HEMANS.
Finding it so evidently the wish of both her husband and his mother, Elsie
quietly and at once assumed the reins of government.
But with that mother to go to for advice in every doubt and perplexity,
and with a dozen or more of well-trained servants at her command, her
post, though no sinecure, did not burden her with its duties; she still
could find time for the cultivation of mind and heart, for daily walks and
rides, and the enjoyment of society both at home and abroad.
Shortly after the return of the newly married pair, there was a grand
party given in their honor at Roselands; another at Ashlands, one at
Pinegrove, at the Oaks, and several other places; then a return was made
by a brilliant affair of the kind at Ion.
But when at last this rather wearying round was over, they settled down to
the quiet home life much more congenial to both; always ready to entertain
with unbounded hospitality, and ignoring none of the legitimate claims of
the outside world, they were yet far more interested in the affairs of
their own little one, made up of those nearest and dearest.
They were an eminently Christian household, carefully instructing their
dependents in the things pertaining to godliness, urging them to faith in
Jesus evidenced by good works; trying to make the way of salvation very
clear to their often dull apprehension, and to recommend it by their own
pure, consistent lives.
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