Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1857-04-24

somer every day
His wife could l hear that name and
keep silence still?
And have you seen my little girl?"
he added, lifting the infant in his arms,
and kissing her crimson check. al tell
you, Harry, there is not such another in
the world, Don't you think she looks
very much as her mother used p
" Very much, | faltered.
" Halo p cried Frank, with sudden
ness that made me start violently. II
have forgotten to introduce you to my
wife. | believe you and she used to be
playmatos in your young days--eh, Har-
ryE and he slapped me on the back.
4" For the sake of old times, and because
you we're not here at the wedding, I'll
give you leave to kiss her once-but
mind, old fellow, you are never to repeat
the ceremony. Come-hcre she is, and
| for once want to see how you win man
age those fcrocious moustachcs of yours
in the operation
Hepushed Lizzie, laughing ard blush
ing towards me A CLEAN of light and
hope, almost too dazzling TO bear, came
over me, and ] cried out before l thought,
" Not Mary p
1t must have betrayed my secret to
every one in the room But nothing
was said-cycn Frank, in general so OBJ
fuse, was this time silent. | kissed the
fair cheek of the young wife, and hur-
ried to the silent figure looking out from
the window 1t' 4
"Mary-Mary Moore" | said. in a
low, eager voice, "havc you no welcome
to give to the wanderer p
She turned and laid her hand in mine,
and murmured hurriedly---
" / am glad to see you here, Harry "
Simple words -and yet how blest they
made me- / would not have yielded up
that moment for an emperor's crown -
For there was the happy home group,
and the dear home frcsidc aud there
sweet Mary Moore The eye had
dreamed of BY day and night was falling
before the ardent gaze of mine; and the
sweet face | had so longed and prayed to
see, was there before / never knew
the meaning of happiness till that mo
mcnt came
Many years have passed since that
happy night, and the hair that wa3 dark
and glossy then is fast turning gray. !
am growing to be an old man, and can
look back long and happy, and hope
a well-spent life. And yet, sweet as ii
has been, ! would not recall single day
for the love that made my manhood so
bright shines also upon me in my white
hairs
An old man. Can this be so? At
heart, | am as young as ever And
Mary, with her bright hair parted smooth
ly from brow that has slight furrow
upon it, is still the Mary of my carly
days. TO me she can never grow old,
nor change The heart that held her in
infancy, aud sheltered her in the flush
and beauty of womanhood, can never
cast her out till life shall cease to warm
it. Not even thcn-for love still lives
above.
The MARRIAGE RELATION. Tho great
secret is to learn to bear with each other S
not to be blind to them-.that is
either an impossibility or folly; we must
see and feel them; if we do neither, they
are not evils to us, ind there is obvious
ly no need Of forbearancc; but to throw
the mantle Of affection round them, con-
cealing them from each others eyes; to
determine not TO let them chill the affec-
tions; to resolve to cultivate good tempe
red forbearance, because it is the only way
of mitigating the present evils, always
with view to ultimate amendlcent.=.=
Surely it is not the perfection, but the i'm
perfection Of human character that makes
the strongest claim in love. All the
world must approve, even enemies must
admire, the good and the sstimable in hui
man nature If hakB3dd and wife es-
innate only that in each which all must
be constrained to value, what do they
more than others? 1t is infrmlties Of char
acter, impcrfectious Of nature, that call
the plying sympathy, the tender com
passion, that makes each the comforter,
the monitor Of the other. Forbearance
helps both to attain command over them
selves Few are the creatures so utter
ly evil as 10 abnse generous confidence,
q calm forbearancc. Married persons
should be pro-eminently friends, fidelity is
the great privilege Of friendship. The
forbearance here contendcd for is not a
weak and wicked indulgence Of each 9TH
ers faults, but such q calm, tender obser-
vance of them. as excludes all harshness
and anger, and takes the best and gent
lest modes Of pointing them out in the
full confidence Of affection.
Ez,- A Western editor once apologizod
to his readers somewhat after this fash
ion: ave intended to have death aad
a marriage to publish this week, but
violent storm prevented the wedding !;
and the doctor being taken sick himself,
the patient recovered, and we are accord
ngly cheated out Of both. /"
Ety' Leasing, the German philosopher,
being absent-mindod, knocked at bis own
door one evening, when the servant,
booking out Of the window aud not re-
him said "The professor is
not at home" ooh, very we'll" said
leasing, III shall call another time"
Ety- a land Spectator out West, in
defending bis "traet" against the charge
Of insalubily, declared il was so healthy
around there, and 80 difficult for folks
10 die, that the inhabitants had to draw