The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1882-1884, 1883-09-27

New 8sCy:NTlfss NEGLECT PAINS The
'- HEARTS OF LOVING PAIRS,

He bad finished breakfast alone
and his hand was oil the knob OF the
outside door. Goodbye. he called
out. There came from some one up
stairs through the half.opened door,
feminine voice. Good bye Then
he had gone out into the glad spring
air, odorous with the foretOkens OF
coming life and musical with the
songs of the nest builders. But there
was no song in his heart, no spring
hope and light in his life as he took
the reins out OF his groom's hand
and spoke to his horse a sharp Get
up And as he rode through the
r.,yal avenue that led up to the house
this is what he thought If l had
been guest Martha would have been
up and dressed. She would have sat
at the tale and seen that my coffee
was good, and my eggs hot and my
toast Drowned And ] should have
at least parting shake Of the hand,
and Il hope expressed that | would
come again. and perhaps a wave of
the handkerchief from the balcony.
And | should have carried away with
me that smile that is brighter than
the sunshine as the last gift of gra-
ciods hospitality. 1t is a chance if
she would not even have proposed to
ride to the station with me to see me
off. For she knows. if ever woman
did. how to welcome the coming and
speed the parting guest. But l am
only her husband and | cah eat my
breakfast alone, as if were batch
elor. and get my coffee muddy or
clear, hot or cold, as Bridget happens
to make it, and take eggs, hard or
soft, anl toast burnt or soggy as it
chances to come from careless cook.
And nobody cares. And when | go
'Gooi-hye' is flung after me like a
dry lone after an ill-cared for cur.
Heiglo What's the use of being
married, anyway?
And this is what she thought as
she put the last touches to her hair
before the glass and tried hard to
keep the tears from her eyes before
she went down to see that the family
breakfast was ready: 1 wonder if
Hugh really cares anything for me
any more. When we were first mar
riel he never would have gone off in
this way, and with careless good
bye tossed up stairs as he might toss
"a well-cleanel bone to a hungry dog
Gle would ha ,e found time to run up
and kiss me goodbye and tell me
that he missed me at breakfast and
ask was sick.
He is gracious o his friends, per.
feet gentleman to every enc but his
wife. l believe he is tired of me, II
wish l could let him go. 1t would be
hard on M, but it would be better for
him. Well, | mustn't think such
things as these. Perhaps he does
love NE after all But-but-it is
coming hard to believe it.
And SO with heavy heart she
went to her work, And the sun
laughed in at the open windows, and
the birds chirped cheer to her all day
and the flowers waved their most
graceful reckoning to her in vain, all
for want OF that farewell kiss.
Oh, husbands and wives will You
never learn that love dies of slightest
Oun Is aid that the husband owes |
no such thoughtful courtesy to any
other person as he owes his wife !; |
that the wife owes no such attentive
consideration to any guest as she
owes to her husband, and that. often
times little neglect is a harder bur.
den for love to bear than an open
and fragrant wrong?-Er.