The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1854-02-22

i"i's' tlme's she cXtrtcd herself to please
hiSi'aStc aud Inncy-whrthcr she sue.
cocdcd or not, was chiefly owing to his
moods, and tn do him credit, he was
perhaps half the time in IL pleasant
temper; but tho fond, self sacrificing
love sl:2 mad felt for him, began to dc
cline under repetition of acts and words
like the following:
| One morning, after tasting his coffee
he looked ut her angily, say ing, 'Who
made this cullte!"
She answered that she had made it.
fIc then walked to the head Of the Ia
pie, took the coffee pot All poured its
smoking contents out ol the window
Fanny burst into tears and left tn,
room.
"Now You are going away to pont,
was his uiceli,,g remark.
"Oh. brother, how can you do so?'
said Marion. You will kill Fanny
"IIl teach her to make better coffee,
said he. But let mo assure you.
shall allow no one to interfere in the
management of my wife"
Long and bitterly did the young
vile weep, but ut length rccolIccting
that her child might Iced her attention,
she dried her tears and returned to the
breakfast room. Marion bad cleared
away the things: but fragrant coffee
WAS smoking III the pot, and warm
cakes, wrapped in u clean, white cloth,
We're near the fire. Marion spoke
saying
Little Eddy still sleeps; come, ca,
something bcf,rc he awa!trs."
20. if Henry were like you, how
happy should be- said Fanny, and
the tears again raincd down her face.
Marion pu, her arms around her, and
also vert. Al length, she said
Il believe Henry is often gricvcd
with himself for his unkindness to You
of he would only tell me so, it
would be like balm tn my bleeding
heart, for then should believe that he
loved me; but he never expresses any
regret"
That day was far from being hap
| ny one for Henry Wentworth. lie
tc!t that he had done wrong, but his
false views of things prevented him
from seeing his own conduct in its true
light. Fanny's tears were u rcproot.
F1c had never seen his mother thus
moved, though often treated harshlv
by his father. Had he known how she
was Brought to suffer SO quietly. his
feelings might have been different. In
| youth. her heart was warm and tcndcr;
but the cold blasts of unkindncsS had
rendered it in IL degree cold towards
her husband. a stern sense of duty
caused her to receive his rcprnaches
i'll Il meek and quiet spirit.
when Henry thought how unmovc,l
his mother always appeared, he blamed
his wife for such exhibitions of feeling,
not knowing how often she (his moth
! er) had thus wrpt, before her warm
and youthful affections had been chill
ed. Had she continued to love her
husband, as first, she would soon
have SINK into he grave, for, like puis
"ned arrows, are cruel words from
those we tondly love. We will not,
however, say that she did not love her
husband She was Christian, and
knew that she would violate the law
of God by withholding affection. ;iorn
him. He also had some excellent
qualities Which she could love and ad
! Inire.
When Henry came home TO dinner
that day, he praised the pudding and
the roast. and made himself us agrcea.
b!c rs possible. Fanny also appeared
cheerful, and began To believe he really
did regret hi, harShneSS. Had he on
" said to her, II Gricvc that panied
you," she would have been certain of
this, and all would have been we'll
Why should not husbands and wives
act thus towards one another! IIe,
who knows what best can heal the Bit
ter waters Of strife, has said that The
wr"nGed one must receive an express.
ion repentance, and. in that event,
forgiveness must not be withhold
Read Luke xvii. 8, ~
After calm of some DAYS. his
stormy temper broke forth. Fanny
became at length so much nlienated
from him, that, instead Of weeping, size
rcceivei his rcproachcs with sullen
looks. 81 will not love one who cares
nothing for me" she said to herself
Not long after she formed this resnlu.
ton, she began to give the angry retort,
and sometimes asSailrd him with bit
ter words without just cause. She al.
SO otherwise annoyed him.
He was in the habit Of throwing out
! of doors whatever he found Oh his bed
on 'etlrlng To rest. One night, he
threw out garment on which she had
been sewing, and had thought!essIy
left there. She Immediately went to
To the wardrobe, took some article ol
his c!olhing, and tossed it out. A
quarrel cnsucd. and his garment got
the benefit of the dew that night.
The fourth year of their marriage
found the young couple very unhappy
Fanny now loved her husband less
than she did his gentle sister, and sci.
dom excrted herself to please him;
therefore, he had real cause Of com,
plaint. The firm principles of piety
| which had kent his muihar i'm tbn r,,