The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-10-17

But / should like to know some
thing" Do.
You do know great deal; your,
cbeertulness, sunshine and music are
your charms, and | exist so entirely in.
them that / seldom care TO leave our
precious home and mingle with the
world. Where are my evenings spent,
Katie?"
"Oh, you are kind, you stay with
me always, or take me with you; but
you seem 80 interested in company,
and get so brilliant and excited In
conversation with others, never with
me, said she, with still tinge Of
sadness in her tone. rs gla.1 m
well, dear, with you | am happy
and at rest, with others, ambitious
and excited, as you say; would you
rather ! would find happiness else
whereof ifnu m ~
Never, never, Horace
"Then be content to remain as you
are, a cherished wife and beloved
mother | doubt if Miss Field ever
plays with children. No. no, our pets
eouldn't spare you time to become a
book and ii wouldn' b have
you give up the piano, or care Of the
babies, or your evening readings, for
fortune; you know more now than
half the young mothers, Now let's
have our vesper hymn, late az il u.s. "
And while they sing, | will tell my
readers something of their history.
Horace Stoughton, had, before mar
riage, graduated from one Of the most
noted colleges, and for some years af-
ter held tutorship; but, finding the
/ life Of constant labor, with little re-
creation, undermining his health he re :
/ signed his office. and, with Katie Hol-
| den, to whom he had been some time
engaged, took pleasant little house
in retired part of the city, giving
private lessons in languages and high
err mathematics to the students who
needed such assistance, and preaching
on the Sabbath in the surrounding
towns to exc out his slender means.
A few years Of rest in this way, and
he hoped to be able to settle over a
small church near his favorite city.
The years passed; his health i'm
proved !. students flocked TO his rooms !;
and finding they could live comfort
ably, and even have something for the
/ future; and feeling, too, that Katie
naturally shrunk from a change, he
delayed to make it. Therefore, three
years and a half their home had been
here; boy Of two and an infant girl
had been added; and Katie, who had
zealously resisted her husbands de-
sire to have n servant in the firstyears
Ilof housekeeping, now submitted to
the necessity, and gave more time to
the art she loved so enthusiastically
and the babies she was sorely tempted
to make idols. @ .i'
The youngest Of q large family, she
had been a very witch for fun and
frolic; nothing could tempt her to in
dustrious effort but n. usic. INDUCED
and petted by relatives and friends,
she was in danger of being thoroughly
spoiled; but her sunny temper, her
ardent, generous nature saved her,
and at the time of which we write,
her complete contentment was in dan
ger Of being broken Qp by new am
bition that had taken possession Of
her
Their little home was the occasion
al resort of much of the wit and in
tellect Of the city, and although many
seemed to engross the attention of her
| husband, there were others who took
real pleasure in listening to her cheer
full conversation or were charmed by
her superior performance on the piano
or guitar; but this was forgotten in.
the all describing desire for position
beside her husband in the Intellectual
world. She had thought of the adj
vantage it would bring her in many
ways; but the all-important one was
the intense desire for her husbands
entire love and respect. She would
have the first place in all things: she
would be his equal only that he might
love her more, or if that were not
possible--in that he already loved
her entirely-that she might win his
r-increasing admiration.
She had seen him talk with learned
professors, and felt that he was APP
preciated, and no thought Of inferior
\ ity had come back to herself but
when he sat an hour talking to the
somewhat pedantic Miss Field, and
she noted the enthusiasm mounting
1 HlgntI DIS tHcy pTOgItSSCu III ohS uiS-
cussion, and saw that for the time
they had both forgotten that she was
in the room, and felt that not word
had been addressed to her, although
the call was ostensibly for her, then
the knowledge that. the subject of in
terest was beyond her comprehension
turned and stung her. She felt the
hot blood surging from her heart, up,
up to her temples, and throbbing as
though it would burst the tissues that
confined it; the tears almost started,
but she had power of self-eontrol
enough to forbid that; and when the
lady turned her animated face toward
the young mother and rose to go, the
usual compliments had an unmeaning,
repulsive sound to Katie's ears; but
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