Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1861-11-14
NOT A STORY.
From the Springfield (M..s.) Republican.

could remember, almost. ne mrs
Mrs. Jones was pretty schoolboy love
and died early. Mr. Jones was incon
solable for more than six months. and
then finding the burden OF his grief toe
heavy to be borne alone. decided ia
share his regrets with sympathIsing
feminine friend. The connection was
happy one for many years, but. alas for
the muiability of earthly pleasures.
Mr.. Jones was again widower at the
aye of forty. and being extremely
lonely, and having the habit of marry
inc. he offered his broken life and be.
reayed affections to Miss Patience Nor
cross a mature young lady of thirty.
We have said that Mr.. Jones had q
habit of being married. and it had so
grown upon him that, had Providence
opened The wav he would in all proba-
bility have followed up series Of be
reavements with succession OF conso-
lations. But in selecting Miss Patience
he had no regard TO compatibility OF
temper. He had never thought any
thing about it. His other marriages
had been happy accidents, and. so TAR
as he knew or reflected. that was the
order Of nature. But Miss Patience
had a habit. too. and it was in accor-
dance with her name, for it was the
habit Of endurance. It was failing
that leaned TO virtues side. and beyond
II. She lived in the remote and the fu-
ture. The present with her was never
anything but make SHIFT. a mere tenn
porary expedirnt ill better times
Distance not only lent enchantmeht to
her objects Of pursuit. but was abso-
lutelv the only charm to which she
was sensitive. She really liked Mr..
Jones slmost up to the hour Of his pro-
posals; she meekly tolerated him ever
after.
They were at boarding for time,
and the wife said submissively to all
her friends, oh yes. It is very comfort
able for the present, until we feel able
10 keep house Mr.. Jones, after the
remark had been reiterated for the fifli
eth time, asserted that he tO0s able TO
keep house. To prove this he engaged
and furnished tasteful tenement. and
another year saw Mistress Patience the
patient mistress Of her own 6reside.
What a pleasant situation said
Dame Grundy, as she called on tour
of inspection.
WHY, yes,' returned Mrs Jones'
1T is Hii we can expect in house we
hire II We were 10 build we should
plan very differently, of course. And
then you know one could have the
heart To make improvements in shrub
berry and fruit trees. o, Mrs. Grundy.
l hope to live long enough to have a
house OF my own
Mr.. Jones was well-to-do and good
naiured. Moreover he was little OBJ
tuse. as we have seen, and he did moi
perceive that something to put up with
is with most Of US practical necessity.
So he said. very generously, Mrs
Jones, in another year you shall have
house of your own
Il am afraid you cannot afford to
build such house as would like
Il can and l will. You shall modify
tie plan yourself, and draw a new one,
il you prefer
Mrs. Jones sighed, 'it will take so
long in building and from that hour
every rational enjoyment was deferred
until they should get into their new
dwelling. There were the usual de-
lays and disappointments. and Mrs.
Jones's love Of endurance was fully
grati6ed; she was regaled with lin
grring sweetness long drawn OUT
At length the house was built and fur
nished, the grounds laid out and plan
ted, and the wheels Of the new estab-
lishment fairly in motion. Moreover,
by rare good luck. there was very little
to alter and undo; most of the arrange
meuts we're desirable and the exper-
iments successes.
4 hope. my DEAR said Mr.. Jones.
benevolently, that we are in condi-
ton to take comfort
IF we ever get settled assented
Mrs. Jones. with sigh.
We'll, years rolled on. and they
wers settled. The flowers bloomed,
and the fruits ripened. The turf thick
ened into velvet. and the trees grew
tall and cast welcome shade. Strang-
ers paused to admire the premises as
they passed, and neighbors paid their
various tributes of envy and admira-
tion. Mr.. Jones smoked his prime
cigars in the back piazza, and grew to
look portly and contented. Not so
with Mrs. Jones. To all the encomi-
ums lavished upon her residence she re.
piled submissively, Yes, it's pretty
place but we don't know who we built
1t for. We have no children to come
after us, and are Just putting up i'm.
provemenis for strangers to pull down.
Was ever a woman so favored of an
,induigent fortuneI Within a year from
the utterance of this remark, Mrs
Jones was the happy-no. patient moth
-er Of real, genuine, glorious baby
Mr.. Jones, who had with difficulty re-
Trained from happiness before, was un
comfortably jubilant now. The boy
was healthy and handsome and bright
There was no mistake about him; bt
was a fixed fact, star of the frs
magnitude. He had wants, it is true
for which the fond father was intensely
thankful, for TO CRAFTY and preven
Them Was bis supreme delight.