The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1851-02-28

l"t'Ou HOi o"u V'e'S dtU Veu repaired
10 the dining room. She wac Jus, fiy,
minutes tco late. ess ,.s..., A.,
| One glance az her pale, suffering face
Is'iould have changed TO sympathy anc
lpity the ill,humor Of her ,houghtless
impatient husband. 9Bm, il was no, 81
The moment she appeared he said
+ This is too bad, Jane! I've told YOU,
over aud over, ,haLI don't like 10 wal,
after the bell rings. Ny mother was
always promptly a, her Place, and I'd
ike my wife 10 initiate SO COED an
example."fns d ty eiss~ - =,
!. Perhaps nothing could have hurt Mrs
BIN more than such cruel ref nee
Of her. husband 10 his mother, coupled
with SO unfeelipg declaration Of bis
will concerning her--as il she were to
be the mere creature of his will.
A sharp reply was on The tongue OF
Mrs. Balm; but she KEEP, i, back. The
pain in her he d, subsidized all at once;
but, weight and oppression in her
breast followed that was almost sufTu.
ealing. ;trg.
Mr.. Bain drank is coffee, a,d eat bis
Steak and toast, with pretty fair relish;
Tor he had a good appetite md a good
digcs'ion--and was in a Stale of robusI
health. But, Mrs. Balm eat nothing
How could she ea? And yet, it is but
the truth to say. thst her husband, who
noticed the fact, attributed her abstinence
frcm food more TO temper than wan, o,
appetite. He was aware that lie had
'poken too freely, and 'trihnted the cen.
sequen change in lis wife's manner tu
anger rather than wounded spirit.
DO you want anythingY' asked Mr..
Balm, on rising from the table and turning
TO leave the room. He spoke with NOR.
Andness ihau previously.
NO. was the wife's brief answer,
mnde without lifting her eyes 10 her
husbands face.
'In The sulksp
Mr. Balm did not say this aloud, bu,
such was his thought, as he turned away
and left the house. He did not feel al
together comfortable of cou Use. No
man feels comfortable while there is a
cloud upon the brow ofhis wife, whether
i, be occasioned by peevishness, ll-teE
per. bodily or mental suffering. No,
Mr.. Balm die not feel altogether comlor,
table, nor satisfied with himself, as he
walked along 10 his store; for there
came across his mind dim recollection
Of havil g heard the baby fretiing and
crying during the night; and also Of
having seen the folm of his wife moving
to and fro in the chamber, while he lay
snugly reposing in bed. -
But, these were unpleasant images,
and Mr.. Balm thrust them front his
mind.
While MIR. Blin took his morning walk
to his store, bis lungs fesly and pleas
,rably expanding in the pure, invigora-
ting air, his wife, TO whose fhrobbng
temples tie anguish had returned, and
whose r. laxed muscles had scarcely en-
ough tension to support the weight of
her slender frame, slowly and painfully
began the work OF getting her Two oldest
children ready for schooI. THIS done,
The baby had TO he washed and dressed.
|, screamed dnrng the whole operation,
and when, at last, it fell asleep upon her
bosom, she was so completely exhausted
that she had to lie down. Tears wet her
pillow as she lay with her babe upon her
arm He, to whom alone she had q
right to look for sympathy, FIR support,
and for strength in her many trials, did
no, appear to sympaihize win her in the
least. If she looked sober from the
pressure Of pain, fatigue, or domestic
trials, he became impatient and some
lines said, with cruel ihoughtlessness,
iha. he was tired of clouds and rain; and
would give the world for a wife who
could smile now and then. II, amid her
many household cares and duties she
happened to neglect some lI,Ie matter
that af; cted his comfort, he failed not to
express his annoyance, and not a'wa!s in
carefully chosen words. No wrn. 'er her
woman's heart mel,ed-no woGder that
hot tears were on her cheeks.
| Mr. Balm had, as we have said, all ex-
cellen, appetite; and he took especial
pleasure in. its qualification. He liked
his dinner particularly, and his dinners
were always good dinners. lie went 10
market himself. On his way TO his store
he passed through the market, and his
butcher sent home what he purchased
The marketing has come home.' said
the cook To Mrs. Bsn, about ten o'clock,
arouslne her fom brief s'umbcr into
which she had fallen-a slumber that ex.
haus;ed nature demanded, ard which
wopld have done far more than medicine
Cor the restoration Of something like a
healthy tone 10 her system. ~
Very well. will come down in a
Ilnile while,' returned Mrs. Balm, resting
herself on her elbow, .and see about din
ner. What has Mr.. Balm sent homer
"A calf's headn
sWhaiv
"A cali 9 head.'
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