Remember every time you speak in the way of defense, you give him a new text on which to branch out again.

If silence is ever golden, it is when a husband is in a tantrum." In due time Mr.S.arrived, laden with Christmas presents, and Charlotte came over to tell me that she had passed through the ordeal.

I will give the scene in her own words as nearly as possible.

"My husband came yesterday, just before dinner, and, as I expected him, I had all things in order.

He seemed very happy to see me and the children, and we had a gay time looking at our presents and chatting about Washington and all that had happened since we parted.