A Visit to the BJ Rkheda Parsonage

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1889 Excerpt: ... Chapter V. DOMESTIC HAPPINESS BUILT UPON SECURE FOUNDATION. GAIN I obeyed, and hastened to the sit- p. ting-room, where the shining coffee-pot and # overfull cake-basket presented to my ap T petite a most inviting appearance; for dinner I had felt too much agitated to eat. ' It was quite thoughtful of Mr. Sellner to shut you into his room, for the dear man has had no opportunity for taking rest himself. It has done you good to sleep a little, said Mrs. Sellner, pleased at seeing my appetite. At dinner you ate like a fly. I was really afraid you were going to be sick. I didn't feel quite well then; but now I am as usual, I replied. Take another cup, said she, seizing the coffee-pot. Thank you. This is what I like, she continued. I am always happy in the society of persons who like coffee. Then godmother is easily made happy, said I. Who could refuse such coffee? Mrs. Sellner laughed, quite delighted at my homage. Yes, said she; I have always had a little pride in good coffee. I can't help it. And I sympathize with you, godmother, in both your little and great pride, said I. Do you mean my husband? asked Mrs. Sellner. Yes. A wife has certainly a right to be proud of such a husband, replied I. No, it ought to make me humble, said Mrs. Sellner, tears filling her gentle eyes. ' Why God should in such a way provide for such a simple, thoughtless girl as I was, is more than I can comprehend. Do you know, little child, she continued, moving her seat nearer me, Mr. Sellner and I have not always been as happy as we now are. During the first years of our marriage the fact of his superiority depressed me. I had long been accustomed to look up to him with childlike admiration, before he surprised me with the offer that made me his ...