Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-03-15
THE ODD SENTENCE.


Il shall go, he said, with q frown.
cit will pass an hour away. "
VERY WE'LL answered the young
wife. Goodbye Maurice.
And then she went on patiently with
her sewing; and if she did give very
small sigh, Maurice did not hear it, for
it was lost in the noise which he made
with the door, and Carrie did not know
whether he had answered her goodbye
or not.
And then she was alone,
She looked very neat and pretty-she
generally did; but her face was rather
sad now
The room in which she sat, though
small, was in the very incest OF order
the hearth clean-swept, and the fire
burning brightly. But of what use was
il ALP Carrie felt inclined to ask her.
self She had hoped, and tried and
waited; but Maurice was just rs cold
and unkind as ever.
She had married him such a short,
and yet such a long time ago, it seemed
because he had asked her and because
she had loved him; and it had never oc
Cured to her until lately that possibly
he might not have loved her. even though
he had asked her TO marry him.
But now | kHOlp that he did not,
she murmurcd, sorrowfully, to herself
Just one word and one look told me.
And letting her work fall on her lap
she sat in silence. thinking deeply.
But presently little cry sounded,
tiny, helpless wall, and Carrie starteC
up, and a happy, anxious color tlushec
into her face in "A moment.
She hurried up stairs
My babyr she uttered, softly. "A
least have my baby boy! And | viii
hope on for all besides
Disregarding conscience-stings, Man
rice went on his way.
He chose 20 think that he was poor
and he was inwardly, at every step h,
took, bcWailing his hard lot, and his dul
and cramped and narrow and h,
considered il narrowing eNistcnce
And where was he going
10 spend the evening with some ol'
friends. who were or he would have
,said SO far better on than himself
He had not yet learned that "a man
life consistent not in the abundance Of
the things which he posSesseth, ~ And
he lost the enjoyment be might well
have taken in what he had in the folly
Of forever rcgretting all that he had not.
A few minutes later he had taken his
accustomed place in large and pleas
ant family sitting-rOom, and was talking
and laughing with his friends, and their
young sisters, rs gayly rs possible.
But while he talked, his glance wan
dered round the room, and rested again
on the mantle-shelf.
He knew the apartment WELL and had
often compared it with his own tiny par
lor at home. much TO the disparage
ment of the latter. He knew every ar
ticle of furniture and almost every orna
mcnt At what. then, was he looking
At slate with very pretty, orna.
mental frame, which hung in con
spicuous position over the manle-shelt
On il was written in chalk in neat
round hand. the words:
made To tread those steps with sor
row which | might have trod with de
light
Maurice read the sentence again anC
again. He could no keep his eve
from it,
Presently the youngest daughter o
the house Annie 10y name-a liven
Girl of thirteen or fourteen, ran into th'
room She was a fayorite with Mau
rice, ana he with her.
what is your opinion Of our last new
idoa2' was almost her first question a.
She gaye a little nod in the direction o
the slate. 1--WE all think il lovely