The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-04-09

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
noticed she was less vivacious, per-
haps he thought the mantle of mat
ronly, dignity so becoming to his
wife, that he felt no disposition to find
fault with it. In the meantime, old
Mrs. Hall being confined to her room
with a violent influenza, the reins OF
government were very unwillingly re-
sighed 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 goose to tell her
anything about it. She's as ignorant
as 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, "
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 charac-
ter.
Emma" said Harry one day, ''how
should you like living five miles out
of the city? | have seen q place that
just suits my fancy; and l think O
hiring it on trial"
Emma hesitated. She wished tC
ask. "Does your mother go with us?'
but only said, 81 could not tell
dear Harry, how I should like The
place till saw it; but l 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, Harryp'-and the thought o
her mother-in-law clouded her sum.
face, and, in spite of herself, q tea
dropped on her husbands hand.
"Well, dear Emma, now Pam yer,
sure you will like it,"-and his larg
dark eyes had q look she did no
quite understand, even with all he
skill and practice in reading them;-
"and so Pm going to drive you on
there this very afternoon; and wei
see," said he, gaily kissing her fore
head
Thither they accordingly went
"Oh, what little paradise, Harry
Look at that cluster OF prairie roses
What splendid old trees See hoy
the wind sweeps the dropping branche
across the tall grassl And that it'll
low window latticed over with sweet
brier; and that pretty terraced flower
garden-oh, Harry"
"Well, let us go inside, Emma;"-
and applying a key he held in his han
the door yielded to his touch, an
they stood side by side in little ru
tic parlor, furnished simply, yet S
tastefully. Tables, stands, and mai
tel covered with vases, sending fort
, fragrance from the sweetest of wilt
, wood flowers; the long white musli
curtains looped away from u windoN
whence could be seen wooded hill an
fertile valley and silvery stream
7 Then they assembled into the chambe
, which We're quite as unexceptionab
in their appointments. Emma loo
T, ed about in bewildered wonder.
i "But who lives here now, Harry"
Nobody"
4 "Nobody? What a tease you al
To whom does all this furniture belon
!, and who arranged everything Wi
such exquisite taste? / have been e
pecting every minute to see the mistre
t of the mansion step out"
+ "Well, there she is" said Harr
leading her gaily up to the lookir
IL glass. / only hope you admire h
half as much as | do. Do you THU
d I've been blind and deaf because L
Il not seen my high-spirited little W
6 struggling with trial day by days.
u fering, enduring, gaining the victo
X over her own spirit, silently and L
II complainingly? Do you think | cou
n see all this, and not think she was t
;, dearest little wife in the world?''-al
, tears and smiles struggled for master
Il as he pressed his lips to her forehea
o "And now you will have nobody
II please here but me, Emma. Do y
e think the task will be difficult"
le The answer was highly satisfacto
III to the husband, as the reader m
re rest assured.