Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1863-11-06

a STORY FOB WIVES.

why don't you clean your boots oeloI
tyOu come into the house ." said Ellen Jayne
% heF husband Il bad just nicely arrange
the room and settled down to my sewing &
sEourc came Ia; now there il 10 all 20 do Oye
again. Just look at the dirt-frOm one en-
Of the roem 70 The other, and suppose it
the same thing in the hall. Dearl dear !
sm so discouraged and tired out with brush
ing I" =
"ADd 90 am Discouraged aDd tired on
with such . continued fret-fretting ever,
time Leeme1into the house. Don't yOu eve
sPOaae Of the gentleman.
Il do get tired Of speaking to you abOu
things which make, ne 20 much trouble; an'
yet you heEes sesm 20 mind them at al"
Speaking in the msEper you do will no
have that effect; OF IhAt you may be assured.
~Yoa are just 90 provoking as that's yoI
IneveE seem 70 care how mnch l go through 7
Here the tears began to hOW.
"What contOunded scene about few
tracks on the carpet !" .ejaculAtcd the ineorri
gibie Mr.. Jaynes, with vigorous smPl . 10.
"It'a not that -alone. zYeu know very well
ChsrlstS tbIi Fa6aldn' care for once; bat il j:
so continually You never seem to care how
hard you make my work. 1t is the same in
everything, and, Charles, why wont you be
9 little more paFtieaiar2C why need you
make me so much work, when am trying so
bard to keep things in good order ?" The
shower wss Gassr becoming > food. Mrs Jaynes
producrd ber handkerchief, and began afresh-
"Oh,I dear the trial Of living with such a
careless person It would have been so much
better for me if IzhadReveT met your
q But Charles had departed, shuttiDg the
door with q tremendous bang, leaving his bel
ter half to have her cry out BY herself And
CRY she did for q time, with all her might,
fully convinced that Rbe was the most misera-
bic. unlucky and sunappreciated Of all house
kerpers; then she began to think what is the
use Of all this; nobody cares about my tears;
( am only making myself sick for nothing -
So she bathed her eyes, brushed her carpet,
and resumed her sewing. But she was not
j.. an ,amiable moed7-pOtr by eany means ne
pentant nOs foFRiVing, certainly not cheerful
Il am s0EfS % say, eVeal peaceful; but very
much inclined to let Der grievances be made
manifest. Accordingly they were hardly
seated at the dinner-table before she commen-
eed:s3 aaliai1 $500 r. =
= did you see Parker about that wardrobe
this morning, as / requested r. l-.i-.<.
sal...No, hadB't the time :" was the encoura-
gine response. - -,.-f sii a.o.. 81 e Is o7z3g
-sassH sHadG't time 9 You never have time 10
attend 70 my Wishes..i You cOnId have found
time II you had chosen. II you cared a ttraw
Tor your vile, you would attend to her wishes
q little, Well did you go TO the stove store
20 zee about having that stove cleaned II
is almost impossible to bake in it, as have
often told YOU
"No, / did not.p
"For mercys sake, Mr.. JayneS, when will
you attend to Il 9sSG4 SLAS-s -
-s,aeI !, can't sayi anything else wantedi''
sai'' Yes.a Did you call at Lovell's to see
about matching that OilcIoth ''.5so .ya5as g-aa
No. sIbi4d bns slbbB1 .ssT0H
-@1YH @.Yfet asked ypu to be sure and Fecollect it
the last thing this morning. Was there ever
such q eaFeless man before3 / never saw
anything like if ''5 s5tsog3 = $50 s. sas z i a7ooe
Mr.. Jaynes continued his 6iHner in apparent
unconcern, and bis wife relapsed into silence.
just as he was leaving the dining room, she
started q new theme liIad1
Charles, Ma. Dutton has been in this
morning. She says they are going to the
White MOUNTAINS next week. Why can't you
rake me on for a little journey L should like
the change; / think. il would DO me gOodY
"Take you journey, after the complimen-
iaEy thiDgs yOn have said to me this morning
LsaGllbe very likely to do so. A pleasant
Tip / should haver' IS - s5e.i-z.
a'rThat will do for an excuse: yon never do
take me any where. There's the Dutton's
have been away every summer; and Mrs. Dut-
ton Gays her husband would not think of keep
ing her at home all summer. She was sur
Iprised when told her that had never been
away from home week at time since was
Every likely "-ip tone Of irony, and Mr..
james lefs the room, .,us,sG .7sfs.IE "
Now Ellen Jaynes was not disappointed
in the least at Ihe result of her application
In fact she did NOT expect her husband 80
grant her request, and is is doubtful whether
she would have gone had he given bis concent,
for she well knew their mesDs wonld not al
low such expensive irdulgenecs. and Ellen was
abrudent, economical wife, But she wanted
to show her husband what other men did for
their wives, aad what he did not do.
/ Ellen Jaynes wassa woman of good pFinci
Piles and good feeling, though she had an irri-
table. nervous temperament. In the good old
time. such were called ''crOss," now, il
is Renteelly "neryous."n Well, Ellen -Jaynes
was very nerV6us.' she had also great regard
Sor tribes, and very little power to adapt her
self 10 eircumetnnces., She had, too, vivid |
imagination, and having but limited oppOriu-
nity for studying her husbands character be-
fore marriage, she had invested him with pos |
si6ie excellence: thought she had found man
10 rev renee, lean upon, look up to in all |
things. OF course she was bitterly disappoin-
ted.
Charles. Jaynes was man Of good natural
abilities, aad could render himself very enter
laining and agreeable when he choose; but be
had few Of those domestic qualities which |
make up the model husband. He was not Ii
dy in bis habits, was often thoughtless and in
cOnsiderAte, and rather selishly fond of his
own ease. Snch character was the very an
ifpodes of Ellen, who was possessed of much
energy Of character and very industrious with
al. As have said, she was bitterly disap
pointed; and, though sbe loved Charles, Ia
mented her mistake in marrying him, with
many eecget tears. She would, probably, have
been as miserable with any other husband,
uuless she had governed her 0wa temper; as it
was she eDdeavored 10 perform the duties de-
volVing uPOn her faithfully; yet she was often
trouk!ed by the deIinquencies Of her husband.
rhey irriiated her; she would find fault and
complain which did not improve matters
Such course never does. So the years roll
ed On, and thinea grew worse and worse. The
husbands love grew cold, and he became more