A Some and a Wife.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XL, Issue 8987, 21 January 1891, Page 4

A Some and a Wife.

Happy is a man who has a little home and a little angel in it on a Saturday night., a. house — no matter how little — provided it will hold two or so ; no matter how humbly furnished, provided there is hope in it. Let the wrndu blow, close the curtains. What if they are calico, or plain white border, tassel, or any such thing ! Let the rain come down, heap on the fire. No matter if you have not a candle to bless yourself with, for what a beautiful light glowing coal makes, rendering clouding, shedding a sunset through the room just enough to talk by ; not loud, as in the highway, nor rapid as the hurrying world, but softly, slowly, whisperingly, with pauses between, for the storm without and the thoughts within to fill up. Then wheel the sofa round before the fire — no matter if the sofa is a settee, uncushioned, if bo be it is just long enough for two and a half in it. How aweetly the music oi silver bells from the time to come falls on the listening ear then. How mournfully swell the chimes. Under such circumstances, and at such a time, one can be at least sl> miles nearer "kingdom come" than at any other in this world. Maybe you will smile at this picture ; but there is a secret between us, viz., it is a copy of a picture, rudely drawn, but true as the Pentateuch, of an original in every human heart.