Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1859-12-09
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"You are sober, this evening" said Mrs
L1ndell to her husband, 81 hope nothing
has gone wrong during the day"
Mr.. Landell, who had been sitting with
his eyes upon the floor, silent and abstrac-
ed for some moments, reused himself al
these words Of bis wife, and looked up at
her, smiled in a forced way and answered.
I 90, no, nothing at all has gone wrong"
"Don't you feel we'll? 2"
The voice of Mrs Laudeli was Just sha-
ed with concern.
j "Well enough in body, but not as com
Portable in mind as desire
"Then something has gone wrong"
said the wife, her manner troubled
"No,hing more than usual replied Mr.
Laudcll. The forced smile faded away
from his couutenance. Mrs. Llndell
sighed.
ethan usual.' She repeated his words,
looking with earnest inquiry into her hus-
bands face. Then she added in tender
manner, "Bring home your trouble, dear.
Don't hide anything. Let me share with
you the good and i'll of life. Did you not
know tha; hearts draw nearer in suffering
than they do in joy ?"
"Bless your kind heart, ALICE said
Mr.. Landell, broad smile creeping over
bis face as be caught her round cheeks be-
tween his hands and kissed her. "There
isn't anything so serious in the case as all
that comes TO. I'm not going to fail in
business; haven't lost anything worth
speaking about haven't cheated any body,
and don't intend to; it's only this hasty,
impulsive temper of mine that is always
leading me to say or do something that
leaves sting"
The cloud passed from the face of Mrs
Landell.
"You will overcome that in time, Ed
ward"
81 can't see that make any progress
Yesterday l spoke sharply to one of my
young men, when a mild reproof would
have been just, and of more salutary ef-
feet. He is sensitive, and my words hurt
him severely. The shadow that remained
on his face all day was my perpetual re-
buke, and l felt it long after the sun went
down. My punishment was greater than
his. But the lesson of yesterday did not
suffice This morning was betrayed in,
to captious language, and wounded the
same young maD, and threw him off his
guard SO much that he answered me with
feeling. This | regarded as imper,inence,
and threatened to dismiss him from my
service if he dared venture repetition of
his language. When feeling subsided,
and thought became clear again, | saw
that had been wrong, and felt unhappy
aboit it ever since. | wish that | had
more self control; that l could bride my
tongue when feeling is suddenly spurred
But temperament and long INDUCED hab
its are against me-"
Mrs. Landell encouraged and soothed
her husband, and so won his mind away
from its self.reproaches.
On the next morning, as Mr.. Landell |
was leaving for his store, his wife looked
up at him, aud with a meaning, said to
him
"Don't"
There was the slightest pcrceptible
warning in her tone.
"Don't what?" Mr.. Landell seemed
little puzzled.
"Don't forget yourself"
ooh" Light broke in upon his mind.
"Thank you, will mott and be went
forth to meet the trials of the day.
Almost the first thing that fell under
the notice of Landell, was an important
letter, which, after writing, he had given
to clerk to copy and mail. Instead of
being in Boston, as it should have been, it
lay upon his desk. Neglect like this he
fe!, to be uppardonabe.