Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1878-02-22

IN Rxperiehces
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i What is ysore trying to une's nerve,
than 70 have for your ''Iord aud dmaster
one Of those good natured. too-wilIing.
tc-do someb0dies with whom II Is i'm.
possible 10 get mad. i have been mar
ried fifteen years. and really beIieve
there would Be little luxury If / could
"raise a. storm. in the teapot. =. but The
truth Isl ! love The keeper Of my happi.
ness 50 well and he i 20 nice that ]
! really cannos even froWnat bin, though
admit 1 ofsen feel Ike doing II. My
dear girls, you must not expect perfec-
tion-you are not angels-bear and for
bear must be your motto il you wish to
be happy-above ali, nerer marry un-
less yoa lore. Love can find sweet
drop hidden in the bitterest compound
and those who are sctuated by that holy
motive, know no difference Of opinion,
consequently there are no jars in the
household machinery II is woman's
fate to make most concessions; herveFy
dependence renders her dearer to her
| husband and her love for him makes all
things easy to do for has sake and plea
sure. These things came 10 me by in
tuition. or perhaps inspiration, as had
no tender mother or female relative to
counsel me on such matters, bat often
think my mother vas my guardian an
gel and whispered to my heart what she
would have told me in life.
Let me 90 back to the early days of
my new life and give you one of Of my
experiences. | had only been house
keeping week, and Of course thought
| was a model housewife; so did Frank,
but perhaps experienced matrons would
have found cause to elevate their eyes
in despair. We had been, as / said, one
week in our dear, little home when a
schoolmate Of mine and a friend OF
Franks got married. The tie was
stronger between us and the natural re-
sull was an entertainment for them.
Frank made the purchases for the house.
That morning | gave him q mcmoran-
dun which be was to get filed on his
| way to the Office and have the articles
sent home immediafeiy.
The hours moved slowly on-still no
bundles. Frank was later than usual
my guests had arrived and nothing yet !
tried TO entertain them, but | was con-
scious that my efforts were failure.
In the midst of my distress the hall door
opened with bang. IHstinciively |
- srn.-:s-.sz .s.s, but Of course he didhJ
understand, so cried out In stentorian
tones, "Bless your heart, little one, |
lost that memorandum, never thought
of the things till l was coming home,
was very busy all morning and then
some old friends came in and | had no
idea how late Il was. hope these will
do. Company not arrived yet, trusi
O-hp The prolonged inte1ection was
caused by a glance in the parlor. /
could not control myself, so FASTENED
to the dining-room and laughed ill
cried. Poor fellow, when looked up
his face was a study. He still hugged
the parcels and the, dolorous tones in
which he said, "what fool am" set
me of again. At last I was able to ex-
anime the contents Of the bundles. The
mixed cakes had suffered somewhat,
especially the cream pufs. The French
candies were fortunately in boxes, the
grapes also. The bananas looked as il
some one had triedto draw them through
a key hoie. Now came one large bum
die brought in by the boy. Iopened il
and I found dates, raisins, fgs, three
kinds of nuts, molasses tafy and thai
delicious cream candy all uniting IN most
affectionate brotherhood 1t was in
the midst Of the "dog days." All
could say was, och, Frank ~
Il "What is it. darlingi / told the mar
TO pitch 'em all in. | hadn't time tc
have. 'em put in separate parcels"
i Though distressed, had to laugh and
the heterogeneous mass was laid aside
for future inspection. He was much
troubled, but consoled him by telling
him to admire my table-everythine
looked ever so nice. Fortunately
knew my guests ultimately, except one
Miss Ellyson. Still she seemed a soci.
able little body, so bad begun to fee
composed when suddenly like bomb
shell came from Frank these words
Darling, this is queer tasting choco
late, what's the matter with iti' Or
inspection, il was ascertained that SOU
milk had been used in its preparation
(Sara Ann had been gloomy all day
the effect Of love quarrel-hence the
mistake.) Frank was the only one wh'
took chocolate. I fell like . martyr
After awhile Frank helped himself L
some chicken salad, tasted it, made |
wry face. "Why this Is saIfed will
sugar P'ss
Y Imagine my sensations
Well, / began TO think surely that i
the last of the bot Goals TO be heaped OF
nv devoted head, but no. Mr. LawsoI
made remark to Frank just as be wa
about 10 help Miss Ellyson TO some pre-
serves, the consequence was the con
tents OF the spoon found thelr way int
the teacup instead of plate ]
He discovered his mistake almost in
Simultaneously and 50 great was bis con
\ fusion that he insisted on helping tn
waiter to remove the unlucky cup
when 10 clatter and down went Gu
and mixture into the lap OF poor Mis-
Ellyson, who had her napkin to he
! mouth TO conceal laugh, 50 ruined he
dress.
Never shall forget his look Of des
J pair. enaid scarcely resist the i'm