Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-06-29

inn of sympathy in his seihsh ne"rC'
Game from Aonse!". lie then SAID TO
himself angrily, Isn't this her homer
"Writc to your mother, and ask her TO
come and make us II visit, replied MI
Carson.
"Mother has large family, and many
cares. She could not get away Tor SO long
a journey"
vour presence is needed" said the hus-
bapd Then he added, ''No, no. Mary,
can't see that it IS possible now"
II can go alone.'' Tears bad Kept
ratherinss i'm spite 4of. her efforts to-repsess
them, and now a few drops fell slowly over
her cheeks.
"Don't think of that for moment.
am particularly opposed to ladies travelling
alone. l don't think it at all safe Ana
then, the baby is young. 1t would be
certain to take cold, and might contract
fatal disease :,
"Baby is nearly three months old
"Its no use arguing the matter" said
Mr.. Carson, with considerable impotence
of manner.
"You can't go, Mary, and You might
as well give up at once"
Memory had kept, with daguerreotype
fidelity, the expression of his wlle's lace
when he flung back upon her this unieel'nS
interdictl0n, and now it was before him III
all its rebuking sadness.
"Loving and patient" This was the
! commentary. No angry, impatient OF
rebelious word escaped her lips, nor dri
frown disfgure her brow. But she
seemed to shrink before him, as II strong
hand had borne down hard upon her.
| Two months from that time, news came
|
81 must 90 home now," she SAID.
eIt is impossible for me to accompany
you. Wait for a few days. Your mother
will be we'll again" 49,,
81 can 20 alone, Thomas" urged Mrs
Carson.
81 will not consent to that, Mary,
was nositiyely objected. Next week, il
your mother should continue to grow
worse, vii 90 with you"
"Oh, Thomas! If should never see
her ahve!'
"You indulge a needless alarm" said
tho husband, coldly. "This sickness is
but temporary, and will pass away"
The peader was si!enced, but the pale
sad face gave signs of intense suffering
A whole week passed without another
word. Then came IA lo,ter from her father
in these few words
"Your mother is dying. Come! y
come quickly! We have been looking To-
YOU every hour during the last four days
Don't delay moment after receiving this
if You would sec your mother alive.
There was no objection to urge now
But when Mrs Carson rc-crossed th
) threshold over which she hal gone fortt
a bride, it was to fall, with II deep wall 0
of anguish, insensible across the be'
, where lav the cold form of hor almos
, idolized mother, back to- whom she had s.
| painted to fly, through moro than a yea
: Of patient waiting.
+ There was strange expression in tn
face of Mrs. Carson for months afterwa'd
. Its meaning her husband did not seek
penetrate Indeed, perception with hIr
had no plummet-line that could reach IN
enough dow to fathom her consciousness
y Months passed before any warmth cam
:, back to her checks, or any light to he
dreamy eyes. Yet no murmur or re
o proach escaped her lips. She was loving
2 dutiful, and patient. But she never spoR
:, to Mr.. Carson Of her mother. Once {
;, twice he referred to the dear departed one
~ but she did not seem to hear his remark
and he, from vague suspicion of tn
# truth, held back from repeating the refer
cnce.
d With what painful distinctness was til
n. whole scene restored, as Mr.. Carson ST
W grieving over his great loss IN the des'
re late home from which the light OF lovin
to face had departed forever. Oh, viii
" would he not have given Tor power
le change that one cruel act! Away troi
J. the rebukinp record, written in his boo
g. of life, in characters never to be erase
8 the prieving and repentant nam turned h
ID ewes; but it was only to gaze upon anoth
I'd almost rs painful TO behold. AS til
is faded, Memory restored other scenes
g. which he was the mean, selfish oppressc
and she the loving, patient, long -sutterIl
n, wife. 1t had been all exaction on his pa
Ell and gentle compliance on hers ev
he though compliance must often have be-
,is through reluctance or pain. lie had be
Il selfish tyrant; she n yielding, dutIi
n subject, thou IN often burdened beyo
in natures power of endurance.
It'll And now, as Mr.. Carson read over t
st. past, he saw new meanings in almC
to every lfe-incident. The sad eye pa
ed pleading face that grew thinner and pa
,. with every pa sing year; the almost st {,
ar, look that answered to his unkind word
ler the silence that often sealed her lips
90 hours after his arbitrary denials, all the
ed and more, were present to him now, a
ner he tried, but in vein, to put them out
Did sight.
( to How little had he taken her needs
mind or body into consideration, DUR
an all the years OF their married life. lie
wi scarcely thought of her as being with
mt cessities like his own, but rather as
ess piven to be the servant Of his wants a
pleasures. 1t mattered little how (
,wn thought, felt. or desired. If her act