Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-07-06

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her bosom What could Be- the meaning
Of all thiss. What new spirit had come
over hor hUsbah? In quiet. pleased way.
the children gathered around their father,
one climbing upon his knee. u. .,.ly.
What have you been doing all day.
Jimmy" asked Mr. Crandal pf The child.
sPlaying." was the simple answer.
'iIIave you been a good boy?' s~. J..
!. mot all the time" answered the
child.
'"l'n sorry Jimmy must try and bo a
good boy all the time. What have you
been. playing2' i7a % rrs< 1r4
a"Oh, Everything. Horses. and dogs,
and turning up Jack as mother.ssys
Z Nj grandall laughed out at the reply.
Asayh7 'l:ss, 7i}allssl - =
!" You turned up Jack mostly, sup
pose" s.o .f. .. -
.'Well, l guess did ...... .-
Mr. Crsndall laughed again. The spirit
Of good nature WAS transfused into every
heart, Even Mrs. Crandall, usually in n
fretted state of mind, felt its genial infu-
ence
Jimmy's been a right good by to
day" said she in An approving voice.
"His turning up Jack hasn't amounted to
much"
Mrs. Crandall was moving busilf about,
all this time, preparing supper. Jane,
who never willingly gave her mother any
assistance, and who was rarely called Upon
because she grumblcd whenever asked to
do ANYTHING, now said,
Mother. can help you?"
"les daar." That dear which had
fallen So unexpectedly from the lip, of her
hus band had been echoing in the mind of
MrS. Crandall ever since, and now it came
into utterante quito as spontaneously rs III
the case of her husband. "Yos, dear,
You may iihisb setting the table, whilO l
dish up the supper.
Wondering almost as much at herself rs
at her husband, Mrs. Crandall. after see
ing Jane move with - pleased alacr,y about
The table, went into the kitchen, and soon
the appectite had Mrs. Crandall prepared;
but her thoughts turned upon something
else se-somethntg that would give her the
Opportunity to ask him it she should not
get it for his supper. ~ es. dear" How
she war longing for the words uttered III
the gentle, loving way they had Il little
while before been spoken-but for her
eals alone. At last she turned from the
fire, aid going to the door Of The room, said
very kindly,
shall boil you couple Of fresh eggs
for your supper. Pster?'
"Ycs, dear, if you please"
How the wife's poor heart, which for
years had lain almost dead in her bosom,
leaped with n JOYFUL ilnpulsel What a
light fftshcd over her Gpliu gnaiite, niaking
it beautiful, Is Of old, in the face of her
husband. ''les, dear, If tou please. -
Not evYn in the voice Of Grsi or Lind.
would her ears have found such sweet
music.
At the slipper table, Peter Crandall
praised the coffee, and the fried potatoes,
and said the eggs were just what he wan
ted. Mrs. Crandall looked happy. and
WAS happy. With the vanishing OF their
fathers usual morose sirhce, and their
mothers sour looks and feetful tones, the
children's spirits, changing like cham
clon, and taking the hue Of things around
them rose into new, better and happier
states. Contention ceased and there was
like an emulation of kind Offices
among them, instead of selfish grasping
of whatever The heart desireth
Suddenly the eyes Of Mr.. Crandall
opened. Even while he was pondcriug at
the magical change produced by few kind
words, full revelation of the truth came
to his mind. A new leaf in the book Of
his life WAS turned. ..
Thought turned once in the right drec-
ton; Peter Crandall pondered this new
fact in his inner life hslory-the magic
of kind words-and going back to the
very beginning, reviewed his conduct to-
ward his wife and in his family, almost day
by day, UP to the evening when by the
power almost of a singel word, the whole
scene changed, and quite as suddenly as
we see it, sometimes, in pantomine. lie
saw his error-saw and felthow uniust he
had been; how, cold and even cruel in his
Very carefully did he gdard
himself afterward and very ProThpt was
he il observing all the little social cour-
tesies toward his wife and children which
are 50 beautiful to see, and SO sweet in or
their Influences. The green things -four
ished again in the heart OF his wife, and
flowers, bloomed there as Of old. The
children learned to emulate the kind W ords,
and courteous Acknowledgements for all
little services, that soon became a habit
with their father and mother; and into the
kind words spoken, kind feelings sson
flowed. 1t was the beginning of n new
order Of things in the home Of Peter Gran
lall where, in good time, the desert Glos
somed us the rose.
Words appear rs HttFe things Pr them
selves, but they have great power. The |
magic Of kind words is wonderful! Try !
them, ye silent Peter Crandall, who have
fretful wives and coutentious children
Try the effect of a little hopeful praise on
your tired, unhappy, overworked con1pan-
ion, and see if it doesn't brighten her pale |
face AS if whole food of sunbeams had |
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