Middletown transcript., 1872-11-16
Srlrtt Storp.
A LIFE LESSON.

Do not tell mo i, 10 the same old story.
aud therefore Of no account There Is
no lesson Of real life that is no, old US life
itself The blessing which came Of the
first thrub Of loving heart has been daily
and hourly re-cchocd for thousands Of ycnrs
and il is ~ fresh aud sweet to-day as in
that morning hour when the sun first
shonc upon the love scene Of Eden And
those lessons Of life which lead to the
true living though they may have been
preached aud expoundvd over and over
again, can never be preached too much
They cannot be worn out. The need Of
their guidance will cease only when liz.
shall have been swallowed up in the life
eternal So, ihoagh this same lesson has
been often illustrated aud enforced. |
deem it an unsccmiugly repetition 10 tell
the simple story which shall illustrate il
again
knew Albcr, VI ore we'll. have
known him from his boyhood-a |
knew Alice in the other years, also the
lesson of their life which | now write
down eliminated under my Own observs-
tioB.
Albert Moore at the age Of twenty five
took Alice Warner for bis wife. aud fan :
cicd that he was going to be as happy a.
is given to ordinary mortals to be- Al
bert had been in the army-had gone in
at the age Of twcn,y-fought through from
Balls Bluff to Richmond-had come out
with captains commission--bnd found
his way, Immediately upon tho discharge.
to his early love. and demanded the help.
ing hand in the commencement of the
peaceful lifo. Alice did not refuse him
She hsd held him in her heart through
the dark years; and now. in the glow OF
the glad light. she joined hands with him
happily aud hopefully.
Albert had oomc from the army with
bu, little money but he had good trade
. stout heart. and 4 strong pair Of hands
and had borrowed no trouble for the fu-
ture. Alice had saved up few hundred
dollars from ber wages - teacher. aud
when the twain had become man and wife
she found upon careful inventory. thai
they had enough to furnish house com
fortably. Albert proposed that they should
hire . small tenement house in the city
but Alice thought that they had better 90
cure \ pretty cottage in the suburbs,
cottage which they might, perhaps. Ia
time, make their own. Albert bad nj
disposition to argue the question So th,
cottage was found and secured. 1t was
pleasant rural location, aud 80 connected
with the city by rail. that Albert fount
no difficulty In going to aud from his vorl
shop.
During her 6vo years experience Il
school teaching Alice had learned man,
things. sud having been an orphan from
an early age she had made the problem
Of real life one Of her chief studies; and
what she had learned in this lattor de
partmcnt served her we'll In her nev
station. After marriage she found Alber
10 be just the man she had known him I,
be in other years. He vas kind TO
fault frec-hear,ed and generous; road,
to answer to the call of fricdship; an,
prone to pluck the flowers ,ha, bloome,
to-day regardless Of what might be ma
tared to bloom on the morrow
They hsd been married but few month";
when Alice found that her husband va
cutting his garments from day to day es
sctly according TO bis daily supply o
cloth Not shred vas be like 70 say,
up for the outing Of IN extra carmen
for rainy day that will come
:. Albert" she ssid 70 him one evening
do you knov ve ought to lay up it'll.
sou, e,hine
Albert looked up from his paper. an,
waited FOR his wiic to elucidate
~ think I heard you tell Mr.. Green
ough that you had 20 money--that 20,
paid out your lsst dollar this very after
| noon.