The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1860-03-21

"ole SuO Aoo oohO nOtuiug tndb cOulO reason
ably offend her husband. The night darkened
upon her, and Charles did not come. One by
one the hours struck through the long, long
night, and he came not.
Day dawned. and hour by hour sped by, but
Charles did not come She was alarmed for
bis safety. He had left the house in 6t of
anger. He was angry with her-angry be
cause she had sought to have her own way.
Perhaps she was wrong Yet he had never
yielded to her. Her wishes were never heed
ed, and she could not reconcile the idea that
she was never to have any influence with her
husband. She asked herself-if she had ever
been imperious and unreasonable. She felt
that she had never desired to exercise an IN.
due influence over her husband. Her con
science did not reproach her.
1t was possible that Charles had met with
an accident. Perhaps the unruly horse had
injured him. 1t might be- that he was dead.
Her heart beat quickly as she thought of
these things. What should she dol She
could not expose her unhappy domestic reIa.
tions, and yet she must. While she was de
liberating in terrible suspense her brother.in.
law, Henry Raymond. called to see her Lus.
band 1lid l- l. EI
Size could only tell him that Charles had
gone off on horseback the evening before-
He was surprised mystifed; and Mary Ann
was obliged to tell him the whole story before
he would be satisfied. A4as5
Henry understood the character of Charles,
and was ready at once to place himself on her
side of the question. Vi
Mary Ann said he, you must go to my
house and stay with your sister for few days.
And Charles asked the poor wife, her
eyes filing with tears.
Has he not left you = ---
But he will come back
We will bring him to his senses first. No
one shall know anything about it but your
sis er and myself, no. t=..ll ss
She complied, and Henry procured con-
veyance to bunt up the fugitive. By constant.
ly inquiring at the places he passed through,
he succeeded in tracing Charles to village
about twenty miles from his residence. There
be learned that man had been thrown from
his horse that morning, and was at the tavern
in state of insensibility. The horse, after
throwing him had leaped over fence down
a steep embankment and broken his neck.
Henry sought out the wounded man, and as
he had suspected, found his brother-in-law
was the stranger. He took such steps as was
required for the recovery of the injured man.
In the course of the night he came to his sens
es. He family whispered the name of his
wife. with the first beam of consciousness.
In the morning the physicians pronounced
his case a hopeful one. He was seriously
injured, and it would require two or three
weeks to restore him. ,Is
My wife, faintly murmured the sick man.
You have deserted her, have you not?' said
Henry, rather imprudently.
God forgive met groaned Charles. Il was
wrong and unreasonable -.
- Y ou were. @
Can not see her p
No; you have left her, =
She will forgive mel will go down upon
my knees before her. Only let her stand by
my bedside. Ett isBE y
You have chosen for yourself
God forgive mel z es
Henry reiented at last. and promised that
he should see his wife. On the following day
Mary Ann was at his bedside. with stream
ing eyes he begged her forgiveness, which was
readily granted. z5 III. .sa7 ,e
Il am ready to yield my will, Charles re-
piled she, as she kissed the pale cheek of the
sick man. no, led
q shall be willing to yield mine in the fu-
ture. my dear wife. If had listened to yoa,
this thing would not have happened
L will not reproach you. UharIes. What
is ons's meat is another's poison. We must
both yield at times - sSE2
Il thought you were trying to rule me, Ma
ry Ann. was wrong taf
80 In due time he recovered, and each was viii.
ling to yield to the other.
What is ones meat is another's poison -
Husband must yield. wife mnst yield. What
one likes the other will not like. 1t will not
do for men to insist with arbitrary will upon
given point. Compromise which sacrifices
no principle, is necessary to the peace Of the
household. . I.,.
s5. A WORD OF ADVICE. f.
81 With wife har bnshand,u faults shorId ha-