The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1870-11-26
RDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 26. 1870,

years ago he WAS an apprentice boy in
the town where we learned our trade
He started out in life poor but plucky.
after while he came to this city, and st
last became the foreman of large
shop.
L en- lie married-now he rents an en-
tire floor Of a neat house on weuty first
street and lives ike u mar ofsense. His
wife was tnere-his two babies--two
bright-iaced little boys were thers-he
as there, and better than NIL, there was
a home look about the place words Gu
not describe. We were welcome. 50
lnpy both said Az we took cDair. He
iiad been reading from magazine. She
was side sitting by his side, nearly, sew
ing slid listening while the little fellows
we're building biock-house in u corner,
WHIST as young mice, with no loud talk,
angry words, OF ouarretlng.
And thus ran our talk:
HAPPY AS ever-Hs you both deserve
10 be"
Yes; happier and better off than
many others
'ls work good now?
"Midallng; but not so good as it has
oeen.''
"You all appear in good health"
''Yes; we ure quite we'll"
"And quite ccntemted2"
"Why not? We are well-happy; in
goo6 health, My earnings more than
support us, for We live within ourlneans.
Ne buy nothing except we pay for it at
the time, 40 debts and creditors never
Uother ns. l have the best woman in
the world for wife, and two kinder,
betler-b beloved children L do not know
If. They take it from their mother"
oh! dear George; perhaps he don't
care TO hear OF such things"
Excuse me, but we do. Here you
live. Here il your home. Here is the
heaven Of liie--ths resting place aud
mere we hnd you happy. SO we would
anew all Jou sse TT to te.l-nothing
mere.'
''rhere, good Mollie, / told you so.-
You see, knew him befure l did you,
and know what he thin s. And aiu
not afraid or ashamed TO talk TO him,
tur he understands these things. And,
AZ | said before, we are quite cnntented-
Nellie is good--jnst as good AS she can
ue. She Is King 10 siEsE~sr. T.
those OF her on home, and we sli love
her, She tries TO save ard to hep AZ
cunulsle something, for We arc grow
my old. and .ne boys are to be edueat'
eli, iust ss We were, To be sure, Fs
| don seem to be any older ihan last
year, but We are. Every year counts
two-en msro gone, aud one less to
coIae.
ave don't nave so murh tC bother us.
| Sot so much As ~, used to. Once l
wanted TO wear all he fine clothes ssw,
ana to own y great big hoese, with lots
Of servants 20 wait on US. And Moiiie
and | used to walk down Broadway,
looking in iAe show windows, and wish
,ns we he'd the beautiful things TO lie
seen all along. Then we would feel
/ i,i.e b, cause we could not have them
| alI-come home tired, and feel sort
heart scratched aud mean, to think
snnte folks could have everything tbey
wanted and We could not. Then we
would go TO bed tired and out OF humer.
zone night we felt zeal bad, and uoth
of us went to bed in bad bunor. In The
morning Mniie said sine didn< wa1t TO
walk down Broadway looking Ia the
windows 10 wish slie had ali tie dresses,
,Se.. any more, for il wrs no use 10 wish
ali the time Tor something We did not
need. Alter bre klsst We waited fsw
moments, and We said We we're better OIL
dram niany no were rich rho did not
love each other, and hurried OF to work
with 8 heart a.. lgllt ss one OF these liule
red balloons chil'sren play with.
ever since thcn we have been hap
pier. We have all we nee aud more,
IL don't take 50 much 10 keep tanliy
slteI sil, il We don'l live mere 10 pisase
nlher io,ks tHRD our selves. lfany BODY
don't like US because We don't i've IN
ntg house and give dinners and parties,
aud make great fuss, We cau't help IT.
und oon care whstlier they DO or not
our greatest happiness is in living fol
each other.
"Scmetines Moliie is q little worried
for house-work vii worry anyone
! Then / am sorry for hsr, and hols hei
in nv arms tillshe is rested, aud it's al
gone in few moments. Sometimes
something or other vsxes me, tor yoI
know il is not all sunshine, and ther
Molie cheers me up, and prints o 10y
.ssts iSs.s oll uly brow or lips, and tells in'
tAa1ssfie loves -ans---I look at our iitli'
\ uoale and think how sood she is TO mi
, always, aud tell you, the clouds hoa
almost before know il, aud then IN!
heart is light, and l fsel 20 thankful tha
II have such good wife ard such aqrie
home, that love her more ana NOR
r each day, and care less and less for Ia
noisy, BUSTING, Cheating, seilisn wori'
ouisige."
9 Nor long did we remain, for one doe
ut like 10 bie eak in upon the hsppines
lad comfort of others. Que has no rigt
+, u do-,,ns. So We came to our root
!. and though, OF the homes all over tii
, ,xnd and of those. who iivetherein. Az
, nf trnth we believo the little homes a.
1 the hsppiest. Those litlle loving honl'
Z where people live more Tor thes sslv'
Il thar 81 ers, no; ofthe family circle. -
beantifu Heaven truehtd homes whei
o mel are kind. true. earnest, loving, an
!. loved he ike n retnrn BY u good. pur
= c refu, considersie woman who in som
y thing besides butterfly Of fsHhion, an