Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1880-01-29

If you do not cure yourself, there is no
hope for your wife. OF course it will cost
something to keep her well, but it will
cost more to have her sick. First, there II
be an extra help in the house, then a doc
tors bill of Il hundred or sodollars n year,
and then coffin and funeral"
"For heavens sake, doctor, stop, cried
the long.suftering husband. "l'll try to
do better in the future. You have told
me the truth and am ashamed of my
self. III show you a happy girl again, if
live!"
THAT is right, my boy! Only love your
wife enough, and the rest will be easy
Now am going to tell her about the lee
lures, and if she gets interested in them,
see that you do, toe, and take her to hear
them. They will do her more good than
anything in the drug store"
DR.. Wynn entered the sick woman 5
room with smiling face. 81 came back,
he said, ito tell you that Prof. White, Of
Waynesyille, is to give us five lectures
next month, and you are to get well right
away, so that you may be able to attend. "
"Prof, White! Oh, how | should like
to hear him" said Laura, Frightening up
instantly. "He lectured for the lyceum
at home the Winter before came away.
1t would seem like old times to hear him
again; but George has so much to do that
| do not suppose he can 60"
"Oh, pshaw, now," broke in the doc
tor, "if George cannot manage his work
I'll come ont and help MIN, for you must
90! Just remember that, now, and act
accordingly" laughed the doctor, as he
drew his gloves on again. "And you are
to stop at our house the first time you
come to town, for heard my wife say she
had some fine geranium slips for any one
that wanted them.
"Thank you, doctor. should like so
much to have them if had any place to
keep them. tried keeping plants when
| first came here, but had no good win
dow for them, so | gave it up"
"Well, try, try again, you know"
said the doctor. "a shelf or two in this
sunny south window would give them
good chance, and outside shutters would
prevent the rooms freezing, | guess
Fry again, and make it more homelke
here!"
The doctor spoke checrily, but the pale
lips Quivered, and the tears came In spite
of the ingalld's effort to keep them back.
Nothing will ever be home like here, "
was her thought, although it was un-
spoken.
"Now, Laura, you must Cheorup. Bet
ter times are coming, and we will soon
have you up again. will come to-mor-
row to see how yOu are grttng along, so
goodbye"
The doctor bowed himself out, but look
ing back, saw the homesick, sobbing wife
folded in her husbands arms. They
will be all right now," he said. as he gave
Sellm the lines for his homeward drive.
Mr.. Morley was thoroughly aroused,
and set about curing his wife at once.
When his evening work was done he
washed, and brushed up, and instead OF
sitting down with his paper, sat by hi,
wife and talked of the past the present,
and the future. They talked over many
little plans for making the home pleasant,
that had long lain dormant in Laura,
mind, for there was little encouragement
to tell them to the man who was always
''too busy to attend TO it just now" He
found that it was not time nor money that
was needed, so much as a willing hand
and heart. The window.shcves were
talked over and planned, necdihl vcnti.
latSr settled at last, and the lectures de.
cided upon. Hope sprangup at the touch
of loving fingers tcndcrly strOking her
brown hair again, and when the doctor
came next day he found his patient in the
rocking chair, watching her husband put
up the nicely made walnut shelves. He
had wide shelf for the lower part Of the
window, and two narrower ones to 20
higher up, and was laughing and chatting
as il 1t were no great hardship to do so ne.
thing to please his wife, although he knew
that in consequence of his day spent in
toOling arOund," as meighbOr Stubs call
ed it, he might have to get load Of wood
or corn, on Il stormy day. He remember
ed that there had been many rainy day
when he could have done it as well as not,
if he had wished to. The doctor brought
Il thrifty little rose geranum. Mrs,
Wynn said it would cheer you up, ne
said, as he placed it in the thin, toll
stained hands, that eagerly received it.
"Thanks for kindness" said Laura.
George is so good Isn't he fixing my
widows nicely? Tell Mrs. Wynn not to
give all her slips away. for | am going
after some myself, soon. George says we
cannot afford to miss those lectures, any
way. am SO glad you spoke of them. !
shall be so happy to be going somewhere
again." There was no need for the doc
tor to leave medicine, although he put up
few powders "ior the looks of it. I"
"Ten dollars thrown away" said Mr..
Morley to himself when he paid the bill,
"0r it would have been rather, if the
doctor had not talked to me like a father
Why cant a man have a little sense of his
own, | wOnder?"
As he went on with his work he
Thought of Laura's words to the doctor.
George is so good!" so good; he solil-
oquzed, "when I've driven al. the pleas.
antness out of her life with my foolish
plea of economy, that was not economy at
all so good!' when | have failed to
cherish her ever since ! brought her to
this place, that must seem like desert
to her compared with her old home! so
good! Well I'll try to deserve the name
in future"
anu llt Nlu INhtINt IL. IlC ulSGUNtItu
that he could do the chores now, in time
for church or lecture, as well as when he
was courtirg Laura, four years ago.
Prof Whites lectures well repaid him for
a i they cost him, and one night they took
him home with them, and Mrs. Morley
enjoyed the visit as she had not enjoyed a
visit for many a day. The plants flour.
ished and blOssomed in due time, and in
the Spring she had money to send for half
q dozen new kinds that were greatly ad.
mired, and closely watched, for slips for
Mrs. WYNN. The plants were not ad-
mired by Mrs. Morley alone, for they had
a refining influence on her husband also,
but he ever declared the sweetest flowers
he knew of, were the pink roses in Laura's
cheeks, and u fading leaf on the house
plants ever reminded him of the gloomy
days when the roses faded from the dear
face that might have been hidden from
him forever.
And as they grew old together the hus-
band learned how a woman might be
starving, even when there was surplus
Sin the cellar" And giving her the
pure unselfsh love that pertains more to
the spiritual than to physical life, he
found il returned to him in blessings ian
hundred fold"
Learned Lady.
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