The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1879-08-12

and there beine M question ~ to the
high responsibility of the couple. they
were the recipients of the warmest
congratulations and expressions Of best
wishes from9 the other ladies' and
gentlemen On the cars. M. b. and
Miss G. were united in marriage by
the rector Of St. Peters Episcopal
Church here. The newly welded
couple renamed in the citv several
days, and are now living at Benton.
Dream Childron.
g. ". Curtis IN Hsrp-r's Bazar.
On the eve Of st. Valentines I was
hidden tn Q pleasant party. and as ]
came out Of the room in which We
laid Of our cnsts and cloaks to descend
to the drawing room. the friend with
me stopped and said. rs Ne heard the
CAV murmur Of the guests below. do
you hear? 1t is the cooing Of the
pairing birds" He has . nimble
fancy, and l smiled when the first
person whom I met upon descending
was . grandmother. ! tOld her what
my friend had said. and asked her
If she were one ofthe pairing birds.
mo" she answered; 81 am paired.
But il il our day tn. In the Church
Of St. Valentine there 10 ID young
and No old. The only condition =
love-" This dear grandmother then
printed out her grandchildren, young
men and women. whom ! cav in
various parts Of the roons dancing
and talking and walking. With youth
and beauty and manliness and sweet.
ness in their mein and mannera
"Tn happiness that I shall never
know (" I said. - I watched them.
And when the grandmother asked
me what ] meant. % II she half sus-
pected me Of some preposterous dream
Of suing for . granddaughter favor.
I answered only that I could never
live over my own life in children Of
nv own and in their childreu-''as
you do at this moment, gracious
madam" think she looked at ne
With kind and tender pity. and
then she glanced again as tho pretty
groups. and owned tn me. - her
darlines Aoated away spou the music.
for 90 the dancing always seems 70
me-that her reflected sejoymsnt Of
life through her childrens children
w,s hardly len than Il bed bsea in
experience. Indeed she aid, 81
am not sure that il i not the choicest
part ofexperience, for in ny girb and
boys l live many lives and il i they
Who make me young at threesenre."
Az / stood With the happy grand
mother, whose chief joy vss her
chiliren and grandchildFes, L nv o.
grave and Tranquil lady near ~ With
% sweet and benignaat . look that ]
asked ny neighbor Who she was. ]
saw that . vistfdl. synpathetic light
Ms in her eyes - she looked as the
grave face and told me that Il w.
her friend Rachel. Thi / knew W.
the name Of . lady Who bad lately
como to town and WHOM ! had nos
CHANGED 70 meet, bat q whom ] look.
ed With interest,". f,F I knew her stoey.
She Was early and happily married.
but one after another her childrsn he'd
died, and al at the tendessse aee.
Some fate seemed to b set iase
against those innocent young lives,
and while still in the nursery they
died. 81 the young mother was totally
bereft. Still she felt herself 70 b .
mother, but her sweet family we're
dream children only. Their nursery
remained unchanged. The toys, tie
little table and chains, the torn
picture books they we're leh - tie
lest Of the Lost dar1ings had left them,
and the last had died thirty yeas b.
fore I ~ The mother.
She. meanwhile. hsd paoed iron
the young wife to tie matroo. and the
broWn hair With which de baby en-
gers he'd played was gay nov. and
covered with . cap. There vas mol
morbid or qperuloss compliant in hsr
manner OF IN her lite; 10 eyuiciso
nor ialse gayesy. To nose pessoas|
she voakl sse9 merely . gravs and
Tranquil lsdy. Who hsd probably
some ssssow. Bat tAoss dead ehit
drsa moulded hsa vhols eharscsse.
A ~ geaeleaeo. IN endless sslf
acri6es. . sweetness Of charity thas