Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1858-04-06
, TUESDAY, APRIL s, 1858.
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IN. Mothers lesson.
20, but I win though,

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mo, no, Laura you must not speak
in that manner
And why not?# Why mother, to
lhear you talk one would-suppose that ]
lwere about to enter nunnery instead of
being married, No, ] tell you no hns-.
band rules me. I shall be my own mis-
Dress
/ Laura Burke was young happy crea-
ture, just on the eve OF matrimony, and
like thonsands Of others, she looked only
upon the pleasures Of the future, and
llaid her.prans only forthe greatest amount
/ ofenioyment that mig tserure TO her.
| self independent Of all other cireumstan-.
ces. Her mother Mrs. Amantha Burke
i had not yet passed life ) alitnmnal equi4
nox fSr not over eight and thirty had yet
been hers. She Was ID woman OF strange
1 beauty, and though the flood Of life was
! yet warm and Vigorous, she was still
\ moyedby spirit Of deep melancholy that
sl had moulded her. features to its. own cast.
dUpon her paTa brow there we're lines Of
sorrow, in her deep blue eyes there wasla
Light that seemed TO stuIn all visions In
upon the soul, aud over her whole coun-
/ tenance there were she'd the unmistakable
tshadows Of thought and feelings that
could only spring from a heart that had
y become the. home Of the most powerful
lexperience. SO sss.ss $500 Il F N. II ~
III aAh, Laura. /" said Mrs. Burke, q fear
that you are looking into the future with
j blinded eyes. You are pietnYiigs 70 your
s4self that ioiiiy which may fee from 81 gu
1fefe you eau grasp it. You forget that
ntthe life YOU are about entering is one q
4 important daties.s' taaa y
o nibtEer, z cried Laura, with alight
fiaging laugh, don't talk, 70 me Of duty,
!; EGoodness knows, I've always bad enough
: fof thata Oh, no halcyon day are com;
lingt If Wilma marries me, II must BIZ
tor whas / am and not for what I'm igpi
3 ing 10 be. "A truce 70. your sobernsss
2 mother. Isl is..s -s.s itsa Il. fyI
Il 'tLalra, Lausa, be serious now, and
-tlislep4 10 me, Tor i can see the Foctk upoi
(WHICH your bark Of happiness may lb'
i wrecked Mrs. Burke spoke with q se
Efions air. and The shade that passed owe
n her countenanee showed that she felt deep
-.Ily w1iat she said. You mast know tia
,-tyou,i happinessfor the future must depent
Il upon yourt own. exertionss she contin
e ued ..and lust so far as Borrown on
deaYors for the peace and Ahappinessso
al yourshusband, win -FOUR own be gained
j La,lr;,. 1spyrage too. wilFull and I fear tia
.aieven 10 your husband you will hetga,
ST that Unhappy trait in YOUR disposition.
|. But. tell me mother. would YOU hay
Hne tEle.slaye Of altasband I? AMI goin.
Ito be married just-fofsthe sake of havini
e a man torule mo? Bynomeans. ! know
my rights better. He may be assure
that shall maintain all the privileges th1
belong to me, But, IN sober earnest, m
dear mother. II cannot see what there
that should 80. frigliten you. I. WilhaI
w Wilmington Is not tie man To. look for
/. mere drudge il his WIFE
81 "My child, you misunderstood me-
You misconstrue my meaning. 70
know your husband becomes responsible
for your support h
e "That's his own choice, isn't it
Certainly, and he does it because
rs hopes He shall be happy in your societ,
IA good husband looks. for all that is Kin
and gentle in his wife. His home is b
". refuge from the cares and business
II Life, and there he books for the swe,
peace and content which no other spot .
N [Iearth can afford, and if De find II n,
IN there, where then shall be look Q.lLa,
IRA, tremble lest yoR should forget 3
II this - -. I.
Now, mother" uttered the hal
II tthoughtless. girl, you really provoke nj
\ WHAT'S ahelusei of making such 4 moul
out Of nothing, .-.
iIalJ tFIush. Laura. Look for yourselfupf
4sawllat occurred last Sabbath evening
lThen YOU betrayed 4 TEMPER that MAJ
aiaWilliaTa really anhappy.'
~. .,Well, and didns he provoke me to !
e No !. BY no means. He only wisht
" YOU to wear a more suitable dress to 4
"Aria i SHOULD like to know what b
Y. siness+it Is til Rin1wiias dresses Iwear
q "A great deal Laura. Heonly reqpes
III ed Chat you should. wear something mo
s Il around your neck and shoulders som
,sfl .thing that would protect you against 6
COLI; and surely 4 husband has asrig
~ to de thar. r.
AZ Then let him wait till he ismy blu
Il band Il and then Ill teach him that
100 must not expect 10 rule me. z
M Mrs. Burke gazed a moment into I
~ handsome features Of her daughter, d
:.t then a tear came to her eye. She knt