Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1871-09-08
How Mary MorrIson Came TO Leave
her Husband.
IN FouRonArrrHs. cnArrsa II: 49,.
BY SARAH EpwARbs HENsHAw,

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BY SARAH EDwARbs HENsHAw.
snow, John Morrison meant well
and truly loved his wife. But still
she was not really happy. .Rt
John had his way to make IN the
world and was absorbed i'm doing 1t.
The truth was, he did notthink K. = He
was determined that Mary should
not always live In the little town to
which he had brought her, nor In the
small way which suited his income.
So he worked hard, snd came to his,
home with glad sense OF the rest
which he should find there. ~
But Mary was confined 10 n1onot-
onous and equally fatiguing routine
of duties within doors, and her rest
would have consisted in going out
The very quiet which Johns soul
longed for, she was already surfeited
with the sight of home so pleasant
to him, wss endless sameness to her
and Willie he was tired of seeing so
many people, she was tired of seeing
no one.
7 But Mary's was a. gentle, nature,
and when John after tea put on his
slippers and took his paper, and es.
tabiisfed himself in his arm chair,
pipesin' mouth did hate tobacco
SOD she seldom had the heart to dis
turb him. Consequently, the few
little ,amuse which the town
afforded, and which might have Civ
en- her some change, went by unat-
tenied-the small tea. drinking, the
larger party, the occasional concert.
1t was all the same. Il IA man who
doesithus Is very foolish, but he does
not always know it, yHgaa
John, we are invited to Mrs.
Browns to morrow night. she is to
have few people to tea. Shall we
go:"
II don't care about going. Mary,
you 60 il YOU like. "sFCfa aFi.I
But John knew that she would not
go without him, and so both staid at
nome. YDGBI y Ht 1HIEt
Moreover, John was fastldious
about his shirt bosoms, and particu~
lar about the seasoning of his food. .-.
He seemed to have an idea, also, tllat
because he had wife, these things
ought somehow to get done of them~
selves, Servants were Of course not
to be depended on, and Mary, whose
occupation when girl, had consist.
ed of g, little busting, and a, little
cake making, aud some % iusic, and
many books, and much socfety, had
a weary time to train herself to house
hold duties; indeed, some Of the do
mestic arts she seemed utterly Inca.
pable of acquiring with any prof
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"Oh that I could abolish shift.bo.
sons. she sighed one day.
"You had better wish YOU could
abolish husbands, and be done with
it, 1 remarked spitefully. a4 sts asla.
For, looked on at all this with a
swelling and angry heart. Mary had
been such Q pet at home, and new 10
see her come to this !! didn't know
then, that It was precisely because
she was such pet az home. that the
dear Lord in bis providence removed
her into q life or more labor aad'self.
denial.
1t never occurred to me that this
was His way OF strengthening her
better nature. 1t never occurred to
me to ask-'Suppose Mary was at her
fathers house, living in indolent self
pleasing. would, It be a. noble a. lifs,-
as healthful q life for her soul as
that which she now leads2' 1t never
occurred to me then, that marriage
was for any other purpose than to
make people happier, and to better
their worldly condition, yMary's
marriage did not seem to have secur-
ed either result, and so / looked up
on itsas failure" 5rs ... Il.
"Why, aunt Kate! If marriage is
not meant to better peoples worldly
condition, and to make them happier
i should like to know what 1t is
meant forn esrgg4fFrsgryT wr0I d
A tender smile fitted across the
noble face as aunt Kate replied:
"It was to show you precisely this,
that / entered upon all this story.
The true meaning of marriage has
been almost lost sight Of In this ma.
terial age. WHAT'S marriage meant
for, do you ask, my dear, AS the
world now stands, should say 1t
was meant for discipline
..For iiscipilusl" I cried aghast.
Marriage Is Gods way OF better
fitting people for the hereafter. Hap
piness may come in its train, or may
not Sorrow and trial are sure to
cone-to some more, TO others less,
according to the needs of the
spirit"
"But the poets!" I cried--"the
novelistsl If what you say is true,
how wofully they deceive us -
at is not precisely deception
They depict an ideal world. If our
souls were already perfect, then mar
riage would be what the spoets and
novelists delight to spaint it. The
reality falls as far short Of, their
picture, q WI fall short of perfec>|
tion." IA II
Arr I replied shakM y
head, 1.-THE reality does Indeed fall
short, to Judge by what one sees.-
Matches are not made in heav-
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4 ''There you ara mistaken again, NJ
replied aunt Kate. t'L believe that
matches are made In heaven.
What the unhappy ones are
those matches made In Heaven! Oh,
aunt Kate impossible! gara
why impossible? II not SPAR
row falls to the ground without our
Father, is SO important a thing as
marriage, on which depends tbS 4el-
fare Of souls and from which comes
the human race, to take place with
out Him ~ as8na sfaw.a .aaasu sssaa
J; Be assured He secretly guides the
unionsof each gensfAylbn. 2 BY this
secret providence He thus counter
balances hereditary bias. temper and
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