The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-08-30
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Andres Lee came home iFem d
shop ahsro b bad worked all DAY ,ire.
and oil, q spirits came bomo . hi
wife ~lo uhs also tirsd and out o
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km.ing uife and ehoeriaI hom'
shat paia1ise It would b., said
Andrea ia himself. as he turned hi,
eyes ifom Tie clculed face of Mn
Ice. ani sai dosn With knitting brow,
and moody ASPECT
No, word Was spoken by either
Mis Lee vas getting supper, and Sic
moved about sith VERY step
Come, she said a. last with SIDE
glance A hpr husband
Andrew rose and pent 10 the table.
he was tempted 10 speak an angry
word. bat controlled aimself. and kept
aleuL He could dnd no fault with
the chop nor tho home trade bread,
nor tie fragrant ten They would
have cheered bis inward man, if there
bad been CLEAN Of sunshine Oh The
face Of bis wife III noticed she did
not eat
Are you not well, Mary? The words
we're on his ip but ho did not utter
them, for the face Of his wife looked
so repeilaut that be feared an irritating
reply
Aud so in moody silence, the TWAIN
SIT together until Andrew had finished
his supper
As be pushed his chair back, bis wife
arose and commenced clearing off the
table.
This IS purgatory, said Lee to him
self as be commenced walking the floor
Of lns little breakfast room, with bis
Lands thrust down into bis trowsers
ockets and bis chin almost touching
bis breast
After removing all the dishes and
taking them into the kitchen, Mrs Lee
spread a green cover on The table, and
fresh trimmed lamp thereon, went
ont and shut the door after her, leav-
ing her husband alone in his unpeas-
ant feeling. He took long deep
breath as she did SO, pausing in his
walk, stood still for some moments, and
then drawing paper from his pocket
sat down by the table, opened the
sheet, and commenced reading. Sin
gularly enough, the words upon which
his eyes rested were Praise your
wife. They rather tended to increase
the disturbance Of mind from which he
was suffering
/ should like to find some occasion
for praising mine, How quickly his
thoughts expressed that ill.natured
sentiment. But bis eyes were on the
page before him, and he read on.
Praise your wife, man; for PHYS
sake, give her little encouragement.
II won't hurt hur
Andrew Lee raised his eyes from
the paper and muttered Oh, yes; that's
all very well, praise is cheap enough
But praise her for what? For being
snllen, and making her home the most
disagreeable place in the world? His
eyes fell again to the paper.
She has made your home comiorta-
BILE, your hearth bright and shining,
yonr food agreeable, for PHYS sake,
tell her you thank her, il nothing more.
She don't expect it, it will mike her
eyes open wider than they have for
twenty years; but it will do her good
for all that, and yon, too.
Ii seemed to Andrew as If this sen
teuce was written just for him aud
iust for Tie occasion 1t was com
plete answer to bis question, and he
felt It also a rebuke. He read no
farther, Tor thought came too busy anu
N Lew direction Memory was con
vineing him cf injustice TO his wife
She bad always made his house as
comfortable Tor him as her hands
could make 1t, aud bad be offered the
light return oi praise OF commenda-
ton I Had he ever told her Of satisfuc-
ton be bad known, or the comfort be
bad experienced He vas not able to
recall the time or occasion As be
thought thus Mrs Lee came in nom the
kitchen, and, taking her work basket
itom the closet placed il Oh the table.
and sitting down without speaking,
began 70 sew. Mr. Lee glanced almost
stealthily at the aork in her hands. aud |
saa the bosom ~ shirt, which she |
was stitching neatly. He knew that It |
w&s ior him that she was at work.
Praise your wife The words we're
before the eyes Of bis mind, and be
could lot lcok away from them But
he vas Tot ready for this yet He still /
iel, moody aud nnioreiving. The ex
preston u his wife's face be interpret /
ed 70 mean ill.ua,ure for which he had /