Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1870-01-11

10 ms louhSlng, careless gait the previous
evening.
4 am in the right path, said Lizzie, in
low whisper. oh what fool have been
for two years A fretful dowdyl William,
you shall never say that again.
Lizzie loved her husband with real wifely
devotion, and her lips would quiycr as she
thoughtof his confidence TO his friend Moore
but like brave little woman, she stifed back
the bitter feelings, and tripped off to perfect
her plans. The grand piano, silent for months,
was opened and tho linen covers taken from
the furniture, Lizzie thinking:
| "Ile shan't fud any rarlor more attractive
than his, am determined"
Teastime came and William came with it.
little figure in tasty bright silk dress,
smooth curlS, and oh !,such a lovely blush and
smile. stood to welcome William as he came
in; and tea time passed as the morning meal
had come. After tea, there was no movement
as usual toward the hat rack William stood
up beside the table, lingering, chatting. till
4 Lizzie also arose. She led him to the light.
warm parlors in their pretty glow OF tasteful
arrangement, and drew him down beside her
on the sofa. He felt as if he was courting
again, as he watched her finger busy with
some little needle-work and listened to the
cheerful voice he loved SO dearly two years
before.
"What are you making. Lizzie 7"
ga pair of slippers. Don't you remember
how you admired the pair L worked for you,
oh F! ever so long ago ?"
| II remember, black velvet with flowers on
them. used to put them on the tenders and
dream of blue eyes aud bright curls, and
wished the time would move faster, to the day
| when l could bring my bonnie wee wife home,
to make music in my house."
u.
thought of the last two years, and how little
music she had made for his loving heart,
gradually weaving it from It's allegiance
Then she said:
Il wonder if you love music as much as
you did thep."
"Of course do often drop in at Mrs.
Smiths for nothing else than to hear the
music"
81 can play and sing better that Mrs.
Smith" said Lizzie, half pouting.
/ "But you always say you are out Of practice
when l ask you"
81 had the piano tuned this morning
Now open it aud we shall see how it sounds"
William obeyed jOyfully, and tossing aside
her sewing, Lizzie took the piano stool. She
had sweet voice, not powerful, but most
musical, and was a fair performer on the
piano.
ballads, Lizzie !"
ooh! yes; 1 know you dislike opera music
in parlor."
One song after another, with a Eocturno or
lively instrumental piece occasionally between
them, filled up another hour pleasantly. The
little mantle clock struck eleven.
"Eleven thought it was about nine, | |
ought to apologize. Lizzie, as / used to say, |
rs did then, that the time passed so pIeasant- |
ly I can scarcely believe it is so late"
The piano vas closed, Lizze's work put in |
the basket. and William was ready to go up |
stairs; but glancing back he saw his little
wife the Fireplace, her hands clasped, |
her head bent, and large tears falling from her |
eyes. He was beside her in an Instant |
"Lzzie. darling, are you i'll What is the |
matterY'
"Oh. William, I have been such bad wife
heard you tell Mr.. Moore. last evening. how |
disappointed you but / will try to make
your home pleasant, indeed | will, if you will
forgive and love me"
Glove you'll Oh Lizzie, you can guess
how dearly love you~
AS the little wife lay down that night she
thought:
II have won him back again better than
that, have learned the way to keep him ?"
Elegance Does Not Make Home.
Dever saw garment too ine for man or
maid there never was chair too good for a |
cobbler, or cooper, or king to sit in never a |
home too fine to shelter the human head
These elements about us, the gorgeous sky, !
the imperial sun, are not too good for the |
human race. Elegance Cts man. But DO we
not value these tools of housekeeping little
more than they are worth, and sometimes
mortgage home for the mahogany we would |
bring into it had rather eat my dinner
off the head of a barrel or dress after the
fashion of John the Baptist in the wilderness.
or sit on block all my life, than consume all
myself before | got to home, and take so
much pains with the outside that the inside
as hollow empty nut. Beauty is a
great thing, but beauty of garments, house
and furniture is a very taWdTy ornament CON-
pared with domestic love. All the elegance
in the world will not make a home, and |
would give more for spoonful of real love
than for whole ship-loads of furniture and all
the gorgeousness that all the uphUlsferers in
the world could gather together Theodore
Parker.
A Coop MoTHER-Sometimes one hears
it said of good wife and mother that ''she's
a regular home body" The phrase is SIM
pie, but what world Of ennobIing qualities
1t indicates, and what universe of frivoli-
ties 1t excludes. The matronly home-body
is indeed "Heayen's best gift to man.
Dashing ladies, whose mission it is to set the
fashions, won't you look in upon your gentle
sister as she sits in her well-ordered nursery
making the children happy with her pres.
ence! Note how she adjusts their little diff
6cuIties and admunishes eucnura0cs IN