Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1864-04-16

"A
Il their husbands, with the Sentiment, g women
Ineyer shall be slaves, which they sustained
Hong after the enemy's fire bad been silenced;
1.-THE Younger lady winding up with the declar-
latio1. Unreasonable commands we viii
never obey, viii We, dear mother ;" and the
elder confirming the matter with resolute
"Never, never, never !" like the double-bar
at the endNof noisy piece Of music. $50
Victory being saeR~decidedly in favor of
the two wives, what could the husbands do
but propose terms of surrender?
-s.fhisi is a pretty business said the sen
in-law; "now we have the whole sex down
upon us what shall we do?" ~-s'dSgzT So
"Dear son." replied the squire, !" do as
you please Il cannot permit my breakfast to
be spoiled, for if / lose my breakfast get no
appetite fof my dinner, and 50 all goes wrong
for the day."
ss~Uniy xe-mnst no. yieid,'.-suggessea~she.
#Seif this is strife in a6idRF no innaa
ever gained anything.Y replied the more exz
perienced elder. "t foolishly allow myself
\ to get angry; but now my Iequanimity lis re-
stored, .and---rin, fact, i wan. my breakfast
While this conversation was going on in
undertones, what were atheT Victorious party
4 Whispering to each other 2 Were they ex-
hultlng in their triumph? Not at all and
perhaps, if they had been asked, they would
have confessed that victory in battle Of words
with husband is, only second to defeat
eff INcould' have guessed it would have
Icome to this, Lwould have taken the Joke at
once,n said Emma; 81 wish | had done what
Alfred asked me, but now'it is tooiiate.nn "a
"You have at least shown him., said the
sympathisipg mother, |" that you have a will
of your own, ana that is something's Il shall
lastonish my old man, toe; it will be long be-
4 4 .aI-o 81; IL, MA inns
aYou will stand by me, dearest mother ~
/ (" You may be sure! of that, my child, EN-
ma sighed; perhaps she wished her mother
to give different answer, but she did not
say so. ..sle
eve had better give in, y said the old gen
tlelnan to his sonin-law, looking very hard at
fthe good things onsthe stable.s, e Az
But what is to become of our honor "
asked Alfred. .s'tl 40 ,raT0 fEO II iss.rf
n "Bahp cried the. old man, cit is a dsa-
greeable thing to yield, and so it is said to
touch the honor. Let US put an end toit !"
"Listen, children" continued the kind, old
man, turning and speaking aloud to his wife
and daughter, laughing 'sYoa are a little too
steadfast> in your resolutions. must now
strengthen myself by some breakfast, to car
I, ry on the battle happily, the table is set,
and one has nothing to do but to enjoy the
repast. So saying, the old man sat down,
and began to attack the substantial meal be-
fore him. s,f .aess1 = .rss1li4- 81 se,s =
"Dear mother, shall we. not also--.?"
tremblingly suggested Emma.
II f"Yes, yes, of course, we must not lose our
breakfast" so the three sat down to the Ia
BILE, for Alfred had slipped out of the room
when the old man had begun his speech. He
shortly returned, however, holding in his hand
, two handsome shawls, with which he ap-
: 4 obad HE NOM .fhorouoblu huuahlad bride
"Dear little wife, z said he, ''accept peace
, offering from my hands. l acknowledge that
, our quarrel was entirely my own fault; and
{ as proof of my consciousness of guilt, L beg
you will take your choice of one of these
shawls"-unfolding and displaying them as he
; spoke,
Emma scarcely looked up, and when she
did raise her eyes, they were full of tears
not such tears as she had shed an hour be-
fore, but proceeding. from a very different
source, which the reader may guess She
wished to avoid making her choice, and beg
ged that Alfred would not ask her noaO but
he persisting, in his own determined and per
verse way, " choose, little one, choose the
victorious wife pointed to one of the shawls,
!, which the Ivanquished husband cheerfully
placed round her shoulders and indeed, to
those who had not Witnessed the progress OF
the battle, it would have appeared that the
victory and defeat were in exactly the re.
verse quarters from what we know them to
, have been.
81 have come three parts of the way to
|, meet you, little WIFE"
What conld the little wife do. but answer
the appeal by hiding, her half-crying, half
. laughing face on her husbands Shoulder, and
whispering in his ear, Very good-the table
: is set !" ~ 4 II <
| c. .Iao hot uhp
we hope, never allowed it to be again dis
, turbed; and Catherine seemed meditating
how best to follow her daughters example.
Looking admiringly at the other shawl, she
} / laid her hand on her husbands shoulder with
the familiar words: "Old man !"
"Well?"
4 "See now, there is yet another shawl will
you not be reconciled to me too ?"'~--~s
"With shawl? nay, cannot afford it,"
! "But consider" urged Catherine.-1~
sold wife, 1 hope you are more reasona-
BILE /; a young bridegroom may makeitsup with
his bride by bringing her a peace-ofering
when he issas old as l am, he willNdosso no
longer" - - s-.--t
) l. Hal and Bettina were now busy in attend
ance as the breakfast proceeded; the maiden
: took every opportunity of turning her back
upon her fellow servant, he all the time
. watching her with looks of entreaty but
! there was no sign of yielding in that quarter.
; i Alfred gaily addressed his favorite. servant
as he stood behind him: g Is it all right now
between you and Bettinaep but the answer
was given in<profound melancholy; "No, sir,
no; she viii never give iH.n -
"Bettina mast say the words" cried Emma
"she is the cause of all the trouble, and now
she must say them" h-.-s4s
alt is true, "said the old lady ."now Bet.
T TINA, you must say them before us aliassa pun
ishment Say the, words after me- Very
: good-the table is set"
; The laughter that followed puzzled the old
lady, who at first did not perceive that she
now for the first time had said the words
herself, until her husbands triumphant shout
reached her earl" you have said fiat last
my wife I" Sv
4 Catherine joined in the laugh, and. acknowl-
edged herself vanquished; and now it only
remained for the still stubborn serving mai
den to follow in the track.
snow, Bettina," said her young mistress,
"it is your turn; you must do as we have
DONE" But with much confusion Bettina
turned away from Halls entreating looks, and
declared it was impossible. -
4 "Do you know that have arranged every
thing for your wedding in three weeks ?
asked the indulgent mistress.i .lTBog iiu3si Q
"Veryl good "a demurely answered the
maiden, as if it did not signify much. ~ =
i swell, well, You have said it halt, now say
the rest" was the universal chorus go 3 y