Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1861-09-13

L IKE 10 near you speak-I lhe u
see you look like that, Eunice, said m,
husband, as he took my hands in hi
strong, hard ores, and there beamed
light out of the deep, gray eyes whicl
was like the pleasant May sunshine drop
ping suddenly upon me.
well, Mark, you know l mean it all
and I've lived long enough, and haC
trouble enough, to know that when a wo
man gets a good, strong, tender heart tc
lean on through all her life, she's got the
best thing which this world can give her
And l wouldn't exchange you, Marx
Truman, for any man in the whole world
no matter if he would place me in a
palace and surround my life with the
splendor Of queen
And these words set Mark Truman's
heart at rest, for know that it remem-
bers sometimes its old rival, Rufus Pat
terson.
And Mark thinks, which is great
mistake, that | was better fitted for a
merchants wife than farmers; that if
had chosen the former, | need never
have soied my hands with labor, for
/ Rufus Patterson, if he was not rich, was
proud and ambitious enough to make a
lady of bis wife.
But Notwithstanding the merchants
handsome face and smart manners,
knew who had the best, truest, heaft,-
yes, knew
found the newspaper for Marx, and
set about washing up my tea dishes, for
it was growing dark. There was SO
much warmth and gladness about my
heart that evening, that as l wiped the
cups and saucers and went back and
forth from my pantry to the table, I kept
humming snatches of old tunes, but that
is habit Of mine when | am happy, and
| wondered if there was another woman
quite so much so, in the whole world as
| Eunice Webber Truman
love my little house so--every cor
ner and creyice Of it, 60 out doors
sometimes and stand on the little grass
plot in front and say to myself, That's
al yours. Eun;ce, every bit of it"
It's a little cottage with white window
blinds and seven small, pleasant, airy
rooms. The whole cost just thousand
dollars, and we've paid every dollar of it.
Mark earned half and there were five
hundred came TO me when the old home
stead was sold alter Aunt Comforts
death.
furnished the little house myself from
garret to cellar, and that cost three huud-
red more, which l laid by during the two
years that taught the district school.
! thank God for my brave, willing
heart, that always turns 10 the light as
the leaves and the flowers do. thank
Him for my strong, healthful youth for
my happy, happy home; and above all,
thank Him for my dear husband, Mark |
Truman!
He's only been this for three months,
though it seems great while longer
short as the days are, filled with cheese
pressing and Understanding, and all
the care Of housekeeping which hes fal'
len on me, for of course, we can't afford
to keep a girl; but, dear me :! as l tell
Mark, one would only be in the way, and
l never was quite so well in my life as
now. It's evident that housework agrees
with me.
Just as l was folding the table cloth,
there was a rap at the door and Paul
walked in. My heart bounded, as it al
ways does, with my first glance a; the del
icate face that grows handsomer every
day.
20, dear, why didn't you come an hour
earlier? We've had our first dish of
strawberries for tea, and l didn't enjoy
them half SO much, thinking of you
| exclaimed, as soon as we had exchang-
ed kisses, and Paul had shaken hands
with bis brother-in-law.
Never mind the berries, sis, TIL take
he will for the deed throwing himself
nto an armchair with faint smile which
suited the weary tones.
Paul, something is the matter with
7on What has happenedY
He looked up at me a wistful, half I
half-hopeless look, that went c
light to the quick of my heart was /
1t his side in moment, brushing back
he thick, crisp locks of hair with the
brown lights adrift among the shadows. t
Paul. darling, tell your sister what it i
s that troubles you ?
Yes, Paul, let US have it added
Iark, leaning forward on the table.
Then il came in few words.