The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-28
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| next county?
Or were you one Of the naughty boys
| who didn't go into the church, but hung
| around the outside, and then, at the
| benediction made wild dash for the
| door and crooked your elbow as she
| came down the church steps. And if
she was graciously pleased to take it,
| didn't you walk home with her with
| your pompadour fairly sweeping the
| star-dust from the milky-way? Didn't
| you lop, and loll and hang on that
| front gate until her pa gave up mend
ing it in despair, and let it fall off the
| hinges, never to be replaced until after
| that dizzy, all-mixed-up day when you
were married?
What kind of a vehicle was in your
courtship? There always is a vehicle
of some kinda buggy or a boat, or
just a sled to coast on in winter.
If it was a sled do you remember
how careful you were to hold her on as
| you went spinning down the snow
clad hills?@ And how you put your arm
around her to keep her from slipping
on the way up again?
If it was a buggy, do you remember
how the old horse used to saunter up
/ and down the green-Walled lanes, stop
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hedges or reach up and pull tender
twig from an overhanging tree? For,
although it was summer, you were so
afraid she would catch cold, that you
had to hold her cloak on with both
hands.
The stars do not shine as bright
nowadays, and there isn't anything
like as many.
Maybe it was a boat. An old, water
soaked, water-logged craft with mil
dewed planks turning green. The oars
were heavy and clumsy and made big
blood blisters on your palms, but what
did you care, when you were showing
her how strong and what a skiIlful
oarsman you were? And you pulled
upstream early in the evening, on the
shallow side under the long point where
the current wasn't strong. When the
stars began to peep out here and there
and the only trace of the departed day
was just a faint shadow Of aurora
bOrealiS in the west, you pulled across
the river into the bend where the cur
rent ran strong under the high banks.
The moon came out and danced across
the ripping waters and in just one
place made a long lane of milky light
clear to the other shore. The over
hanging cottonwood trees shed fleecy
cotton balls that softly fell with long,
graceful sweeps to and fro, and at last
11lLcISU IHe surface O1 the tapping Wa
ter like fall of summer snow. Wasn't
the current in the bend so swift that
you found 1t unnecessary to row? You
took an oar and sat in the stern beside
her. The seat was so small that it was
beautifully snug fit. And then she
took the oar and tried to guide the
boat. And you had to put your arm
clear around her to reach that oar and
help her guide for fear she'd run the
boat into a bank of soft sand and sink
At last, when the landing-place was
reached, how carefully you helped her
ashore. How frightened you were lest
she'd get just one splash Of water Oh
those dainty little boots!
Are you as careful-are you as
thoughtful Of her now-as in the old
days Of sled and boat riding? Do Won
ever stop to think Of her health now
that she is your wife and the mother
of your babes?
Do you know that seven women out
of every ten suffer from weakness or
disease Of the delicate organs that
make wifehood and motherhood pos
sible? Do you know that their suf-
ferings steal the graceful spring from
their carriage, the enchanting curves
from their figures, the color from their
cheeks and the love-light from their
eyes? Do you know that these condi-
tons, If neglected, condemn the mother
to an untimely death, and her babes
to sickness and suffering? Do YOU
know that there is a safe and unfail-
ing remedy for all troubles of this
description within the reach of all?
There is. 1t is DR.. Pierce's Favoritt.
Prescription. 1t acts directly on the
delicate and important organs con-
cerned. 1t imparts to them the tone.
vigor and elasticity that rob maternity
of it's dangers and its terrors 1t cures
all functional and organic disorders
of the organs, and WITH them all sym
pathetic manifestations like neuralgia.
hysteria, spasms, chorea, ST. Vitus's
dance, nervous prostration, despond-
ency and irritability.
Taken during the period preceding
maternity it banishes the usual dis
comforts and makes baby's coming
safe, easy and comparatively painless.
1t insures robust children. 1t restores