The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1867-02-01

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e she grew calm, as if there were some
D thing mesmeric in the caress. TheI
e she told her all her troubles,--how cv
t erything seemed TO go wrong, -anC
t Harry did not love her, and went away
I leyenings,-and how very particular he
t was, and found fault when everything
: was not Just so nics-as if one could al.
5 aUays keep things in order. She wa,
f sure she did her best but her children
we're very troublesome, and of late she
> had felt quite discouraged, and thought
} it was no use trying.
Very soberly Aunty Brown listened
, to the yory of her young friends trials,
! and with ready tact saw where the diff
Guilty lay. She knew Lizzie's whole
life, and made all allowances for her.
} When she had finished, she said, kind
I ly, Now, my child, you would give all
the world, were it yours, to better thi,
state of things, would you notp
"0h yes! yes~ cried Lizzie eagerly
'can you tell me-wiN you tell me what
to dop
81 think see what the trouble is, and
| think l can tell you how you may
| win back your husband to your home
and heart; but, dear Lizzie, can you
| bear to have me to speak very plainly
i TO youi And will you not be offended
if perhaps, tell you, that in some
/ things you are much to blamer' sa
"No, indeed, will not" said Lizzie.
'1f l am wrong, surely wish 70 know
II, and l will try-oh SO hard Ito do
better, if you will only tell me how"
And faithfully, as if sbe were teach
/ ing her own daughter, did the good wo-
man strive to show her wherein she
failed, and how che might amend
"You should have said she, "a regular
1 system, and the most perfect order in
the performance Of your household du-
ties. A time for everything, and q
place for everything, Let no trife dis
turb your, snangsments,-much less
your temper. A husband dislikes to
see frowning face, and smiles beget
smiles. Next to this, and Of no less i'm
portance, is your own personal appear.
ance. 1t il almos. IS easy to appear in
s nest and becoming attire ss in alov-
emily and unbecomiDg one, and there is
no way in which the wife will sooner
lose the respect of her husband, than by
allowing him to see her so hsbitually."
s.But" said Lizzie, blushiDg at the
thought of her own neglected appear
auce, "Harry does not say anything
when do try to reform, aud L think
sometimes he does not notice it."
"But, my dear, do you not give up
too sooni Are you not too easily dis
couragedl And l am afraid my Lizzie
has been petted too much, and learned
to work more for praise than principle!
You must strive, darling, to make these
fixed habits, and soon you will perform
your duties with a real love for them.
and to please yourself, as well as your
husband" Much more did Aunty
Brown say, in her kind, motherly way,
and Lizzie saw, and acknowledged, with
tears and bushes, how sadly deficient
she had been. "Neyer fear but that
you will succeed, If you preserve, and
! Just see how much you can do toward a
reform, tomorrow" said Aunty Brown,
as she bsde her a goodnight. Lizzie
could hardly sleep that night, so busy
was she with plans for the morrow. r..
! ,.r,f..k -@----- oi -ig4,ssfs oi
Ii hardly seemed possible that one
| day could have wrought such . change
The tes-table was drawn out, in the
kitchen of Harry Barclays home, and
Lizzie was innpstiently awaiting his ar
rival. Very tempting looked that tea
table, with its snowy cloth and neat
Ily arranged dishes. Lizzie looked at
least two years youuger-for the aDx-
ious look was almost gone, and there
was no frown on the fair brow. She
could not refrain-frow casting smiling
glance into the mirror, now and then,
| and whispering to herssif-''I am sure,
Harry nust be pleased now" And GER
tainly, he would be very difficul, man,
were he not--for Lizzie was looking
very prettily. The neat, dark delaine
fitted her trim figure to charm, and
the bit 'of dainty lace around her fair
throat, was vastly becoming. And her
hair,-Lizzie had not forgotten that
Harry once admired curls, and for the
frat time in many day she had taken
pains to wind it around her finger, and
| let it fall in brown, shining ringlets, but
it had not forgotten the way. The room
WAS arranged as neatly IS two tasteful
hands could arrange it-for Lizzie had
both taste aud skill, when she chose TO
exercise them. Hsiis '1i .V -st, =.
The children had not been forgotten
in the general reform, and we're q: sweet
and clean-looking as could be desired !;
and Willie was quite lost in admiration
of himself and his "pretty mamma" a.
he called her. But Lizzie concluded
that it would not do to wear curls every
day--for baby, too, had taken a won
derful fancy to them, and seemed to
think them an admirable plaything, ar
ranged for his special benefit She had
just succeeded in quieting this young
.ter, and had laid him away in his little
crib, when she heard Harry's step. 1t
called bright flush to her cheek, and
caused her heart to beat little faster,
but she strove to look very unconcerued.
As Harry entered, at one glance he saw
the change the tidy rocnl--the neat
table--aud, above all the charming fig
ure of his little wife, who sat there with
her eyes cast down, trying to look very
demure and unconscious, though the
smiles would keep dimpliug round her
mouth, and she could not refrain from
stealing gIauce at her husband, just to
see if'he was observing. There was a
glad smile on his face, and he came to-
ward her with an admiring gaze, ex-
claiming, "Why, Lizzie, you look just
like the girl 1 married, nowl Yes, l
believe quite as pretty !" and he imprint
ed really lorer-like kiss on her glow,
ing cheek. That was a very happy
meal, at the Barclays that night. Harry
found his new system of praise worked
so well, that he even went so far as to
praise the nice, light biscuit and fra
grant tea, though they were nothing
very unusual. Lizzie felt that it would