The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1854-02-22
MISCELLANEOUS,
FROM At.hur's Home Gazette.
THE REFORMED COUPLE,
DY LINDA l.lNWOOD.
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is pretty white house, halt-hiurn from
the view by the foliage oftrcc>; beau
tiful grccn>ward ard various kinds OF
shrubbery adorn the yard in 'front.'
About thirty yards distant, in the
background, arc three neat cottages
for servants, each with IL Shade tree in
front and Il garden in its rear. No di-
lapidn,cd fences, no fields ovcrrun with
briars, are to be seen. Bright tasSeI-
ed corn is rustling in the summer
breeze; cotton, witha protusiun of rcd
and white blossoms, gives promise OF
All abundant yicld-a WELT immcd
orchard is bending beneath its load OF
fruit-snow white steep, and plump,
sleek cattle are contentcdly grazing in
rich pastures, where singing rlls run
joyously amid beautiful willows, which
bend gracefully over their bright VA
ters.
Henry Wentworth is proprietor of
this lovely and well cultivated farm,
and it is his guiding mind that keeps
every thing in such Tine order. llc has
been Tor three years IA married man
his wife is young and beautitul-lEcy
have q lovely babe who has begun to
smile OH his parents, and is the dcIigh,
ofthc family, which has also an. .lhrr
member: the fair and gentle Marion
Wentworth, the onl Y sister OF the hus-
band, whom she loves with all the
warmth Of a sisters heart. He and
his wife, with their child, are all the
world to hor now, that her parents are
gone from earth, and she has no other
near relatives. She and Fanny Wa
ters now her brothers witr)havc loved
each other from childhood, and her
presence in the family adds to the en-
joyment fall.
No mercenary motive caused this
young couple to unite their dcstinies,
and it seems as though there can be
nothing to prevent their enjoying as
much happiness as ever falls to the lot
OF humanity-but this is not the case.
Had Henry Wentworth been as
careful to kcepa well ordered mind as
q neat farm-had he been as anxious
TO root angry passions from his heart as
to destroy evil weeds from among his
plants, peace would now be dwelling
in his breast, and presiding over his
household. Instead of ruling his own
spirit, he INDUCED III q trcttul, fault
finding disposition. His anger sou,e-
times rose So high, that loud aud SC.
we're language Was used. is servants
were, however, SO accustomed to his,
that it threw not over their counte-
nanccs the gloom of discomfort.
"Don't feel bad if master Henry
does scold mighty hard somctimes,'
said they to the servants Fanny
brought there. "He's just like old
master sort o childish, but you must
tnke care to mind him, or he'll send
you of; he never keeps folks about him
that don't do their best 70 please him.
He is right good master in some
things. He gives US good vic,uals
and clothes, takes mighty good care Of
us when we are sick, and gives us plcn-
ty Of time to work crops tor ourselves.
The servants were not hi iscrablc
for each had family circle. wherein
they might love and be beloved. -
Marion was not unhappy, for she had
bent her neck to the easy yoke of
Christ, from whom she received such
strength, that every burden was light
for her. But Fanny, having loved her
husband with all the warmth ofyouth.
ful affection, could not be happy when
treatcd with unkindness by him. She
had not learned to trus. in God, and
such heart, when deprived of earthly
love, is apt to become n desolate waste.
Henry Wentworth had remarkable
horror of being governed by Il wife
Since his marriage, he had heard it
said, of an acquaintance, tha. his wife
led him where she pleased. To hc thus
spoken Of he considered q deep dis
grace, aud resolved not to bear such a
character before the world. In consc-
quence ofthis resolution, several dsa.
greeable circumstances took place, one
Of which VIC will relate.
Fanny wished to have rose-bushes
in the yard. Henry said he disiked
them, because they were SO liable To-
spread.
''We will not permit this" said she;
"Marion and | will be happier if we arc
permitted to look on the roses, and
enjoy their fragrance. think vow can
hardly deny us SO innocent II pleasure.
AS she said this, she looked So
pleadingly and smiled SO swectly. TINT
he Was on the point Of yielding, but II
foolish fear oflosing his authority pre-.
vailed, and he replied.
II shall not permit them to grow in
tho yard"
Wentworth to draw painful con.
trast between her husband and her.par.
en.s, who, after she arrived ut years
ofdiscretion, denied her no request
without making her understand that
to grant il would be improper. What
apity that any man should deny his
wife cheap and innocent Qualifications
merely to show the strength Of his
will Il p
At first, when Henry Wentworth
began to speak harshIy to his wife, con
science reproved him; but unfortunate
ly he had read many essays on the
duties of wives, and scarcely any gooG