M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-06-25
StIetteO Stories.
THE "MAKING UP"

WISH Uuu III hdlu IL! DcdT Lle'
what would | give if l could recall
itl" murmured Mrs. Leeds as she
leaned her face down on the arm she
had rested on the table, while the
thick tears sobbed up into her blue
eyes.
She was a pretty little woman, this
wife Of a year, though tears dimmed
her face, aud the trouble that was in
her heart shut off the roses from her
cheeks, that cherries November NOR
ming, with the dull, brownish clouds
piled about the sky, and the hoarse
wind cracking and crumbling through
the trees outside.
"'fo think, too" continued the Ia
dy, raising her head once more, and
abstractedly lifting the cover of the
China teapot, "he should have spo-
ken so GROSSLY to me, just because
said ! should like that new velvet car
pet at Myers. Well, | don't believe,
for my part there was ever such a
thing as q woman satisfied with what
she has got. l think it was real un-
kind in him any how; and nothing in
the world could have made me be-
lieve, before | married Henry Leeds,
that he would have used that tone Of
words in speaking to me. But |
guess was more to blame than he,
after all; for ! said great many satir,
ical things. almost wish my tongue
had been cut off before they passed
my lips; but somehow my temper got
the better of me, and he went off with
out one kind word, or even kissing
mel" Here there was another out
break Of tears.
"Ee won't be home till night, and
how can | ever get through this long,
dreary, dismal day, knowing all the
time Halls angry with me; he who
has been such a true, generous, low
ing husband. How | wish | could
see him just a minute, and, forgetting
all my pride, wind my arms about
his neck, and say, Hal, Pm really
sorry; won't you forgive me; and |
will too"
The pretty lady sprung from the ia
BILE, a new determination heightening
the faint color in her cheeks, and
bringing back the sparkle to her blue
eyes.
"I'll take the omnibus and 60 right
down to the office and make up with
him, see if don't"
The young merchant was leaning,
with a weary, halfdejected sort OF
expression, over his desk, about which
were scattered bills, drafts, and letters
in endless confusion. Something had
gone wrong. His clerks knew this
when he came into his store that NOR
ming, 50 gloomy and retired, 80 thor,
oughly unlike his usual brisk, energet.
ic, jovial manner, that always carried
sunshine into the dark warerooms. -,
Even the porter felt something Of
this, for he stood at a respectful dis
tance from his employer, and didn't
indulge in any Of his old stale jokes
Suddenly the merchant looked up
and saw his wife making her way
through the store, straight to his desk
How pretty she looked that morning,
in little tasteful velvet hat, with its
crimson trimmings about her cheeks,
that were SO charmingly becoming
and that half smile dimpling the rosy
small mouth, that he could hardly be-
lieve said such very unkind things tC
him only a few hours before.
Now Harry Leeds was very proud
of his wife, and of the evident admira
ton which her occasional advent al
the store always excited. lie rose uE
to meet her, the surprise in his face
half chasing the cloud therefrom.-
She came close to him.
Harry" whispered the soft ca
ger, timid voice, "pm SO very sorry