The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1880-08-19

free Her face was " little ch ,u : @
as she answered
II don't know. Perhaps not"
The friend had been scanning th
young wife for some moments fror
head to foot, in way that now elici
ted the question.
"l'o you see anything pecuia
about me 7"
Yea was answered.
"What 7"
"a peculiar untidiness that I nev
er observed in the sweetheart"
Bella glanced down ut her sole,
ruiiled dress.
"My ng!iege,' she said, with
little, short laugh.
$50 I should think ! Nov. shall
draw your picture o.
Yes, il you have au artists fan
cy."
"Here 1t is Hair lustreless an
untidy skin dull for want Of actior
aud feeling wrapper better condi
toned for the washtub aud ironiu4
tablo than as a garment for the fair
person OF young wife; no cola
nor ornament of any kinl, aud ,
countenauce--well, | can't give tha
as saw it little while ago at tn,
window but an sure it wasn't tn,
face to charm n lover Perhaps il
tnirht suit husband. But | ulya
my doubts"
| :, Bella felt the reproof Of her friend
as was evident by the spots that be-
gan to barn on her cheeks
You wouldn't have me dress q,
for party every day ?" she said
"Oh, no But Id have you neat
and sweet MS n young wife should al
ways be, that is if she cared for the
foud eyes of her husband. | verify
believe it was Harry | saw riding ou
u little while ago.
Bella threw quick startled lool
upon her friend. who already hal
regretted her closing sentence.
why did you say that I VIVA,
did You mean ~ she asked
II only said it to plague you" an
swered the friend.
ITO plagne me !" There was ar
expression in lSy'h's face that Mary
had never seen there before. Xel
eyes had suddenly grown Of darke,
shade and were eager aud question.
ing. Hsr lips lay closer together
there were lines on her foreheal.
YOU are not really in earnest,
Mary, about seeicg Harry riding out
with II hly thi4 alternoon I" she
said in a v,ics anl with 10 * that
revealed fully her state Of mind.
The color had left her face aud hei
he RI shook in her voice.
Il vas p:ob ,bly mist ,ken, Bella,
replied the friend though 1 had not
dou bted Of the fact n moment unit
| saw you at the windoS II little Will
ago."
did you notice the lady particu
larry ~
No but let the matter pass
dear. No doubt l was mistaken
II is Worrying you more than i
could baue maSinsd,'
Bella lookol ut her friend 70,
some moments. in II strange way
then giving low, suppressed, wall
ing cry beut forward aud laid her
face npou her bosom, sobbing aud
shuddering in such wild turbu!auce
of Telling that her friend became
actually alarmed.
"You have frightened me = said
the young wife, lifting her head at
last, as the excitement died away. -
"Ah, Mary, if should lose my hus,
bands love it would kill me-.
"Then, Bella answered her
friend ''see to it that you neglect
none of the means required for
keeping it-If you would continus
to be loved, you must not grow un
lovely. The charms that won Your
husband must not be folded mp aud
kept for holiday occasions and then
put on for other eyes than him.
You must keep them ever displayed
before him nay, put on new at
fractions. IL not the husband even
dearer than the lover, and his heart
better worth the holding Look
back, my dear FREUD. over the
brief moons that have waxed and
waned since you we're q bride. Put
yourself on trial take impartial
testimony. How has it been 7
Has your temper been as sweet as
when you sat leaning together in
tho simmer twilight, talking of the
love crowned future 7 Have you
been IA studious to please as then 7
as careful Of his feelings as re
gardful of his t,stes I D. you
adorn yourself for him now as when
you dressed for his coming taen !
AS wife, are you as lovable as
when you were \ maiden ? Love is
not q chomeleon to feed on air and
change in every hue of condition :
must have substantial food. De-
prved Of this anl it lauguishes aud
dies. Aud now, dear have warned
you. Meet your husband when he
returns home this evening, looking
as lovely as when he came to you in
your fathers house, attracted as the
bse is to the flower. and nots the
in which his' face will bright
on up. Did no kiss you when he
came home yesterday y
Huuohands aaon lnaa THAR inali.