Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-05-16


and set it down on the table as IL she
were testing the strength of the dish,
and said, al wonder if your mother is
afraid you'll not have enough to eat
here One would think you were
child at boarding school"
Emma controlled herself by strong
effort, and made her no reply, simply
taking the gift from her hands with
nod of acknowledgement. Every day
brought her some petty annoyance;
and her father-in-law, who was old
and childish, being quite as trouble.
some as his wife in these respects, it
required all Emma's love for Harry
TO carry her through.
! She still adheres to her determine
| ton, however, to conceal her trouble
| from her husband; and though he
4 noticed she was less vivacious, per.
haps he thought the mantle of mat.
ronly, dignity so becoming to his
wife, that he felt no dispositionto find
/ fault with it. In the meantime, old
Mrs. Hall being confined to her room
with violent influenza, the reins OF
government were very unwillingly re-
signed into Emma's hands. What
endless charges she received about the
busting, and sweeping and cooking
ending always with this soliloquy, as
the door closed upon Emma's retreat
ing form.-"I am a goose to tell her
ANYTHING about it. She's as ignorant
as a Hottentot,-it will all go in one
ear and out the other" And the
old lady groaned in spirit, as the Wis.
ion of the nose OF the tea-kettle point
ing the wrong way; or the sucepan
hung on the wrong nail fitted through
her mind. Emma exerted herself to
the utmost to please her; but the
Cruel was always mot quite right, T"
the pillows not arranged easily behind
her back, or she expected to find bed.
lam let loose, when she got down
stairs, and various other encouraging
Representation OF the same charae.
ter.
Emma, said Harry one day, ''how
should you like living five miles out
Of the city? | have seen a place that
just suits my fancy; and | think Of
hiring it on trial"
Emma hesitated. She wished to
ask. Does your mother go with us?'
but only said, II could not tell
dear Harry, how | should like tht
place till | saw it; but | should fear il
would take you too much from me
1t would seem so odd to have five
miles distance between us for the whole
day. Oh, Fam very sure | shouldn't
like it, Harry" the thought o
her mother-in-law clouded her sunny
face, and, in spite OF herself, teal
dropped on her husbands hand.
| gtITnu 1aa,. Er,p,n ,,nxvr IIar,, ,-a,r,
| sure you will like il, and his larg
dark eyes had a look she did no
quite understand, even with all he
skill and practice in reading them;-
"and so I'm going to drive you on
: there this very afternoon; and wei
SET" said he, gaily kissing her fore
. head.
Thither they accordingly went
"0h, what little paradise, Harry
? Look at that cluster Of prairie roses
8 What splendid old trees! See hoy
! the wind sweeps the dropping branche
across the tail grass And that littl
low window latticed over with sweet
7 brier; and that pretty terraced flower
0 garden-oh, Harry
: .'Well, let us 90 inside, Emma
Il and applying a key he heldin his han
u the door yielded to his touch, an
they stood side by side in little rus
4 tic parlor, furnished simply, yet $
tastefully. Tables, stands, and mar
! tel covered with vases, sending fort
fragrance from the sweetest of wilC
wood flowers; the long white musli
: curtains looped away from window
. whence could be seen wooded hill an
n fertile valley and silvery stream
Then they assembled into the chamber
q which were quite as unexceptionabl
j in their appointments. Emma lool
II ed about in bewildered wonder.
K "But who lives here now, Harry"
7 Nobody"
T Nobody? What tease you ar
y To whom does all this furniture belong
T and who arranged everything wit
o such exquisite taste? have been O.
u pecting every minutes see the mistre:
e of the mansion step out"
re "Well, there she is" said Harr,
n leading her gaily up to the lookin
e glass. only hope you admire HI
half as much as do. Do you thin
e. I've been blind and deaf because ~
C not seen my high-spirited little wi
h struggling with trial day by day-su
N fering, enduring, gaining the victor
le over her own spirit, silently and u
$, complainingly? Do you think | cou
w see all this, and not think she was Il
dearest little wife in the world?"-ar
vt tears and smiles struggled for master
en- as he pressed his lips to her forehea
m ''And now you win have nobody
a please here but me, Emma. Do "
re think the task will be difficult?"
in The answer was highly satisfactoI
I'd to the husband, as the reader ms
y rest assured.
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