Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1854-03-02
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" 20 net Wonder thai some hushbspds
are cross and speaS harshly aud wish--slhat
they dare not express. because il i Too !ate
20 say Il SuppesIug tie good man has isnd !
-hespitsble feelings that he has proyiie.i
gced dinner Or bis family apd il the csarse
81 tie morning hs encounters dear :ela
friapl-a class ma:s -or = former ehuR Il
sAa academy, vixen be ~ not seen lfor
yeara
Mercy on us hew heartily they shake
heaas aud look into each etEssr's eyes, Ind
simultaneously impure, IS itpsssi1le HAT
this i yea.2 ! I.thapghs thai posf were dad
Loag tisae age, aat In haEpily mistaken.
How gees the world with yoaaew y enquiries
the newly arrived Etiaal married. / san.
pese half ! dozen hliren, hey : board. or
keep heuse Z
Yes, have ons ef the besa in Tho
Nerta, and tares as pretty little cherubs;a a.
ever your eyes rested en-; pleasant house
and with loving pit TIE geod husband saws.
'Robaft GO home sud aine wish me 10 .day.,~
for the cid grey hsiEed man Is Robert sui.
Just as when they separated thirty Eve vesrs
ago 18th all MY heart viii do sol re-
plies the friend qua how cheerfully thay
walk arm in arm tpwsfas that home, idss
ten minutes earher than eEfdinner hour.
that mother can haNs time to change her
morning dress OF put elaaa frock On
Benny hefdfelhe shows limstlft thestrah-
ger tVr be i0tAe put, and OF course is geh-
orally bedaulod with molassps CANDY, or
strongly marked WITH ginger bread ID nuf-
sery costume
BIT bark did I'll hear thai Low mum.
bling scolaing ve.cf in the next room. Ws
hate u listen, but what can We do2 The
ce tsd table hasa Cologne bottle aud vase
Of towers and large gilded cup AMI saucer,
nd sheHy seldr lamp upon fitsFlut net
3 ok nor1newsPapefi nor magazine, nor even
. stray notice picked up at the frentl door.
Se We are fo Gel 70 hear through the thin
partition wall which separates Us from The
d4nlag room where the kind husband hiss
just aPprlssd his wife that friend has como
ITO dice vita them Now for tho sharlt,
rebuke. i shouldn't care, only il is wash,
ipg day and you EAow wo are oil hitter
sAilier What a NAN you are if it were
tina first tuna you Lad served mo 50 ;.buk
only think Of the couhtry cousins and 40:
quaintanees that leoRei as ittAey come from;
Noah's ark, you hrotgat here list week To
torment me Nov tAy table must be reset.
Bsadys-oon here aaA putee 3 clean cloth,
a ID an ivory lhandlelknife aud the large sill.
yer fork to the gettleman plate; we've;
company as usual, I'll Be sure there never
was such an Hpfeeliag man as my husband.
Well, thank heayen, Il shsnt be here always,
and when be gets another wife, he'll knew
what's waatt
tlntrr1hs 4raMing roaJn. Mia. tka.. hrs:
dustion TO his friend
Mr. lIarlew,' says tho amiable woman:
i am happy p see you, sir, have often
heard my hg9aand speak Of yen Benny
peep into The door 4Iyly, which bis mother
observing, says, coraFa here dear and see the
gentleman mama will give yel eakey, dear,
IL you will shske haa9s with papas friend
i woa't,' vociferates the littleB ar, and so
be peeps and retreats. and saysEsudibly, give
ne he csk first uttil Bridget Announces
dinner i eady and the defrI woman is -
pc Ireland h 5ful, and kind IL her enquiries
ygu never would believe she continued the
curtain lecture lyon heard the preface be3
fore she closed her eyes to sleep that night
hut she did and has repeated lit since.