Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1855-02-21

! again. You SsknOW that want OF
punctaality alsays annoys me. |
can forgive ansthIngteke but this is
an unpardonaMe offence. Pray do
not give anotlist occasion for coin
plant, andif ypu low me, don't set
me down agaif TO bread and butter
and Stops. ia going out for the
evening. Ifygu are not wen, you'd
better 60 to bed early. You needn't
sit up for me. II shantIin all proba-
bility, be at home until after ten
O clock . D.. / l.. g.. Il
Mr.. Burr really thought that he was
speaking witH great Kindness and
consideration tD his wife, particular
~ in the concluding part Of the SEN
tence. As heShnished the lords, he
took a cigar fspn his. pocket, lit il.
and gave two ybr thr ce preliminary
puts in the lining room. Then,
without q parting remark, he walked
out into the passage, tpok his hat,
and went by the door of the room in
which his weaty huns ry little daugh-
ter sat holding the sleeping child,
without pausp4g to noiicc-- indeed,
without as much as thinking of her.
I Jane waited.for some minutes, ex-
pccting her msaher to come in and
take Eddy, RIB hear herself called;
but, neither Occurring, she rose up
with the chibl.ih her arms, and went
to the dining4room. T. !.
'Mother! stif called In n slightly
alarmed voicesaA SHE saw her moth
er sitting lat tlisftablf, With her face
bent low dokn 1apiI buried in her
arms. 'Mothei! She sni4, in a louder
quicker tone.Ss s.s I'D
Mrs. El,nr, .llso1ising Herself f'om II
sad, buttoo 4Niilly conscious state,
Lifted her coIoa3e+s face and dim eyes
Etos{hose Of hr4kia,lyhter.
r 'Ot, Jane;AeaA md said rising
qaickIy, i has al,nos t. forgotten you.
Give me EldY And NOW sit down
and get song supper, while | UNI
dress him anaS put himin his crib,
The mothcrwfnt up tohcr cham
Der with the babe, witha weight up
on her heart s9 Heavy that it almost
stilled its puhations, while her pa
! tfpnt dfaHg (ttefgt f1Gling TOP lonely to
sit down andSeat, conn CrtteI -clcaH.
ing away thelablc, merely satisfy
ing the Appeals of hunger by an oc-
casi0nal moulaf5il of bread aud but
ter. taken at Intervals, as she went
on with her YORK. l.. 49,.
An hour afterwards, and Mrs.
Burr sat along. sewing on garment
for her husbaifd, which she new he
would call ior5in the morning, and
failing to gctlwhich, Che knew he
would not spaffwords of complaint
and ccnsure. .3Exhnu sted though she
was. ana sutlefing from a throbbIns
pain in her temples shf sewrd on
until bis returli al half past ten, when
me bore siIrllay his rdbnkc for not
haying gone ih bed car llcr.
Long afterMr. Burr was buried
in -cf;cshlng tAnubrr, His poor, weak
nervous wI& AyNainly seeking thN
restoring poMf of sfcfp' WlihHnf
H..i,h Shc.icltzNyoulli be inpossible
for her to beals uPVn der the txhaus,
ting duties ofsanothT day. 1t was
after lniAnj ghthre she. l9Qnd the sweet
forsetfulncss 10 much d%Eir&d.
We have dawn the curtain, and
given YOU a sirlglr SCENE in the dra-
ua ola life. life dramas are acting
! all .arouua yo3t. In how many az
su5.h scenes almost a daily occur
! renee! Mr.. llhw is q bad model OF
u husband. Yolt know the or ginal
doubtless, and have him in his mind =
eye. In fen yeary, the shadowy
creature noW seen occ asionally
shrinking by hts tide. will be at rest
| lie will be slightly distur bed at the
occurrence, but his appetite for the
next meal, which comes in due course
a(tir the inevitable event, will show
no perccptible diminu tion. A few
times he will g with his child rem te
the graveyard. where he has placed
commemorative marble for the eyes
orthe world, ana then he will dissolve
his home, na$tet the tdndei. ones,
love forwhom Kept the departed alive
lorye ars. be absorbed, Separately. by
tIhcirinother 5 i,iends, whose love for
them is truer than the 10y e. Of thei;