San Andreas independent., 1857-08-22
The Making Up"

6: ! wish hadn't said it Dear mel what
would | give if | could only recall it," mur-
INJURED Mrs. Leeds as she leaned her face down
O. the arm she had rested on the breakfast ta-
BILE, while the thick tears sobbed up into her
blue eyes
She was pretty little woman, the wife of q
year, though the tears dimmed her face, and
the trouble at her heart shut off the roses from
her cheeks, that chcerless November morning,
with the dull brownish clouds piled low about
the sky, and the hoarse wind creaking and
crumping through the trees outside.
"To think, too,n continued the lady, raising
her head once more, and abstractedly lifting
the cover of a china tea pot; q he should have
spoken SO GROSSLY and sharply to me just be-
cause said / should like that new velvet at
Myers. Well, | don't believe, for my part
that there was ever such thing as woman
satisfied with what she has got" | think it
real unkind of him, any way, and nothing
would have made me believe, before married
Henry Leeds, that he would have used that
tone or those words in speaking to me. But
guess | was more to blame than he, after all
for said good many satircal things. al
most 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 without
one kind word or even kissing me-" Here was
another outbreak of tears.
q He won't be home till night, and how can
get through this long, dismal day, knowing all
the time that Halls angry with me-he who has
been such true, generous, loving husband p
How wish could see him just minute, and,
forgetting all my pride, wind my arms about
his neck, and say, Hal, I'm really sorry; won't
you forgive me this once ?-and will, too"
The pretty lady sprang up from the table, a
new determination heigh.enng the faint color
on her checks, and bringing back the sparkle
to her blue eyes.
"Tll take the omnibus and go right down to
the office and make up with him see it / dent"
The young merchant was leaning, with a
weary, half detected 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 the store that morning, so gloomy
and reticent, so thoroughly unlike his usual
brisk, energetic, jovial manners that always
carried sunshine into the dark ware rooms
Even the porter felt something of this, for he
stood at respectful distance from his employer,
and did not indulge in any of his 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 the little tasteful velvet hat,
with its crimson trimmings about her soft
cheeks that were so charmingly becoming, and
that half smile dimplng the small rosy mouth
he hardly believed it had said such very un-
kind things to him only two hours before.
Now Harry Leeds was very proud of his wife,
and of the evident admiration which her occa-
sional advent at the store always excited. He
rose up to meet her, the surprise half chasing
the cloud therefrom. She came close up to him
Harry whispered the soft, timid, eager
voice, g I'm so very sorry l said those cross
things to you this morning; | was greatly to
blame, and they have made me very unhappy
ever since, so | have come down here to make
up, and hear you say once more that you love
me-"
The cloud was all gone. There was world
of fond tenderness that looked down from these
dark eyes on the lady.
Why bless your little heart, Adeline, you
haven't come clear off here for that l was
more to blame than you, great deal, but some
business matters were troubling me, and then
I'm touchy fellow, guess, any how"
''No, you're not but shouldn't have lived
through the day if | had felt all the time that
you were displeased with me. But do you
love me just as well as ever ;"
That smile, that glance, would have satisfied
any wife.
g That wife of mine is little angel, any
how" murmured Harry Leeds to himself as he
arranged his disordered desk, with a face as
changed and as bright as the sky outside, for
the sun had suddenly plunged through the
clouds. I" If we have pretty good sales this
week, I'll just get her that carpet for Christ
mas present, see if | dont.r-4rthurs Home
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