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| 80. "Ns sute 70 make unhspptness Tor her
che loved her husband fosdly aud hsr
cnhdrsn sbe loved TO She vas proud o.
them, and for their comfort she would sac
r,nee sny amount Of personal couveuience
many aud many an hour Of blissful Joy did
sue pass With her husband when The sky
Wss clear, bat cloud Was sure to bring the
s'orm For years not . day passed tha,
DAD no' seen some unpleasant passages be
tween herself and children, aud she would
no' understand that her very mode Of treat
ment disposition she manifested. and
he language she used-was surety usrpinp
toe minds OF her little ooes In pain aud
anguish her husband had tried TO show her
this but she would not listen: aud then
when she was calm aod reasonable, Albert
could not IND IN bis heart to destroy the
pesse BY such allusions
oo the present occasion, supper was eaten
IN silence The husband vas PANIED, the
vile angry. The child once cried for lunp %
oil sugar, aud tue mother jurked piece up.
on her plate with the words
There, take it You want evsryth. ng
you set Jour eyes on.
Ihe little Que ate the sugar in silence,
While the mother felt more dismal still from
TIL, new outburst Aud thus matters went
on Tor an hour, and at the end Of that time
the door bell rang, aud soDe eompspy was
introduced liz was neighbor and bis wife
In moment the whole expression Of Ab
by's face vas changed Smiles took the
place Of frowus, and her words were a.
sweet as could be; aud during the whole e.
vening she was happy aud gay as though q
cloud had never rested upU her brow
ABBY, said the husband after the visi.
had sanw a II
1 not doue ell in my power TO make you
happy Have you ever expressed an ear.
nest, heart fila wish that have not graft.
fed q
Il don't know replied the wife rasher re.
luciantly
'Yes, you do know replied Albert: aud
what wish 20 know is this Why could
you not strive so IN uoS to make me happy
as you will 90 make those who are not
dependent on you for hsppiness7 When I
came home this evening. worn and fstigued
with the iabors Of f'ths day, Why c1uld YOU
no! have met me With a emile Ssd happy
welcome -s -
Because 1 didu', fell Ike smiling, vas
the answer ...... az - 81
But you smiled tho moment Mr BiEheo
and his wife came in aud that, too, when
moment before. Can you do for their CON-
fort what you are unwilling to do for
mino
i do the best can, am sure, sobbed
Mrs. Leeman, beginning to cry. L wish
you'd found wife who could have suited
you better than i do. i never can suit
never +
Abby was in tears aud her husband could
uO L l.. - AZ.
could undeTstaad him. OH how often
when she was kind aud good, did he wish
she could AlHays DO 50 and again Whsa sAo
vas making company so happy, how fervent
ly did be pray that she YOU ID always do the
same for him She vas a neat tidy. iu8us.
tfious woman, aud only her own family SueW
Of lbis dark trait in her character.
In the sAme town with Abby lived ber
Only sister, Who was married TO a young a, an
named Charles Frye. Charles was toine
eight aud twenty, aud Lydia, bis wife, Ab
by's sister, three years y oangsF This ypssR
mau vas carpenter By trade strong, heal
thy, generous aud Of superior intellect aud
ipteihgeDcs HIS business was good, aud
tbOugb be wore cap aud apron teu or
twelve hours day. yet be was laying up
money
Lydia Prye was like her sister 10 one re.
speet That sseet smils which visitors
fJuad upon ser face asvSE faded Ia her aus
bands presence, aud the words which tho
strangers heard her speak 10 her childfeu
we're never more harsh Sbon siens wish her
lttis one sho loved bsr husband and she
loved her child, aud never did sbe kuoWjng.
ly speak a word which could bring cloud
upon . member of she hoassbOid rs
And between these two sisters thsrs was
Sn sstrahEemsnt Several tisss Lydia haiI
sxPOstalstsd sitb ABBY ou aecounl Of ber
fraetiOus treatment Of her children, aud
once she had gone 90 iAr as 20 pot hef arms
aFouud Der sisters child aud protect it lrom
The mothers rage and n ahfostasatsly
happened on that very evening Mr L,sman
asked bis uifo Why she cOsld not always b.
hs kind aod mild ~ her SISTER WAs Then
sdded W this, abb shortly sftsTwsrds
learned, tbfoagh ma5dlssDms psigbbos,
that Der sistsr bad Rivsu her husband, Al
bert. some adyieo As 20 hos bo nigh puaisb
in Abby's mind and ff0n tbat time there
vas 90 intsfooafss bstHeeu ths sisters
Ooe day Albert cane hume Hith iha pleas
ing intsllissReo that her father Hoaid b5
there she nsHt moSpipg, sud that Be iatgbd
- " eNtstN NeHA Nlfe afa so Nha q
hone
ABBY sas 10 sosiaoios She loved Der n
tbeT, fJr he vas = gsod mas, aud sas svsr
kind 70 his shildFsa. AnA be uss vsal,hg,
Toe
Oa the foilouing day Moses Gorhtn ssmo
Hs was 90 old nan noa, Past siEty, sith
uhita bam and mild, bebsFslesf iooh 6sd
Abby uss vsEE bsppy HsF father bad told
her Be bed faisbsd bis travels, and meaat 70
settle D, IN eth oas u bi, daaghtsrs for ne
rsmaihdef u his days
oh of course 700 \ sgme SD stag aith
us, Abby said We've Fot the mSst Foom
asd afs best abe - keep you
An, ny ebIii FstnrAsd she old nsa uitb
. sale 4 s1a beftoE able 10 kssP myse8
Bat I ssn iell fsa bsitsf Ahgui thsi sfisr /
hzys bees here = spell
At che cad ~ seek Mr Oofhan lnfofm
"a Abby and heT hasbaad shstbetsd thsf dty
deposited 10 ths haak tHeaig thopsand doi.
lars in iheir samo, and ihat hey eight dfas
On it a. thsy plsased Hs fhas Eisksa tbsn
70 saloJ paFt q tbsig yssslaoay, shils b.
} lgsd Of csuss ths Fsa&sT aa iaAsiB,
I koN Ne aanaaacsmaai uts reserved Bet
zee oid asa did uos step log 70 bssf tbsi,
7 tsaaks Hs haA ne ssals 6Tfsnt q asiivs,
/ q Lgaia SD hsr haabsaA