The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1895-03-22


sheet fair and square for l20 days and
have 1T nov put away us keepsake.
How many days do you suppose passed
in those four months without mark ?
Guess h.w many? did the mark
Of one mar the whole day. | inquired.
q" oh, yes, Of course said he. THE
offcnsc or the neglect OF one member
OF a family effects the happiness Of all
| don't mean that it, destroys the peace
of all but it mars their perfect happi-
ness. or course it is lawful and per-
missible for the wife or the daughter
to forget her parasOl or her gloves or
somo lucssago she wishes 10 leave to
the servant, and this for a minute
stops the procession. but it must be ad-
mittcd that it would have been better,
little better, had she not forgotten,
and SO the black mark had to come"
"Were you keeping house or boarding
during this time" said |. Boarding."
said he, land visiting from place to
place" mo little children to tear
their clothes or stump their toes or
blow their nosc?" None," said he.
No servant Dinah to break the
china? No neighbor'S cow or long
nose SOW to raise II row? No duns or
debt to make you fret?" "Nonc," said
he. Well, you ought to have had about
100 days out OF the l20, said |. "Well."
said my friend, s0lCmuly, I'VE didn't
have but fOur--only four, and ! believe
that my wife and my children are bet
ter than the average, but in spite Of
ourselves there WAS something went
wrong almost every day. Suppose you
try it at you're house - Don't think
will said |. II have SO long enjoyed
these little miscries that I'm afraid
would be unhappy without them. 1t
is unreasonable to expect a heaven 10
this subiunary life. My habits are
fixed and I'm too old. 1t would be
good experiment for young people to
make. The poet says:
Cant thai day last whose low, de-
scending sun
Sees from thy hand no worthy action
done"
The more worthy actions the more
happiness. a century or so ago there
lived q very wealthy lord who had
several thousand poor tenants on his
lands and every Christmas he offered
to give every man and wife Il fitch OF
bacon who would come before him and
solcmnly declare they had not said an
unkind word to each other during the
year. And they were to be confirmed
in their statement by some proof from
brought most all these poor tenants to
the great hall whore the lord held his
court. Some came to claim the hitch.
but more out of curiosity to see man
and wife who had not quarrclcd for II
year. n Hitch Of hacOn--wcll-curc
Dacon-was IL big thing to u poor peas
ant, for none were allowed to raise
hogs and some of the tenants didn't
mind dccciving the old lord to got it.
But he was very shrcwd and examined
them like lawyer would do and for
years and years caught them in their
stories and nobody got any bacon. AT
last ono old couple came who stood
the test and gave the proof and the ole
lord gave judgment in their favor ana
there was Il great shout among the
people and they took the old man and
his wife upon their shoulders and car
ried them all around the castle sing
ing and shouting as they marched
along. The story goes that for II hun
dr@d years this custom was kept up
among the Old lords descendants and
no eNuDic ever got the bacon save
those Wn,S had been. married at least
thirty years, IN!u very h&w OF them. 1t
takes Il man and wife 'NOn@ time IT,
assiniiatc and bccOm" pcrfCc5,E recon
cilcd TO each other. SCmc don't quar-
rel, but they pout. and that is the
worst of quarrcling. 1t doesn't dis
turb their ncighbors. but is like Il
funeral in the house.
" How very, very sad is the room
Where love. domestic love, no long,
nestles."
Then it is that the man takes TO
drink or to the clubhouse and the wo-
man to morphine.
My wife took Il notion q few days
ago to run over to Tampa with young
laiy friend Il. her chapcrCn. They
crossed the bay from St. Petersburg
and IL lovely passage, ior the water
was smooth and the mornings bcauti-
ful. They took in all the sights on the
main streets. including the museum of
snakes and other tropical creatures
and then went over to lunch at the
wonderful Tampa Bay hotel. She was
charmed and delighted with the won
dcrs and beauties OF that grand insti.
tuition. She inspected every square
inch of the ground lluor and talks
gushiugly about tie paintings and
statury and vases and ornaments and
tells all about the people, the guests,
the rich folks. the proud and the vain,
the old and the young, the English
ana American and Spanish and the
band that discourscs sweet music.
"Oh, it was SO fine and so grand" she
said. About 3 p. m. they took the
boat to turn, but the sky was overcast
and the wind came mp ana the boat
rocked and ny the time it ncarcd the
wharf my wife was very sick and her
bosom heavcd, but she kept her own
secret and made no sign. They had to
go duwns some steep little steps and
alonG. by tho boilers to the gangway
and then she surrendered and cried
for help. The captain, mate and pilot
and deck hands all hurried to her side
and gently helped her down. "Hold
on TO me-" she said in dcspairing tones.
" Hold to me orI will fall on the boiler.
Oh, | am so sick" Ana they were
kind. "Oh, so kind" she says, and
safely they assisted her on the wharf
and into the car that was waiting.
"Oh. what a relief to get out of that
and into tha. car" she said :" have
seen Tampa and the great hotel and |