The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1857-06-25

ment were outlaws upon earth. and should be
driven thence al the sharp point OF ridlcule and
sarcasm. She had learned to believe ia pAlloso-
/ ply and eXpedlency, almost in stocism she,
the old dreamer Their married life had shown
! no more incongrpity, no more want OF harmony,
perhaps, than the majority of married lives !;
very few passages like the one described above
had daraened its records. yet Elinor knew that
she failed to realize her husbands ideal of what
| wife should be, mental, moral, and physical
absorption OF domestic duty and family care Not
uniformed and uncultivated, Frederic's wife
had long ceased to be the paragon OF his estima-
ton; but informed and cultivated solely with u
view to increased efficacy in the domestic field
Einor had determined to win peace of mind at
any cost and as the Giver of Peace not unfrcouent
ly provides, the cost was less than she had antici
pated.
Her husband saw the change and understood its
motive herein she was blest above many Not
that he fully appreciated her resolution-ho could
scarcely imagine difficulty in discarding taste,
habit or an aspiration that confcted with his
business affairs and interests. He needed no neil
tai stmulants, and no sedatives except when sick
ness interiered, the weli-OrganZGd machine OF
thought and action moved regularly OH, without
jar or hindrance why was it that others so ire-
quently cnmplained OF DISTRACTED wheels aud i'm
perfect self-adjusting power
During these years, Elinor was content, if not
Hupp, dSNOluiL5 " LGE lJuClll lOI uupDllcSS.
If there were less elasticity and buoyancy Of spirit
if she were less transparent less enthusiastic than
formerly, she had grown more thoughtful, more
patient, more studious of herself and of Gods
providGnces She had learned the superior safety
of clear, practical views of life over the couleur
de rose she had experienced the power of active
daily labor in checking too morbid seusibility,
and calming dsqueted spirit. Her companion,
partial utiarani5m seemed better fitted for The
real world, than her own intense and imaginative
dreams beautiful as they still rose on the back
ground OF the past, dear US their memory re-
mained
She learned to set iuster estimate upon the
true nObiencSs OF her husbands character. the
strong, seli-poised Judgement the energy the up
righness, that made him true and successful
workcrin the harvest field Of lie She learned in
all things wherein they approached to lcan upon
and trust him in sickness or in sorrow which he
could share, She had lis kind sympathy or faithful
care. She felt that he made more allowance for
her mistakes than formerly in short that the dis
tancc between thera was diminishing, aud herein
was her exceeding great reward.
So in process Of time kiud Of dim forgotlui.
ness grew over the sears in her heart where ae old
loves and lou.ngs had been prunad away, as moss
grows upo;, u Lrae that has scarcely been wisely
and kindly tended by the gardner. A tree some
what dwArici peraopS and little wropt from the
natural iuten yet with tir.hy principle Of growth
within and on the whole more useful, il not more
symmetrical than some growing in sunny places,
with no wouHis for t-e moss to cover
1t would BE- dtIisuit to say through what agency
this state Of things was finally changed. An aSso-
citation revived here ami there, an acquaintance
formed II few words OF appreciation, now and
til 10 falling upon her ear; the consciousness thl, uo
in->g,gt pertaining 20 tie home which was the
dearest thing on eagth. to her, need sgGar ; more
than ali, the just AMI scrupGOus study OF herself
led her al last 10 reuOuBct her determination OF
nevcrmore giving her thoughts 10 writing. Not
without much S-G.ouS consideration, the dust was
removed from her desk, auI over ii q new rusolu-
tion taken. Like the peTscYgring wife in Miss
,S.emeys Home" size said wiih.u herself, Ny
hu,,. ~1d ss.i yet be re,unci!.d to MY poor little
off ~ ackuoWied cement may come or not but
the reconcilit ton, mps!,
Elia,r', heart ,ongad iot The Acknowledgement
she ioI,prd TO hear d" | am satisfied that you have
been but true TO ypursSf Il amreloiccd,true wife,
that Your faith and nop2 were greater Than my
charily" Sle commtncc;i aud continued her ei'
forts no. witb the foruer tcyc.Tsh Fea'oiAg iurthe
recognition OF hearts, but in calm ana hoPhuI
patience. Sic expected no sudden or br.iaD> sue
ces, in the sN-caei literary world, wished loT ~
need of praiso that had not been fully carried
When il cane il refreshed AID g"atifi2d her, the
more that it was not pleasing 10 her husband, who
was the only critic she feared cared TO please
o. laNo his health had declined, and his views of
lie had SAen uncOnsciuusya more comprehensive
scope, and softer coioring The husband and vile
were drawing SCarer together in thought aud icel-
ing.
Time passe,, away, bringing her all Of the worlds
apnrobaiiop wbic she desired, and the greater sat-
isfcticn of knowing th,>t her husband reioiced in
her success. Only one hing she coyeted-the ac-
acknowledgement of this by one little word. Bat the
habit OF years is slow to be b-oken, and for long
no word passed between them on the SUBJECT 1t
came at lGst,-poor EiiuOr
Henry Wayles health had become seriously
Undermined but with such rcsolute frhneSs had be
met combatted and concealed the disease, that for
long period none but bilnscl! were aware OF The
progress it had made Que lay he led the CO..
vegsaton to this subject, and disclosd to Enor his
persuasion that this ulfeasG was destined 70 prove
fatal at no very distant day though the most
cautious attention might pGlllate ana delay Tor &
season.
And" he added, It comforts me TO know that
when am gone, dear Elipor, your pen will be
some consolation TO you, will rciieve your lot some
what OF its loneliness, and that whatever proYis-
ion Of the worlds goods may be able to make for
you, you have the power by your own efforts to
keep poverty from your door, and to give our chill
dren the education they require. You have only to
persevere, to reach an enviable stand amo-g your
contemporaries in authorship.
Oh, stricken and weeping wife was this the
hour to which she had looked forward 80 long the
Thought Of which had sustained her through weary
/ labor through fatigue Of body, and dis"ou7age-
ment ofspr.t The reward had como the draugnt
was sweet-oh must the cup that held II he ahat-
| tered while she quaioi The flowers that should
| have made the only garland she coveted for her
| head-uust she gather them nom The brink Of the
grave? God forgive thee, E.inor il ia thy heart
he sees little Of submission little OF resignation to
T. a. h..