The Wedding Guest by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
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came to the conclusion, for the future, to enjoy his cigars there.
You may smile, and look upon this as a trifle, and so it was; yet was it of sufficient importance to drive a man from his own fireside, and render a woman lonely and unhappy. Life is made up of trifles, and it is by paying attention to opportunities of winning love by _little things_ that a wife makes her husband and herself happy. Are such means, then, to be neglected when they lead to such results? I must bid you adieu now for a while, dear Lizzie. I think of you very, very often, and pray most fervently that you may be enabled so to perform your duties as a wife as to be a blessing to your husband and an example to all womankind. Ever your friend. THE WIFE. BEHOLD, how fair of eye, and mild of mien |
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