True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1858-09-22
sTEjBENylLLE, OHIO, WEDNESDAY, septsmssr ~ 1858.

lbors 10 educate =, ,e Of her brothers for tht
ministry. It was / 'ot till this brother hat
finished his studies. q. nd was placed on ar
Independent footing, III al she had con
seDted to be married,
"Geotge cannot support h,.>uself enure'
ly," she said, in answer to the remon
STRANGE of her lover; che is not ASront
enough to labor as many OF the you ne
men do, and he needs my help. know
that be has talents which will make him
eminenily useful in the calling he has
chosen; / know, too, that if lie attempts
any more than he is doing, his health
will fail. and he will become discouraged.
You must content yourselflo board awhile
longer with your good friend, Mrs Bick-
e,ts. Clement"
And to this resolution sbe steadfastly
adhered, despite Clements persuasions,
and those Of George himself. who was
very much distressed at the thought that
his sisters marriage should be put off on
his account. Under these circumstances,
the lovers did not see much Of each other,
and they were finally married, without
Chrissey's ever having suspected her hus-
band of any infrmity Of temper. She
had suffered much on discovering that
such was the case, and felt inclined some.
times to wish that she had never been
: disenchanted; but she was wise woman !;
she knew her husbcnd's intrinsic excel
, lences and strength as we'll as his weak
ness, and altering an old maxim TO sui,
her own purpose, she resolved both to
, endure and 10 cure. .s.
"What do you set about 10 day I" she
asked as Mr.. Ashton, having exhausted
the paper. arose from the sofa corner.
Visiting" replied his reverence. 81
8 must go up to old Mrs. Balcomb's and
| see the Joneses. and Try to prevail on Phil
Taggart to let his children come to the
Sunday school once more. Then l have
i, to see poor Maggy Carpenter, who il
much worse again, and i'll have time,
shall get into the omnibus and ride out tt
the mills, to that girl. Miss Flower, men
. TONED to me yesterday" &
a "What a round - exclaimed Crissey.
t "You will never ge, home to dinner a,
two o'clock. I think | will put it off till
six, and run the risk of being thought
Stuck up. like poor cousin Lily"
"What do you meant"
i "Why, you know they always dine al
a six 10 suit The Doctors arrangements =
One Jay Lily called about some society
matter on lady who lives not hundIet
miles from her street, above Eve O'Clock
|, in the afternoon. The lady herself came
to the door, and Lily was abou. entering
when she thought she perceived the smell
. of roast meat in the hall, and said very
;. politely, But, perhaps it is your dinne
hour I"
"No indeed ! replied madam, with in
= dignation. I'VE don't dine a, this tint
:. Of day; we are not so stuck up Z" I'LL
3 "Poor Lily!" exclaimed Mr.. Ashton
laughing, "what did she say!"
"Oh she did her errand, and retired
: Of course. There was nothing to b
said" ss.
Mr. Ashton turned TO 20 into the study
, and as he did so, his foot caught in ,ht
carpet, and he was nearly thrown down
Chrisey started in alarm, but he recoyere
himself, and said pet,ishly enough
81 do wish you would have that carpe
nailed down. / have stumbled over
twenty times in the course Of week,
!. do believe"
e 81 thought Amy had fastened it," re
a turned his wife, with perfect mildness.--
! 81 am sure | saw her at work there
h The door must pull il out Of place,
!, think"
y 20! Of course there is some exceller
n reason for its being out Of order.
- seems to me that, with all your ingenuity
% you might find some way Of making
4 more secure" ~ N /,
n He turned into his study, shutting tn
!, door after him with rather upneccessar
7" force, and Mrs. Ashton returned to III
,e fire, anG arranged her work. basket for N
a day. with something of a cloud on h,
pr fair face. She was not left long undi
,s turbed, for Mr.. Ashton's voice was SOC
i heard calling her in impatient tones. ST
!. sighed, but arose and entered the ne,
2 room, where she found herhusband stan,
il ing before his bureau partly dressed, al
i with shirts, cravats and handkerchi
= scattered about him like new kind
:, snow, while his face bore an expressic
Il Of melancholy reproach at once paint
re and slightly ludicrods. q.
ID e"What is the matter r. she asked
in 80, the old story! Not button wheI
b, il ought to be! not shirt ready to wea
er do not mean to be unreasonable"
h. continued, in an agiiated voice, as he tim
" bled over the things, to the manifest di
composure Of the clean linen, abut reall
ed Chrissey, / think you might see that n
of clothes are in order. l am sure l won
ne do more than that for you; but here a
ut delayed and put to the greatest inconver
Ii. ence, because you cannot sew on the
vn bultonsl l should really think that
i'd little Of the time you spend in writing
a George snd Henry might as we'll be 3
he slowed on mi"
la This address was delivered in toI