Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-09-01

were before the eyes Of bis mind,
and he could not look away from
them. But he was not ready for
this yet. He still felt moody and
uDforgiving. The expression Of
lis wife's face he interpreted to
mean Ill nature, for which he had no
patience. His eyes fell upOa Che
newspaper before him, and he read
the sentence:
"A kind, cheerful word spoEen
in gloomy house is the little rifs
in the cloud that lets tho sunshine
through"
Lee struggled with himself little
while longer.
His own i'll nature was 10 be con-
quered first; his moody, accusing
spirit had to be sHbdued.
He thought Of many things 10
say, and yet he feared to say them,
lest his wife should meet his address
with a rebuff. At last leaning to-
ward her, and taking hold OF the
shirt bosom at which she was at
work, he said in voice that WAS
carefully mOdulated with kindness:
"You are doing the work bSauti-
fully, Mary"
Mrs. Lee made no reply but hoF
husband did net fail to notice that
she lost, almost instantly, the rigid
erectness with which she had been
sitting, nor that the motion Of the
needle had ceased.
"My shirts are better made and
Whiter than those Of any other man
in the shop" said Lee, encouraged
to go on.
care they?"
Mrs. Lees voice was low, and
had in it slight huskiness. She
did not turn her face, but her hus-
band saw that she leaned q little
toward him, He had broken the
ice of reserve, and all was new
easy. His hands were among the
clouds, and a feeble ray was already
struggling Though the rift ii had
made.
"Yes, Mary" be answered softly,
'and I've heard it more than once.
What a good wife Andrew Les
must have
"Did you ?" was all she said.
"Yes, darling" was his warmly.
spoken answer; and he stopped
down and kissed her. "HoW strange
that you should ask me such quSs.
tion!'
''If you would tell me 80 new
and then, Andrew, 1t would do me
good"
Mrs. Lee arose, and leaning her
face against the manly breast Of her
husband, stood and wept.
What a strong light broke in on
the mind of Andrew Lee! He had
never given his wife eveA the small
reward of praise for the loving Ia-
terest she had manifested daily,
until doubt of his love had entered
her soul, and made the light around
her thick darkness. Ne wOnder
her face grew clouded, or that what
he considered moOdinesS and ILL
nature took possession OF her spir-
its.
"You are good and true, Mary,
my own dear wife. / am proud Of
you, and my first desire is for your
happiness. Oh, if l could always
see your face in sunshine, my home
would be the dearest place on the
earth"
"How 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 be
in shadow"
How easy had been the work for
Andrew Lee! He had swept his
hand across the cloudy horizon, and
now the bright sunshine was gleam-
ing down and flooding that home
with joy and beauty.
The DEPARTED SoUL.--Heavensi
what q moment must be that when
the last futter expires OR our ipsI
what change! Tell me, ye vhO are
deepest read in nature and God, to
what new world are we borne RWhitA-