American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-12-07

STcal uell Vi OeSlSuatlOn eXIant IN Ianl
lies about which have my doubts, fo
example, thu sort that gees about putting
in corks of{bottlcd-up tempers; seldom
| do those things long resist the ebulitior
within. In Jessic's case, at Johns frs
~ aD6ut her dull locks, pop! the corl
| WIS out and her temper overflowedA !.
81 am as animated as your listener cal
hope to be-" she ret0rted, smartly, ant
| then John knew that he had done some
hearing. you know, should be either true
or interesting. and as what you are sa ) ing
is neither, I-endure it,
Not true! pe now, este, that is
Il little tOO--A'
Jessie put up both hands, with little
gesture of warding him off.
So tam believe of ,s thai
pOkes Itself up into high hill, very good
| prefer Mark Twain's explanation of a
similar case-that be oysters walked up
there to enjoy thd ew."
u don't believeit
''Similar thinga hEe.occurred-"
60 don't believe IT,
Heaven help us - cried John, cycling
her in comical perplexity do you believe
that things that are equal to the same
thing are equal to each Other?"
No, do nOt-nOt if you said it, and
proved it ten times over!-there.''
Nothing was wanting now httt That John
should make that unlucky speech (what a
firebrapd it has been!) about the deficiency
OF women in logic and he made it.
''Logic!" echoed Jessie, scornfully.
women are inferior animals, just fitted
TO comprehend the coarser wants of man,
but incapable of the higher efforts of
reason. Certainly any other theory
would be incOnvenient. What pity that
there could not be improvements in
feminine nature, just as there are in
steam-engines! Say I were a walking
springs to keep me running about my
household duties, with pretty wax head
that would bob at you yes or no, just as
you wish-how exactly that would hit
your ideal now, and six years ago | was
your ideal! Come, Maudie, kiss papa
good night, and ask him to pray to heaven
TO save you from the thing man calls his
love-"
Then Mrs. Jessie arose, with scarlet
cheeks, and flashing eyes; and John,
whose emotions were deep but silent, let
the two go without a word, and sat quiet
ly looking into the fire. But things had
come to this pass. While the thought
over her ridiculous injustice, the bitter
speeches, the frivolous misapprehensions,
him with a vague sense of discomfort took
shape and ranged themselves before him.
And saying, "As it has been, so it will
be-" he seriously asked himself if he had
done well when he made Jessie Dunbar his
wife.
AS was to be expected, Jessie, meanwhile,
grew remorsefuI over Maud's crib, and,
coming down stairs a reconciliation fol-
lowed. John was still too fond of his wife
to resist the pleading look and little hand
laid timidly on his arm. And then. was
everything as it was before? No! Johns
faith in his wife was staggered. She had
set him the following problem:
Jessie Dunbar-Good, pretty, loving,
sensible, generous-my ideal oman.
Subtracr-Jessie Medlark, good, pretty,
loving, exacting, .capricious, uDreasona-
Result-An agreeable grown-up child.
CONGRATULATIONS luck! Could he
help it?
On Jesse's side remained a singing
sense of humiliation and defeat. She had
behaved like child, and was further from
the recognition of her loftier qualities than
ever. Afraid absolutely to defy her hus-
band none the less eager to restore the
balance of power; constantly asserting a
petty superiority; pouncing upon any of
Johns inaccuracies-say about Maids
shoes, or the new carpet: hunting it down,
triumphantly confuting it if the. physi-
clan of moral ailments could lave been
there then, and if, he had been possessed
of kindly sympathies, as his eyes went
from the little wife, who Always got the
best Of the argument, to the husband who
disdained All answer, and grew more and
more silent each day, 1 think his
heart must have gone down like lead.
But, though no such physician was there
to witness these unlucky exhibitions, 9TH
ers were, unfortunately. They always
are. These wretched Earrings never can
be concealed. For one thing, when there
is a beliigerent influence in a household,
Then, again when married person, be
it husband Or wife, dOns a bogey-mask,
en- taniIle, it is soon worn at all times,
the wearer as innOcently unconscious of
the effect as ever was Bottom. And peO-
pie behaved in this case as they always do;
looked this way and that, politely uncon-
sciOus, and went away to sneer after
ward. Among all the friends on the
Me lark list, and they were many, there
and that was woman, whose age and re-
lationship gave her privilege. Her mother
ly heart yearned over the misguided wife,
casting her happiness, bit by bit, to the
winds, and demonstrated.
''LOse my husbands lOve!'' Jessie s
eye and lip took on at once their most
mutinOus sparkle and curve. ''Dear Aunt
Dunbar, that cuckoo strain in the mouth
of woman like you! Do you know,
whenever hear that threadbare phrase
never can help thinking of fetichman,
an J the poor savage covering before him.
A mans love is ou- fetch. Burn the
bread, he wont love you. NEEDLE with
pol tics, he won't love you. Have an
opinion of your Own-it is all Over-he
(.In From hai fn in
fidelity, this terrible menace awaits each
and every offense. Nonsense! Show a
man that he must respect yOu,-that you
are not to be snubbed, and checked. and
put dOwn,-and he will love you all the
better"
Mrs. Dunbar sighed. Then she smiled,
and made the following remarkable an
quotation
Il love him better than myself. 1t will
be my happiness to devote my whole life
to him, and to show the world one mar
ried couple who shall be one and not
two"
Jessie flushed crimson.
-. know l said SOL she said passion
ately. 81 thought SO, felt so;" and
then her chest began to heave. And so
! would have done, but a wife should be
something more than housekeeper and
"A playthilg. She should have her hus-
bands confidence, and share his pur-
SUITS
Like our friend. the professors wife, -
assented Mrs. Dunbar. ''He declares that
his books should read, written by self and
wife, so invaluable has he found her as
sistance."
Eyes, | remember her." (Jessie very
doubtful.)
IAN ugly little woman, with high
cheek-bOnes, and hair straight over her
ears. know what you mean-JOhn's geo.