The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1859-07-16

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insly over her bosom, and young heads nest
led there as Of old. . ;.
/ The illusion vanished quickly, and sh
sighed: she thought of her youngest born
the reckless boy who had left her three year
before for home on the sea. Once onl,
had ,idincs reached her Of the wanderer.--
| The letter spoke OF hardships and home sick
ness in that light and careless way tha
reached the mothers heart more surely thar
repinins and complaint. To know that h,
suffered, with Il strong heart, with noble un'
Welding resolution, gave her feeling Of
! pleasure, no, unuiucled with pride.
"He will surely come back" murmurcd
the affeciiouate mother 10 o-herseH ''aud
read the paper so carefully every week, that
! if i, saws anything abou; the ship alfred
sailed in. shall be sure to see IT,"
"Mrs. Heath" said her husband. inter-
rup,ing her medisations somewhat rudsly.
'.we have spent thirty dollars more than
usual this year: where can it have gone to-
s.The new har ,ess." sug Q ted. Mrs.
Heath; "thas dent come sseiy year, von
know o. <s.s
"We.l, there's twenty dollars accounted
for"
eve had the carriacc fixed up when YOU
bough, the harness" ;" continued the wife. -
Swell, that was eight dollars; that's
twenty eiga, We don't spend every year
but the other two, where can they have
gone ?"
Glaneing his eve over the pages Of the
memorandom book, he exclaimed
"fll tell you what it's, the newspaper
costs Just two dollars, and We can do with
l.. -; L.,
wear. don't do anything with it. and you
only layit away up chamber. ltmay rs well
pe left ou, as not, and III stop my subscrip-
ton right away"
"Oh," said his wife, yeu dontknow how
much set by the newspaper. | always
have sort of glad feeling when you take it
out of your hat and lay it on the kitchen
mantle. piece. Just as do when some of the
children come home; and when am tired
sit down with my knitting work and read, !
can knit Just as well when I'm reading and
feel so contented. l don't believe Queen
Victoria herself takes more solid comfort
than do sitting by the east window, on n
summer afternoon, reading my newspaper"
"But You are just ms well OH without it,"
answered he- husband, for want Of anything
else TO say.
"lnever ncglec. anything else for reading,
do :" asked Mrs. Heath, mildly.
mo, don't know rs YOU do answered
her husband "but it seems an extra like
| shall stop it, no added, in n tone that
showed. d.planly.. enough that he wished to stop
the conversation.
al shall take the paper remarked his
wife, "lf haveto 60 out washingto to pay for
it,"
This was not spoken angriy. but so firm
" that Mr.. lleatn noticed it, though by no
means remarkable for discernmcnt in most
matters. 1t sounded so different from her
usual quiet "as YOU think best that he nc
tuallv stopped II moment to consider wheth-
or it was II, all likely she would do AS she
said.
Mr.. Heath was kind husband. as that
indefinite description of is generally under
stood that is, he never beat his wife, and
always gave her enough to oat. More than
that, he had u certain regard for her happi-
ness, which already made him ashamed Of
his decision. but like many other men who
have more obstnacy than wisdom, he could
not bcar to rctrart anything. and above all
to be convinced that he was wrong by wo.
man.
However. with commcndablc wish to re.
move the unharpiness he caused, he sugges.
ted that as the papers were carefully saved,
and she had found them interesting. she
could read them over again, heginning NJ
January, and taking one week clcnr through
TIE year-thcy would just come out even, br
concluded, MS if it were Il singular fact that
they should no, do so.
Notwithstanding the admirable rropo-i-
ton. he still felt some unens,neSs. 1t fol-
lowed hun, as he walked M the pleasant
lane to the asturc, and it made him speak
more sharply than was his wont, if the cows
stopped while he was driving them home. to
crop the grass wbereit it was the grecnest and
sweetest on the sunny slope. 1t troubled
him till he heard his wife call him to supper,
in such a cheerful tone, that ho concluded
she didn't care much about the newspaper,
after all.
About week after. ms Mr.. Heath was
moving one morning, he was surprised to
see his wife coming out. dressed as il for a
visit.
81 am going,' said she, "to spend the
dav with Mrs. Brown, leave plenty for you
to cat :" and so saying, she walked rapidly
on.
e,orcb - snv ~ h;ms.lf " sho ion.t On -
v;s;t;oc ~ s,ax al, dav onco venr Lordlv.
and il /, strat1ce she should 70 in having
time,
Verv long Tho aor scccoe1 10 him 70 ro
i, forIuncboon d;1,or onI sr,,ncr onI bs,c
M hody ~ s,noL r. "a Gna crerv hin, ca
s,;I, Tbn IA cIocL ,irkcd s,iIIor Than rsr.
Al he ,boncbt. ,ho hroo3 of nre,,v white
chickens Kat were almost nIvars nceniny
srnurl ,ho Joor b,J vnrderej off sr,nc.
whore and loft IL s,ircr yct. ha sttr rnisqaI
H. ~ -,
was npi TO nut him out so, when he was do.
ing any figuring.
"I am glad" he said to himself, as he
began to look down tho road Mt sunset.
.sthat Milliccnt don't 20 visiting NIL the time
rs some women do there she il lust com
ing"
"How tired you look" snid hc, ns she
came up; " why didn't you speak abou. it,
and I'd harnesscd up and come after you q
"I am no, very tired" she nswered
but rcr looks beiici her indeed her husband
declared she looked tired for a day or tvs
after.
What was his great an,azerneut to see he,
90 away the next Tuesday in the same man
nr- ne before