The emigrant aid journal of Minnesota. [volume] (Nininger City, Minn. Terr. [i.e. Minn.]) 1856-1858, 1858-02-10
NOT JEALOUS.

handsorpest fellow in the world. The Clements had
been married for several years, and it had been fair
weather with them all the time. 1t was a standing joke
with them that nothing inclemcnt could occur where
both parties were Clement, and all went of smoothly
enough. Children were born to them-beautifully har-
monious children-born under pleasant auspices, and
were models for the worlds imitation. Such babies
were rarely to be seen, and they were tall feathers in
the family cap, and added greatly to the happiness OF
the worthy couple who boosted of their paternity.
Nothing like jealousy ever entered that happy house
hold. Clement regarded his wife as sn angel, and when
any visiting friend would joke with him concerning the
wiekedness of the times, and about standing on slippery
places, he would snap his finger, as much As to say, he
didn't care q snap, not he, tor the suggestion, feeling
SO confident in her integrity.
While this feeling was its height, q new family moved
into the Clement neighborhood. They we're young
people, aud geuteel, according to the orthodox standing
of gentility. Their name was Seville. They had
moved into ~IIopetown from abroad, and brought with
them letters to the best families in the town, among them
the Clements, who took an early occasion to call upon
their new u~cighbors, and prefer them the courtesies
usually bestowed upon new customers by old settlers.
They found the Sovilles very fine people-the one, a
gentlemauly and pleasant man, the other, 4 lady OF rare
beauty and winning address, and the visit afforded great
satisfaction TO the Clements. 1t was renewed after
wards, and q very agreeable sociahty sprang up between
the families, aud mutual aud frequent yisisasioas were
exchanged.
AZ these visitation, Mrs. Clement noticed how atten-
tive her husband was to Mrs. Seville, and Clement re-
marked tina; his wife seemed very happy a, the atten
tions Of Mr.. Seville. Still there was 40 jealousy mingled
with the feeling.
Mrs Seville is q charming woman said Clement, as
he Was proceeding home with his wife on his arm, u
charming wonlan.'
He looked up at fiery Arcturus as he spoke, as II he
were informing hat luminary of the fact, and the star
seemed to wink at him as he spoke.
Don't YOU think Mr.. Seville a very splendid man ?
asked Mrs. Clement; such a noble bearing, such ten
icrness Of manner, and such whlskcrs
Size spoke easnestly, and bore down heavily upon
Clements arm, looking at a distant gas light, which
seemed to glare upon her like & burning eye. And
thus thev walked home without saying another word.
It occurred to Tom Clement the next day that hIs
wife was strangely intimate with Seville the night be-
fore. and be remembered her ~eulogistic remark concern
inc him. with 4 feeling to pain. But he was not Jealous.
The feeling VAS simply a dread lest she should DC deem
cd impruieut.
How strangely infatuated Thomas is with Mrs.
Seville said Mrs. Clement to herself the next day, as
she SAT alone. What attention he pays her. How ne
looks over her chair, and turns over the leaves OF her
music book. 1t is a year since he has been SO attentive
10 me- There was 2 tear in her eye as she said or
thought this, and something like . sigh escaped her
jips. But she was not jealous. lhat Was an aomlsS'ch
that she would never make to herself.
And thus things went or. Weeks passed and har-
mony was uubroken in The home Of the Clements.
Are not Sevilo's attentions to you rather ar noying!
asked Clement one morning, at breakfast. lie asked
II CLIGIcSSiI, Il LbcuGu NC "CiS GiANA
self, and only spoke Oh her account. She colored up
very warmly before she replied.
. asked Mrs. Seville the same question concerning
your attention 10 her. l guess if she can endure her
affection | can mine.
There vas q little mustard 10 a lobster salad; render
ing it slightly acrid.
Clement was surprised at the reply. Ne-he-the
model husband, whose irreproachable constancy had
long been a subject of Observation-Disclosures be thus
asss;lea, By implication even, WAS not TO be borne with,
80. l. -...o 7 IA jorpb hi, Epifa in order Ia
give due effect to what he was to say, as a rebnke or a
morai lesson given with the mouth full Of food Tor mas
tica,ion, loses IN its effect as food for reaection-a fact
duly enforced BY a recent decision of the Retro Pro-
gressive Unity.
9 Do you say, Jane said he severely, that I pay
more attention to Mrs. Seville than is called for by the
rules Of courtesy !
And do you think, Thomas replied she, that Mr.:
Seville pays more attention to NE than genheman'y po'
likeness might warrant?
table.
Ditto, l do said she, spilling her coffee in her agi-
!ation.
Clement pushed his chair away from the table, and,
leaving his breakfast unfinished, left the house. twas
he FIRST domestic squall that had ever swept over their
home, and, like the received opinion OF the effect OF the
fall CT man upon the earth, sorrow followed lt-at home
the children were cross, the cat had a TT, the clothes
horse fell ever upon the stove, the maid burst a fluid
lamp, and general confusion prevailed. 1.-THE store,
Clement quarrelled with his partner, offended o Gus
toner, couldn't raise money to pay a note, took tcoun.
feYfeie bill, was drawn on y jury. and had his pockets
pcied
Il is With . sad heart that ne proceeded homeward at
wight, where ne had found so much peace and happiness.
he dreaded to 80 ho.ne-dreadcd to meet the wife he
had Sc long loved-and yet he felt angry that she
should treat him thus. lie had done nothing wrong,
md NE alone was responsible for al the darkness that
be felt VA lowering around his house. And then there
rose IN his mind dark images Of separation and dis
grace that haunted him like devils, and the picture Of
4 ruined home and banished peace, and he shut his eyes
and aroarcd in bitterness Of his spirit. He entered bis
Am, with q n moody brow, and like the shadow OF his
nvn. his SITES brow was troubled, an! she acted as if
she felt for the first time, the duty OF Housekeeping.
There vas none Of clieerfulness in it.
n have business that will keep me late this evening"
sid he drily. >,
Very well,' she replied, in a tone Of Indifference,
shall not sit up for them
And thus they parted for ) second time. | am q be-
lever in the utility Of these little acidities. The mild
raactions of temper have 40 effect to break up the crust
that onyirops q life possessed Of too much peace The
IRON lying unused dies of corrosion. Gentle rubs are
needed 10 keep u, bright. Love grows diviner when
cnorcinr from the little clouds which for the moment
Obscure Il. But this quarrel vas more serious it
sorunr, not from matters inherent in the parties, little
r~o,tishncss or wiltulness that have but Il monentary
existence, which like Cassio's temper emit a hasty spark
and then arc straightway cold again. 1t had Its rise IN
sgtraDcous ground, ana jealou'y, that Snahe al II
grass, lay cooled at its root. They were not jealous,
however, if one we're to believe them.
Clement was away every night for aweck, on business
Of course. as he told his wife in the brief conversation
that passed between them, and she expressed no con,
Germ about it all, though when she was alone she cried
as if her heart would break with her sorrow. She would
90. let him know she felt SO badly for the world, so
stubborn is the womanly nature and he, though he
felt pcnitent, would not make advances towards a recon
ciliatiou, so obstinate is the manly nature. AS some
has s,;a there is q GOOD deal of human nature in men
and women.
Neither had visited the Sevii!es all the while the
quarrel had lasted. They had thought so much OF each
other that :hey had no room for any otner o@ne'
thought. ;,
coming out of Seville's gate. You didn't know his