Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-06-01

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What . eOnSouuded noise you make my
dear with that piano, said 10 my amiahle
spouse. " For u last halt hour have bees
endeavorsng 10 get wink Of sleep bat no
sooner do lose myself than you come
down with a crescendo or other kind Of
movement which stsrtles me rs II cannon
had been fred at my side Why you can
! practice h the morning, when I an absent.
instead Of waiting until evening. when come
home, is matter don't understand. You
know well enough that II there be one thing
dislike nore than another, Il ls the thrum-
mirg on a Piauo.n
really ihOnehtp my wife replied, Hthss
The air ] vas pla. ing would soothea d please
you. Il used to be = iAvoriie Of yours before
/ We were married, and | like il because Il re-
wives happy memories 9ay 1soGhl4l
q SWEET 1 doa't object TO your 'reviying
happy memories but you viii greatly oblire
me By letting the keys 0fthe biahon rebt for
awhile j, ,lke.to take n nap Just after din
heti but for several days past I have been
unable TO do 20 because ysu would practise
your abominable marches and uaickstsps. ID
hesr enough martial music when am down
stgEn, and don't care TO listen 10 1t alter I
set home.p q tl s,1aa3 lv
81 iear,' my yiis answered, @thst yOr are
not as patriotic as wish Bou Rere.p
OH ! am patriotic enough, my dear i
replied, "and 80 tor. the Union, With all my
hesFt but then don't want 70 be disturbed
with having Yankss DOOdls dinnsd into my
ears every hour 10 twenty. four NM 6 2- p
sBut was not playing hat air, my dear;
il vas Love Not which I am sure you used
j TO like" 4i--s t4s130a 8
'.Perbaps did, answered, 9 and can
but wish noW, especially that g0u keep me
awake Eiih il, that had followed TIE advice
il gives. knew L WAS a. march, too, you
were playing, for al the military bands eni-
Pley it as stock piece. Bnt why will you
keep drumming on than piano when have
jest told you want 20 sleep2p - :, 4, =
.. had no idea, my wife said, @tbat you
could sleep when you we're talking; bat, if
you desire II win play no more - -.
Well do desire il | said Hand, what
IS more, wish yOu would play onlyain the
morning, and not in the evening" e '.---- ~ !
4' Ia the morning, my dear, % wife re-.
piled, 81 have ottier things to attend 70. i
isonly In the evening, when the little ones
are N their beds, that have an opportunity
et touching The keys of my piano. Snl
| viii give up my music entirely, lock the in
str1ment, and give you the key, rather than
you should 90 without yOug usp.-. wish,
though, you would couverss more with me
than Eon do, and not be all tue Iime wrlJiux,
OF reSding the newspapers, or sleeping, when
:ou are in the house, y -z q 1oIirE
(" Well you certainly ara most nnreason-
able woman, you think I have noth;ng 10
do but entertain you. Don't talk to you at
The table ~ T1EG rRT2 EFrP
AYes you DO, she replied Ebut what is
the subject Of yonr conversation 7 {. Simply
finding tsult with what you are eating, and
scOiding the children beeanss theJ, taking
! their cue from you, refuse 70 eat what you
I give them. Tou-neTer relate to me what is
| going on in the wsrld, nor say pleasant
/ t,,iHgs % ne, nor tell nae you loee me.sts1 O
! "GOod graeious2F fexclained; show can
/ tell yOa Hove y0u=W hsHm mouth h flied
with bread and butter. Besides I told you
so once, and don't see the object in eortin-
aaily reiterating IT.
"a Eiis," she replied aneTer wearies Of
bearing her husband say be loves her Why
even you, befOre we were married, used 0
want me 70 say over and over again, that I
loved you. You certainly have not forgot
ten it. e;y -.s.7af -
''I'm sure don't remember said; "but,
please don't say anything more about it, for
want TO go to sleep" s.
"Well, | have not forgotten it, if yoi
have my wife answered, with sigD, sand
it's wen for yOu. perhaps, that l do remem,
Der itn
qNow, my love-" l cried, 'iof course we
both remember it; hut wont you stop your
talking 90 that can take my nap--ior, if
there be one thing / dislike more than an
other, Is to be deprived Of my afternoons nsp.
"My wife ssaid nothing; bat closing the
I piano, she Left it, and taking seat near the
window, opened 8 volume Of engravings.
| Rustic, rustic rent the leaves. ] endured It
for ive-minutes, then:
my DEAR I said, ''if you expect lean
sleep while you are rattling the pages of that
book, you are greatly mistaken. You might
as well play on the piano"
"You cant be very sleepy" she replied !
''if this keeps you sWake. You are too ner-
yous to 20 to sleep" &
"But viii go to sleep" said, aand am
/ not nerYOns either. don't see why you
should wish 10 provoke me, BY SAYING am
nervous, and seeking 70 keep me awake"
"Scch an object" she answered, 'fs very
far from being my iniention; indeed, wish
you were asleep" 70 -.
G0f course" sad, "you want me to 60
to sleep. You never seem to be ct ell salts
fed with me unls when l am asleep.
Then, fortunately, yen can end nothing 10
ny aetisns with which to find fault" -.sssa
'"Why, then," said the provoking woman,
s'don't you go 20 sleep" @ 6s-
Now r. I exclaimed, / win not 60 to
sleep" i.- ~. ~ $50 .{..sa@ai sa,i.s.
fsCome then," said my wife, "sit beside
me, and watch the twilight deepening in the
west"
44--46ood gracioHsl" exclaimed, 81 If there
be one thing dislike more than another, It
is 70 see the twilight deepening in the west =
!. avery well" my wife answered, III you
do not care for.it, have nothing more to say,
There was time, boKever, when it gave
you pleasure TO sic By me ia the Twilight
1 \ ~ were more gentle 70 me then thaa yot
- and sever spoke harsh or unkind
"0sVc SIu. mi vOu forever be talking to me,
"9' 49, 4 %,n .b,,s things tFst happened year
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