The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1870-09-08

and buttons.
He hardly knew it, He never awol'
out of his hard and cruel sclf-absorp
ton sufficiently to be aware Of her con
slant thought for him. He gave he,
n so much money q week and found tha
it sufiiced. She had a home ant
clothes; that, it was his theory, was
what women married for.
He knew she was pretty, but it was
his right to have as pretty wife as he
could get. And she adorned herscl
with ribbons, and twincd flowers in hel
hair, and took thought about her cuffs
b and collars, in the vain hope Of being
told just once that these pretty things
became her.
Woman's vanity should never be en-
couragcd, was one of his theories
Other men looked at her admiringlv ;
other men limited what she would have
given worlds to hear Stephen say.
But she received no such homage from
him. She had no kind words of ap.
probation, no kisses, no endearmcnts,
In the morning q mandate was given
concerning dinner. In the evening lie
ate it with her; and though he had no
fault to find, never praised dish. Az
ter the meal, he either went out or
locked himself in his study among
books and papers. Once, at the very
first, she had taken the crotchct work
to the door, and asked to be let in; but
he had answered by denial.
MANS work." he said, sententiously,
lis too great to he broken in upon by
woman's chat, or woman's iiagcting;'
and she had retired quietly.
She never tapped at these panels
again; nor did she ever hint at any
wish for rccrcaton--at any desire to
enjoy a play or concert, even at the
natural longing for moonlight walk
The inferior creature lad some pride
in her composition. 10 more would
she WOO her husband than Sic would
have wooed him when his bachelor
fancy first selected her to be his future
housekeepcr. A proud woman had
rather miss attention altogether, even
from the cue to whom she is married, |
than ever seem to ask for il.
Men viii not believe it, but many a |
woman has died Of such lie as lilly |
led. The case was not 50 bad with |
Tilly as 1t seemed. however Under
all his abstraction and coldnasS, and
critical superiority lurked a tenderness
that Stephen would have been ashamed
to express, His neglect arose Sfrom
absorption in his pursuits, rether than
any rcpugnance to his wi(c's society.
And he did not provide her with
because he firmly believed
that woman could be thoroughly salts
fed with sewing and fancy work; and
for this reason he gave her 10 praises,
not recognizing her toll as & labor Of
love, but as all employment as delight
full to her as lis profession was 10 him
And the fact that lie never praised her
beauty was due to his theori7ing also.
Woman, the weak, vain animal, must
be strictly guided, lest she should go
astray; and always lovers talk had
Disguised rather than pleased him, and
he had vowed never to yield 90 any
weakness whatever. And SO he called
her Mrs. Appleton, and she dared not
call him Stephen; aud when some
times his long arms would fain have
encircled her aud drawn her to his bo-
som, he RETAINED for shame of a folly,
and she was too proud and too deeply
panied even to touch his shoulder with
her palm unashcd.
One day he caught her reading GER
tain love poems, and took the volume
from her hand, pleasantly enough, for
lie was seldom rude, with all his cold,
ness, and furled the pages over.
"a man wrote this" he said. "prais-
Is of woman's face! Warnings for
her presence! Why, mar should be
,ll-suiiicicnt for himself. Love makes ;,
, man weak, contemptible--love that
.hese poets set such value on. think
rou had best not read this thing, +,
child; it is full of folly"
Then he tossed the book upon the &
.able-the treasured volume over which I,
Ter girls eyes had gloated before she I,
ever met this husband of hers, saying, -
Would that some man would feel thus
% me talk or write so to or of inc! !" :,
that there was love life be- h
ore her in the ccstatic future. He =
vent up into bis study and laboratory, :,
where some strange metallic compound /,
vas filing the house with It's fumes, and :,
where for days he had been toiling for |,
he purpose Of completing al invcn h
ion of which he had dreamt a long,
ong while--somethiDg rs dear to him
IL L