The Van Buren press., 1877-05-01
MIS- ISCELLANY.
The Unguarded Tongue.
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Among the sources Of social aud do
nestle d s4aletnde. and on OF tile eAlei
Is the habit Of husband and wives c, /
rectlng each other IN public meah that
Il BIT Of correction winch let's Ho slip OF
the tongue pass without Il reminder, ma
klug the corrected patt> feed cReap, and
casting u shadow upon The ls!eheis.
a party. Fne evening, Charles Lee
vas IL Ing tu knot OF his tiItnds about
tue noudeftaI vel at his strawberry bed
liz ptilcd himself IN that bsL OF lortl-
cultural success.
I'VE slal gather huAdred quarts ol
berries from that bed this season, lie
~.vi... ~-,..asa..= as.....4l, ...
o. oo, Cnatlrs, interp"sed his wife.
~ hu i,ua ju,l come up. al we gel fiji,
quarts We shall do we'll
"Wny, Nou have picked as much as
tiltt quarts a!ready.'
NJ, no
But. Lauru, Y forget how many are
eaten fpom the vines Apd a1alrl "Aen
say lundre quarts, | mean as We
nave tu bae them vita the hulls ON
"Oh. Charles. that strawberry hei is
>uur hobby :"
A rd the wife lan ..hel.
Bat the husband did not la eh He
MAS cut 10 the quick, and turued avn,
without speaking further
Now amy experienced gardner. over
looking Charles Lee $ stra" berry bed du
riHg The mouth of july, would have risk
eA Il goodlA wager tnnt its yield for the
season would u,rrrun a hundred quarts
Aud Charles had OF ls.meant to tell the
truth.
Laura, he said, after they reached
their home. "do YOU know that YOU
made me very unhappy this evening"
"unhappy, | =
Yes unhappy, because indignant -
90 YOU mean what ! SAID about Your
strawberry hedY'
Yes
"Wpn, C, arles-now believe if YOU
were To- measure every lot of herr es-'
"Stop. Laura. | shall not discuss that.
" cannot measure the berries Tonight.
ont, wish t. remind you that The habit
Of correcting me in public is mos, disa-
oreeabie one to all who bear, 1t makes
me terl unpleasantIy, and it perpl xes
Others And, my dear wife, the habit is
growing upon YOU
Really, Charles one would think, to
bear you, thai had been doing some.
thing awful What harm can there be,
should like to know
'Toere j. Il 4rtat deal of harm, Laura
The habit is an evil one aud can lead ON
~ to evil
Evil
Ave. Lama OF all the evils to he
dreaded IN social HE, an unguarded ton
que is one OF the most dangerous |
wish ,ou would
oh. pshaw, will not listen to your
ecture
"Theu, Laura, II greater evil may be
yours, speak now from my heart II
Nou do not try to restraint
Before he could finish the sentence his
wife had swept from he room.
Two weeks later, Charlie, Lie and II :
wlie sat one evening in Thea eoses draw
ing room, when MIR. Fuller came in
Ne va, Laura father, a ge ial, large
hearted man, dearly lovep by his child,
ron
H. Owned a large woolrn mill, aud
mlvut4curcd great deal Of cloth, most
t Nticn was sent to gneus III the
pa~l
II kissed his dan shter, and took into
his arms AMI kissed the two llttle children.
and then ~at down.
Gradually the smile faded from his
face. and m expression oi deep concern
took place
"Cla hes said he, " | have received
letter from Ciaxtnn auc slmund~.
have got tn TX end their papers. ] shnnld
nave had u remittance from them ui two
huusaul dollars Il weeN ago; and anuth.
rr line remittance W Ii he due uext month
Tupy cauuut MAXI eiiher Of them j. Is
bad ism I il
VERY bad. said G aries
"Whv don / you push hem, as you
call - demanded Laura :" If they