The Dickinson press., 1889-06-22
WOMAN AND HOME.
THE COMPENSATION THAT COMES
TO THE WIFE AND MOTHER.

JUL WIFE ANU mO
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Noble Deeds of Some of E,,rth's Angels.
MY boys and | have been shut up together
for six weeks" said a little woman the other
day. her bright face dimplins with sunny
smiles. showing how sweet and fresh is tho
quality of youthfulness which makes the
mation US captivating in her meridian us the
girl must have been in her morning. Quar-.
antined," she added. and we've had Il siege
of it. but the dear lads were never really ill,
notwithstanding the dreadful character Of
the disease which bad them in its clutches.
vi course we were terribly anxious. and the
Doctor Kept warning us that we could not te
too careful. and | had such q horror of any
infection waiting itself from our duors into
the home of somebody else where there were
children that ! could not sufficiently multiply
precautions. but when all was said. and all
the privations and disappointments borne.
there We're compenSatiunS. The bows anu |
grew so well acquainted, We read several
iplendid books through, from first chapter to
fms. we studied the New Testament, we
played games They told ME everything,
just as when they We're my babies toddlins
over the floor and coming to mamma with
their questions and their troubles. and now
that 1t is over ! shall always look back with
accrtain gratitude and pleasure of memory
on our SIX weeks in quarantine"
Mothers whose boys and girls are full of
the excitemtnts and ambitions of student
life, or whose brood is just posing for fight
from tho home nest, will understand this
woman's feeling perfectly
a similar experience has been tho portion
of many of us, varied perhaps by certain
conditions, The dear husband, it may be,
has been very i'll, SO that for some days life,
seeming gray faced and unfamiliar. has
taken OH Il new and stern aspect, what with
the secession from tho ordinary routine,
meals altered to suit the convenience of those
i'll attendance on the invalid, the world of
fashion and of recreation temporarily ex.
cluded, the daughters practicins hushed, the
little ones diverted in u far away nursery
that papa should not DO disturbed, kindred
coming with anxious faces and soft foot falls
to make daily inquiry, flowers and dainty
food left at tho door by friendly neightors,
the pastor dropping i'll as often us tho physi-
clan, the door bell mutllcd; while to all hearts
i'll the household there has been vaguely
threatening tho menace of an unspeakable
sorrow.
What if tho happy, easy going, merry
voiced man, spending his life between bust
ness and home, tho morning and evening
regularly calling him to ono or tho other.
point with tho steady jogging back and forth
of the pendulum, should DO about to leave it
all, to lay down tho cares and forget tho nc
%tivities, and sleep tho last sleeps The wife,
who has accepted much of his devotion as Il
matter of course, her right like that of tho
Hover to sunshine and rain, suddenly in n
glimpse of revelation perceivcs how much
she loves him, appreciates his generous lovo
for her; and when, later, the tide turns, and
the patient is convalescent, the first blessed
helpless querulous stage over, and the season
of calm weather. when health is coming
back like tho tide at food, fairly inaugu-
rated, what delight, what ecstasy, what re-
newal of the wooing and the winning days
of long ago!
Papa and mamlna " the children say, slnil-
Ing as they pass tho door and hear tho voices
of the married lovers in endless confidential
chat, 'arc really more devotcd than ever"
For the first tlInc i'll years the pair have an
opportunity to he much together III that soil
tude OF Two which is tho sweetest thing III tho
whole world, and itself an Eden returned,
when the two, heart, soul and human inter.
ests, are absolutely one.
Nearer to God wo climb by such a ladder as
this, and heaven sheds its light of jasper and
amethyst over earth's prosaic days. There is
a kernel of compensation within the husk of
such suffering, common though it be, and the
homo values riso higher, the homo unitics are
better conserved, tho homo attitude of de.
Tense against outside temptations is more
resolutely maintained in consequence.
A child's school course is interrupted lust
when parents and teachers aro most jubilant
over the rich mental development which is so
rapid and so promising. TIL eyes, tho back,
the quick growth, some danger signal flung
out by nature in pallor or fatigue, sleep walk
ing OF forgetfulness, pain or nervous waste,
alarm tho family doctor, and he calls a halt.
Father and mother are reluctant to admit
that the studies and school discipline are too
much tor tho son or daughter Of whom they
aareisoIprdpd,, but they are people of common
sAensesaAndstoo much is at stake to mako risk
.appa1 bieI Tho boy leaves the desk and takes
- ttg 5beshnd rake; the girl goes from the
piano 10 the seaside, q journey is planned,
sefd asthousand influences hitherto out Of
are brought to bear upon the culture
ssof the youthful mind. Tho time. far from
being lost, is put to good account. Tho law
of compensation holds everywhere, never
more firmly than in the life of the household.
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