Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-10-05

wedding = grand afair-to have his
military friends present in full panoply.
with 4 full band of music and sppro-
pirate fxings. but Sylvia persuaded
him . She said but ltttle. Just
enough 70 make him understand that
il would please her 20 have it different,
and he concluded 10 please her.
They had been married two weeks
when the major proposed that he would
invite the officers of his regiment 10
dinner-stzf and line, about fifty Of
them
II suppose such a dinner means wine
and tobacco, and plenty of it, said
Sylvia
Certainly responded her husband
When invite my friends to my houss
! expect to treat them according TO the
fashion of the times
Then. Hannibal ! would rather you
did not invite them
The major laughed at the a~bsurdity
Of his wife's whim- Sylvia was mild
bat Grm
of course she said. with a Smile.
~you win do in this matter as yOu
psease-
of eosre-I WILL declared the
husband emphatieaIIy- You know
what told you in the h~ginning-l
must be master in my own house.
Bat interPosed sylvia with the
sweetest smile Imaginable. suppose I
could show you that the greatest posi-
bic anouut of comfort and Joy you can
find will come from pleasing mey
-sEhg-
She kissed him and then ran away
Already Maj Hannibal s~parhswk
felt n nippfng at his ear. as though
something was biting IT,
Days and weeks passed and the OIL
GERS of the grand old regiment were
not invited To the proposed reunion at
the majors
IL was whispered that his wife would
not ALLOW IT, and yet when the officers
individually had OCCASION 20 call at the
maiors residence Sylvia treated them
50 kindly and ~ considerably and be-
slowed upon them so much careful at
tentioa a. friends Of her husband that
they went away loud in her praise
10 wa on a pleasant evening of the
following spring that the social circle
connected with our religious society
met a. the majors house Late in the
evening" a knot of gentlemen were
seated N the great oriel of the back
pari0r. while at h enter table rear
By were n few Of the ladies' at work
In the oriei the conversation turned
advanced an idea tn opposition to the
cherished political opinions Of his host
The major vas fred IN a moment
Il VIII tsIl y0u- sir he exeiaim~1
Su1I.Iag ks huge Est upon his kne.
III. political sentiments which
Hank.
IL was the tapping Of knitting
needle upon the arm 81 >yIvia's chair
The major looked up and met tbs
glance of hrs wife He coughed and
stzmner~d and then smiled as he said
We wons enter into n political dis
ersssoo j b presence Of ladies' At
another time deaeon- / will give you
nay opinion upon the matter"
On their way home Deacon Rich and
Squire Lewis walked together
Well d~aeou~ what do you think
now about poor little SyIviars daring
70 say her souls her own in the pres
nee Of her husbaEdg
Il am amazed confessed the deacon
Way bless me she rules him with a
rod Of IRON
And yet suggested Lewis he
seems happy and eDntenfeE-
~Aye-and there's the wonder
can't comprehend it-ean youg-
Il think can There = one wzy. and
one vav oaly. IN which a small. weak
woman can entirely subjugzte and con
troll a br1sque. hergulean husband The
major II not governed against his will
in fact his wife does not directly
Evvern him a. all She leads him "a
govern himself
people wondered as Deacon
Rich wondered for Il vas apparent "a
all that the doughty a Of war and
btuster had become a model husband
The only man perhaps. who did not
vouder Was the major himself He
vas eouten. with the prize he had
gained oue- a friend asked him IL he
wa not governed by his wife
No sir. was his emphatic reply.
BAT YOU do her bidding, reverthe-
less
Il do just what pleases me- said the
major, loftiIy- and If It p~Ieases me to
please my wife whose business IS irg--
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