The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-08-07

He had sent for u carriage to take me I
down, but would not use it. I shrank
away in a ut of the sulks, and 60 remained
until it came time for Jacob to go away
with the gun. As he was putting on his
hat, my temper burst forth into wild
flame, and his calm answers only madden
cd me. At length pushed him beyond
the bonds of human endurance, and he
turned upon me more sternly than he had
ever before done. He did not speak an
grily, but he spoke as an offended parent
might have spoken to an offending |
child. This set nay blood completely afire,
and cannot tell you all, the wicked
things said
Annie he said to me, as he stood near |
the door, lit might have been better for |
both of US if we had never met
Il answered him hotly and passionately
that hoped we might never meet again.
If you were dead. said l, L should be
happier than am noww
mo, no, Annie, you do not mean that,
he replied to me.
"And cried out that I did mean it,
and decleared that hoped might new
er see him again alive. And he went
away as said those words.
my dear girls, do you think such words
could ever have come from my lipsr All,
you do not know to what wild and wicked
| results of language course of mbridled
license will lead. II, when Ruth Gray is
| angrily disputing with her husband, some
shorthand writer could take down her
words inst as they fall from her lips, and
should afterward show them TO her, she
would honestly declare that she never,
never spoke such things. And so, when
many mothers are fretfully disputing with
their children, could they hear themselves
| as others hear them, they would be shock
ed beyond measure. When passion be-
comes our master, we are blind as well as
| insane, and the sin is not in what is then
said but rather in allowing the adversary
the first foothold. g. uEl
any husband went away and left me
alone, and when he had gone. sat down
and .ried till / was tired. By-and-by
heard the report of the cannon, and
thought, suppose some accident should
happen to Jacob! Suppose he should be
killedI Suppose they should bring him
home dead! As these thoughts came to
line, I remembered what a good, kind
husband he had been, and l also remem-
bered how cruel and unjust 1 had been.
Again and again came the booming report
of cannon, and at each report the dread
grew stronger upon me. Oh, what would
I have then given could l have recalled
: the wicked words / had spoken! But
they had gone forth, and must abide the
results. Heavier and heavier grew the
! weight upon my heart, until at length
thought should go crazy if Jacob did
not soon return. My crime looued up
before me darkly and threatening ., and
it seemed to me that my husbands death
was to be my punishment. Oh, when
would the firing cease ana when would
my husband come homo, that might fall
upon his neck and ask his pardon for all
, the wickedness had done!
|, "The firing ceased at length, but instead
: of hopef6llness, the dread became heavier
and more heavy. / was hunting for my
bonnet, intending to 60 out and meet my
husband, when heard heavy feet in the
, garden. The cloud had settled down and
The thunder crash had come. Men came
!, in and told me not to he frightencd-nly
/. husband was hurt, but they hoped not ser
iously Perhaps they thought was calm
: they did nj know that my heart was froz
; en- and that the fount of emotion was shut
!. up. Then other men brought my husband
{ in upon wide board, and saw that his
|. limbs were limp and lifeless, that his face
u was like marble, and that there was blood
upon the board-blood trickling down up
J on the fioori And heard them talk they
told me that he had been run over by the
l. heavy gun-carriage--that in coming dowr
1 the hill from where the salute had beer
e fired, men and boys, in wild confusion
had seized the trail rope, and that my hus
9 band in attempting to prevent the rush
\ had been knocked down and run over.
1.-TWO doctors came heard them tall
' of broken leg, of broken ribs, and of 9th
{ er injuries. and during all this time wa.
, as one in a horrid dream, unable to move
: or to speak, and almost suffocating. By
: and-by heard one of the doctors say hs
!. would live, and then l sank down life
: less.
When came to myself it was night, ,and
> one of the neighbors sat at my bedeide.
Il told them wished to zee MY hus
band, but 1 was informed that he wa:
asleep and that must not disturb him
: then. In the morning went up to him
r and he put up his we'll arm and drew me
; down upon the pillow and kissed me. AnC
5 he told me not 10 worry myself; he wa.
love him he would get well.
Il "Loye him! Oh, my soul, how strongly
o / felt then-how strong iHmy love, and il
s my discrimination to be b true and faithful
8 wifer'
e Aunt Annie teok off her spectacles ant
1 wiped her eyes, and presently she added
e "Girls, that wss forty years ago, ant
1 from that day to this 1 have not spoker
8 one cross word to my husband. My
y nature is not changed at all but l hayt
I gained control of my will and bent it II
r the right direction; and when once
8 found how much pure joy there was il
f doing right, it came very easy to do it."
e "Ahi here comes your uncle Jacob
e now. See how good he looks. You car
d see his gray, hair and note the wrinkle
# upon his brow; but to me he is as younl
l as ever. and 1 know that our love wa
y never more fresh and fervent than it i.
It now"
e Just then Uncle Jacob came in; ant
: when, an hour later, we saw him ant
d Aunt Annie in the garden together pick
< ing flowers like two young lovers, W,
Y were forced to the conclusion that the,
It were really and truly happy couple
v and Hannah Cleaves had no more dis
]. position to defend cousin Ruth agains
e the charge of folly and wickedness il
+. allowing her own ill-temper to make her
It self and her husband miserable.
: Hunting for q Government Land
mark.
!, 1t will be remembered by few OF ou
9 citizens at least, that during the eclipse il
= 1869 the United States Government sen
= an engineer from the department a
= Washington to this citv, to get the lati