the ladies'
now appeared to enter upon the ,agious
themes for conversation that presented
themselves. all of which was very friv-
olous ~ the mind oi Canning, who vas
exceedingly chaied hy his wife's rndiller-
ence To his Suggestion about going none.
lie determined, however. io say no
more il she sal all night. Toward elev.
en- o'clock she made a movement, IN de-
/ Dart. and after linue ring i'm the uarlor he