The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-05-28
HONE COMFORTS.


"Where are you going, George %
asked Mrs. Wilson, as her husband
arose from the supper table and took
his hat.
"0h-I'm goiog out" was the
careless response.
"Bat where %
What odds does 1t make, Emma
| shall be back at my usual time"
The young wife sbesilated, and a
quick ansh overspre "a her face. She
seemed to have ~ mp her mind to
speak plainly un fhhjeet which
bad lsiH-uaeasily 49, Aee 4hessszfof
some time, and she could not let the
opportunity pass. Ii required an ef-
fort, but she persevered.
"JIet me tell you what odds it
makes to me-" she said, in q kind, but
tremGl0us tone.
"If cannot have your company
here at home, l should at least feel
much better if koow where you
were"
"Bus you know that | am safe,
Emma, aud what more can you
ask? 2"
II do not know that you are safe,
George. know nothing about you
W hen you are away"
"Pocb! Would you have it that
am not capable of taking care of my
self?"
"You put wrong construction on
my words, George Love is always
anxious when its deares. object is
away. If l did not love you as | do.
| might not be thus uneasy. When
you are at your place of business l
never feel thus, because | know
can seek aud find you at any mo-
ment but when you are absent dur
ing these long evenings, get to
wondering where you are. Then |
begin to ieel lonesome; and so one
thought follows another, until | feel
troubled and uneasy. Oh, if you
would stay with me portion of your
evenings.'
"Aha-I thought that was what
you were aiming at" said George,
with a playful shake Of the head
"You would have me here in the
evenings"
"Well-can you wonder at it 2" re-
turned Emma. IL used TO be very
happy when you came to spend an
evening with me before We were mar
ried and | know should be very
happy in your society BOW"
"Ab," said George, with a smile,
those were business meetings. We
were then arranging ior the distant
future"
And why not continue to do SO,
my husband? j am sure we could
be as happy now as ever. Ii you will
remember-oDe Of cur plans was to
make home"
And haven't We gained one, En-
nagr
I'VE have pla ia which to
live" answered. d The wife, ssmew bai
evasively.
And IL is our home,v pursued
George. 'Aud." added, with a soi
of con6dent flourish, home is the
wife's peculiar province. She has
charge If it, and her work is there :;
while the duties of the husband call
him to other scenes"
"Aye-I admit that, so far as GER
tain duties are concerned" replied
Emma But you must remember
that we both need relaxation from 10.
bor; we need time for social and
mental Improvement and epjoymen, i
and what season have We for this
save our evenings? Why shouldn't
this be my home evenings, as well
as in the day time and during the
nighty"
"Well-isn't it?" asked George.
"How can it be if you are not
here? What makes home for child
rem, if it be not the abode of parents !?
What home can husband have
" here there is no wife? And-what
real home comforts can wife enjoy
" here there is no husband? You do
not realize bow lonesome | am all
alone here during these long even
ings They are the very seasons
when 1 an at leisure to enjoy your
companionsbip, and when you would
be at leisure to enjoy niue. if it is
worth enjoying They are the sea-
sons when the happiest hours of
home-life might be passed. Come