If he proposed any thing, she generally acquiesced in it, even if it cost her much self-sacrifice; and when, as it often happened, all did not turn out as well as had been expected, she never said--"I looked for this," or "I never approved of it," or, "If I had been allowed to advise you, it never would have been done." No, nothing like this ever passed the lips of Mrs.Parker.But rather words of sympathy and encouragement, and a reference of all to the wise but inscrutable dispensations of Providence.

It might have been better for them if Mrs.Parker had possessed a stronger will and had manifested more decided traits of character; or it might not.

The pro or con of this we will not pretend to decide.

As a general thing it is no doubt true that qualities of mind in married partners have a just relation the one to the other, and act and react in a manner best suited for the correction of the peculiar evils of each and the elevation of both into the highest moral state to which they can be raised.

At first glance this may strike the mind as not true as a general rule.