The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-15

the 'dinner of herbs and love withal."
Ana 1t may be added that many who
made what the world called brilliant
matches" are now living in obscurity and
poverty.
When I married, d" said the wife of
prominent banker, the other day, I'VE
had literally nothing. l was one of a
large family, and beyond very modest
trousseau, my people could do nothing Tor
me; whhe MIR. - was simply clerk,
with nothing but his salary. Our only
favorable start in life was that in the
building where he was employed there
were several vacant rooms which were
given to US rent free to live in. OF course
our, HE was primeval in its simplicity
out we never suffered in any way: and as
our cares increased, our resources grew
greater, and have never ceased to be
thankful that we had the courage to face
the world together in our early youth"
FROM the far west comes. another cor
ronoratlon of this old-fashioned theory
A few years ago the writer visited a
charming woman in a charming home
near one of the prominent western towns.
The house was situated on little knoll
surrounded with beautiful forest trees.
the popularity of the dwelling, which
was large and rambling, being that it
was built on different levels on the SIDE
of the hill, and on the trees themselves as
foundations. That is, the close-cut
stumps formed piers, on which the floor
beams were securely bolted, making a
most solid structure. 1t was a comment
on this singular structure that led the
hostess to give her guests a sketch of her
early life, when she and her husband
We're pioneers in wild unsettled country.
Il was a school teacher" she said, and
Henry was bookkeeper on a small sal
airy, and not over strong; and when we
became engaged TO be married there
seemed nothing for it but to wait long
years, and even then there was small
hope that we would have enough to live
on. So when one evening my sweetheart
came TO me with the proposition that we
should go west pre-empt some land, and
try our luck as immigrants, fell into the
idea at once, particularly as he had
looked very delicate for some time and
had a nasty cough that worried me dread
fully. Well, we decided that it would be
too expensive to make two trips of it and
as we had both saved little money, we
were married and started at once for
Minnesota, having selected that region on
account of the dry air and the fertile soil
We gave ourselves a couple of weeks to
decide upon location and then staked
out our claim, and built our house (only
one room at tirSt) on the very spot where
we are now living. Our first cabin was
blown over in tornado; and that is why
we have built on the firmly bedded sawed
Stumps of sound trees, the timber being
so thick and convenient in this spot al
though few rods back of US lie the open
prairie lands that yield US such good
crops 1t would be too long a story to tell
of our various turns of good and bad for
| tune; of my dreadful loneliness and fears
at first when Harry was away at work
| and all the other hard trials of a settlers
wife. But little by little, with the help
OF 4 good nr0Vl6PnCP CnnnnprRH for
tune. and we are still young enough to en-
joy life with our children, while we bless
the day when we made up our minds to
marry on nothing"