The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1854-06-14

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sPur-matrinonial. aad let il gallop til
see ct to rein il in.
| "rve As good q mind 10 fbot ou
that sappling. Hal. and use il over your
shoulders. as had this morning e
Feat my breakfast before You spoliet
llns appetite. You are taking the sures
way 20 rain merry-sirung organiza.
ton Saving your presence, despise
the man who thus iampers with a pas
sinnaie but Loving spirit. Look at your
wife-how delicate her beauty! Look
at your household the rery temple sI
taste and neatness. The little tx
Ings on the mantle-the fringing and
tasseling here and there give touch
beyond the common TO your humble
furniture. That lounge. that lends 50
grand an air to your pzrlor. had set
down for no less than at fifty when.
10! it turns out that Eve dollars aud a
woman's ingenuity deceived an old.
experienced upholsterer like myself.
Then look at the vines she has trained
the flowers she has planted. that
lean towards her when she approaches
them. as if she were their guardian an
gel. Why. Hal, is il possible that pos.
session Of such being as this tempts
you TO an absurdity that will surely
end in destruction of your domestic
happiness 7"
You are mighty serious about this
little thing. Uncle"
/" Serious! Unfortunately. 1 am
seaething inore-a victim to nay own
indulgence in similar infatuation.
You have hear,l-here Uncle Rogers
gave a sigh-that am not happy at
home. My own fault every bit oft"
and the old man gave Mother Earth a
savage blow with his cane. "Ifa man
marries an angel and torments her into a
fend, who's to blame but himseiff My
wife was very Sandstone, and as you
say spunky. There never needed to
have been warm word between US; but
! liked to see her angry. liked to see
the delicate nostrils expanded = the
large bright eyes scintillate sparks OF
fre-but did tju,t once too often. |
know the very time thatangerraised the
final barrier Of opposition. and the nice
sense OF right became an exacting and
imperious tnrmentor. And now your
uncle is driven from the home Of his
nephew. where he hoped fnr peace,
and tortured with the fresh opening of
old wounds. | tell you, Hal, you will
spoil your wiie-you will rum her;
it's not mani ly--it a burning shame !"
and the old mans thin lips quivered
with excitement.
Hal said nn,hing then, but when he
returned he ground his pride between
his teeth, aud begged his wife's par
don
ell never taunt YOU again. Carry"
he said in low tome. And she repli>
ed as she hid her fearful face in his
b0sOm-
81 am so quick, SO passionate-but
indeed never begin it /; and you have
been so noble, that will try and con-
quer this hasty temper" "But, Hal"
she added, roguishly shaking her curls
in bis face, "what will you do for your
queeni What will become Of Dido,
tragedy, &c. eh!"
Her hasband blushed, Il contend that
man looks handsome when he blush>
esq and kiss sealed the rcconcilia.
ton.
To day, after forty years Of welded
life, Hal boasts that he remembers but
once making up after storm, and that
was away back in the honeymoon. Ever
since he has had still waters and stea-
dy voyage; aud Rogers, who died a
year ago-peace be with his ashes
used to call Halls home paradise on
earth.
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