The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-05-11
stcphen.s wife.

uscSoAN ACsSnIIaS Az ulAly uOuleU
to which sons have brought their young
wives is owing mainly in most cases to
the fact that tho mother having invest
cd her son with attributes belonging
only to perfection expects to see in the
person Of his wife also a pcsfect being,
But not bcing, Is in the cAse of her son,
blinded by love, tic human imperfcc.
tions of her daughter-in-law are quite
pcrccptible and very stcrnly she sits
i'll Judgment upon them, dceming her
son most unfortunate in his choice, and
herself an injured unhappy mother in-
decd. And it is d pitiablc fact that
tho trouble of which l speak is also in
a degree attributable to jealous moth
cr-lovc. that cannot bear that any 9th.
er object should enter into her sons
heart to claim a share of its love and
tenderness, such a large shure too as
the wife usually gets.
But am glad to be able to state that
Aunt Charity Bennett is not Of the above
designated sort.
"Stepl,cn is married." she cheerfully
announced to her friend Mrs. Prior,
who came to visit her. .Stephen f.
married-had you heard of itps
"Al,, yes; you poor soul! 1 came
down ON purpose To s%ympathisc With
you"
..If that is all you came for you
might as well go home," replied Aunt
Charity, rather bluntly. ..ldon't need
sympathy"
"You don't mean to say that you're
glad of it. OF even r%econciled to hav.
ing a young thing in here to rule over
you?"
why that is not the state Of things
Mt all, Mrs. Prior. / got along with
Stephens wife very we'll indeed. She
has not tried to rule ovcr me-"
81 thought they always did" said
the disappointed friend. .'but I'm glad
to hear that you are comfortable. Shc
doesn't snab you nor try to put you
down. nor-anythingf
"No. l let her sec at tho very first
that I accepted her rs q daughter. /
do not attempt to dictate to her in any
thing. If she asks mo for information
I give it, but lido not intrude it, so she
she had the disposition"
"And isn't she wastcful aud extrav-
agant. and-and tonyp'
..No." ('I shouldn't toll you il she
YER so,' Thought Aunt Charity.) "Of
course she has not had much expert
ence, but that is nothing for which she
is TO blame. l let her go on and make
her little mistakes SO she will know
better what to do next time. and
never allow her to SEQ that 1 blame her
when she meets with a failure"
"As to her being tony" continued
Aunt Charity. 81 don't think she is.
She is proud enough to be particula,
about her dress and other things about
the house, and 1 am glad of it"
but don't she make changes that
you had rather not have made? Don't
she have now tangled notions and laugh
at yours because they arc old-fasll'
ioned?"
II expected. when Stephen married,
that his wife would be young and have
ideas. new notions. and want to fa
things up according to them, and
found tAst l was right and I do no!
own personal belongings OF disturb:
anything that she knows ] wish par
ticularly to be left alone. 1t must bt
an unladylike unkind person indeed
would do 80 and Stephens wife il
neither"
"Well. I'm glad you are satisfied
Stephen il a good boy, and I'm very
glad to learn that he has done SO WE'LL
"Oh, yes; she is good enough fol
Stephen, though he is q good boy, u.
you say. Stephen is not perfect. how
ever. aud his wife will not find life
with him to be always smooth, buI
they are both sensible young people
and will get on all right together,
think, IL 1 do not interfere with them
which l do not mean to do"
Exit Mrs. Prior with a disappointed