Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1880-01-10

form.
That was in the afternoon. At six
o'clock it was time for me to start for the
landlng-place. If l meant to 90; but
would not go unless my husband went,
He had sent for carriage to take me
down, but would not use il. Tshrank
away into fit of the sulks. and 80 re-
NAMED until it came time for Jacob to
go away with his gun. As he was mt
ting on his hat my temper burst forth
into wild flame, and his calm answer
only maddened me. At length / pushed
him beyond the bounds of human endur-
ance, and he turned upon me more
sternly than he had ever before done.
He did not speak angrily, but he spoke
as an offended parent might have spoken
to an offending child. This set my blood
completely afire, and cannot tell you
all the wicked things said.
ANNIE he said to me, as he stood
near the door, sit might have been better
for both of us if we had never met
IL answered him holly and passionate
ly that | hoped we might never meet
again. If you were dead,' said /, q should
be happier than am nOwr
No, no, Annie, you do not mean that.
he replied to me.
"And cried out that did mean if.
and declared that hoped might never
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 nv
lips? All, you do not know to what wild
and wicked results of language a course
of unbridled license will lead. If, when
Ruth Gray is angrily disputing with her
husband, some shorthand writer could
take down her words just 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 fretting-
| ly disputing with their children, could
| they hear themselves as others hear them
they would be shocked beyond measure.
When passion becomes our master, we
are blind as we'll as insane, and the sin
is not what is then said, but rather i'm
allowing the adversary the first foot
| hold.
"My husband went away and left me
alone, and when he had gone sat down
and cried till l was tired. By-and-by
heard the report of the cannon, and ]
thought. suppose some accident should
happen to Jacob! Suppose he should be
killed! Suppose they should bring him
home dead! AS these thoughts came to
me, l remembered what a good, kind
husband he had been, and also remem-
bered how cruel and unjust / had been.
Again and again came the booming re-
port of the cannon, and at each report the
dread grew stronger and stronger upon
me. Oh, what would then have given
could have recalled the wicked words
had spoken! But they had gone forth, and
must abide the result. Heavier and
heavier grew the weight upon my heart,
until at length | thought l shOnld grow
crazy if Jacob did not soon return. MY
crime lOOmed up before me darkly and
threateningly, and it seemed to me that
my husbands death was to be my pun
ishment. Oh, when would the firing
cease, and when would my husband
come home, that might fall upon his
neck and ask his pardon for all the
wickedness had done?
THE firing ceased at length, but in
stead of hOpefulness, the dread became
heavier. was hunting for my bonnet,
intending to go out and meet my hus-
band, when l heard heavy feet in the
garden. The crowd had settled down
and the thunder crash had gone. Men
came in and told me not to be frighten-
ed-my husband was hurt, but they hoped
not seriously. Perhaps they thought
was calm; they did not know that my
heart was frozen, and that the fOunt Of
emotion was shut up. Then other men
brought my husband in on wide board,
and saw that his limbs were limp and
lifeless, that his face was like marble,
and that there was blood upon the board
blood trucking down upon the floor!
And / heard them talk. They told me
that he had been run over by the heavy
gun-carriage-that, in coming down the
hill from where the salute had been fired
/ seized the trail-rOpe, and that my hus-
band, in attempting to prevent the rush,
had been knocked down and run over.
1.-TWO doctors came. l heard them
talk of broken leg, of broken ribs, and
of other injuries, and during all this
| time / was as one in hOrrid dream, un-
suffOcating. By-and by heard one the
doctors say that he would live, and then
| sank down SenSleSs.
when came to my senses it was
night, and one of the neighbOrs sat at
| L L
my husband, but was informed that he
was asleep, and that l must not disturb
| him then. In the morning | went to
him, and he put up his we'll arm and
drew me down upon the pillow and kiss
ed me. And he told me not to worry my
| self, he was badly hurt, but if / would
nurse him and love him he would soon
get we'll.
love himl Oh, my sonl. how strong
felt then-hOw strong i'm my love and
in my determination to be true and
faithful wifev'
Aunt Annie took off her spectacles and
wiped her eyes, and presently added:
"Girls, that was forty years ago, and
from that day to this / have not spoken
one cross word to my husband. My nature
is not changed at all, but have gained
control of my will, and bent it in the
right direction; and when once found
how much pure joy there was in doing
right, it came very easy to do it.
"Ah, here comes your Uncle Jacob now.
See how good he looks! You can see his
gray hairs, and note the wrinkles upon
his brow; but to me he is as young as
ever, and know that our love was never
more fresh than it is now"
| Just then Uncle Jacob came in, and
when, an hour later, we saw him and
Aunt Annie in the garden together pick
ing flowers like two young lovers, we
were forced to the conclusion that they
were really and truly a happy couple;
and Hannah Cleaves had no more reason
to defend Cousin Ruth against the charge
of folly and wickedness in allowing her
own ill-temper to make herself and he1
husband miserable
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