Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1864-05-06

"But, Emma, understand me-" said AL.
fred "it is not that the thing of itself is Of
any Importance, except to show me that you
cannot refuse anything | ask you cannot
bear the thought that you can say mo- to
any request of mine |" F
"Soh am never to say mo- to you," re.
turned the now excited wife, "aways yes,
yes, yes All! all men are alike; you do
not want loving companion, sympathiz-
ing friend; you require that a wife should
be slave. And thus the subiugation ia to
begin with an act of blind obedience; but
will never be slave, not I! will never
yield my rights either to threats or to brute
force" ..aa.
"'And he shall be thy ruler,'' where is that
sad?" interposed the husband very gently.
81 am right thenl" cried Emma "yOu
you are to command and to obey. Oh, /
acknowledge your rule in all fitting things.
but never when your commands are unrca.
sonable." :H
"These are grave expressions to apply to
a mere joke .as.ata.. .......--
"oh!" interrupted Emma, now fairly in
tears, you have made bitter earnest out Of
it'll" = .e.5 ...f-H .s........s ....-
What could the husband do? This was
probably the first time that his bride had
called tears to her aid in an argument with
him. lie could only hasten to her side and
entreat her not to weep; but the reply was,
81 cannot help it; you force these tears
from me
"What a monster have suddenly become,
Poor miserable woman, that destiny should
have linked you to such an iIhuman wretch?'
This piece Of irony made matters worse
THAT is right" said the insulted wife
snow add scorn to your cruelty who would
have guessed this but an hour ago9 who
was so light hearted and thought myself so
happy--but now
"But now," continued Alfred finishing
the sentence for her, "thcre is no wife to be
found so unhappy as yourself"
Emma's tears flowed on, until her husband
became uneasy on another account than the
mere dislike to witness her suffering; he lie.
gan to say to himself: "What will the old
people think? and they will be here i'm
mediatoly. Emma, wife, darling, come. let
us be friends, it is foolish thus to spoil so
lovely n morning"
This address succeeded in inducing the
lovely weepcr to withdraw the handkerchief
from her face, and softly ask: "Do you
think so? then why were you so hard upon
me?"
"Well, now you see, come to you to sue
for poace,' pleaded Alfred and taking his
wife in his arms he whispered, "Now you
will say those few words for love of me ~
Poor husband never was he more mista.
ken than in supposing his gentle wife had
yielded; for she tore herself from his EN-.
brace, moro angry than ever, with the words,
What, even now? still you ask this? you
would begin the quarrel again?'
have come to You dear wife, to soften
you with kind words when you were angry;
now it is for you to yield something"
Emma seemed to struggle with herself !;
she longed to be at peace with her husband,
whom she fondly loved she had only to
whisper the words hc asked her for, and all
would be right between them; but pride
came TO the rescue. What after all her de.
termination should she yield at last? SO sh.
wound up all of her powers of resistance in.
to one firm, resolute No once for all MOI"
Then the aggrieyed husband broke out into
the following speech =" 1t is enough, then :;
you know that it would please me that you
should do this, and you will not do it, Ny
request may be foolish; nevertheless, it is
my request, and you will not fulfilit. It may
be caprice on my part, but your love
should accommodate itself to my caprice
The words are nothing, but the proof of your
affection is much, and that proof you will
not give me. | have entreated, reasoned
commanded, tried every mode, but in vain
and you profess to love me, you cannot in
one little instance conquer caprice, not
even to show kindness to your husband
L., a. l..
This compendium Of accusations was ut
tered while the speaker was pacing up and
down the pretty parlor in very excited
state, and elected from the accused, who
leaned with her arms on the table, as if for.
support under her unwonted trials, the fol.
lowing reply: .......,.. r.
"What right have you to accuse me of
perverseness or caprice? You acknowledge
that it is folly to ask me TO say those words
and yet you persist. 1t would degrade me
knowingly to commit a Jolly, and yet you ask
me thus deliberately to degrade myself Is
this love? And then you see that your con
duct pains me" here the tears flowed plcn-
tllullysagan; yet you continue cold and
unmoved. On whose side, then, is the per.
verseness where is the lack of affection 2"
How much more might have been said on
either side it is impossible to tell, for at that
moment Hal respectfully announced the APP.
proach of the expected visitors. Alfred
whispered to his wife caution not to let her
parents see that she had been ngtated, and
she replied" don't care; they may know
all am not to blamc;" and in this con-
seriousness Of injured innocence, Emma fol
lowed her husband to greet the beloved
guests at the door .. f~ " #
Squire Oldfeld and his wife Catharne
were hearty, handsome elderly couple, who
had toiled up the hill! Of life together success
fully, and were now, as the poet expresses it
going down it hand in hand, kindly, hon
est loving pair. After the first greetings
were over, Catharine rallied her daughter, as
mothers will do sometimes, on tho fact Of
making herself scarce at the parental home
stead; but, on Emma's attempting to apollo
gize, kindly added, "Oh, know how il is,
my dear child; a young wife has something
else to do than to be always running after
her old mother
That is how the world wags, wife," said
the squire she must leave father and moth.
er, as the holy writing saith but you think
Of us often, my child, | am sure"
SO they seated themselves to the amply
spread breakfast table; and the old gentle.
man, declaring that his long walk had made
him both thirsty and hungry, poured out
glass of wine for each of the party, and pro.
posed 'many happy returns Of the day."
Now, il occurred simultaneously to our
young couple, that many returns of such a
morning as they had passed together would
not be desirable; but instead of keeping this
consciousness to themselves, and accomplish.
ing silent reconciliation, Alfred raised his
glass with trembling hand, and the more
mpulsiyc Emma was obliged to put her own
down on the table again while she wiped her
eyes. This action did not escape the notice
of the old man. ..ss-a
What is this ?" asked he shave | of.
fendeds My son-in law, you look e,nbar.
rassed. and Emma is in tears what has hap
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