Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1874-12-17
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1 ilttIe 10 occupy MS time, TO suggest to
MS wife that they should very plainly
| md honestly state the faults that each
aad discovered in the other since they
were man and wife After some hest.
tation, both stipulated that the rehearsal
should be made in all sincerity, and
with an honest view to the lettering of
each other, as otherwise it would be of
no use to speak of the faults to which
marriage had opened their eyes. The
! husband was Of the same mind, and
the wife asked him to begin with her
faults. He WAS somewhat reluctant.
but his wife insisted that he was the
first to propose the natter, and as he
WAS the head of the house. it was his
| place to take the lead. Thus urged,
he began the recital. He said
"My dear, one of the first faults
observed in you after we began house.
keeping was, that you good deal neg
lected the tinware. Ysu don't keep it
secured q bright as it should be. NV
mother always took great pride in her
tinware and kept it as bright IS q
dollar.
81 am glad you mentioned it, DEAR"
said the wife, blashing a little; here
after you shall see no speck Oh cup or
pan Pray proceed"
Il have Often observed" said the
husband, Chat you use your dish-rags
long time without washing them, and
finally throw them away. Now, when
at home, remember that my mother
a,Na,s used to wash out her dish rags
when she Was done using them, and
then hang them up where they would
dry ready for the next time she would
need them"
Blushing as before, the young wife
promised to amend this fault.
The husband continued with a most
formidable list of SIMILAR faults more
than we have space to enumerate, when
he declared that he could think of moth
ing more worthy to mention.
'New," said he, "my dear, you begin
and tell me all the faults you have
observed in me sine we have been
married.
The young housewife sat in silence
her face flushed to the temples, and a
great lump came in her throat which
See seemed to be striving hard to swal
low.
proceed, my dear; tell me of all the
faults you have observed in me, sparing
none"
Arising suddenly from her seat, the
little wife burst into tears, and throw
ing both her arms about her husbands
neck, cried:
my dear husband, you have not
fault in the world. If you have even
one my eyes have been so blinded BY
nay love for You that, as long as we
have been married, I have never once
observed it In my eyes you are per.
feet. and all that you do seems to me
done in the best manner and just what
should be DONE
"But, my dear said the husband,
his face reddening and his voice grow
ing husky with emotion, ':jast think
| have gone and found all manners:
of faults with you. 1 know have
many ten times as many as YOU
ever had or ever will have. Let me
hear them" ~.-...-
"Indeed. husband, it is as tell YOU
you have rot single fault that | can
see. Whatever you do seems right in
my eyes, and now that know what a
good for nothing little wretch / have
been, shall at once begin the work Of
reform and try to make myself more
worthy of YOU
Nonsense, my dear; you know l
sometimes go away and leave you
without any wood cut; stay up
town when | ought to be at home: !
spend money for drinks and cigars
when ought to bring It home to you
l."
mo you don't cried the wife, 'syou do
nothing of the kind. like to see YOU
enjoying yourself; should be unhappy
we're you to do otherwise than just ex>
actly as you dol"
"God bless you, little wife, cried
the now subjugated husband; strom
this moment you have not a fault ; |
wis but joking-dont remember a
word said j and he kissed away the
tears that trembled in the little woman's
eyes
Never again did the husband scru.
tinize the tinware or examine the dish
rags; never 80 much as mention one
of the faults he had enumerated but
soon after the neighborhood were wont
to say:
SIT is wonderful how neat Mrs
Smith keeps everything about her
house. Her tinware is always az bright
as new dollar, and believe she not
only washes but even irons her dish.
rags"
And the neighborhood meh were
heard to says
"What steady fellow Mas got