The Jasper weekly courier., 1874-02-06


he comes home at night she is .peevish
aud cross. One day ncighhor who
has begun to hear -'high IS ord- between
the young man and his wife, lends a
hand 10 put the house in order. to wash
the dishes and get The supper ready.
With a tired. weary face John looks
in but the room i all lighted up bv a
bright wood fire, and kettle is singing !;
il j. ali Just as he thought a married
mans home must be before he he j.
married. Ills face gets as bright a. the
room directly lie puts down his hat.
and looks round will quic, content ia
his eyes. well. wife, you have made a
nice place of itm
ia again az Johns home. Surely bis
vie will have taken the lessen, ana
tried to make John happy.
No. She is fretiing now because she j.
Jar away from her own parents. Instead
oftrving % keep all she has. she j. wish
ing TOR what she has not. And though
-Ae has no child To take up her time, or
TO spend the money upon. she does not
give her time or the money TO keep the
home or the husband com Portable.
IL j. supper time now. The fire il al
most out The dirty dishes are lying
on the table. aud there l. a close silcll
an tie room from not having the win
dow omen All day. Now supper time has
psSscd. uut no John has come ia. l.
ihere 40 O.ier place that looks checrier
20 John when he comes out into the
street, than the dirty home without a
fire, and fretiu peeyish wife whining
"a the cOrners
Yes. There is place at the corner OF
the street full of liglsand warmth and
Friendly voices call John in and clap
him ON the shoulder. Aud lie has not
Ia wait long there for something hot to
drink. And so John goes there; and
mis- wife calls him "hard" still. and
curses the public house that keeps him.
Now the money does not all come
home. Less and less comes home every
week. John does not see the use OF
saving money or of taking II home. for
nothIng seems TO come of il there. AT
The public house he gets good company
al least, he thinks. and il i warm and
cheerful /; aud be is not kept waiting.
You can all see how il " i'll all 20 with
'p'fh hpN- ouot- hoHt-l. Mt4l-UlFtl- :
mg, aud iender-hearieh John j. slipping.
lille by lille down hill. into De ggars
misery aud lin. From being drunk once
he " ill come 10 be drunk often. The
nice room will have to be given up: Tor
where is The money for tie rent. The
wife viii fret more and more. aud the
more she irets the more John will be
driven away from home.
People -ne w-comers will he full of
pity. then. for. poor Johns wife" ~hei
.eii az home always alone, and he drink
lug aud spending all his money like a
bad selfish man a. hc is. But we have
seen John from the first. what do we
think! Was il John who was selfish
Tirst1 Was it John. wish to 90 10 the
public house when be first married?
Wives and mothers. II YOU have anv
John" in your family set yourselves to
thinking whether a woman was not at
the bottom OF al that he has come To-.
Think that yon are something else than
pud,iing-makers aud house-cleaners. -
Think how God has given you a great.
great power of driving men TO hell. or
leading them 70 heaven; and think. too.
4hat il is by neglcciing little daily mat
icrs. such a pudding making and clean
ins. that YOU can Use this power for good
Or for evil.
For my part. whenever | see a man
sunk low ia dirt or drink. / feel inclined
20 ak. like IAe bysiander | have told
you oi. ~ lao is She n