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son uould rcalize that the angel. ot
inuocenre aru round about us IN old are
a. IN infancy. and make us forget TO
bear ill-Will in our hearts. Even then.
mother was not impatient with what
seemed uncomfortable. have seen her
go about all day. quiet and happy,
| though father would not speak a word,
no matter what she asked bin. At such
| times do not recall that he looked an
gry; you know these fits Of silence are
a trait in one branch of my family-and
Of yours also.
We had reason to know that father
loved us; but he was stern in the man
agement of his family, aud made his
word our law.
1 had three sisters and two brothers.
Brother John, just like father, and
mothers pet; brother Will, gay and
bright, a dear boy. He used to be al
most beside himself with vexation at
fathers 'fits of silence and wickedly
wish he might die if he were ever going
to fall into such habit as that Sister
May, you know. is lovely woman even
now. You can hardly think how beau
tiful she was in her youth. used to
think her character was like the express
sion of mothers face when she would
come home from good prayer-meeting.
Jane was as handsome and brightas her
children are now;-always gay, no mat
ter what was happening to the rest of
us. Nothing but her own trouble ever
clouded her, and that not long. Sally,
poor Sallyl was Just one of fathers
silent fits turned chronic-made into q
woman and the tongue let loose!
o, 1 love to think Of them all, just as
they were, and we had many happy
days in the old house, which you see
standing there still. Fathers sternness
did not relax as we grew up, any more
than mothers tenderness did. We were
always children to him, and when it
was no longer possible to whip us he
had other means of correction that went
quite as far-ways of looking at us, or
speaking to us, that we're a sufficient
punishment or warning. He never
showed his love for his daughters more
than in his solicitude about the compa-
ny they kept, especially their beaux
We thought it disagreeable then, but
have seen its use since, and respect his
caution-thoughI felt obliged to cross
his will when married.
May made marriage that pleased
every one. 1t was probably one of the
few made in heaven" Jane took what
she could get, not what she wanted;
but has made the best of it. Sally
stood alone and aloof, as she always
must.
At last it was my turn, and my poor,
plain lover pleased no one but me.
Father called him "shiftless adven-
turer," and even forbade him the house.
But love, yon know, scorns such him
drances. We found various ways of
communicating with each other, and
many ways and times to meet and talk,
and loved each other none the less for
the troubles. When finally told my
father that we were engaged to be mar
ried, and only waited for his permits
sion, he was in a great passion and de-
clared he should never give it. So we
quietly waited until my age made it un-
necessary-two happy years.
In that time, at a protracted meeting
in the old Westinghouse, l found the
Lord precious to my soul. When my
sisters had experienced religion l had
no feeling on the subject, and dared
not pretend that 1 had. Indeed, 1
scarcely understood what it all meant.
But how easy it was from the love in
my heart to understand the love OF the
| Lord; and to receive his forgiveness
and love by keeping my heart near to
him was the most natural thing in the
world. In all my Joy could see that
my family pitied me and despised Jacob;
but when my wedding-day came 1 was
too happy to heed that was leaving
home without the tender attentions so
sweet to q young bride. We mere mar
ried in the old meeting house-just as
you see it now-and Jacob brought me
at once to this little house where now
am. How plain it was, and how small,
with its one room and bedroom; and
how little we had. But we did not
know it. We thought ourselves richl
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