The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1889-09-28
THE ONE LEFT eeH,<,
What Fond ::nh Foolish Creatures Women
Sometimes Are. B!css Them

What Fond and Foolish Creatures Women
Sometimes Are. Bless Them.
The ome who is left bebnd-ah, the ,u..
who is left behind, 1t is almost alwav, a
woman. What does She dot If she loves the
careless, happy -go-luckv young fellow or the
deliberate, StnctimououS old fellow She will
gaze after him through vista of tear as
l"ns as there is Il piece of him in si..lt and
then She will rush up stairs and grab ouo of
his old vests or coats or plunge her head into
an odd hat that has been left behind too, and
cry like the bis baby she is AT breakfast
her coffee will taste salty like tears, and a,
dinner her soup will be tasteless. If shr
sleeps at all for the first few nights she dreams
that She sees her beloved afar off. He is
coming towards her with n smile of love on
his face. lie comes nearer and nearer sSl.
stretches out her arms To emhracc lin A
dark cloud falls between She calls. bu, hu
does not answer. She SropeS around i'll the
darkness, but she cannot find him, ,lid she
wakes, so!hing, to find herself sitting up il,
bed with her arms ou1stretched a..d the tears
Streaming down her facc Ali, is there a
wonrm who loves much, who has not dreamed
such dreams when parted from her beloved,
Careless Charlie or solemn Solomon prom
isr't To writ. from the first stopping place.
They forgot to do it, of course; but the one
who Is left hclind does not forget tn look for
the letter She starts and trcmhles at every
sound of til" doorbcll, and if it rings un
usually sharp and quick, she is sure it is the
telegraph messenger bringing the news of
Il railroad or Steamboat disaster, in which
her beloved has been mashed us fiat as "a
founder, OF blown sky high 1t was not a
telegraph messenger Sho thanks God for
that But it was not tho expected letter
either, and she plumses her head into the
, Int again for comfort
Ia What strange was VIZ women comfort
ourselves when parted from beloved one!
know u womar--a literary wonan-wlo
develops sudden fonlness for needle and
thread aud thilnblc when her husband leaves
hoin" S.c "rerhauls every article Of his
wal'rol" and sews on buttons by the dozen
and tape strings hy the yard half suspect
the sly man takes short trip from home
once OF twice n year just to get his clothes
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know another wfc who always mounts
hrr husband old slippers on u pedestal of
sonH kind aud says her prayers tu t!,eu night
and morning until ho returns know IL
woman who has vest belonging to her sailor
low" who has gone long cruise She keeps
II hi';,icli carefully away in the bottom of her
| trunk caught her kissing and crying over
ii one day and said: why d,dt you ask
him To leave you n pair Of his old bpo,st" s..
turned her eyes on ne with a M. y,
answered: "Do you suppose his ii.., ,..., =.
his feet
II hope not )" | replied. ''but it certainly
not i'll tli" pocket of that Old Vest"
NO" ,ho answered. bat II us,l to cove
his dear heart, and III rather ..lv- it tol !,
keepsake" llnn the daGo lpckci Kate :. ,.s
with her s.w"cih,arts picture al it.
! ,'ll"" tastes do differ" said to n,ys.if
thinking; Of the comfort Kate gets ou, tir.
l"cket hidden away in her bosom, and wiz,
comfort Marytimds in the rim, that he,. T4nrr,
left her I" remember him by waen !,a seq.
I" View York on Il business trip ten u.
and how f"nd!v jennie treasure, 81 90
handkerchief that belongs t. m. r.
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| Nh, what fond and foo :. .s.
women are'-P,arl Rivers ,tr....
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