The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1883-09-08

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sex in general. There are few who do not
give
Dust, q little gilt,
more praise than gold o'erdusted.'
] wonder sometimes whether you are an
exception to the majority. You might
easily have married q more snowy girl; one
who would shine as the mistress Of your
house, and do credit to your taste. 1t is
odd that you did not, for you have an eve
for a fine woman. Such a wife would have
been q gorgeous ruby in your crown Of
manhood; and you could have displayed
with royal pride as Ahasuerus would have
showed Vashti to his courtiers. But your
Esther, modest as a wood violet, with a
heart as strong and clear Ms crystal, is
above rubies in value"
who would think of my prosaic Annie
ss the inspiration Of 30 many poetical inn
ages2" said George with affected bright
ness; when she-poor, dear souli-does
not know a troup from a syllogismW
"She is none the worse wife for Mr..
George Sherman on that account, was the
stout reioinder. IF the ideal, not the
practical, were her forte, he would &C less
comfortable and much poorer. Some make
the fatal mistake-when those Judged are
their life long companions-of believing
that lack of brilliancy Of thought and felici-
" Of expression ~pre-supposes IN insensi-
tive nature and q shallow heart. Annie is
Seenly alive to your dissimilarities, and in
the light of her reverent appreciation of
your talents and fame, her humility is like
~ to become morbid"
She changed the subject at that point,
fordly believing that she read In her listen
er's softer eye and meditatiye aspect the
proof that the hint was not dropped in
vain.
George was very kind to his lovely little
wife for some days after her sisters depart
ure. Mrs. Davenport left Aiken by an
early morning train, and Mr.. Sherman in
yited Annie to drive with him that after
noon.
"Den't take any Of the children, +" he stip-
Glated. I want you to have g restful,
pleasant ride"
He settled her carefully in the buggy,
wrapping the robes about her feet, and in
curing if she were warmly clad, and exerted
himself during the jaunt to select such top
ics as he thought would interest her, even
mistaking the glow,,of conscious benevolence
within his generous breast for enjoyment
in the dutiful companionship.
This is q slayish kind of life We are living
4 here my pet, he said, seeing the color re-
yive in her sallow cheeks that were no
longer plump; the shy delight of her who
had borne his name for upward of a decade,
in his tenderly gallant attentions. Il have
scarcely o moment or q thought that I can
BALL my own, nave to run out of own If
want to say q nice thing or two TO my wife.
his is the price OF popularity, and it is q
ear me-. Next summer, God willing, We
viii pack up baggage and babes and hide in
be up country somewhere, letting nobody
NOW in what direction we have gone; be all
~ ourselves to live over our courting days
ID q month at least. You arc the best ard
&Rst selfish of women to do and bear, with
ach an angelic patience, all that is laid up
you by our position. / know and feel
kA8s, dear, however careless / may SEEM"
am sure, George, / never thought you
N&1 %eless, said the duttered woman, with q
tefUl sob. And you are very rood to
III pleased with what can &c to help you
6apg. have always felt that you were
kindest husband in the werld-too good
K me-"
MS=he did not envy the happiest Of newly
e brides her bliss. while she reveied In
tA&k enchanting excursion. The frosty air
s balmy as June; the sere landscape
Efer than yernal bloom. She vent in the
&ix<ngtk Of it and the love words her ears
tAa drunk many days and nights.
~@ays Caroline Hslstone OF Moore's al
.Sfpate freezing and thawing, his eyiden.
N@lght in her society, and her backward
H4kB In securing this: IF I had q means
3 happiness at my command / would en-
N36g that means often, / would keep il
Nf3Rht with use, and not let it lie for weeks
e until it gets rusty"
An1fB nad never read Shirley, = but the
e4AAe artless thought came into her simple
&N&d many times, when Janette's visit aad
## *X4tnealc harauna 0na nf fha fou4 FodSnfS IA.
tNe to the man of the day, and his do
<4Sptic affairs slid back into the old
Xx4pves. No doubt George loved her as
&S1y Rs he said, and longed to be with her
pa fhe while he was ont of her sight. He
k44 declared the duty slavery that kept
t1SEn SO much apart. We're she In his
&!&ee, she could not be so conscientious.
&pptation would overcome resolution
sAzn etimes. She would snatch by stealth
MI and drink for the furnishing heart.
George was stronger Of purpose than
There was o mighty Sabbath school CON-
HFEticn in Aiken In May. From far and
sI&F delegates came to speak and to hear,
7ll9 be entertained by the hospitable towns-
E4eple, and to bear to their homes the
<<S4 . Of the paragon divine who, when he
S&t0pd among the people," was. ia gening
HHA popularity, higher than any of the
'|Spple from the shoulders and upward. "
4Its. Hayward was his prime assistant, OF
hrse, and under her direction n mammoth
zSptival was held in the lecture and Sabbath
<hool room at the close Of the convention
show Of flowers, and banners, and IL
animated legends, and white uniformed
kends of Joy, Hope. Faith, and Love; OF
mountains Of sandwiches, and obelisky Of
~ cam, and shaking towers of jelly; bull
xhrks of cake and confectionery. and cas-
fRdes Of lemonade, such as the guests had
over beheld elsewhere.
Excuse me, madame, " said q stranger
zkom the country 10 Mrs. Sherman, who
LA In an sobaeura corner faadino a small