Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-09-09
THE HERALD.
Sometime.

traveller on life's busy high road.
Sometime |" What dreams are
built Oh it for future happiness
what plans laid for great acts to be
accomplished, for good TO be wro't,
tor plea ures TO be gained for hopes
long cherished to reach fruitioD.
"Somctime," says the boy, eager
With hope aud youthful trust in the
future, 81 will be q grown man. and
will do ever so much work in the
world. | will help to build towns,
perhaps, or make railroads, or write
books, or paint pictures. And | will
have house of my OVID, and plenty
of money, and horse, and gun, or
boat TO sail in.''
Sometime" says the school girl,
tired of her daily tasks, IL shall
have done with lessons, and be a
young lady, and have a good time
like the grown girls have now, and
visit, and go to parties, and do as |
please" And visions thropg through
her brain of long dresses, delightful
parties and beaux, trips to the
mountains, lakes or seashore or, II
net so an bilious, quiet summer in
tho country with some aunt or cous-
in. The future is happy Elysium
to her,graced with airy castles, and
peopled with imaginary beings
Sometime" says the young man
just starting in business, with hope
and courage high, sometime before
long shall mako enough to get a
little house, and take the dearest
girl in the world TO it as my loved
aud cherished W fe. What a sweet
little home-nest we will have, and
what hSppiness il will be to have
her voice and smile always ready
for me when | come to it. How
tenderly / will care fer her, and
guard her from every i'll, and how
sweetly she will repay me by her
love-" The manly cheek Pushes
with pride and affection, and his
step has spring III it which accords
with his buoyancy of spirit. Stead
lily he works, with hope for stimu.
lus, and q vision before him of hap
py years crowned with earth's best
gifts.
"Sometime," thinks the maiden,
as she sits with her glowing cheek
resting upon her hand, "he will claim
me for his own, and l shall be so hap.
py in making life bright for him."
She thinks of her home of the
childhood pleasures she has shared
with the loved ones in it; of girl.
hoods brighter days, the enjoy.
ments she has had with young COM
panions, the little hopes, joys, trials
and duties that have hitherto made
up her life; of the fond mother
whose love and care have been so
precious, and whose counsels have
guided her steps into womanhood.
The thought of her separation from
these saddens her 1t IS giving up
great deal whose value she knows
snd appreciates for an untried life.
Yet, dearer than aught else is tho
new love-the bliss in store for her;
and her willingness to give up all
else for it, without any doubts,
proves to her that this feeling is
deep and true-deep and pare as
the lite.spIugs of her being-snd
she looks forward to the bissful
sometime" without shadow of
fear.
Sometime" says the eager, over
worked business man, 81 shall grow
rich and retire from business, and
live an easy life enjoying the pleas.
ures of home with my family. My
sons and daughters shall have all
that heart can wish, and l shall be
able, by carefully investing it, to
leave them plenty of money" So
he builds on this dream while he
works his brain and body to the
verge of paralysis, often breaking
down before the goal is reached.
"Somotime," says the invalid, wea.
ry with long suffering and waiting,
81 shall be released from the burden
of these ills and take up a new and
beautiful existence in the land be-
yond, where no suffering or sorrow
can ever come, but where the USE
less hands and feet shall live a life
of happy usefulness again in doing
for others" Her pale face brightens
with the blessed prospect and the
thought of it gives her patience
through many g trying hour.
Sometime" says the aged pill.
grim on life's road, W shall be done
with this old body, which has be-
come feeble, and refuses longer to
obey ali my wishes and shall put on
a new one that shall last forever.
There youth will be renewed, and
strength regained, and life will be
one long, perfect existence OF con-
tentment and happiness"
All, this golden sometime What
brightness of Divine light to live in I!
What blessed rest, after the storms
of troubled world What meetings
of souls that are near akin, though in
the flesh wide lands have separated
them, or death has kept them long
apart What blest companionship
of loved ones, walking beside the liv.
ing streams, beneath the trees that
never fade! What work of beauty
and use, and what deeds of love, may
there be carried on; for the higher
life will bring higher aspirations, ca.
pabilitIes and employments, and who
can tell what may be in store for us
there? Sometime - ali sometime
we shall go home and knop