Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1888-06-23
The Messenger.
SNOW HILL, ND, JUNE Alss
Over n Comn-Lid.

"She-was--a-good--wife -to-me. A
good wife, God bless her r
The words were spoken In trembling
accents over n coflin-lid. The woman
asleep there had horne the heat and bur.
den Of life's long day, and no one had
ever heard her murmur; her hand was
quick to reach out In helping grasp to
TO those who fell by the wayslie, and her
feet were swift on crrands Of mercy; the
heart Of her husband had trusted In her !;
he had left her two long hours Of solitude,
while he amused himself In scenes In
which she had no part. When boon com.
panions deserted him, when tickle affec-
tons seltishly departed, when pleasure
palled, he went home and found her
waiting for him.
"Come from your long, long rowing,
o life's sea 20 bleak and rough,
Come TO me tender and loving.
And shall be blcst enough"
That had been her love song, alwayson
her lips or In her heart. childy<i had
been born to them. She had ry1fed them
almost alone-ihey were gopH Her hand
had led them to the uttcry>Jst edge of the
morning that has no Son. Then she
had comfortsd him. d sent him out
strong and whole-H dcti, while she stay
cd at home andz ed. What eau wo-
man do but>~S md trust
Well, she lest now. But she could
not die NJ dad promised to "bear up,''
not TO ~ at To remember how happy
they has en-. They. Yes Il is even so.
'or sll blest In giving and he in re-
ceivif 4 was an equal partnership
ane' Il
= de-was-a-good- .wife-to--me."
Y % man man why not have told her so
when her ears were not dulled by death :
Why wait to say these words over coffin
wherein lies wasted, weary, gray haired
woman, whose eyes have so long held
that pathetic story Of loss and suffering
and patient yearning which so many wo-
mems eyes reveal-t0 those who read.
" by not have made the wilderness In her
heart blossom like the rose with the pro-
digality Of your love? Now you would
give worlds-wcre they yours TO give-to
see tears Of joy your words would have
once caused, bejeweling the closed win
dOws Of her soul. Il is too late.
There are great many enthusiastic
fisherman In the Senate; none more so
than Senator Frye of Maine, says a Wash.
ington correspondent. Every year, to-
ward the middle Of may, he packs up his
jointed rod and fishing tackle, ami starts
upon two weeks fishing trip. When
Senator Kenny goes down among the
mountain streams Of West w -. ..c not
infrequently takes one OF his colleagues
with him; but Senator Frye does not want
any amateur To spoil his sport. lie some
times takes DIR. Baxter, the medical pur-
yeyor Of the army, who Is an experienced
invites any OF the Senators to join him In
his excursions. Senator Frye tells an
amusing story Of his first experience with
u salmon. lIewent out one morning and
returned late in the afternoon enthusiasts
tic over his catch. Some one In the house
where the Senator was staying made n
sketch of the scene, representing the Sen
ator in the act of pulling out Of the water
a fish about twice ms big Ms himself. When
the picture was shown 10 the Senator, he
looked at il gravcly for u few minutes,
and then said: well that's just about the
way he locked TO me-"