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.