The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-09-04

ed herself by teaching school and
boarding round among her pupils.
Many of the Friends commented
gravely ON my uncle's choice, shaking
their rayheads, yet giving a lingering
look at the pretty bride. Cousin
Joseph Moore, brother of Cousin
Patience, and bachelor of thirty five.
was one of the committee appointed to
deal with untle) Fred for marrying
against the Jules of society; and he
must have thought the, bffencesa very
heinous one, for, he made three single
visits ON the business, besides the one
with the, cphmittee, each time staying
fnlllan hour before he sand "a word IN
private TO Uncle Fred. Deborah
,Rhoads ,Wasomore exercised than ever
i'm meetingal atnwhich 4 Uttered so
OPENLY that gran moth ers5 sitting on,
the. high seal, psh0ok her head at me.
Uncle Fred and Amt Madeline, as
/ called her, from the. first, staid with
us a few weeks while a long nntenant-
ed house, about. half. a. mile, from u.s.
was getting made ready for them
Uncle Fred hammered anG mended as
diligently as he. sased,.to at the school
house, while Aunt Madeline's busy
fngefs, Assisted BY motherIand grand
mother, and hindered by NE, they said
whieh4f denied then, but since. believe,
toihaYe been true; pIeoed and quilted
bed quilts, cut and sewed and cofored
carpet rags. and eventually produced
a marvel of "a carpet, thought the
bright colors,. blending aud harmon
iziHg so beautifully that grandmother
repressed atcbdeneyste sigh over the
worldliness. of her daughter-in-law
And when they went to housekeep-
ing, their cottage was "a wonder Of
paradise. The marvellous carpet COW
cred the floor of their little parlor;
white curtains, tastefully Topped with
cherry ribbons, gave'an air of grace to
the room, a, pair Of delicate vases, an
heirloom Of kdnt Madeline's, stood
upon the mantle, and were always
filled with some flower or dropping
vine;e the white walls were covered
with wreaths of rich Autumn leaves,
framed. with, acorn i cups and pine
cones and among all, gracing and
browning the whOle,, the pretty wife
fitted like some bright tropical bird,
followed by the grave, loving eyes of
the sedate manswho seemed be in
a state Of semi bewilderment that ali
this grace and l0veliness was his.
1t. was wonderful how readily Aunt
Madeline adapted herself to the pecu-
liar ways of the people among whom
her lot,was cast, how shertoned down
the little gaieties that might have given
offence, and decked herself and her
house I'm such- way as to draw no dis
or -~..<o, ~, a nj ~ auay,H fro,,, tho
most strict. Deborah Rhoades said
nothing; but, in less than three months
after the.yeddipgs she put on 2 pew
cap just ike grandmother's, and in
few Sundays appeared in public" by
making tonegof the most feryent and
impressive prayers | ever heard. -,
q One day,. after she had been married
some six months, Aunt Madeline let
down the fuxuriant ringleGs that, since
her wedding day, had been confined in
comb; bound a wreath of partridge
berries about her head; pinned a cher
ry ribbon at her throat, and stood be-
fore the glass. regarding herself with
girlish complacency, quite at variance
with the matronly air she had worn of
late; IN act in which She was detected
by Uncle Fred, who unexpectedly
made his appearance at that moment.
Blushing to the very roots of her hair,
she snatched off the wreath, when
Uncle Fred caught her in his arms,
kissed each glowing cheek and re-
placed the. wreath SO awkwardly that
she laughed till she quite regained her
cOmpOsure -s5- &c aii@ 10 9to' 49,
mo, Madeline, my dear wife" he
said tenderly, wear these,little things.
Thee misses them perhaps, but | am
SO satisfied with thee | hardly notice
And Aunt Madeline clasped her
arms. about his peel, laid her rhead
upon his.sbasOmtand wept, the hap
piest woman in the world. Never,
from that time, did she see the comb
that, feW anths before, sLshe had
laid upon the table; and after that her
hair hung, in silken curls as formerly.
Cousin Patience .smoothed the :slmost.
bald place on the top of her head.
groaned little, and said something
;aboutI thaaaupfieheuing -swifesSA and
Cousin Joseph remarked on the
necessity of looking to the inner light,
and Hstea ingots the stilly small voice,
adding that it was comforting assn
rance that those, who CONS, in at. the
eleventh hour received full pay.
siigA t, length an5infa nt's cry was heard
in Uncle Fred,si House, and it was
laug ableyto seeshis yfrstgattempts at,
holding his boy. He handled it as II
it was a. delicate piece of glass work.
Whici0he m6inen tarifyexpecteg would
break. Time, however, brought him
practice, and three sons made the
house merry with the music of their
voices. Uncle Fred s lmechanical