Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-05-13

l think she was one. The loving heart asks
for love in return, and if it receives not this
food to nourish its life in sufficient measure it
droops, wastes, dies. So did our precious
friend"
''You think so ?"
Il am sure OF it."
"Mr. Carson was not an unkind man."
fHe did not treat her with the brutality Of
an ignorant French peasant, hut, for all that,
he was none the less guilty of having dimin-
ished by years the period of her earthly exs-
tence."
"Then it was an uncougenial marriage ~
said the other.
"A mild way of speaking the truth" an
sWered the friend. "Yes, it was, think,
wholly uncongeniaI for her He was, proba-
bly,, as we'll satisfied with her as be would
have been with any woman. She ministered
to his selfish pleasures, and was, as we have
just heard, loving and patient. 1t was all
right, so far as his enjoyments were concern
ed; as for her, life, think, was one long mar
tyrdom of the heart. But it is all over now,
and she sleeps well.'
And SO they talked as they went out from
the place of graves.
"Loving aud patient" The bereaved hus-
band carried the words home with him. They
had fallen upon his ears with new meaning
as applied to his wife, and gave to his mind
certain new perceptions as to her character.
"a faithful wife, a tender mother, a true
friend" These were the minister's words al
so, and they were sounding still in his ears
How singularly elevated had become, all at
once, Mr.. Carsons idea of his wife, HeI
character stood out With a new distinctness
"She had trial, pain, suffering" Alas and
this was true also to the bereaved husband
never before appreciated.
Back to his home returned Mr.. Carson and
gathered his motheriess children around him
How very, very desolate be felt! What &
pressure there was upon his bosom-what ar
aching void within
"Loving and patient" !" The brief sentencC
found an involuntary repetition in bis mind
He kept saying it over and over until memo
ry began to draw pictures of the past. Lei
US transfer one of those pictures to the canvas
here it is. Mr.. Carson gazed upon it unit
it gave him the heart-ache.
They had been married over year wher
Mrs. Carson, who bad not seen her mother
during that period, asked to ege home.s' dis
tance of some two hundred miles, and MAKE
short visit. Since her marriage she haC
not visited the dear old place, though thC
heart kept going back to its loved one yearn
/ ing all the while. a
81 don't see how that is possible" said he
husband, coldly, and in evident surprise at tht
request. ''You can't go alone, and for me Il
leave my business is out of the question"
Tears came instantly to the soft brown eye
of the young wife.
Il have not seen my mother since l cam'
from home"
Down, down through years came to Mr.. Car
son the voice of his wife, as it trembled Oh
this sentence. Not a single shade Of its ten
der sadness was gone. Aud now it fell upol
sensitive ears that searched into all of il
meanings. But when living lips uttered th
words so faithfully kept by memory they ava
kened no feelings of sympathy in his selisI
heart "Came from homer" he then said an
grily, "Isn't this her homer"
"Write to your mother, and ask her to COM
and make US visit, replied Mr.. Carson
"Mother has large family and many cares
she could not get away for so long journey.
I And you have cares and home wher
your presence is needed" said her husband
Then be added, mo, no, Mary, 1 cannot Sc
that it is possible now.' .f
81 can go alone" Tears had been gathe
ing in spite of her efforts to repress them, an
now few drops fell slowly over her cheeks.
Don't think of that for moment. al
particularly opposed to ladies' travelling alon,
| don't. think at it all safe. And then the bah
is young; it would be certain te take cold, an
might contract a fatal disease"
r @Baby is nearly three months old"
alt is of no use arguing he NATTER sa
Mr.. Carson, with considerable impaiience
manner; "you cant go, Mary, and you migI
as well give it up at once"
Memory had kept up with daguerreotype
deity the expression of bis wiles face wh'
be flung back upon her this unieeing inte
ldiction, and now it was before him 10 ali i
rebuking sadness. sy
Lowing and patient!" This was the cor
mentary. No angry, impatient or rebelio
word escaped her lips, nor did frown dist
!, ure her brow. But she seemed to shrink b
!, fore him as il strong hand had borne dow
7 hard upon her. se
Two months from that time news came
n the mothers sudden illness.
al must 60 home now" she said, i
at is impossible for me to accompany 20