The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1852-06-16

l~dge of knymnHd's peculiar fsilings. ifll
Ihe woman an innocent nnriurt, and for
hsde expssnsr ta rold sioorphru pndrr
the cirrnmslaarrs. and also declared shsi
hen romplzini ~xs af character very
mnrh srgsss;ed hv severe sxerise.
For lee DAYS Rsymond remembered
lle Doctors counsel. and ss he had re-
spect Tor she physieisn. he cbsyed him
80 neuIy ss his constitutional feelings
permillrd, bat soon the wife vas srsin
obliged 90 rhop wood and fred raille. and
taking a severe cold. f4ded as would fade
The snmmrr rose ia ffisid rIimsse.
When Raymond Wsrrn's house wss
desolsse and hIs 6resiis clerrless. he saw
whu had bern his great rrror during The
two years OF his msrried life. and he
monrned his wife deeply. II must be said
N his favor. both a. . heIpmals and a. =
compsnian. lie rented his farm and
managed 10 exist " easily" Cor one yess I;
bui he was moi satisfied with ehildless
widower's solitary loI, and he begsn IN
look about him for second helpmsle and
companion. In q few months ne took
10 hrs home woman. who he confident.
ly feli wouli GIL the place leii vacant by
his 6rsf wife. Sadly vas Raymond die.
appointed. A Few weeks elapsed and he
leIl into his old habits. with rompleie
abandon. Leaving his own work in a
neglected state. he worked diligently one
day to assist ueighbor in getting ~ood
10 his house, and he returned 10 his home,
late al night. hungry and ia,igued. expect
ing that bis wife wenld have ready Tor hls
iefreshmeni an inviting supper. In This
hope he had refused 10 take supper with
The ncighbor whom he had assisted.
Poor fellow !! the kitchen. where was 10
have been his excellent supper. attended
by smiling wife. was cold and unoccu-
ped. No frugal board was there, and
Mrs. Warren was in bed. Raymond was
much as,onished, bnl was too goo'inalufed
10 complain, and silently he ven,ured TO
explore The cupboard for q crust on which
to satisfy the knswings Of his appetite.
No, crnmb was there. II was evident
his wife had designed that he should 60
10 bed supperless ; and supperless 10 bed
he did 60. grieying seriously over his hard
LOT. lie had never before been 90 badly
irea'ed. aud he thought il indeed distress
sing. bai ye. his disappointment was not
sad enough To revolulionise his cons,i,u.
lional good-naIure. and without mui,eI
he fell sound asleep.
Raymond Warren did NOT hear chant.
cleer salute the morning, as II dswned az
ter the night OF his grevious dlsappoin,.
menl. Il was spring.,ime. and the birds
sang under his window, bui he heard then
moi; yet lie heard his wife, who had risen
before the sun, call him.
/ MIR. Warren, here I've been for an
hour in the cold. The woods all burned.
It's time ] had some cut. II you wanl
any breakfast, you had better get up."
/ Was Raymond dreaming Was this
voice Of reproach, iha, came TO him 10
his sleep. with recollec,ions Of the wife
that had gone before him 10 the Spiri
Land I Not so--ii was voice from the
wife that dwell with him in this sphere
Of existence, Thai came 10 remind him o.
his duties not discharged. upon peifor
mances Of which depended the sa,isfac.
lion Of those desires which had iniruded
visions OF lessis upon his hours Of rest
All this he felt. sill he did not offer ic
leave his couch.
Raymond Warren" again said the
voice, .you left me yesterday without
wood, 10 help neighbor ge. wood for hi,
wife, and you we mi to bed last night with,
out your supper. You'll no, get bite
to ga. in This house ill you bring me
wood 10 cook il with"
.There's plenty Of chips" said Ray.
mond, in pallialion, rising on his elbows
as he spoke.
I" GET up, then. and bring them into tht
house," said the resolule wife. I" ! didn'
know you when we were married, but
know you now. I know what killed
your first wife. You want TO make .
slave Of me. I'll attend to my duties
but if you don't do your chores, the ca,
lie may siarve. and you'll never get bils
to eat in this house unless you take il un
cooked, if you don. cut would youIsel
or ge, somebody TO do ], for you."
Raymond started Dol. upright, and i
was mol many minutes before he was a
the wool-rile. Diligently did he worl
until lie had cut an arminl, which. like ;
dntiful husband, for the frs, lime in hi.
life he carried into The kitchen.
i His wife made no allnsion TO what hat
passed between them, and Raymond. al
though burning with curiosity 10 know
where she had learned what she had re-
vealed to him. dared not commence con
versa,ion in relation 10 it. The train o
ills it might revive was fearful 10 The easy
mans mind. His breakfast over, for
gelful Of its lesson, careless Raymon,
wandered away from home, his necessary
morning labors in his farm yard una,lend
ed TO, and his wood-pile unvisi,ed. III,
returned home al noon. strong in The faiit
thai he should sit down TO good dinner
because he was one Of those men wht
t,ink that wife should always give he