Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-10-02
CHOOSING A HUSBAND.
A Tale Which Shows That An
That GIitters Is Not Gold.

A Tale Which Shows That An
That 9litters Is Not Gold
1.-TWO offers at once You are truly Q faV.
ored maiden, Rose" said Annette Lewis to
her young friend, Rose Lirton, in gay tone.
ut Is husband or no husband with most Of
US; but you have a choice between two"
"And happy shall l be If l have the wis
dom TO choose rightly" was the reply of
Rose.
''If it were my case, 1 do not think
should have much difficulty in making a
choice"
"Don't youl Suppose then you give me
the benefit of your preference"
"Oh, no, not for the worlds" replied An
nette, laughing. "I'm afraid you might be
Jealous Of me afterward."
''Never fear. / am not of jealous dis
position"
mo, won't commit myself in regard to
your lovers But il they were mine would
soon let it be known where my preference
lay"
''Then you won't assist me in coming to
decision. Surely am entitled to this act of
friendship"
If you put 1t upon that ground, Rose,
do not see how / can refuse"
81 do put it upon that ground, Annette.
And now, l ask you, as friend, to give me
your opinion Of the two young men, James
Hambleton and Marcus Gray, who have
seen such wonderful attractions in my
humble self as to become suitors for my
hand at the same time
Decidedly, then, Rose, should prefer
Marcus Gray"
'There is about him, certainly, Annette
much to attract . maiden's eye, and to cap
tivate her heart; but it has occurred to me
that the most glittering surface does not
always indicate the purest gold beneath. /
remember, once, to have seen q massive
chain, wrought from pure ounces, placed
beside another that was far inferior in quail
ity, but with q surface of ten times richer
hue. Had not been told the difference,
should have chosen the latter as in every
way more valuable. But when it was ex-
planned that one bore the hue Of genuine
gold, while the other had been colored by a
process known to jewellers, was struck
with the lesson 1t taught
"What lesson, Roser'
"That the richest substance has not
always the most glittering exterior. That
real worth, satisfied with the consciousness
Of interior soundness of principle, assumes
few imposing exterior aspects and forms"
"And that rule you apply to these two
young menl"
"By that rule wish to be guided, in some
uCkACOy III NY OuOlCOl AunCIbCs WAon W
keep my mind so balanced that II may not
be swayed from sound discrimination by
any thing OF imposing exterior"
"But is not the exterior-that which
meets the eye-all we can judge FRONT Is
not the exterior true expression Of what
| Is withinin
mot by any means, Annette. grant
that 1t should be, but it is not Look at the
fact have just named respecting the gold
chain"
"But they were inanimate substances.
They were not faces, where thoughts, feel
inRs and principles nnd expression"
'Do you suppose, Annette, that bad gold
would ever have been colored so as TO look
even moro beautiful than that which is
genuine IL there had not been men who as
6umed exterior RrAcSs and virtues that
were not In their miRdI No; the very fact
you sdduce strengthens my position. The
| ttmo was, In the earlier and purer ages
Tie golden AgeS-of the worlds existence,
when che countenance was the true index
| 70 tho mind. Then It was . well-tuned in
stYument and the mind within skillful
player, to whose touch every muscle and
chord and minute fiber gave answering
mOlOdy. That time has passed. Men now
school their faces to deception. It is an art
which nearly all practice-myself and your
| self too Often. We study to appear what
we arc not Look at some men whom we
meet every day; with faces whose calm
ness, should rather say rigidity, give no
evidence that q single emotion ever crossed
| the wavelesS ocean Of their minds. But 1t
is not so. The mind within is active with
thought and feeling. But the instrument
formed for 1t to play upon has lost its tune,
OF bears only relaxed or broken chords"
"You have 3 strange, visionary way OF
| k.lYx De- fnH Inn -
as her friend ceased speaking, "All that
may do for your German transcendeptal-
| lists, or whatever you call them; but it
won't do when you como down to the mat
ter-of-fact business Of life"
ITO me il seems eminently practical
principle, Annette. We must act in all i'm
poftRnt matters ia life with just discrim-
ination; and how can we truly discriminate
if we are not well versed in those pAile-
| sophical principles upon which, and only
upon which, right determinations can be
| made!"
81 must confess, Rose, +" replied hen young
] friend, "that do not see much bearing that
all this has upon the matter under discus
sion or, at least, can not see the truth Of
its application. Gold never assumesa ieaden
exterior"
] "Welli"
1--WE need not be very eminent philoso-
piers TO distinguish one from the other"
mo, Of course p0as"
Very well. Here is Marcus Gray, with
q genuine golden exterior, and James
Hambleton, with a leaden one"
81 do not grant that position, Annette. It
| is true that Mr. Hambleton is not so brill
liant and snowy, but have found in him one
quality that have not yet discovered in
the other"
| tVVhat In thatr,
"Depth Of feeling and high moral princi-
ple."
"You certainly do not pretend to afirm
that Mr.. Gray has neither feeling nor prin-
cIpleP'
| 'Of course do not. 1 only say that I
have never yet perceived any very strong
indications OF their existence."
"Why. Roser'
II am in earnest, Annette. l doubt not
that he possesses both, and, trust, in q
high degree. But he seems to be so con-
stantly acting a brilliant and effective
part, that nature, unadorned and simple,
has no chance to speak out. 1t Is NOT sc
with Mr.. Hambleton. Every word he ut
ters shows that he Is speaking what do
really feels: and often, though not so high.
Iy polished in speech as Mr.. Gray, have I
heard him utter sentiments Of genuine
| truth apd humanity in q tone that made
my heart hound with pleasure at recogniz-
ing the simple eloqucnce OF his nature. His
character, Annette, I6nd jp no way dlAicplit