The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-02-04
THE PROWLER.
He is Made to Understand That
he Ought to Merry, and
Talks of Other Things.

The Prowler is an unmarried man,
but vet he does not belong to that
class who sneer at marriage, and he
fond!y looks forward to the time when
he will be able to have a wife and a
home of his own. Indeed, thinking
over the list of his acquaintance, he
is surprised that so many of them are
bachelors, and he agrees with one OF
them, who was recently i'll that GA
man without a wife and home is not
much account in the world" AS my
bright lady friend expresses it, how
can man be happy month after month
and year after year, leading a disso.
Lutte life. how can he face his consci-
ence when alone and know that Its &C
cusa,ions are so true and yet so solemn
that they seem to come from God
Himself; how can he waste his man-
hood and his ambitions
and the very best years of
bis life in the: senseless, weakening,
Whaling pleasureless existence of d
roue, a gambler or drunkard. "My
God," said my bright friend, "why
can't men get weary and sick of an
existence which brings them nothing
but the Dead sea fruit of happiness
and why can't they rouse themselves
to the terrible reckoning which some
day must-aye must, for nome escape
-overtake them. Why | think the
most beautiful thing this life, this re-
sponsible life of ours, presents Is the
sweet, true home life of a man who
loves bis home and who has no world
which that home cannot share. Look
at him. He has made his bcme
struggling out IN the busy world,
built it bit by bit, loved il, watched
it grow, felt that heI must protect it,
become wide and unselfish and grand
in his purpose, and all day long there
is song in his ears because he know:
home and love is to be his porto 4
when his daily tasks are over and be
cause the "bird'' which the Pcrsians
say makes the song, nestles in hi:
heart.
By comparison with the
bachelor in his rooms. unbright'
ened by any loving feminine hand
with his comradship with men who
/ tell coarse stories and indulge in flip
pant talk with his amours and hi
mean, miserable shirkiug of every
thing which savors of the debt he
owes to society, / think the man with
the home, no matter how humble tina
home may be, is like a king among
peasants, a star amid glow worms, q
lilly among fennel, a man among
pygmies. would like to frame ,
law to make every man marry and Ii
like to create a legislative body which
would be made UP of home maker'
and home lovers and home keepers ii
the best sense of the word, and thel
| am sure the law would pass and
am sure there would be justice for ev
erybody." My friend paused 70
want of breath and feeling small ant
mean because he had not yet succeed
ed in making a home, the Prowie
went and took q drink OF seltzer, an,
whistling "Home, Sweet Home
concluded to marry and have HON
lust as soon as he could find gil
with enough money TO buy one.
The Prowler knows of two girls
blonde and brunette who are fas
making history for themselves an
who may be seen any afternoon o
the streets. Up and down they go
giving sly glances at every coars
grained ruffian in a gentleman's gart
they see and generally earn
ing for themselves tn
soubriouet of fast. They are poo
girls and one of them at least hs
respectable parents and the Prowle
hopes that they will bear in mind tb
fate Of another, who but short Will
ago with Haunting feathers and ga
apparel acted as they are now acting
but who alas disgraced and misel
able has gone to the very depths c
Gethsemane, and heed the Prowler'
kindly meant words of warning t
, keep off the streets and find some
thing 10 the way of honest emplo!
4 ment.
! / was wondering a few days ago,
!, the readers of fhe BAZoo, ever stO