Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-01-06

you that in those weeks l demonstrated 70
ny self at least, that had something of ,bs
heroic IN my nature.
Well, We were married. Alma and her
husband went away, and Laura and
went to housekeeping. rs thew saw of
newly mauied folk. / did NV hist n
give Laura 20 cause TO suspect that was
unhappy. The quiet happiness which
shone day after day in her face became
Joy to me. II even rebuked me. too.
IL was PLATA that she loved me devoteaiv.
and she was 60 unselish in her love 30
Wise, so sensible that soon found mv.elf
admiring her. In the wish 70 do every
tning possible tor her in order 10 recon-
psnse her for the love did not hsvs 10
give her, ] thought OF trying 70 remedy
her defective hearing. We went to poils-
aeiPnia Tor that purpose. TIE best surist
IN me city made an examination and Al
once assared &c that the trouble was caused
oy slight obstruction which would Weld
reacl,y to simple treatment. Ia two
months Laura returned perfectly cured
Iaen began 10 notice what very
DIight woman my wife was ard she qeem.
ed TO grow sunnier and sWeeter every hour
IN less than six months loved her a thou-
SAND TIMES more, It seemed TO me. than I
ever loved Alma. When began 10 realize
blessed Fate over and over again for giy-
ing me my own, even through such inc9m-
prehersible ways. 81 might have krown
IL j sara 10 myself Il always expected
to have happiness in my home. and 1 might
nave been sure Of it, although the LIGHT re-
fused to shine for awhile
Al the end Of year was 80 infatuated
win nay lovely ht.le wife that told her
the story Of how 1 came to marry her.
I Ihsi she regarded as the bsst rolsibiep oof
/ Of my love for her Thea sra confessed 10
ne that she had loved me almost from the
] lonr WREN she first saw me. bat had i'm
ag'ned tina, ! cared for Alma Yet vhan
met Der on that New Years morning
with such extraordinary eo-dialty her
hsart rather than her reasoa caused the
misunderstanding. Yet she declares 70
thls day mat what she seemed 10 LeM was.
i love yo1. Come and let me make YOU
happJ all The days OF my life Perhaps
my wiser self spoke 10 her in some silent,
neaft"ard way and knew il not. At all
events / an grateful that she thought she
heard these words if didn't say them.
DID not zee Alma for five years Then
wondered how l ever could hsve loved
her She was still beautiful, Of course;
but devoted TO a life Of fashion and show,
and was not st al the woman imaginCd
sne 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 had expected. Aftsr my blunder-
ing marriage turned ont 40 We'll /
never doubled my Spanish proyerb
again. Il has never failed me throughout
my life, and will be eighty M Deem
Der If l were to preach a sermon
TO Young people every day in the week,
think the concluding sentence would always
be: Expect good lack and you will get
it," II / could send a New Years message
10 every soul on earth it would be 20 ex-
pect the coed Put it on your New Years
cards Write it 10 your letters Tell il to
the little people. Keep it ever in mind.
Believe in it and live by H. The.tue phil
osophy OF life il in IT, Expect COED luck
and you will get it,"