The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1888-12-26

marked out for me Since could not have
Alma. what did it matter whom married.
Ugly little Laura would do as well as any
woman. It was fortunate that she expected
no extraordinary demonstration Of affection
from me. Truly / could not have given it
My heart seemed frozen or dead. Yet
could not help seeing that she seemed quietly
happy. Her plain face actually began to
glow with new life, and there were times
when she looked almost pretty. 1t occurred
to me that might forget my own misery by
trying to make her happy. The idea was 8
spark from the mind of infinite love, for it
brought kind of peace to my sick soul
threw myself into the role Of promised
husband with all the energy possessed. /
suggested that we should be married on the
same day that was fixed for the wedding Of
Alma to Mr.. Carey. / can assure you that
in those weeks demonstrated, to myself at
least, that I had something Of the heroic In
my nature.
Well, we were married Alma and her
husband went away, and Laura and Invent
to housekeeping" as they say Of newly mar
ried folk. I did my best to give Laura no
cause to suspect that was unhappy. The
quiet happiness which shone day after day
buked me, too. It was plain that she loved
me devotedly; and she was so unselfish In her
love, so wise, 90 sensible that soon found
myself admiring her. In the wish to do
everything possible for her In order to recon-
pense her for the love did not have to give
her, Thought of trying TO remedy her defect
vie hearing. We went to Philadelphia for that
purpose. The best aurist In the city made
an examination and at once assured us that
the trouble was caused bya slight obstruc-
tion which would yield readily to simple
treatment. In two months Laura returned
perfectly cured.
Then / began to notice what very bright
woman my wife was, and she seemed to grow
SUMMER and sweeter every hour. In less
than six months / loved her q thousand times
more, 1t seemed to me, than I had ever loved
Alma. When began to realize blessed
Fate over and over again for giving me my
own, even through such incomprehensible
ways. 81 might have known it," said to
myself. 81 always expected TO have happi-
ness in my home, and might have been sure
Of it, although the light refused to shine for
awhile.n
At the end of year was SO infatuated
with my lovely little wife that told her the
story Of how ! came to marry her. That she
regarded as the best possible proof of my
love for her. Then she confessed to me that
she had loved me almost from the hour when
she first saw me, but had imagined that
cared for Alma. Yet when met her on
that New Years morning with such extra
ordinary cordiality her heart rather than her
reason caused the misunderstanding. Yet
she declares to this day that what she seemed
to hear was, ~ love you. Come and let me
make you happy nll the days Of my life.n
Perhaps my wiser self spoke TO her In some
silent, heartward way and knew 1t not. At
all events am grateful that she thought she
heard these words IL didn't say them.
l did not see Alma for Ave years. Then
wondered how ever could have loved her.
She was still beautiful, OF course; but de-
voted to n life OF fashion and show, and was
not at all the woman I had imagined she
would be. She never knew how she had
figured In the romance OF my life.
You see. always expected good luck and
always got it, but not always in the way
l had expected. After my laundering mar
riage turned out SO we'll never doubted my
Spanish proyerb again, 1t has never failed
me throughout my life, and will be eighty
In December. II were to preach sermon
TO young people every day In the week,
Viluk Oue colciuuiiiB ccuOeuco WOuAu Always
be; Expect good luck and you win get
it.n If could send New Years. mes
sage to every soul on the earth 10 would be
to expect the good. Put 10 on your New
Years cards. Write 1t in your letters. Tell
1t to the little people. Keep 1t ever In mind.
Believe In 1t and live by it. The true phil
osophy of life is In It, "Expect good luck
and you will get It,"
GERTRUDE GARRISON