Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-11-15
JACK AND JILL.
How They Went Up the Hin Of
Life Together.

1t was too funny for anything, but
we We're married. 1t didn't concern the
world in the least. but it was q matter
of no small moment to Jack and nv
self. as we came out of the little box of
a parsonage, that we were actually msn
and wife. DIR. Pitcher. the Lutheran
do:uinie. eyed US sharply As he came
into the cczy study. How well l re-
member that morning. the sunshine fell
across the window garden. with its
fragrant flowers. and made a golden
spot on the carpet lust at Jacks feet.
In front of me was Beatrice Di Cenci.
after Guido. ON the wall. and the sad
pathetic face haunts me yet 1t almost
seemed 10 speak to us. saying: Chill
dren. you are so foolishr' Dr. Pitcher
evidently thought So. too. for he was a
bachelor. and questioned Jack quite a
while: but Jack was manly and frank,
and he had letter of introduction
from good old DIR. Clark, who had
known him from boy. and so our
dominic was satisfied.
I was very solemn. after all, the
serving man and maid came in as wit
ne-seS. and | nudged Jack as they
IL ,ked at us in aston shment, as much
as TO say: What do these children
want to commit such foolishness for?'
But we answered the questions, we took
each others hand, the good doctor
PRAYED SO tenderly. as if his own past
had toned his words. and We went out
into the sunshine, past the gray church,
one. to climb the hill of life together.
Jack kissed me in the shadow. of The
Tower. although ! told him he
shouldn't on the public street. and we
turned our faces toward home Jack
was twenty and | was sixteen: no won
der YOU grow solemn and shake your
heads. you older ones, but believe the
Young folks will envy us now. but not
bye and bye, perhaps. for life is tough
thing, and the hill for Jack and Jill
was no exception. But We commenced
to climb with light hearts. we were
strong and Young, and we loved each
other. Until death..do us part" did not
seem very hard thing to answer from
the doctors lips.
We had four rooms to overselves-a
little bird house of q tenement-kitchen,
parior and two bedrooms; vet what in
the world we wanted of an extra bed
room one could hardly tell. as we we're
both orphans in this Western CITY, far
AWAY from any one We knew.
were alone in the world. we loved
each other. why not climb the steep
hand in hand? Jack worked in a great
Touring mill; his day began at seven
and closed at six; what nice long even
ingS we had to study and read and
dream, To be sure, Jack had only
forty dollars a month, and We had
many sums in addition and subtraction
to do to keep out of debt. but he said l
didn't grow poor. and my Dutch an
cestors certainly would not have been
ashamed of me in thar regard I was
accustomed to take my hair down at
night to please him--it WAS blonde, the
color of gold-and he called me The
meshes of light. | WAS just a little
proud of my hair. like silly child. and
used to tell Jack jokingly: If worst
came to worst. | could sell that for
bread" One evening our landlord came
III, just as had allowed the last coil
10 fall. He inquired Of Jack if l was
Younger sister. My wife. MIR.
Lane" said Jack. smiling. | thought
il too bad that looked so Young, but
my cheeks would be red, and l was
plump as partridge.
But that first year sObered US a little;
We found Fate was no sentimentalist,
and hard facts must De faced and con-
Quercd, if possible. | looked after the
house did the marketing. and planned
10 see how far twenty dollars a month
would 90 in providing our food. The
tirst month | spent thirty, which
made Jack look sober, but the next
did better. until. finally was able
with .ase to do what 1 desired. Jack
rnu were determined to lav bv some
ching if we went hungry; we had
dreams for the future. which We hardly
breathed 10 each other. OF course we
did not live in very ample style; pas
try and cake were not always on our
table. | kept at a few things until l
could do them well. Jack was patient.
with common sense. and kept brayely
at il
Perhaps YOU are quite tired of this
recital. but Jack and lived it all, with
hearty faith in God and each other
We had but little, but from that little
We extracted every ounce of happiness.
| had a small library from my father.
and when the curtains were dropped,
the stand drawn out, and the lamp
lighted our student" the one luxury
we INDUCED in-the little kitchen was
not place to be despiSed by people
like us. We read aloud in turn. a die
tionary on the table for reference. and
an encyclopedia in one volume. which
we priced very highly. We found the
reading aloud a gooG exercise, and we
acquired valuable information. We
went through Macaulay in this way
his essays and history. some of the
British dramatists contemporary with