Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-03-24

In small country town, for the time
ran away to the house over the HILL
found the barn so draughty and dirty,
and the hay 80 inferior to my own, that
was glad when Patrick came for me
and took me home.
But pardon me for DEPRESSING. As !
was saying, my master and mistress
came over as usual and sat down by the
brook; after giving me o little attention
they began to talk, and strangely
enough their conversation chimed in
with my own thoughts. --~
Don't be SO cast down, darling"
said my mistress, they'll understand
you and acknowledge you some time.
wouldn't be worried by any thing q
critic said"
''Nol' said my master. "And yet you
cried like any thing this morning after
you heard critics remarl1s-and your
eyes are red yet"
'Wel, 1 can't help being little disap-
pointed. know that one day you will
be appreciated, and the world will see
you with my eyes, and every time your
work comes before the public say to
myself: Perhaps this is the timer
When find that we have yet little
longer to wait, it pains me, and being
only a woman, cry-not because we
have to wait, but because not a critic
understands what you have been aim
ing at, and appreciates the endeavor,
even if the achievement was failure
''That's where 1t hurts" said my mas
ter, gravely. ST labor for months to
put the best that is in me into my work,
and when 1t comes before the public,
this that has taken me so long to pro-
duce is dismissed with a few curt, I'M
thinking remarks, and except for the
harvest of abuse have reaped, have
gained nothing by my long years Of
earnest, honest work-nothing but q
dastardly attack like that which made
you weep this morning: 1T is said that
the unfortunate public is about to have
another picture inflicted upon it from
the incompetent brush of Mr.. and
so on All, wife, am no nearer the
goal than was ten years ago"
Nonsense you are nearer much
nearer. The fact that you are Of sui
fcient Importance to be abused In adj
vance ought to tell you that; and then,
husband dearest, consider that you are
still very young man. Suppose that
you had already made lots Of fame and
lots of money, you might be inclined to
idle and enjoy life; and, instead, these
Sights which are hard to bear have
proved very beneficial to us; haven't
they spurred you on to do this last
work, which I prophesy will turn the
tables for us; but even If we have one
more setback, what does it matter?
You improve all the time, and have
such an ambition for you, such q deter
mination that you shall gain the very
highest pinnacle of fame, that don't
care how long they keep nagging you SO
long as 1t spurs you on to greater en-
deavor."
THAT sounds very fine," said my
master, signing, "but in the meantime,
how do we HveP"
"Now, don't talk about money and
bread and butter; those departments
belong to me. We can never be poor
as long as we have each others love
and even If we have to give up our
pretty home and go to smaller and
! poorer quarters we will be happy. In
deed, I think / could make them sc
much nicer than our present ones thai
they would inspire you more than these
! have ever done. Nothing can hurt vi
while you love me and love you. AL
you have to do Is to love me-"
May be ought to have walked away
at this, but wasn't going to just wher
things were getting interesting SO
watched them, and under the shadow
of the big willow saw my master EN-
/ brace my mistress.
ST will love you always" heard hin
say, "as long as there is critic left t.
abuse me-"
DON'T" she cried, don't make oul
love the price of our ambition. Yo,
couldn't find a critic who would want tx
work us such harm"
Then they went away, and stoot
wondering and wishing that knew
what critic was like, that might tel
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