Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1892-06-02

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spoke 20 VOID { rkss mau al h,
worli Ia It he was, Ter detection moved
him.
IF ever | can serve you'll ever yor
need aid, appeal to me-"
She wrenched her hands free.
1T is hardly probable that Lucille Hardy
will need your aid. Go-and good bye"
Proud to the last, and vet | could have
sworn that she had grown to like me-"
An. thank God for that woman's pride
| that enables her to hide so much and 10
set the world at defiance.
Lucille crept up to her room and lay on
the lounge for hours: but she uttered no
sigh and made no moan, only looked out
Of the window with wide-open, fearless
eyes.
Surely, he did not read my secret
surely, he did not go away believing that
| | love him? And yet do, oh, do, and
God knows how | am to live all my cay
without seeing him" 5
Her husband never dreamed Of the
sleepless nights of.tearless agony she spent
by his side while ne slept the sleep of the
just. For months she vent about pale and
thin, put her hours OF thinking were de-
veloping her. She was beginning 20 be
less afraid of her husband. One day she
SAID:
John, must have books to read
.'Why?" he asked laconicaly.
Because | wish them" she answered
firmly.
DO you have time to read?" he asked
severely.
81 shall make time"
He was astounded, but the books were
procured
Il must read and study that may Ie-
come a companion for him, she thought
But the summe- came and went and M.
Beitairs came not.
At the end Of TWO years she said: John,
| Shall get a piano.
He was astonisned again. Lucille,
ycu are becoming extravagant. You
know very well | am not a rich man.
81 realize that quite well. Neverthe-
less, have helped you to accumulate
what riches you possess, and am just as
ment as you are to costly machinery that
will lessen your labor.
Was this iogic;an the gentle, submis-
ago?'
But the piano came and Lucille renewed
her music, learned in her girlhood
he fourth summer John told her Mr.
Beliairs wished to return, for he had, un-
consciously to himself, begun to consult
his wife in ali things.
"ln that case / must have a servant
| dc not care to become a dining-room
maid for city gentlemen"
So Mr.. Bellairs, jGded and wearied,
came to this PEACEFUL home once more.
perhaps | shall find nepenthe here
he told himself. remembering with salts
faction the ill-concealed grief of Lucille
at their parting four years ago. But the
winsome-faced girl had vanished and in
her place WIS stately woman as we'll
dressed as any ln his own circle and as
quietly refined
Wnen he came down to breakfast a
chubby country girl waited on him, and
at night his h stess entertained hin7 with
good music and charang conversation.
eve half a mind to fail in love with her
now, be said, as he went to bed
Thank God, the scales have fallen from
my eyes, she said, for / know that shall
never meet that god-like man who is my
ideal, and shall In time even become
conteR'ed with that which | have. 1t is
sad to knew that all our love, all our des-
pair, all Cur suEerings must end thus.
That happiness Is chlmeTd, and content
only foUnd in m1inisteripg to others. |
can be content now to be John s cook"
But size laid her fair face on her dim.
pied arms and looked sadly into the sad
violet eyes that peeped at her from the
glass before her.
ReRanciation and resignation are pos
sible only to those who have outgrown the
beautiful dreams of youth, and unselSsh-
ness is bearsble only to those who no
longer care for themselves.
A Sublime Poem.
TIE subllmest poem OF antiquity is i'm
personal, yet written IN the Hebrew ton.
que The book of JOB, the life drama of
the man of w, towers with no peak near
it; its authorship lost, but its fable asso-
ciated III mind with the post-Noacbian
age, the time when God dlscoursed with
men and the stars hung low in the empy-
rean. It is both epic and dramatic, yet
embodies the whole wisdom of the patri-
arehal race. Who composed itP Who
carved. the Sphinx, er set the angles of the
Pyramids2 The shadow of his name was
taken, lest he should fall by pride, like
Ebiis. The narrative prelude to COB las
the direct epic simplicity Cyeiopean
porch to the temple, but within are Reav
ED, tie Angels, the plumed Lord Of Evil,
before the throne Of judicial God The
personages of the dialogue beyond are
firmly distinguished: Eliphaz, 8ildad,
Zophar, Mlihu,-to whom the inspiration
of the Almighty gave understanding
and the ssnitten protagonist himself, ma
jestie in ashes San9 .desolation. Each
outvies the other in grandeur Of language,
imitation, worship. Can there be height
above these lofty utterances? Yess only
In this poem has God answered out of the
whirlwind, his voice made audible, as If
n added range Of hearing for a space en-
ahled us to comprehend the reveroerations
of super human tone. speak rot now
the motive, the inspiration of the SYM
phonic masterpiece; it is still mortal
creation, though maintaining an imper-
sonality SO absolute as to affirm our sense
of mystery and awe.-Edmund Clarence
Stedman, IL the May Century.
Valuable Hints
Ruo lamp chimneys in salt before wash
ing them; it will brighten them.
The right way to put salt fish to soak
is with the flesh side upward. In this
way the salt settles at the bottom Of the
pan.
ANY one can add strength and weight
TO the h0dV hv r1Ihhinc we'll with olive oil