The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1859-03-04

! always RhNo HoT enough 10 cat. More tnun
that, he had certain regard for her happi.
ness, which already made him feel half
ashamed of his decision. but lko many other
mon who have more obstinacy than wisdom
| no could not bear to retract ANYTHING. and
above all, to be convinced hc was wrong, BY
a woman.
However, with n commcndablo wish to
! remove tho unhappincss he caused. he suy.
gcsted that as tho papers were carefully
saved, and she had found them interesting
she could read thom over again. beginning
at January, and taking one week clear
! through the year, they would Just come out
oven, ho concluded, as IL it were a singular
fact that they should do so.
notwithstanding the admirable PROPOSE.
ton he still telt some uneasincss. 1t fol.
lowed hlm, as he walked up the pleasant
lane to the pastures. and it made him speak
more shaply than was his wont, if tho cows
stopped whllo he was driving them home. TO
crop tho grass whero il looked grccnest and
sweetest on the sunny slope Ii troubled
him till he heard his wife call him To sun.
! per in such cheerful tone aud he conclud.
| cd she didn't care much about the nowsna.
| per after all.
About woek aftor this, MI Heath was
surprised to SEQ his wife coming out, dross.
cd as If tor a visit
am going" said she, "to spend tho
day with Mrs. Brown, leave plonty for YOU
to eat |; and SO saying, she walked rapidly
on.
MIR. Heath thought about it Just long
enough to say to himself, "s she don't 90 a
visiting to stay all day once a year, hardly,
aud its very strange she should 90 in hay
time"
Very long tho day seemed to him to 90
IN Tor luncheon, dinner and supper, and to
have nobody to speak to ; and find every
thing so still. Tho old clock ticked stllcr
than usual ho thought, tho brood of pretty
white chickens that were almost always
pecping around the door. had wandered off
| somcw here and left il stiller yct; no oven
missed the busy click of the knitting nee.
dies that was apt to put him out 80, whom
ho was doing figuring.
am glad" he said to himself, as he be-
gan to look down the road at sunset, THAT
Millicent don't 60 visiting al tho time as
some women do-there sho is Just coming"
How tired you look" said ho as she
came up "why didu't you speak about it
aud Id have harncsscd up and como after
you:"
81 am not very tired, she answered but
hor looks bclicd hor indeed her husband
| declared she looked tired for day or two
| after.
| What was his amazcment to soc hor go
away tho next Tuesday in the same manner
as before.
To his great dissatisfaction every thing
seemed that day to partake of his wifo's pro-
pensity for going from homc. "A man
don't want cold food in hay time," said no.
as he sat down to dinner In tho same
grumbling mood, he rccounted tho mishaps
of the morning, which seemed to have been
much after tho manner set forth in Ger.
tain legend of oden time for he embol-
lShed his recital by aIlusion to
"The Sleeps in the meadow,
| The cows in the corn"
adding that they wouldn't have been there if
Mrs. III had been ut homo, because shod
seen them before they got in and halooed.
She would have seen tho oxen before they
got across the river, and saved him the
| trouble of getting them back. But after
tracing all tho untowurd events to her ab.
senco, ho said TO himself consolingIy, Il
guess size won't go any more, she always was
homo body"
Mrs. Heath did go again though, and
again, and tho day she went for the fourth
time her husband tdhk counsel with himself
as to what he should do to g op / or gadding ,
Seated on the door 5tep, in tho shade of the
old trees, he spent an hour or two in devils
ing ways and measures, talking aloud all
tho time, and having tho satisfaction of
hearing no body dispute him.
"lts hard to think of her getting to be n
yisitin' woman" said he, land it's clear il
amt right-keCp her at home, I've read in
the Bible, (old Richards BIblo Knowledge
was somewhat confused, quotations varied
slightly from tho scriptural phrase keepers
at home,) but it says too" he added, with
tho true sincere man, that husbands must
set great store by their wives and treat them
well. | won't scold Milicent-I'll harness
up and 60 for her tonight. and coming
home I'll talk il all over with her, and tell
her how bad il makes me feel, and if that
won't do, Pll-something else"
In accordance with his praise worthy reso-
luton. he might have been seen about sun.
set, hitching his horse at Mr.. Browns door !;
for strangely enough, Mrs. Heath's visits had
all been made at the same place. Going up
to tho door, he stopped in amazement at
seeing his wife in tho kitchen, just taking
off great woolen wash apron, and putting
down her sleeves which had been rolled up
for washing. Ho listened and heard her sav
as she took some money from Mrs. Brown,
1T won't be so that can do your washing
again"
" 1t has boon a great favor to havo you
do it while l have been poorly" said Mrs.
Brown, land I'm glad to pay you for it
This makes four times, and here is two dol
lars. 'Tis just as well that you can't come
again, for think shall be well enough to
do it myself"
"Two dollar just the price of tho nows.
paper" exclaimed Mr.. Heath, as the truth
! flashed across him. Rather a silent ride
they had home, till at last be said
Il never was so ashamed in my life u
"Of what = asked his wife.
"Why, TO have you go out washing ]
amt So poor as that comes to"
"WcH, I don't kAoiC," replied the wife.
"t0hen man is too poor 10 take nepspa-
per, his t0!te ought not to feel above going
out UashiHg"
Nothing moro was said or the subject at
that time, though somo III feelings fingered
in tho hearts OF each. The making up was
no mawksh scene of kissing. embracing and
crying, such as rowance writers build their
useless fabrics with but as Mrs. Heath was
finishing her household duties for the night,
she said quietly;
u don't think I did quite right, Rich.
ard"
:" ! don't think did, either" responded
tho husband; ana so tho spark was quenched
which might have become a scathing flamo.
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