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relolceQ. HOW Ueautiiui ahu
ufsE astwsRsRt bad sorrow become. !.
apparent, as the sunlight pouring through
creyices into darkened chamber becomes
visible only by floating particles that reflect
the ingushing rays
The affairs of the couple were not so pros
porous as the virtues, the industry, The econ
omy, and the womanly excellence offthe wife
SEEMED to deserve, yet she never repined-
Think one or two instances of excess on the
part Of the husband drew largely upon the
forbearance Of the wife, but as even the ex-
cess was accompanied with expressions of
affecton-they, though maudlin, seemed to
compensate The feeling then was rather
slight apprehension for the future than grief
for the present-sorrow> and deep mprtifca-
ton might have been felt But these few
instances, joined with some unaccountable
decay of means did not disturb the happi-
ness of the wife, a happiness which seemed
to be. perpetual JOY
Was the!woman apSthetic7 Had she no
sonsitiveness2 Wassbe made to 60 through
life with gentle laugh, and drop into the
grave with smile2 Her anguish at 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, shat the
| loss of property is more bitterly felt by those
| who have from poverty risen to possessions,
/ than it is BY those who from infancy to the
disaster had always been rich.
/ The loss Of property produced no grief
The death Of her child led to new affcc-
ton for and an enlarged JOY in her husband
i His unfrsquent but still obvious dcpar
ture from sobriety, long unattended with
rudeness or neglect, did not offend the pride
i of the wife.
i lit win last always said I.
i & / must mourn as a mother thought she
e | must abate portion of my social state
and l may, once ID long time, be mortified
By some low indulgence in my husband, bu
fixed, deep, permanent grief as wife it il
probable / am to be spared, as comparison
Of my own constitution with that Of my bus
baud shows that in the course Of nature
shall be spared the misery Of mourning FOL
his death, and be saved from the sOlitar,
woes Of widowhood
The loss Of property rendered neccssar,
more labor on the part Of the husband, am
that kept him more from his home than for
rncrly: but the gentle welcome Of the wifi
cheered the toil-worn husband. and her deli
J cate caresses changed the gloom settling o.
j his brow into smiles Of satisfaction. Their
/ mas perhaps more pleasure in the effort
/ iLich she was making. to produce the eey
! dence Of qualification in her husband, tba
! there was in the mere exchange Of smiles {
welcome and thanks The wife grewsprou
i fiber influence to bring him back to enJo,
/ alent, she felt new consequences when 81
a sound that she could not only reciprocal
d smiles but dispel frownS not only share
4 the pleasures Of home, but dismiss thepain
How holy is the Office Of good wife, an
a how pure must be her sentiments, to heris
ii he highest qualification BY producing Il
b happines4 Of another
! Ii was late il a summer afternoon. and
Il appointment the husband ought % hare :
\. tarnod two or three hours before The nor
i. IF reyelry had for long time disturbed Il
d outer edge Of the village in which the dw'
10 Ing was dtuated--some vulgar frolic, hithe
+, to kept in distant part Of the country, b
Il been adjourned to that neighborhcod-
ii tie waE Of the husband op-his retukn did y
Is lis il that course The wife had eeue Q
q freauentIy to watch for his approach and
81 meet him with smile Of Welcome I'll
smile Which makes home delightful, viii
* attracts and retains She looked apxiAu,
he to the left, and stretched her eyes aloag
slf road IN hope that some token Of bis spprou