The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1851-03-29
WHOLE No 5O4

that lie might sustain ner IN sorrow. he
mother mourned, but the wife rejoiced.
How beautiful and identifying for the
moment had sorrow become. 1t seemed
to me as if affection had never before
possessed such charms; it needed Attic
ton to show it, as the sunlight pouring
through crevices into darkencd cham.
Der becomes visible only by floating par
ticles that reflect the ingushing rays.
| The affairs Of the couple were not 20
prosperous as the virtues, the industry,
the economy, and the womanly excel.
lence of the wife seemed to deserve, vet
she never repined. | think one or two
instances of excess on the part of the
husband drew largely upon the forbear.
ance of the wife, but as even the excess
was accompanied with expressions of af.
fection-they, though maudlin, seemed
to compensate. The feeling then was
rather a slight apprehension for the flu
ture than grief for the present-sorrow
and deep modification might have been
felt. But these few instances, Joined
with some uuaccountable decay Of means
did not disturb the happiness of the wife,
happiness which seemed to be per.
petual joy.
Was the woman apathetic Had she
no sensitiveness Was she made to 90
through life with gentle laugh, and
drop into the grave with smile ! Her
anguish az the death of her son proved
the contrary.
The loss of property, to one who had
been poor before, seemed to produce no
grief; and let the reader remember, or if
he has not known the fact let him now
learn it, that the loss ofproperty is more
bitterly felt by those who have from
poverty risen to possessions, than it is
by those who from infancy to the disas.
ter had always been rich.
The loss of property produced no
grief
The death of her child led to new
affection for and enlarged joy in her
husband.
His unfrequent but still obvious de-
parture from sobriety, long unattended
with rudeness or neglect, did not offend
the pride Of the wife.
at will last always" said |.
81 must mourn as mother" thought
she. 81 must abate portion of my social
state, and may, once in long time, be
mortified by some low indulgence in my
husband, but fixed, deep, permanent
+ griefas wife it is probable l am TO be
spared, as comparison of my own con-
stitution with that of my husband shows
that in the course of nature | shall be
, S. AIRED the misery of mourning for his
death, and be saved from the solitary
woes ofwidowhood.
The loss of property rendered neces-
sassy more labor on the part of the hus-
band, and that kept him from home
more than formerly; but the gentle well
, come of the wife cheered the toil.worn
, husband, and her delicate caresses chan
ged the gloom settling on his brow into
smiles of satisfaction. There was yer.
, haps more pleasure in the efforts which
she was making, toproduce the evidence
Disqualification in her husband, than there
, was in the mere exchange Of smiles of
: welcome and thanks. The wife grew
proud other influence to bring him back
to enjoyment she felt anew consequence
when she found she could not only re-
ciprocate smiles but dispel frowns, not
only share in the pleasures of home, but
. dismiss the pains. How holy is the of.
; flee of good wife, and how pure must
be her sentiments, to derive the highest
qualification by producing the happi-
ness OF another.
II was late in summer afternoon, and
| by appointment the husband ought to
have returned two or three hours before.
The noise of revelry had for long time
disturbed the outer edge of the village
in which the dwelling was situated
, some vulgar frolic, hitherto kept in
distant part of the country, had been
adjourned to that ighborhood-- the
way of the husband on his return did
not lie in that course. The wife had
gone out frequently to watch for his ap-
proach and to meet him with smile of
welcome-that smile which makes home
delightful, which attracts and retains.
She looked anxiously to the left, and
stretched her eyes along the road in
hope that some token of his approach
would be presented; there was none.
Even the dogs that had followed her out
failed to give notice his coming. She
leaned over the railing with distrustle>s
hope--he would come soon, and would
repay her for all her anxiety by extra
ordinary evidences of affection. She
summoned up for her consolation the
thousand kindnesses of her husband, his
constant, changeless love, his resistance
Of those errors that marred the domestic
happiness of so many families; and like
a true wife, she suffered tie lustre Of h;-r
own purity, excellence and affection, to
gid the character and conduct of her
husband.
Shn u.aS ciarind Ese., L. j.