The Literary echo, and Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1851-1854, 1853-05-12
WHOLE NUMBER Ill.

the ferceness Of tiger, and from his
thin pale lips proceeded such volley OF
oaths, that she trembled and almost
shri .ked under the tu y Of the storm She
had rails d. He cruelty upbraided her,
called her fool, and said she was guilty
of the basrst ingratitude.
IagrGLitude :" exclaimed the wife
eff We are going to settle accounts, |
will 90 TO the past, and bring ia bill
that you seem to have forgotten Who
>tru ,gled with you in poverty' Who
toiled early aud late for the comforts you
were unable to procure When our
& st born cried for bread and there was
none to give him, whose hands earned
Iit3 When you yourself was treading
the downward path to ruin, who arrested
your footsteps and won you back to tenn
perance f, Who gently drew you aside
from the gaming table and procured
for y honorable employment Who
practsed fIugality, aud encouraged you
to lay up the first fruits of your hoDora-
bic industry, Who labored in every
way to promote your pecuniary interest ?
On whom did you rely for counsel ?
Who cheered or sustained you? And
again when the clouds Of diversity
seemed ready to overwheln us, whose
viglant eye saw the dinger, and whose
prompt action dspelled the darkness
Who on bend3d knee has daily sough.
wisdom from on High to aid her in be-
coming faithful mother to your child
ren Il, Who has made it her study for
the last twenty years, to be to you q
he'll mate, true and loving compau-
ion ?"
Il" Enough enough ~ cried the hus-
band" say no more for Gods SAKE
Tell me what you want, and | will give
it though it be half my fortune "
Mr. Deans anger hal subsidized The
Past, oh he had forgotten it, Strang3
hat III m'mory should be treacheroUs,
especially about those things that ougn.
to be rem mbered The Past. it
brought associations that humbed him
Never bfore had his wife hiuted at h!5
obligations to her, but now his every
word burned into his soul the convictiJn
Of his own ingratitude Noble woman
that she was He ought rather to wor-
ship than upbraid. To her he owel
eve ything-she made him what he was,
and he knew it,
There was no intentional wrong on
the part Of Mr. Dean But he thought
the provision made for his family was
abundlnt, and the smallness Of sums
given TO his wife would be a wholesome
ch ck u any propensity to extravaganza
she IN .ht acquire. H. was somewha:
tin turrd with the very common idea
that women are reckless of expenditure
VIII never they have the means, and it
cannot be MED that too many of them
but there are some exceptions, an
Ms. Dean was one.
At length mute were amicab'y ad-
u5tcd, and a certain amount was hand
I'd over % Mrs d an in regular install
nents, and yet Mr.. Dean found tha, tho
arrangement bad not increased the fan
Iy expenses twenty five dollars year
Mrs. Dean was no longer accused OF
oenuri usness and iu promoting any
'bj'ct Of bansvolcnce she was never
"a kwlrd. The happiness of the fami-
y was greatly inc eassd.
Now reader, do not say this is an un.
truthful picture You may not be abo
% recognize the port ait e MIR. Dean,
,ut others may. 1t is asserted BY half
he world that there never. was a Peck
niff; aud the other half say that Peck
nitts are very common We judge OF
lankind by our own experienc, aud OBJ
'rvation an althou sh you may never
ave seen Jam $ Dean, Esq, yet | at
fm that he i, real live man, and his
ssid ,nce is on State street, No. =; tu,
will not give that. For particulars
Iquire of LlzzIE Linn.