The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-12-07

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be should begin. He thought of many things
10 Say. yet feared solsey them. lest his wife
should meet his advances with cold rebuff
At last, leaning towards her. and taking hold
of the linen bosom upon which she was at
work, be said 10 voice carefully modulated
with kindness
Y You are doing that work very beautifully.
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Mrs Lee made no reply. But her husband
did not fail to observe that she lost almost
instantly. that rigid erectnesa with which she
had beer sitting. nor that the motion. Of her
needle had ceased. sisisg -f
~ My shirts are better made and whittier than
those Of any other man in our shop. said Lee
encouraged to go on. = ~
Are theyp Mrs. Lees voice was low. and
had mite siighf huskinsss. She did notturn
her face, but her husband saw that she leaned
q little towards him. he had broken through
the ice of reserve. and all was easy now. His
hand was among the clouds. aud few feeble
rays we're already struggling through the rift
it had made.as sass71 r4sasaz sas.s.f ~. sss
Yes. Mary. he answered softly; and I've
heard it said more than once, what a good
wife Andrev Zee must haye.' -
Mrs. Lee turned her face towards her hus-
band There was q light 10 it, aud light in
the eye. But there was something in the ex-
preston of the countenance that httIe pnz-
zled him. EE
DO you think sor she asked. quite sober
" HI E8TEIfiHi 75fI IN
1 What . qpestiouIr ejaedlated Andrew
Lee, starting up and going aropnd TO the side
of the table where his wife was sitting
What question IMaryIr be repeated, as he
|stoodIbefore eihefl ~
r Do your Il was all she said. slsi = :
Yes, darling was his warmly spoken an
swer. and he stopped down and kissed her.
sHos etrsnge'that you should ask me such a
question - sss.rs tsss sas le sstG ssssss aaf
If you weuld only tell me so now and
then, Andrew, IL would do me good And
Mrs. Lee arose. leaping her face against the
ma6ls breast of net husband. stood and 5wept
What a strong light sb.okesiu upon the
mind of Andrew Lee. Il BE had never given
70 bis faithful wife even the small reward Of
praise for all the loving interest she had man
ifested daily until doubt of .hisolo had en-
tered her soul, and made the light around her
thick darkness. No wonder that her face
grew clouded, nor that what he considered
Rmoodiness and i'll nature, took possession ol
her spirit.
You are good and true,. Mary. My own
dsarRwie! II am proud Of you'll love yop--
and hy lirst desire Is lsour happiness. On. il
I could always see your face in sunshine, my
home would be the dearest place on earth
How precious to me are your words o
love and praise, Andrew. said Mrs. Lee, smil
ing up through her tears into bis face With
them in myaearsY my heart can rneverslie in
shadow. 3 - sF N "a
How easy had been the work fer Andrew
Lee. He had swept his hand across the
cloudy horizon of bis homeland bow the bright
sunshine was streaming down, and flooding
that home with joy and beAuty.-T. s Ar
thur, in Home Magazine. 2"
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.lfHE DROP 4oF wATER THE BROOK, TIL
4 RIVER AND THE OCEAN.
"A drop Of water. that sparkled like jewe
i in the sun, once fellgfiom the clouds into
little mountain stream and ere it lost its iden
}, tity,exclaimed in all the anguish of desolatior
| Alas (! what q catastrophe-I am .swallowe'
l1up in immensely sThe little stream laughed
as il leaped down the mountain side, at th
; stiamentation of such an insignificant thing as
) drop of water, and vain of its consequence
! y4een.isued- brauling its crystal way. With a
! hepfide ofconscious Superiority that length
with sudden plunge, it fell headlong into
: mighty river. and like the drop of water wa
8 lost in moment, crying out in its last agonie
ST. @ fate, who would have thought q brook q
4 my size. could be. swallowed so easily Tn
a river murmured its conteppt for the iittl
9 elfooliah stream, and continued it's course. gath
: ering strength and pride. breaking throug
, mountains, tearing the rocks from their seat
!. and coufsipg in q thtusand meanders throug
r rf9owefy meadows. till it found its way to ii
r vast and melancholy ocean. in whose bound
. less waste it lost its being, like the drop
water and the little mountain stream. Is
1 fposslble, exclaimed tbe mighty river, .that
,. thass@been as|colleeting tribute from ha
: the world. only to become nothing at lastsFs
'el s.'Tis thus with thee, man 7 Thou beginne
n in insigni6cance. like the drop Of water; tho
% becopest laughing, Ieaping, brawlipg thin
ike the brook; thou waxest proud and grea
e like the mighty river; and ere thou canst sa
2 in the vanity Of thy heart, what an ilustrio,
is mortal am, thou art lost in eternity. {
,r WHAT CoEsTITUfEs TRUe BRAyERy e-Tt
,, Dixie of ellington. seeing man tnrn pal,
= as without moving muscle, be marched up
&c battery, remarked:" That is a brave ma,
isl hezkno vs his danger and faces it," The bfs
n vest men have ever beenthose of a high tone
4 finely organized temperament, and thereto
rn of an accutely nervous structure Cesar, Be
srj Haparte, Washington and all men of great pu
or pose and daring, were OF this nervous teulper
o,l ment. The man who delights in scenes
bIoodshed, and 10 utterly unmindful and ret
As less Of dan Ger, cannot be called the brave nj,
u. His courage Is merely that Of the brute, wit
ssst tout aeasou Or judgment. sass - .s9sa ~ q