The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-03-16

| o'ohS, Aoi ~hcn tca WAS TeoGy Sile sent
down word she had headache, and
wanted none. The next day things were
no brighter than before, and when the first
church bell rang, my wife burst into flood
OF tears and set Off for her chamber. I fol-
lowed her, and there she lay on the bed in
regular Mysteries. When she came to her
self a little, asked
"Why, what Oh earth is the matter?"
'She looked at me full in tho face and
said: ~ ".'Si # etlnts ~r" IL
you don'tiknow, Thomas Wilcox,
you ought to!'
:, ~ sWiltcd under her looks like a boy
caught stealing marbles. The truth is, /
thought some VILLAIN had been telling tales
out OF schoooli but for the life of me, l
couldn't conceive who It could be.
''By. this time my wife was in another
ut, worse than the first. l conjurcd up all
the rccollcctions of my voyage-and they
were not half so pleasant as I ,could have
wished them-but finding I could not
restorre'hes l addoE I'm stairs to make some
mulled wine. When reached the kitchen
there was my wife's sister, with her demure
face, which helped to irritatc me still more.
l called for wine and spices, and, while
was heating it, she began. She wished to
gracious her sister knew how 10 treat a lus-
band as ho deserved to be treated; that if
she was q wife, She would know how to
prize g 9 man who did everything he could
to please her. & E..
ssl was in no humor to hear, my wife
babused-my alb 'e! conscience that time making
kindiof coward outof mc-soI burst out
upon her m 1. in q rage,bt fold her she was a snake
In II 1.-THE the grass, and I:Ro,ud rather have her
sl sister than q thousand such as she was; if
there was any trouble between Mollie and
me, why IkncW who to thank for it. =
She lifted up her eyes and hands above
her head. and said that all men were fools,
but was The greatest Of them all,
This brought on spirited ,altercatior,
in which spoke my mind pretty freely.
AS soon as the wine was heated, Itlecanted
it into o tumblcr. My sister-in-law recon-.
mcndcd hot vinegar; but I told her would
leave that for hcr.s ..Y:55seg ..E,.,-s 2
"On my way up stairs I thought 1 heard
my Wifo's footsteps lin her chamber, but
when ! entered she was lying on the bed,
crying In very sensible manner l had
no difficulty in persuading her to drink tho
Wine. She caught hold Of my hand and kept T
sobbing. She did not deserve such, hus
band, she said. i was too good for her,
and (h she was fot worth all the, kindness
gave her, aEsfR AaRI /,
VI felt encouraged, and kissing her again
begged her to tell me what was the matter.
AT this she began crying and sobbing again,
and said she could not tell me as l would
hate her, and she deserved to be hated,
etc. q,
The more she dccried herself, the more
pcnitcntf became, and in TACT Was vi 'a On the
ipont of makingsa clean Breast Sof 1t, and
asking her forgiveness: Sit luckily 4 did
not, for in a little while she told me the
terrible bugbear. First mate Bendoin had
brought home to his wife Cashmere shawl,
wh|ls h"eY 99nply 99nply brought brought her the silk
| "'Is that all2 cried, clasping her in
my arms and feeling intense relief; and then
told her how unlsind it was to keep me in
such. suspense, and she laid her brown head
on my breast and begged to be forgiven. 10
I NOV, every Woman has her Napoleon
ll'''oqnpapartee and Wy, wife's was Mrs VIM.
Bendoin, and the agonizing thought of be.
ing outdone by that lady at church had
caused all this commotion, and perhaps
given me dyspepsia through eating tough
bread. | 1,explaincd to my. domestic angel
that Cashmere shawls came from one part
of the country and silk from another-but
as soon as could her wish would be graft
fled. BY dinner time .,the pretty face was
as smiling as ever, and to my; astonishmcnt
she spoke sharply. TO- her sister-7-thc first
time ever heard her do so.;E J q @@
81 had reason to believe afterward that
my wife, hearing our voices, had come to
tile TOP of thcSstaits' and listened; for once
instha.aSworldsl q listener fllesrd good of her
self, and it resulted IN my sister-in-law's
marrying herself to saddler and leaving
my house.
+ 1.-THE next week had to go to the city
on business, and Il took my wife along to
have her China silks made up; j secretly
resolved to buy a shawl that would out
shine Ms! Bendoin's, and tile day after my
arrival was lucky enough to find a claret-
colored satin bonnet, the exact shade Of
her handsomest dress with'along, dropping
plume that perfectly enraptured her.. We
renamed III towh'fve OF elk sdays; her
dresses came home beautifully made. she,
said, and Just suited. I bought her all the
little ttl thrrupnpery sb0 wanted, and she was
4 delighted q es9;w with v her ysitlfF & r,E,
EVh"TWo'days before weistarted home I met
limy old friend Legget, just from Calcutta,
with four Iof tho beautiful shawls I
ever saw; lie allowed me- to take my choice
at cost pride, (which was four hundred and
fifty dollara, whilehe,dmodestlys made out
Ethe receipt attnine hundred. ysI This I put
safelyf8Wtyi IN nv trunk when NV wife waai