Telegram-herald., 1891-10-25

aals not unused - victory.
IF Is MA an open enemy that had
Ions me this disAonor | could havs
ls1rne II; but IL was thou nay companion.
/ -Esine own familiar friend'-there u ths
sting. there Is the injury. for not ouly
have we been wounded % the very
qaiek, but cur faith in everything else
| thar We Loid IS surs and steadfast ia
shaken. X this oae. thls nan or this
woman whom 1 have loved 80 dearly,
! froan whom have concealed nothing. but
| gwen into their hands the very weapons
| wlth which they now stab u4e so eruelly
Ii shis ore h false AMI treacherous
say should believe that say other nan
OF sonsaa Is trgas / Anew them, as |
tAoEghr. SO well; l confded Ia them so
utterly; | never again can trust any
body. not anybody. And drawing tho
/ mantle ever eur heads We shut out tho
9ght Of day willing that all should be
night since our lixat Is sarned TO dark
I ness.
'Et tn qucqus, Brutas~ II was great
| Caesars only lament
We al know the story Of the man who
found the viper perishing with cold and
\ warned It In his bosom, until when il
NEEDED him no more it turned and stung
asm. Where lies the point of the storyf.
Il IT not that he warmed it close TO his
| own heart? Had 1t s,nng him when hs
tivsE put OFT his hand toward 10 there
woaid have been no story. We should
have sinply said. Well, it Is in the ma
ture Of yipers 70 stinsl What Is the
wonder Of itf'
| Eut it was after no had given IL
strength by nourishing It's life with his
own vitality that il stung, and here is
the touch Of human nature that has
Kept the table alive from E.sop's day to
ours.
l Aaa then treason Of this sort finds
| one SO helpless TO defend ones self. For
our enemies. as | have said. we have
weapons, sharp, trenchant, all sufficing
20 the need. We have proved them and
know their power. and smile with a vic
tors confidence as We grssp them once
| again. But for our friend, On, no, not
| for this one VINO has sat hand in hand
with Us. and listened to our most un-
I guarded condolences, and given us her
own! She whom we have clasped TO our
! heart with foudest embrace. aud perhaps
f, kissed .ay the tears of sorrow We
vowed > cure; how can We raise our
hand against her. no matter how deeply
she has sinned against us? She mas for
J gotten all those sacred ties that bound
rs, but we cannot forget; sweet love and
trust lie slain at our feet. but loyalty
and honor remain: no6issse obiige. and
We cannot De false 70 ourselves although
the friend we loved has been false to us.
/ The instinct OF self defense perhaps car
I res our hand To the hilt OF the sword, or
/ perhaps 70 the pom that is mightier than
the sword: bvt the revulsion comes
/ before the blow is struck, the unnerved
head falls poweriess at our side, the
swcsd Is sheathei, the pen Laid by, and
al the revenge our own hearts viii let us
take : 10 echo once more the old Roman
''Et tn quoque''
To my mind tho Establishments of
! fIeniships Arc more cruel than those Of
love; for. dely IL IS we may, there is
about love an innate sense OF insincerity
aad CT t.lrsit0.iness that breaks il it
does not prevent the panSsof disillusion-
meist. We know, even when we bid
Cupid - make his homo in our hearts,
20 NV aside hi5 wings and nestle upon
cur S-ar.a. thst it is an idle petition; We
Z l.aow frola ie hrst that &c Is
\ creature ali too bright and good
tur human na,arc's daily food;
ana altboug, we borrow his own fillst to
I hinl oRr eyes. ami though we swear to
ourselves and to him, 1--WE will never
F., chaug9-this story is not, shall not bc as
O. ser stories. we know that the fiilet
VIII presently drop; we know that grim
fate viii presently come to whisper in
our ears: w natl Is IL not. must it not
be as othe- storiesl Does not your own
heart tell you that il is:'
Aud we, reekly bowling our heads,
our sweet hopes drowned in tears, our
roses dropping crushed and withered 1t
OR feet, can only murn-r. The old,
oil sto-y-too bright and good to last"
Shakespeare says that men have died
and wor1ns have eaten them, but not
! for loTel and probably he is right, for
few men havc read the humsn heart
more closely, and although the man or
woman who stands beside the dead body
! of A love that he has nurtured with lin
F, own life may feel that the rest of life
! must 20, too. since this IL slain, he OF
she as . general thing recovers aud goes
on again. not quite 20 blishely, not quite
30 ioyously. but still with feeling that
much remains: that life with AL il du-
ties. all its plsasur-s. all it's mutusl OBJ
legations. must still be lived with honor
and dignity; that sweet, sweet chapter
Of the story Is closcd and perhaps for
ever. but that there is still good deal
of the book to come. and we hope thers
VIII be matters Of interest yet unguesseJ.
Bot disappointment in friendship is
fer eors ru mons matter. for it takes
held Of our lives ~ more points. IL in
wolves more complications. Friendship
u plant Of slow growth. and its annals
extend over an appreeisble part OF our
own lives. a person falls in love" "a
we ssy. thus typsi Rag the sharp asssuss
hy which Cucid often surpsisss the gar
risoa that 40 little expects - attack that
Il las risi@ no preparation for defense.
A n1sn and a voEnsa fs'l in love in sa