The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1868-07-25
The expression of his M.
to mean ill-nafure far which

The expression of his n,
to mean Immature for which.
His eyes fell upon the newspape Law
spread out before him, and he read the SEN
tence-
ga kind, cheerful word, spoken in a gloomy
house, is the light rift in the cloud that lets the
sunshine through y
Lee struggled with himselfa while longer
Ills own Immature had TO be conquered first his
moody, accusing spirit had to be subdued. He
thought OF many things to say, yet he feared to
say mem lest his wife should meet his address
win cold rebuff At last, leaning toward her
and taking hold OF the shirt-bosom, upon which
she was at work, he said in a voice carefully
modulated with kindness:
You are doing the work beautifully, Mary"
;. MRS. Lee made no reply but her husband
uid not iall to notice that she lost almost instant
iy mat rigid erectness with which she had been
sitting, and that the motion of her needle had
ceased.
MY shirts are better made and whittier than
'hose OF any other man in the shop" said Lee.
encouraged to 60 on.
Are they 2"
Ms .ee's voice was slow, and had in it
sight husklness. She did not turn her face,
out her husband saw she leaned little toward
MIN. lie had broken the ice of reserve and all
was easy now. His hands were among the
clouds and feeble ray was already struggling
through the rift it had made.
Eyes, Mary" he answered softly; sand
we heard 1t more than once, what good wife
Andrew Lee must have"
Mrs. Lee turned her face toward her hus-
band. There was light in it, and light in her
eye. but there was something in the express
sion OF the countenance that little puzzled
him.
"Do you think so % she asked, quite sober
"What question 2" CALCULATED Andrew Lee,
starting up and going round to the side of the
table where his wife was sitting. ''What
question, Mary 2" he repeated, as he stood be-
fore her.
'Do you 2" 1t was all she said.
eyes. darling" was the warmly spoken an
swer. and he stopped down and kissed her
Chow strange that you ask me such ques-
lion -
''lfyou 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 ofher husband. stood and wept.
What strong light broke in upon the mind
vi hhuie" LIE he ndd never given MS Vile
e'en the small reward of praise for the loving
interest she had manifested daily, until doubt Of
his love had entered her soul and made the
light all around her thick darkness. No wonder
that her face grew cloudy. nor what he consi-
dered moodiness and i'll temper, took possession
of her spirit.
"Yon are good and true, Mary, my own dear
wife ! am proud Of you love you, and my
first desire is for your happiness. o, if could
always see your face in sunshine, my home
would be the dearest place on earth"
SHOW 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 never lie in shadow"
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How easy had been the work for Andrew
Lee. He had swept his hand across the cloudy
horizon, and now the bright sunshine was
streaming down, and flooding that home with
ov and heautv