Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1879-05-29

time the pretty face was as smiling
as ever, and to my astonishlnen
she spoke sharply to her sister-thc
first time l ever heard her do so.
81 had reason to believe after
ward that my wife, hearing oul
loud voices, had come to the top o
the stairs and listened fer once ir
the world listener heard good q
herself and it resulted in my sister
in-law's marrying herself off to g
saddler and leaving my house.
"Thc next week | had to 60 to
the city on business, and | took my
wife along to have her China silks
made up | secretly resolved to buy
a shawl that would outshine Mrs.
Bendoin's, ard the day after my
arrival [ was lucky enough 10 ti,.d
clan let-colored satin bonnet, the
exact shade of her handsolnest dress,
with a long, dropping plume :hat
perfectly enrapturcd her. We re
manned in town five or six DAYS ;
her dresses came home beautifully
made, she said, and just suited her.
i! bought her all the little trumpcry
she wanted, and she was delighted
with her visit.
Two days before we started
home [ met my old FREUD Legsct,
just from Calcutta, with tour of the
most beautiful shawls | ever saw !;
he allowed me to take my choice at
cost price, which was S460, while
he modestly made out the receipt
at 5000. This | put safely away in
my trunk when my wife was out.
"We reached home the last of
the week, found the children we'll,
and heard that the world-rcnowned
Professor Lamley would preach in
our little hamlet the next Sabbath.
| saw my wife's eyes dance at the
intelligence perhaps at the thought
of her new dress and bonnet, her
gloves (Mrs. Bendoin
had never had any higher than five
buttons), perhaps at the thought OF
the excellent discourse she was to
hear-who knows
SUNDAY was a bright, frosty day,
and my Mollie really looked charms
ing as she came down stairs ready
for church in her rich silk and new
bonnet She had on a light cape.
Z" My dear said I, don't you
need something heavier around
you!'
"Oh, 30, not to-day, l think
81 stepped out cf tho room mo-
ment, brought out my splendid
present, and threw it around her
shoulders. She looked at it in a
dazed way for a moment, then
threw herself in my arms and burst
into tears, l soon kissed them away,
and we started to church.
eve walked up to the head of
the broad aisle, and it would have
done your heart good to hear her
sweet, clear voice as she sang that
day. When service was over she
had kind word for erybody !;
was she anxious to hear
from Mrs. Bendoin's children, she
fingered on the church steps tor a
good while to see that lady.
81 put the bill where | knew
Mollie would lind it, and while the
men voted me fool, the women
said | was the best husband in
I Twiceaweek that | liked to see my
wife look like somebody, etc. Never
had our little place been as dressy
as ii was that winter, and | had the
satisfaction of knowing that | was
the cause Of the other married men
having to spend some money for
dry goods, and especially those
whose wives and daughters attend
ed the same church with my wife"
"But none OF them had 5000
shawl-ch, Tom Z" said the captain,
slyly, as he drummed on The table
with his glass.
"Not Il bit of it, did they. And
captain, NUNS S the word
NUNS the word about the price
of my wife's new shawl"