South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1880-01-09

now IN your beart ~ sweep Tue cold a.
way. You say to yourself, 4 can bear
it as long IS sue can! Am not rights
Clarence did not answer in words.
Il know I am right pursued the mer-
chant; .a.d very likely your wife is
saving to herself the same thing. So
Clarence you see il does not rest on tue
willingness to forgive. but upon the ina
bility To bear the burden. By-and.hy it
will happen, as it has happened before,
that one OF the twain .will surrender from
exhaustion, ana it wilhbe likely to be the
weaker party. Thcd there will be a
! collapse and reconciliation. Gener-
ally the wife falls first beneath tue gall.
ing burden because her love is keonest
and most sensitive. The husband in
such case, acts the part of O coward
When he might, by breath, blow the
cloud away, he cringes AMI covers un-
I'll his wife is forced to lot tie sunshine
in through her breaking heart.
Clarence listened and was troubled.
He saw the truth, felt its weight. He
was not fool, nor was he liar Dur
ing the silence that followed. he
reflected upon the past, and he
called to his mind scenes just as Mr..
Wardle had depicted. And this brought
him TO the remembrance OF how he had
seen his wife weep whom she nal failed
and sank beneath the heavy burden,
how often she had sobbcd upon his bo-
SON in grief for her error.
The merchant read the young mans
thoughts. and after a time he rose aud
touched him upon the arm.
Clarence, suppose YOU were to put on
your hat and go home now. Suppose
You should think, or your way, only Of
the love anl blessing that mi,h. be with
this thoaaht YOU should enter your a =
botle with q mile upon your face; and
you suoult put your arms around your
wfe's neck aud kiss her and softly say
to her, My darling, have come home
To throw down the burden took away
with me this morning. IL is greater
than Can bear supp )se yam were 20
do this, would your wife yepul~e you?'
'Repulse me?'
'Ah, my boy, goa echo my words with
an amazcment which shows that you un-
desstand me. Now. sir. have you the
courage to try the experiment? Dare you
TO be so much of man? Or do you fear
TO let your wife know how much you
love her? Do you fear she woul! respec.
and esteem you the less for the deed ?
Fell me-do you think the cloud Of un-
happiness might thus be bsnished? Oh,
Clarence, if you would but try it!
Sarah Spencer had flashed her work
In the kitchen, and IN the bed-chamber
and sat down with her work in her lap
But she could no. Ply her needle. Her
heart vas heavy AMI sad, and tears were
in her eyes.
Presently she heard the front door
open and step in tho passage. Ger
tainiy she knew that step! Yes, heI
husband entered, ana q smile upon his
lace. She saw it through her gathering
tears. and her heavy heart leaped up
lie came and put his arms around heI
neck, and kissed her; and he said To
her in broken accents, Darling, have
come home to throw down the burden
took swsy with me this morning. 1t is
greater than | can bear
And she, trying 10 speak, pi!lowed
her head upon his bosom ana sobbcC
aud wept like q Child Oh could be
forgive her? Ills coming with the bless
ed Offering had thrown tue burden OF
reproach back upon herself. She saw
him noble and generous, and she wor-
shipped him.
But Clarence would no. allow her tC
take all the blame. lie must share that
Ne will share it 80 evenly said he
that its weight will be felt no more
And now, my darling, we will be happy.
'Aiwaysr
Mr.. Wardle had no need, when Clarence
returned TO the counting. house.to ask the
result. lie could read it in the young
|. MAS Drumming eyes, AMI in the joy
inspired face.
IL was ayear after this-aud Clarence
Spencer had become a partner in the
house that Mr.. Wardle. by accident
referred TO the events OF that gloomy
morning
'Ah J. said Clarence. with a swelling
BOSOM that was the most blessed les
son I ever received. My wife knows
who gave it TO me-
And il serves ven yet, my boy?'
AYE and It will serve Us while we
live. We have none of those old bur
dcns OF anger TO bear now. They can
not End 10 gment with us. Tic fash
and jar may come as i'm thc other day;
for we are human, you know--but the
heart, which has firmly resolved not u
give su abiding.place TO our i'll feeling
will not he called upon TO entertain it.
|. Sometimes We are foolish, but we laugh
at our fclly when we sec it,. and throw
It off we 10 not nurse it till il becomes O
burden.
Mr.. Abe Johnson, who was sent "a
the Insane Asylum at Weston one year
ago. has returned home greatly improV-
OF both mentally and BbVsicaIlV lie
is well pleased with the way his two
sons have conducted the farm, and tells
them that The grain burning should not
discourage them. lie says his father
put him to work on the farm when he
was eight years oil and he had seen
nothing but hard work and trouble since