do not always walk the safest paths. How anxious should be the wife
of such a husband to keep him at home; how light the task would have
been for Cara. Alas! that she was so selfish, so self-willed--so
blind! The scene that occurred on the evening of Ellis's return home
with the book he wished to read for his wife, will give a fair view
of Mrs. Ellis's manner of reacting upon her husband; and his mode of
treating her on such occasions.

It has been seen in what state of feeling the husband returned home.
Remembrances of the past brought some natural misgivings to his
mind. His face, therefore, wore rather a more subdued expression
than usual. Still, he was in a tolerably cheerful frame of mind--in
fact, he was never moody. To his great relief, Cara met him with a
smile, and seemed to be in an unusually good humour. Their sweet
babe was lying asleep on her lap; and his other two children were
playing about the room. Instantly the sunshine fell warmly again on
the heart of Ellis. He kissed mother and children fervently, and
with a deep sense of love.

"I called to see the bride this afternoon," said Mrs. Ellis, soon
after her husband came in.

"Ah, did you?" he answered. "At her new home?"

"Yes."

"She is well and happy, of course?"

"Oh, yes; happy as the day is long. How could she help being so in
such a little paradise?"