THEIR FIRST YEAR’s MARRIED LIFE. 21 
Thrush, and he knew that ladies, although 
preferring, of course, to attend to their own 
domestic affairs, are still grateful for a little 
assistance, and opportunities to obtain relax- 
ation, and such are especially pleasant when 
coming from a husband. It is no liglit matter 
being confined to the house all the liyelong 
day, doing the drudgery that is inseparably 
connected with housekeeping, and the little 
attentions which husbands pay their wives, 
and the assistance which they render, go 
farther than any thing else towards preserving 
the affection with which they started on their 
matrimonial career. 
So Mrs. Brown, with a grateful caress, left 
the nest, and after bathing, and arranging her 
dress, she paid a flying visit to one or two of 
her choicest friends, spending a short hour 
with them ; then returning to her home, she 
resumed her place in the nest. Brown relin- 
quishing his position only after repeated 
solicitations. ’After this, for the remainder 
of the day, he remained in the immediate 
neighborhood, ready to protect his wife from 
