The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1864-02-19
A Young Wife's Sorrow.
Containing Very Important Lesson t0
Young Ladies.

20, Il den IKE Jne tone Ol MNIJua
letter. said Mrs. Barton to her hus-
band one day. Martha was daugh-
ter who had been married for three
or four months, and was then living
some several hundred miles away
from the town in which her parents
resided.
"Nor do l." was the answer. "If
Edward is in anything un<ind to her,
I have been greatly deceived in him"
"There are peculiarities of charac-
ter and temperament in every one,
that only close intimacy can make
apparent, and Martha has these as
well as Edward. 1t is not improba-
bic that something unseen before has
revealed itself since the marriage,
and stands as a source Of irritation
between them"
Mr.. Barton sighed. He was very
fond of Martha. She had been pet
with him since childhood, and this
separation, in consequence of her
marriage, was a great trial. The
thought Of her being unhappy, panied
him.
Suppose, said he, "thot we send
for her to come home and make us a
visit. 1t is nearly four months since
she went away"
II was going to suggest something
different"
"What?"
A visit 10 Martha "
"But that will be out of the ques-
ton, at least for me- said IIr. Bar
ton.
I II did not, t,' said Mrs Barton, smil-
ing, expect to include you in the Wis
it"
ooh, then you are to take all the
pleasure to Yourself Now, it strikes
me as better arrangement TO have
Martha pay MS visit twill do her
great deal Of good, more good than
merely to receive 81 visit from YOU
She will get back for little while
into her own home. and see her faith
er and mother both. And then | will
come in for u portion of the enjoy
mont which is to he considered
I've thought of that" replied Mrs
Barton, "and yet favor the visit to
Martha. The reason is this: if | 90
there and stay a week or two I shall
have an opportunity TO see how her
and. Edward are getting along togcth-
or. We must live with people you
know. to find ont all about them. -
There may be some little impediments
to happiness lying right in their path,
which / may help them to pick M
and cast aside; some little want Of
adoption in the machinery of their
lives, which prevents movement in
harmony that I may show them how
to properly adjust"
II guess you are right. in taking
that view Of the case" said Dir. Bar
ton.
The visit OF Mrs. Barton was made
accordingly, After the first brief
season Of gladness that followed a
meeting with her mother had passed,
Martha's countenance showed some
lines that were not there by sweet
eontcnt. The mother asked no oues-
tons however, in the beginning. to
to draw Martha ont. She wanted n
little time for observation. The
young husband was bright, cheerful.
attentive and fond, as he had appear.
ed before the wedding day. But on
the second morning after her arrival.
she noticed that he did talk as much
as usual Mt the breakfast table. and
had something very much like a cloud
over his countenancc. AIartha's : man
ner was little centrained, also, and
her face little sober. Once or twice
during the meal, Edward exhibited n
feeling Of annoyance at things net
rightly ordered
Mrs. Barton was already BEGINNING
to see the little impediments and ob.
structions to which she had referred
in talking to her husband. But she
old not encourage Martha TO speak
on the subject. She wanted to see
more and understand the case better.
On the third day, the cause of troub.
lie between Edward and Martha-for
discordant string was really iarring
the harmony OF their lives-became
more clearly apparent to the mother.
The little external restraint that had
been assumed at the beginning of her
visit, by both Of the young people
was gradually laid aside, and she saw
them in the real life they were living.
The basis Of the difficulty lay in the
total untitness of Martha for the DO
sition she had assmed-that Of house
keeper, lmean And in consequence.
her young husband, in whose ideal
of home, perfect order had been in
cluded, found everything so different
from his anticipations, that indeed
a graceful acquiescence was impossi-
BILE
81 don't know what has come of
Edward" said Martha to her mother
on the morning of the fourth day az
ter her husband had left for his place
of business. Her eyes were swim
ming in tears, for Edward had spoken
harshly and with evident ill-nature at
the breakfast table. "He used to be
so kind, SO gentle, so considerate of
my comfort and feelings. But he
seems to be more impatient and harsh
IN his manner every day"
elias the reason of this never oc-
Cured to your Mrs. Barton man
ner was grave. "IIe is disappointed