The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1859-11-24
round cheeks between his hands and

the case so serious as all that comes
to. I'm not going to fail in business {;
havn't lost anything worth speaking
about havn't cheated anybody, and
don't intend to it's only this hasty,
impulsivc temper of mine that is al.
ways leading me to say or do some-
thing that leaves a sting"
The cloud passed from the face of
Mrs. Landcll.
"You will overcome that in time,
Edward"
81 emit see that lmakc any pro.
gress. Yesterday ! spoke sharply to
one ofmy young men, when mild re,
proof would have been more Just and
of more salutary effect. lie is scnsi
tive, and my words hurt him severely.
Tho shadow that remained on his face
all day was my perpetual rebukc, and
! 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 betray.
ed into cpptious language, and woun.
dcd the same young man, and threw
him off his guard so much that he
answered me with feeling. This re-
gardcd as impcrIinence, and threat.
ened to dismiss him from my service
if he dared venture II repetition of his
language. When feeling subsidized
and thought became clear again,
saw that | had been wrong and felt
unhappy about it ever since. wish
that | had more self control; that |
could bridle'my tongue when feeling
it suddenly spurred. But tcmpera.
meat and long indulsed habits are
against me-"
Mrs. Landell encouraged AMI sooth-
ed her husband, and so won his mind
away from IFS self rcproaches.
Ga the next morning as Mr.. Ian,
doll was leaving for his store, his wife
looked up at him, and with meaning
said TO him
"Don't."
There was the slightest pcrccptble
warning in her tone.
"Don't what :" Mr.. LandeI seem.
ed little puzzled,
Don't forget yourself"
"Oh!' Light broke upon his mind,
"Thank you, | will not = and he went
forth to meet the trials orthe day.
Almost the first thing that fell un-
der the notice Of Mr.. LandeIl was an
important letter, which, after writing.
he had given to Il clerk TO copy and
mail. Instead of being in Boston, as
it should have been, it lay upon his
desk. Neglect like this he felt to be
objectionable.
"john,' he called sharply to ayoung
man at the farther end of the store.
Don't" it seemed to him like the
voice of his wife in his car-"don't
forget yourself"
This mental warning came Just in
season. The clerk came quietly to-
wards him. BY the time he reached
the desk Of Mr.. LandeII, the latter was
under self control.
"Why was not this letter mailed,
John?' be asked.
The tone was neither imperative
nor captious, but kind ; and the ques.
ticn was asked in q way that said, Of
course there is good reason for omis-
sion and so there was.
81 think, sir" answered John, that
there is a mistake, and thought il
not best to put the letter in the mail"
"a mistake b! how Z" and Mr., L..
opened the letter.
at reads" s,id the clerk, "lhrec
hundred cases of shawls.'
"Oh no; thirty eases replied Mr..
LandelI. But as he said this his eye
rested on the three hundred. $50 it
is. How could | have made such an
error You did right, John, in not
sending the letter at all"
The clerk went back to his place,
and the merchant said to himself,
chow glad am that was able to con-
troll myself. If ! had spoken to that
young man as | felt, | would have
wropgcd and aieiated him, and made
trouble for myself all day."
Not long after this case of goods
fell through the hatchways, crushing
down upon the landing with noise
that caused Mr.. Landell, whose tenn
permanent was exceedingly nervous, to
spring to his feet. To blame some.
body was his first impulse. "What
careless fellow has done this 7" was
on his tongue.
"Ion't I" the inward mon;tor snoke