Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-02-22

1 pFOVluInS some OI CUe necessary dEIISleS
ofhousekeepihg; engaged to take charge
of a district school, which was managed
lbyia board of trustees who were authors,
lied to employ and pay the teacher, being
more or less controlled by them. Their
occasional interference, to temperament
like mine, was exceedingly irritating
One day returned from school in Ve-
ry angry mood, asserting that 1 would
neither submit to the dictates of the trus-
tees or any one else. when my eldest
sister said with an arch smile
| "What. will you do when you are mar
ried? You will then have to love, hon
or and obey"
~" tamper was not in the least soften
ed by the question, ana replied very
emphatically that when got married it
would be my husbands duty to make me
happy, and if he did not conform to my
wishes, l should endeavor to make him.
Foolish wayward gitl as | was. to resolve
in my own mind that Iwould abide by SO
absurd determination. How little did
reflect how much influence. pride and
Obst:nacy would exert in causing me to
adhere to this expression of prevented
will ,. -., ,-..
Joseph and I were at length married.
1t seemed to me that | hal never been so
happy before weeks pissed as days
Surrounded by an atmosphere o. love and
kindness, my faults were not called out.
and 10 eph in his mistaken fondncss
thought me all that his warm heart and
noble nature could desire.
Soon after the marriage we commended
housekeeping in n neat. pretty house just
suited to our wants. l was enabled near
1Ilv to furnish it with the availS of my last
Years teaching, and the kind assistance
of mother ana sisters. Neatness and or
der was largely developed in my habits.
and for some time nothlng occurred
to mar the happiness Of our daily life, 81,
One evening | had to wait longer than
usual for Joseph to come to tea. aud SUIT
cred long suppressed feeling of impa-
lience to beLray iLSelfin the peevish tones
in which exclaimed as soon as he enter
ed the dining room. . the tea is all cod i;
why did you not come before 2
II could not, my dear. as there was no one
to stay in the store.'' was the mild reply
which should have put the subject at rest,
as knew that oscpE's business must ne
; ceSsarily occupy his whole time, he being
head clerk in the establishments with
which he was connected, expecting in the
course of two or three years 10 be taken
into partnership. therefore it was necessa-
ry for him to be active and attentive. All
this | knew, but, like too many wives, took
. little interest in business affairs, and would
not consider that he had any claim para
mount to my convenience. ri.
Small matters like these should have
, been borne patiently, but in the absence
of any greater trouble l suffered a thou
= sand trtling things to annoy and irritate
| me to that degree that threatened
to ''turn over new leaf" which
was but another way of saying. uu-
less [ can have things my own way |
shall give my husband a lesson. He bore
! my o(t-reiterated complaints about what
7 appears to NE now to have been trities
) light as air without resentment, Offering
5 good reasons, (cxcuses called them, for
, not complying with my wishes.
: One day, after had rrproached him
with thinking more Of his business than OF
his wife, he rose to go out, and as he did
so. he turned to me with a look that
should have sent repentance to my heart,
} and fixing on me his liquid grey eyes. ex-
} prrssive more of sorrow than of anger,
/ :. Clara said he, . if you find it SO trou-
blesome waiting for me, do not wait any
more, but take your meals and clear away
the things without regard to me-" When
: he had Tone, the temper that should have
f been cast behind me prompted me to take
; him at his word. Accordingly when the
time came, | prepared the evening meal
and, after waiting few moments, L sat
down and ate alone, cleared away the ia
; BILE and took up my sewing. In few
: moments Joseph came in and without raj
: sing Hy eyes from my work, told HIM
in AS unconcerned manner as possible, that
!! he need not como for his tea, had clear
ed it away. Without saying word he
trrned and left The house. T
Il know my friend, that when you read
) this, you will bitterly rePronch me tor
unkinduess TO one who loved me better
than life one, too, for whom atatlueS, L
would have lait down my life, and aught
else save my will. His loss at one time
would have broken my heart, but natu-
rally impuisive. that intense love that for
a time controlled intirmitics of temper L
had suffered them to gain the ascsnIency
thus dnshing from our lips the cup Of hap
piness. | allowed myself to forget that
The same guard over my conduct. and the
same effort was necessary to preserve the
the affections of the husband, that were
employed to win aud obtain the lover.
J. But to return. That night | sat up
f, late, but my husband did no: come All.
} thoush |. he thinks TO frishIen me into
submission by stating ous late. Ga thing
he had never done before bat he will
> lind his mistake. Finding that = he
had taken his night key,l determined to
; sit upsno, longer. l retired but could not
sleep The mild beams Of the moon came
softly stealing througn tie window, hll.
: ling the room with fantastic shapes Q.