Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1867-03-07
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WOODSTOCK, VIRGINIA. MARCH 4, 1857.

ing her home the most disagreeable place
in the world = His eyes fell again to the
paper. i
I ssShe HAS made your home comfortable,
your heart bright and shining, your food
agreeable !; for4pity'sIsake tel heryou thank
her. if nothing more. She don't expect
Fit; it will make her eyes open wider than
lthey have for ten years; but it viii do her
good for all that, and you, too" s2ai'aia97
1t seemed to Andrew as is this, sentence
was written Just for him, and just for the
occasion. It was a complete answer to his
louestion, "Praise her for what?' and he
| felt it also rebuke. He read no further,
| for thought came too busy and in new di-
rcctiona21 Memory was convicting him of
injustice to his wife, She had always made
his home as comfortable for him as her
hands could makeit, and had he offered the
| light return Of praise or COMMUNICATION p
Had he ever told her of the satisfaction he
had known. or the comfort he had expert
enced? He was not able to recall the time
or occasion As he thought thus, Mrs
Lee came in from the kitchen, and taking
her work basket from the closet, placed it
on the table, and, sitting down without
speaking, began to sew. Mr.. eeglanced
almost stealthily at the work in her hands,
and saw that it was the bosom Of a Shirt,
which she was stitching neatly. He knew
that it was for him that she was at work.
''Praise your wife, The words. we're be-
fore the eyes of his mind. and be couldnot
look away from them. But he was not
ready for this yet, He still felt moody and
unforgiying The expression of his wife's
face he interpreted to mean ill-nature for
which he had no patience. Is His,eyesi fell
upon the newspaper that lay spread out be-
fore him, and he read. the sentence =
"a kind. cheerful word, spoken in a
gloomy house, is the little rift in the cloud
that lets the sunshine through" le "a .a.
Lee struggled with himselfa while long
err. i His own Immature Lad to be conquer
ed first; his moody, accusing spirit had to
be subdued. He thought Of many things
to say, yet he feared to say them lest his
wife should meet his address with a cold re :.
buff. AT last, leaning toward her.. and
taking hold of the shirt bosom upon which
she was at work. he said in avoice careful
ly modulated with kindness - 'a2i-iil1.fE3
"You are doing the work beautifully,
Mary" aa88 t2u gsGi of4 bus <YfgH,f Ill {
Mrs. Lee made no reply, But her hus-
band did not fail to notice that she lost
almost instantly, that rigid greatness with
which she had been sitting, nor that the
motion of her needle had ceased BEL 39To
( 'My shirts are better made, and winter
than those of any other man in. the shop,
said Lee, encouraged TO go on.
4 care theyw Mrs. Lees voice was low,
and had in it a slight huskiness. She did
not turn her face, but her husband saw that
she leaned little towards him. He had
broken the ice of reserve, and all was easy
now. His hand was among the clouds and
a feeble ray was already struggling thro'
the rift it had made a3salai s2n,. ad d9idw
Eyes, aMarys" he answered softly; 'fandl
I've heard it more than once. what good
wife Andrew Lee must have" Mrs Lee
turned her face towards her husband. -
There was light in it, and light in her
eye. But there was something in the ex5I
preston of the countenance, that, a. little
puzzled him. ,.r e-sa ID j.. ai.a
Don't you think 50 2 she ask, quite
soberly. 2.' + $50 .4g7i.is2
'tWhat a question:, calculated Andrew
Lee, starting up, and going round to the
side Of the table where his wife was sitting,
"What a question, Mary !" he repeated, as
he stood before her
sa 'sDo your" It was ak she said. ''1''''4
eyes, darling,,a was his warmly spoken.
answer, and he stopped down and kissed
her How strange that you should ask me
such question:
IF you would only tell me so now and
then, Andrew, it would do me good" Mrs.
Lee arose, and leaning her face against the
manly breast Of her husband, stood and
wept.el 40 e534e f..4.r e5s IN
What strong light broke in upon the
mind of Andrew Lee. He had never Civ
en- his wife even the small reward OF praise
for the loving interest she had manifested,
daily, until doubts of his love had entered
her soul, and made the light all around
her thick darkness No wonder that her
face grew clouded, nor what he consider.
Ell mooJiness and Immature, took possession
Of her spirit.
"You are good and true, Mary, my
own dear wife; am proud of you-I love
you, -and my first desire is for your happines.
0, if / could always see your face in sun.
shines my home would be the dearest place
on earth .
h, "How precious to me are your words Of
love and praise, Andrew" said Mrs. Lee,
smiling up through her tears into his face.
with them in my ears, my heart can new,
er lie in shsdow = .n
How easy had been the work for Andrew
Lee. He had swept his hand across the
cloudy horizon, and now the bright sun,
shine was streaming down, and flooding that
home with JOY and beauty, ss.asa s.t.,g
The funny man Of the Wheeling Rey-
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