Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1851-09-12
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of herse The NOR. she will 10 { herself.
But the more she thinks Of her husband
The more she will love him and seek Ia
make him happy. The natural result
of this will be, that her husband will
feel the warmth and perceive the unsel-
tishness OF her love; this will cause him
To lean toward her with still genller feel
inRs, and prompt him to yield 10 her
wha, otherwise he might have claimed
for himself" ."
Then il is The wife who IN s. act
The generous, selfsacrifcing par?"
"lf could speak as freely To James
as can speak to you, Maggy, | should
not fail 10 point ou, his duty of bearing
aud fnrbearing. as plainly as point out
ours. All should be mutual. of course.
But this can never be, if one waits for
the other. lf you see Your duty. it is
for you to do il, even If he should iaii In
his part"
81 don't know about that, aunt. |
think, as you said just now, tha, all This
is mutual"
"l am sorry yon cannot or will not
understand me. Macy replied Aunt
Hannah.
Il am sorry too, aunt: but certainly
do noi. However, don't, pray. give
Yourself any serious concern aboat
James and me. lassure YOU that we
are getting along exceedingly well; aa'i
and why this should not continue, is
more Than can make out"
well, dear, trust ,ha, i, may -
There is no good reason why it should
not. You both have virtues enough Ia
counterbalance all defects oi character.
On The evening of that very day, rs
The young couple sat al the tea-tah!e.
James Canning said. as his wife felt,
rather unkindly, at The same time that
there was slight contraction of his
brow
"You seem to be very much afraid ni
your sugar, Maggy. ! never ge, Il cup
Of tea or coffee swee. enough .nr III.
taste
You mus, have a sweet palate.
am sure i, is like syrup, Tor put in sew
trail large Jumps of sugar." replied Mar
garet, speaking in slightly offended
tone.
taste il, will your" SAID Canning
pushing his cup across the table with III
impatient air.
Margaret slipped a lille from the
spoon, and then, with All expression Of
| disgust in her face, said
"Pah! I'D as lief drink so much mo-
lasses. But here's the sugar bowl
Sweelen il to your taste"
Canning helped himself to more su-
gar. As he did so. his wife noticed that
his hand sligh tremhled. and also, that
his brow was drawn down, and his llps
more arehed than usual. .-..
"lts a little matter To get angry about,
she thought to herself. Filings are CO.
ming to pretty pass if Fm nj To be
allowed TO speak, ...a
The meal was finished in silence
Margare, felt in no humor to break the
Oppressive reserve, although she wuul,!
have been glad, indeed, 10 have heard a
pleasant word from her husband. As
for Canning, he permitted himself Ia
brood over the words and manner of his
wife, until he became exceedingly fret
ted. They were SD nnkind SO uncalle,!
for. The evening passed unsocally.--
But morning found Them both in bet,
ter state OF mind. Sleep has IA wonder
lul power in restoring TO the mind i,s
los, balance, and IN calming down our
binding passions. During li,e day, eur
thoughts and feelings, according with
our natural state, are more or less mark
ed by the disturbances that selfish pnrpo.
ses ever bring; but in sleep. while the
mind rests aud our governing ends la,
dormant, we come into purer spiritual as.
socialions, and the soul as we'll as the
body receives henlihier tone.
The morning. therefore, found Can
ming and his wife in better states of miad.
They were as kind and as aifecliana,e
as usual in their words and conduct, al
though. when they sat down To The
breakfast liable. they earh experienced a
slight feeling of coldness on being re-
minded, too sensibly, of the unpleasant
occurrence Of. the previous evening
Margaret ,hough. she would he sure 10
| please her husband in his coffee. aud
therefore put into his cup an extra guam
tiIy OF sugar. making il SO sweet. that he
could with difficulty swallow It. lbul a
too vi, id recollection OF what had taken
place the night beiofe. caused him to he
silent about il. The second cup was
still sweeler. Canning managed 10 sip
abou. one-,hird Of this, but his siomacl:
refused To take any more. Noticing lhal
her husbands coffee, an article OF which
he was very fond. stood nearly cup full.
beside his plate. after he had finished
his breakfast, Margaret said
.Didn't your coffee sui. your
1T was very good; only lille ,ou
sweet"
"Then why didn'. you say SUI" she
returned, in u tone that showed her To
he hurt at this reaction upon what she
had said on The previous evening. ~
I"Give me your cup, aud le, me pour you
out some more"
mo. ! thank you, Margaret, dom
care about any more"