The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1893-12-13
A TRIVIAL AFFAIR.

tion of this effusion upon the reading nub.
lie. that person Is Walter Walter. let me-
tell Won. is nv GOOD husband. who saws
nossess talent-yes. that's what he calls
it-for writing and has persuaded me to
enter the literary arena. Whether | shall
stand and face the many disappointments
of the litternteur or 90 down before them
l fear to think. Often when alone of an
evening. I take from nv desk the great
bundle of nonsense I have Mt different
times scr;bbled and after reading some of
the nieces through blush to think what
little merit they possess. Once had the
temerity to send a poem to n magazine.
1t now lies bundled with the Others. .re-
ieetedu marked ,pon its face and folded
with IL is n cruel circular. setting forth
in n nolite wav that NV noem lacks the
brilliancv TO warrant ublication-mv he
loved poem. in the composing of which
snent many davs and many sleepless
nights NOT to mention the cost of several
rhyminp dictionaries.
NV Walter il journalist and while
NOT of the foot of tbe ladder 7 am told has
NOT amasaed n fortune in his five wears of
iournolistic work In fact the dear fell
low saws that journalists who hoard nm
milIione or oven tbousanda are few and
far between and for n very good reason.
too-tbev never get chance to. have
mot onto n few journalists i'm the mast few
wears and cannot remember having heard
anv one of them nronounce the profession
n money making one On the contrary.
with Int few executions. thew depreciate
tbe work and earnestly advise any one Mt
nil l;terorilv ;nclined To min their inclina-
tion In the bud for they sav that fine nro-
fession is more of thorns than roses and
has NOT the delights n casual glance would
Ie,d mn outa;der to helieva SIN the dear
oenial fellows bano--for thew are all dear
Genial fellows ON IN their chosen work
with Inconsistent tenacitv and seem to lead
no aniovable lives os most neonle Rut
am decreasing
WHEN I onea ,a,,,,led IN walter in tba
blondlite innocence which ia cbaracteris-
tic Of ma that n would he iolIv ~ INV con-
t,ihntiona we've accented Inv the maya
vines 90 that our slender hank account
,,ai,,ht bo a,ye,loJ md o,r yyay tbrongb
i;fe noode aasier thsrehv ba cslIed me
,,,orconorv little wretch vet while T we'll
lno,x, that be often ,yisbea we had mora
of tho needfuI tbe idea If NV working far
,,,onav 10 d;stastaful tn him or course Ia
a,,os,;,.a Coz, nc In l;to,ay ,vorl, INIT for
amnsen,ent onIv
yas ~ 10 tbree years NOW s;nce vvalter
and were married Father and mother
80, ,,,e.s., -, AZ ,,o+oh II fact fothor
threatened 70 disown me II i married the
10, as,d loo ,,orti, ,,othov y,.s,od ms, ~
~ d;soIo,, nv, stayn ,,.tar II ,yoa a 90.
ne,o ardaai Won't thrnnah In tboea davs
and something's wonder how r ever aid n
7 dislikad 10 diaobev father INIT he was so
a e,ood hnshand 10 me and the only thing
him was that he vas moor Bnt was 10 :
tber not moor when mother married him,
And boya not thousands Of vonng neonIe
commenced married life aa walter and 7
did and lived TO he nrosnerousp or course
Init fstber forgot h and Thought that
sbonld have stenned ont of fine old home
with oil the comforts 40 vears of hard work
had given II info one Of INV own eouallv
snlendid. The thing was ridiculous. It
never occurred To father that IL all girls
rafused IN marry until their lovers made
homes for them equal to the ones those
lovers asked them To leave IT wouId he n
continual string of old maids and old
bachelors the clergyman would have to
ioin together An mel Next to loves
yonno dream there ia nothing half 90
sweet in life ss the building up of n
home hit Inv hit dav nv dav
However Walter and I were married
and father was yery angry indeed. For
long time he held aloof from us. although
dear motber often ran over To see how we
wore gett;ng ON Then after awhile IA
Their melted as Walter called II. and n
short time AGO surnrised us nv coming
with mother 70 snend n Sunday afternoon
with ma and To stay for ten. That was n
br;gbt dav in our littIa home + aid ALI
conId to make father comfortable. and T
am snre Walter was inst as agreeable as
noseibIe When at Last thew arose TO 90.
( knew NV the warm kiss he Impressed
nnon INV Inns that father had taken me TO
his heart aooin and when thew had gone
walter cbncked mo undar tbe chin Kissed
me several times and IouobinpIv told me
that there wore teora In nv ewes
Won NAV sing nra;sea Of the pioneers
of old for bravely enduring the herdships
thew necessarilv underwent In settling in
tb;s fa;r country They were heroic and
tba women ma well ma the men PASSED
tbronob MANY N cr;sis which Locke to ua
now as being almost impossible to have
overcome. While do not want YOU to
think that nm landing myself LET me
saw that there are today Young people
among us as brave and heroic ma were
those pioneers of old. for are there not
thousands Of them who loving one an
other. ioin hearts and hands to battle
bravely, heroically, in building up home,
q family, n country? There are young
homes where the fire of contentment burns
brightly all the time, where hearts are
warm, where charity and love continually
dwell, and all the while the young mas
tiers do daily battle for their darling wives,
their little families-battle heroically as
ever did the sturdy early settler who cut
away the forest for place wherein to build
his simple log cabin.
Walter and agreed from the outset that
1t would be better to rent a smaller house
and keep servant than to have larger
one and do the Homework myself. 1t was
matter of dollars and cents with us, and
the luxury of servant meant the cutting
M nv in nrr,n N