The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1855-06-29

once or twice every week, see to all the fam
ly sewing, and give general orders for the
kitchen without racing around after the
cook, ciiambermaid,, and nutse,. to watch
them and see whether they perform. .theirdu.
ty !; it is more than any reasonable man
ought to ask, and Twill not do it. This
hnmoring every whim of n husband is al
nonsensep And the samiable wife retired
to her room TO enjoy her siesta.
All the iivelong afternoon. as the nIer-
chant poured over hi sledger, his llofne with
its disorder and its tfrowning mistress, pain
fully contrasted with memorylpict1re of
eight years ago, would rise before his men,
tai vision. g -, eI II sFv, ss..eaA
One evening duriag thehappy period of
his engagement, Theodore Carleton met an
oid, college friend at large party. The
rooms We're crowded. Silks, rustled, satins
IN glossy foldsswept by, and costly jewels
flashed and sparAled eyeryy%here Amid
this almost regal magnifcence, Euginia
Montrose moved a very queen. Talt and
dignitied in MANNER, the heavy satin. dress
with its elegant appointments well become
her; the abundant tresses of her dark hair
were folded back from fair brow, and the
brilliancy of her black eyes almost outshoue
the diamonds that CLEANED forth. from their
hidipg,place amid those luxuriant locks.
"Isn't she a splendid girl 2" was the en-
thusiastic exclamation of young Carleton, as
he pointed her ont toshis friend. q rs.
Clarence Temple gazed a few moments
without speaking, "Yes, she is indeed
a splendid woman" said he, shut" he add
ed, unl,singly,;.s if thinking aloud, "what
sort ofa wife willshe make VIII she ever
be content tosliye ior,the happiness of the
home circle ?' 80.
Nonsense, man, to be sure she viii, :" in
terrupted Carleton ''she loves me, and when
we are married will be as domestic as /
wish.r
"Loyes me fool that / was ever to be-
leye that" exclaimed Carleton, at the yio-
lent closing of door awoke him from his
reyery-ashe never loved me, for she has
never made one effort for my happiness -
and in bitterness ofheart heresolutely plung-
ed into the task work of the counting room
till the day closed.
Years, long, wretched years passed ON.
The wear and tear ofbusiness anxieties, cares
and perplexities, and the unrnitigated discom-
forts ofhome began to affect the physical
frame of Carleton--he become diseased, a
real dyspeptic. ~
/ Is it strange that he soon discovered that
glass or two of wine at dinner helped di-
gestion wonderfully and that now, after
two or three years indulgence, the quantity
is so much increased that it requires long
after dinner nap to sleep off the effects
Reader!can you tell what the end will be (!
II Theodore Carleton should die a drunkard,
would you like to bear that wife, responsible
ity in the judgments
Could You look into the domestic history
of the thirty thousand who are every year
passing into drunkard's eternity, in how
many instances, think you, would the first
cause of this utter ruin be traced to the petty
discomforts of home--to thewant of sym
pathy, the selAshness, the capriciousuess and
friyoity Of thosebcaripg the sacred name of
wIFEs ELLIE HowARD.
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