Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-05-07

yet live yet, if you would like to study
believe you would like-why cannot you 60 to
school Miss Denyah's first term has not
been commenced q week yet, and you told me
yesterday, that your house work was so little,
you wished | would find you something to do
and since you have finished all the sewing |
shall want none for a long time there don't
seem to be anything else to set my industrious
little wife about, Come let me wipe away
those tears, and tell me what you think of it
wouldn't you like to go?" .-.....
"Oh, no, ] cannot think of it for what
would you do for dinner, when | was at school?
IF YOU will show me about it, should like to
study at home.'
I" You would find that very dull, love the
order and emulation of school, makes the Ia
Dor of requirement much less. / will look
over the lessons with you i'll the evening. l
want to refresh my knowledge of those half
forgotten studies and we can recte to each
other, till you outdo all the other young Ia
dies in school, AS for dinner, we can eat
bread and milk, and some of that excellent
fruit, which grows in the garden. / should
like that better than to have you sweltering
over a stove, to get so many hot meals every
day. 1t would be healthier for us too; You
don't know how | have longed for such simple
food at greasy boarding houses, where pro-
fusion of unwholesome dainties took the place
of fresh fruit and good bread"
Susie finally consented to try the school for
a week, though she still seemed afraid that |
should suffer in some way but the housekcep-
ing went on as smoothly as usual. She knew
so thoroughly well how to do everything in
the quickest and best manner that it seemed
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suppers instead of dinners, and the washing
was done on Saturday, conclusivey disproving
the old adage about sloyens washing on that
day
She became much interested in her school,
and studies, and | soon grew quite proud of the
position she held among her classmates, many
of them older than herself No one could be
more pleased about all this than her father,
who asserting that it was his business to edu-
cate his daughters, insisted on paying her tut
tion, which was quite all assistance to us, just
then.
Three years have passed since then-three
short sunny years. Susan has not been at
school all the time, One term she devoted to
entertaining an old aunt, my only relative,
whom she persuaded to leave her lonely home
and visit u.s. At another time, she nursed me
through contagious fever and stayed from
school six months afterward, for fear should
come in tired or sick, and need her care when
she was away.
She has lately discovered an old thesis of
mine, written to prove that no one should en-
ter upon the duties of matrimony, before the
age of twenty-five, which she says gives her
plenty of time for good education before her
matrimonial duties begin but cannot imag-
inc how those duties can be more faithfully
performed, than they are now
Her cultivated voice equals Cora's in the
village choir and far out-warbles it at home
Her vivacity, the natural overflow of happy,
innocent heart, astonishes those who knew her
silent, unappreciated grlhood, and her manner
has gradually acquired that indescribable grace,
the rarest charm of the belle, or coquette,
which believe springs more directly from the
certainty of pleasing, the consciousness of be-
ing admired, than is generally imagined. Her
beauty, now that is taStefully clad, is loudly
acknowledged by those who could not see it
before, though she is scrupulousy careful not
to out-dress Cora. Dear father Kendall loves
to spend a few hours with Susie" in our
sunny sitting-roOm, whenever he comes to the
village, and her visits home are gladly welcom-
ed by her mother, and Cora, who seemed to
think that is doing well, considering it was on
ly Susan. Only Susan !" the light of hap
py home, the life of happy home, the life of
our village society, and more than light or life
to one worshlpping heart-my priceless wife
is growing into noble and intelligent woman
hood
l meant to have noticed before ending these
"reminiscences, whether "those hands" had
grown any prettier, but she is off, this moment
to school it was but now | felt their light
touch, her stolen kiss, (taken without an equiv
alent) is yet warm upon my forehead but she
has reached the gate, and rejoned merry
group of school companions perhaps it is well:
how could be disnterested Judge of hands,
that bestow on me so many unbought favors,
so many loved caress.
Last night, when l had reached the last
page of my newspapers, pen, ink and ledger,
were brought from the office, and placed nois-
lessly beside me, as usual a silent nod was
the only acknowledgement for too delicate at
tention, so grateful to my tired frame I have
plenty of practice now.) Susie was about to
resume her pencil, but she paused, and laying
her hands upon my shoulder, looked archly in
to my face and said do you know, DR..
Jeune that yon are most remarkable man ?"
" know certain visionary young lady who
thinks So" was the answer "Ah but |
know SO when Aunt Rachel was here, two
years ago, she told me was spelling you, that
everything depended on young wife's begin
ming right that if l did not stop waiting on
my husband now, in year or two, when | had
more cares, he would expect the same atten-
ton as a right, and think himself neglected, if
l did not slave myself to wait on him; not
that he would mean to be selfish, but would
get used to it, as to forget that it was favor,
unless he was very remarkable mana very
great exception to mankind in general l told
her that it might be so. 1t was very natural,
certainly but my husband was so unsefsh, and
good at heart, that he deserved to be waited