The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-02-04
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you, Nellie?" !
II don't exactly mean that, Aunt
Mary. But certainly George has changed.
There was time when he never left
home in the evening; now he never stays
at home an hour after.
ut is a grave charge for 80 young a
wife to make" .-t
81 wish it was only the foolish charge
you seem to imagine, Aunt Mary"
81 do net think it is altogether fancy,
Nellie. But l want to get al the whole
truth of the matter, and see if we can
not find out the cause Of this change.
Surely, George is not unkind to you."
Gle is always finding fault, Aunt
Mary" ~. -'.#"
"With' what, Nellie2"
"Oh, all sorts of things-the house, the
baby, my dress.
"With no cause for complaint"
The little wife blushed deeply, and
made no answer.
Mrs. Carr, her soft eyes bent lovingly
upon her niece, said very gently:
"Where does George go in the even
ings, Nellief"
"He Is at his sister Kate's q great
deal, and-and-Kate says he is very
fond of hearing Mrs. Gordon sing"
"Mrs. Gordon, do l know herT'
"She was Retta Wilbur, and is now
widow. Her brother is Kate's husband"
eyes yes. But, Nellie you play and
sing far better than Retta Wilbur"
"Not now, Aunt Mary; I never prac-
tice now."
"But George is very fond Of music. l
am sure you can not neglect yours, If
you try to make home the most attract
i've place in the world for your husband"
~ don't think the piano has been
opened for year, Aunt Mary"
"Nellie!" .............
$50 few married ladies keep up their
music"
"But many are obliged to give up ac-
complishments to attend to the details Of
household duty. This is not your excuse,
Nellie. Your husbands means allow
you good, competent girl, and Maggie
is jewel of nurse. Do you really find
your whole time taken upT
"No. l could practice, but--but-
we'll, l scarcely know how I got out Of
the habit" -.1 80 '...
"How long have you been married,
NellieT
"Three years."
sand you think in that short time
you have lost your husbands affections,
at least, in measure. / do not think
80, but will tell you where the trouble
lies. George, as you well know, was
brought up and educated in home
where refined and elegant ladies pre-
sided over every detail. | think dear,
when he met you, he saw the same re-
fnements, the same taste and gentle
manners, that make his sisters SO mnch
beloved in society, and such charming
inmates of the home circle"
T 'Thanks to you, who filled a mothers
place to me-" .s -.
III was very glad when George told me
of his love for you, darling. believed
him to be an honorable true man, one
whose wealth We yas the least attractive to
my Nellie"
'"You were right, he was, he is, all you
thought him." =
"He married you, believing he would
carry to his future home one who would
make it not only place to eat and sleep
in, but home of taste and refined pleas
are. He made the mere house a gem, as
l know; he brought into it lady, and
then there was no circle Of society a
more charming drawing-room than Mrs.
George Huntley's, nor more devoted
husband than the one whose name that
lady bore. And you tell me all is
changed. Nellie, is the fault all on your
husbands ide7 Have you made his
home what he hoped it would beT
"No," said Nellie, in low tone.
"When you come to see me again,
dear, tell me you have won your hus-
band back again. Retta Wilbur was the
rival of your girlhood, but she must not
mar your married happiness. Let your
husband see that the charms that won
him can still hold his heart fast"
Very slowly Nellie Huntley wended
her way homeward through the dusty
streets. F,
As Nellie reviewed the past year by
che light of her newly-roused conscience,
she marveled as the many instances Of
patient forbearance she recalled, and
owned in her heart that the fault-fnding
of which she had complained was very
gentle and very often omitted where
grave cause existed for it.
It was hard to define exactly the day
and the hour when the household
arrangements began to fall entirely into
the hands of servant, whose perfect
neatness and competency were, it must
be admitted, q strong temptation to a
Young mistress.
1t was difficult to say when Nellie first
found it too much trouble to dress for
dinner, unless company was expected,
when the drawing-room was closed ex-
cept for weekly cleaning, when the fine
toned piano was first doomed to silence
and solitude.
As the Young wife entered her own
room after her long walk, fevered with
the heat Of the day and her own train Of
thought, the little clock upon the man.
tel warned her that she had only two
hours' time before her husband would he