, 1885-10-11
HIS QUICK TEMPER.

no, Nothing has gone wrong.
II ont you feel wellg" The voice of
Mrs landell was rst shaded with con
cern.
well enough in lody, but not SO
comfortable in mind as | desire.
''Then something has gone wrong.
said the wife.
Her name was slightly troubled.
"Nothing more than usual. A.r Ian
dell replied.
The forced smile had faded from his
countenance.
Mrs. | andell sighed.
THAN usualf" She repeated his
words, looking with earnest in Iuiry into
her husband face. Then she added.
tenderly, Bring home your trouble,
dear. Lon't hide anything Let me
share with you all the good and ill Of
life, Hearts draw nearer in suffering
than they do in joy"
~ less your kind heart, Alice IS said
Mr.. / andell, a broad smile sweeping
over his face, rs he caught her round
cheeks in her hands and kissed her.
There isn't anything in the case SO Sc
rious as that comes to. I'm not going
10 fail in business-haven't lost any
thing worth speaking about; haven I
cheated anybody, and don't intend do
ing so. It's only this hasty impulsive
temper of mine that is ali the while
leading me to do or say something that
leaves a sting.
The cloud passed from the face Of
Mrs. andell.
3" on will overcome that In time, Ed
ward, - said she en%eouragingly.
81 ~ -. tk.e ..,la - 1884,
Yesterday | spoke sharply to one Of my
young men, when n mild reproof would
have been ulster and Of more s%alutary
effect. Ito is sensitive. and my words
hurt him severely. The shadow that
remained on his face all day was my
perpetual rebuke, and ! felt it long
after the sun went down. My punish
ment was greater than his. but the
lesson of yesterday did not suffice. This
morning ! was again betrayed into cap
tious language, that wounded the same
young man, and threw him so much off
his guard, that he answered me back
with some feeling. This | regarded as
impertinence, and threatened to
dismiss him from my service
If he dared venture Il repeti-
ton of the language. When feeling
subsidized, and thought became clear
again, | saw that | had been wrong,
and done wrong. And ! have felt un-
happy about ii ever since. | wish that
| had more self-control; that / could
birdie my tongue when feeling is sud
denly spurred. But temperament and
long INDUCED habits are both against
me.
Mrs. Landell encouraged and soothed
her husband, and so won his mind away
from its brooding self reproaches.
On the next morning, rs Mr. Iandell
was about leaving for his warehouse,
his wife looked up at him, and, with a
meaning smile, said Don t.
There was Just the slightest percepti
Bile warning in her tone.
Don't what"
Mr.. Landell seemed a little puzzled.
Don't forget yourself.
OBJ Light broke in upon his mind.
''Thank YOU. | will mott
And he went forth to. meet the trials
Of the day.
Almost the first thing that fell under
the notice of Mr.. Landell was an i'm
portant letter, which, after writing. ho
had given TO the clerk to copy and post.
Instead of being where il should have
been, it lay upon his desk. Neglect like
that he felt to be objectionable.
John
He called sharply TO n young man nj
the further end of the warehouse.
Don't 1t seemed like the voice Of
his wife in his ears. Don't forget youf-
self''
This mental warning came Just il
season. The clerk camo quickly toward
him. BY the time he reached the desk
of Mr.. | andell the latter was under self
control
''why was not this letter posted,
JohnF' The tone was neither impera-
tive nor captious, but kind, and the
question asked in a way that said: "Ol
course there is a good reason for the
OMISSION
And so there
Il think, sir, answered John, that
there is n mistake, and thought it best
not TO put the letter in the post"
"a mistake, Howl'
And Mr.. Iandell opened the letter.
1T reads" said the clerk, 1900 cases
OF c~alisoes.
''Oh, no-thirty cases" replied Mr..
Landell. But rs he said thirty his Dyes
rested on 300. $50 it isl How could
have made such IN errorl You were
right, John, in not sending the letter
away"
Tho clerk went back to his place, and
the merchant said to himself, How
clad | am that | was able to contro'
myself II | had spoken to that young
man ~ ] felt, / would have wronged
and alienated him, and made trouble
for myself all day"
Not long after this a case OF good.
fell through one Of the hatchways.
crashing down upon tho landing with 9
noise that caused Mr.. Iandell, who's,
temperament was exceedingly nervous,
to spring TO his feet. To blame SON,
one S'as his first impulse.
What careless fellow has done this''
was on his tongue.
Don't"
The inward monitor spoke in time
Mr.. Landell shut his lips tightly and
kept silent until he could command
himself. lie then calmly inquired into
the cDuse Of tho accident, and found
that special blame attached 10 no one,
On o ening the case Of goods the dam
age was found to be trining.
AHolhcI tou lueali S3hu Mt. Ian
dell, as he went back to his desk. self
control is easy enough il the trial b,
made in earnest"
A dozen times that day was the torcl
applied to Mr.. Landell's quick temper
and as often was he in danger of blaz
ing out. But he had begun right. an,
he kept right until the sun went down.
And then he turned his step home
ward, feeling more comfortable in mins