The National tribune., 1897-03-11

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We're you one Of the good boys who used to
really take her to church and sit beside her
there and thrill thrills every time her skirts
rustlcd, and build air castles about the future
while the preachers voice sounded like an
echo talking to somebody way off in the next
county?
didu't go into the church, but hung around the
outside and then. at the benediction, made a
wild dash for the door and crook ed your elbow
rs she came down the church steps? And If
she was graciously pleased to take it, didn't
you walk homo with her with your pompadour
fairly sweeping the star-dust from tho milky
way? Didn't you lop and i0n and hang on
that front gate until her pa gave up mending
1t in despair, and let it fall off tho 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 court
ship? There always is vehicle of some kind
"a buggy or boat, Or just q sled to coast on in
Winter.
If it was sled do you remember how care
full you were to bold her on rs you went spin
ming down the snow-eiad hills? And how
you put your arm around her TO keep her from
slipping OIL the way up again?
If it was buggy. do you remember how the
old horse used to saniiter up and down the
green walled lanes, stopping now and then to
nibble at the hedges or reach up and pull
tender twig from an overhanging tree? For,
although it was Summer, you were 80 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 any thing like as many.
Maybe 1t was boat. An old. water.soaked,
water-logged craft. with mildcwed pIanks
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 skillful
oarsman you were? Aud you pulled upstream
early in the evening. on the shallow side under
the long point where the current wasn't strong.
When ihe stars began to peep out here and
there and the only trace Of the departed day
was just faint shadow Of aurora borcalis in
the west, you pulled across the river into the
bend where the current 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 overianging cottonwood
trees shed feecy cotton balls that softly fell
with long graceful sweeps to and fro, and at
last Uttered the surface Of the tapping water
ike a fall OF Summer snow. Wasn't the cur
rent in the bend so swift that you found it un-
necessary to row? You took an oar and sat in
the stern beside her. The seat was 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 hank of soft sand aud sink. At
last, when the landing-p place was reached, how
carefully you helped her ashore. How fright
ened you were lest she'd get just one splash of
water on those dainty little boots
Are yon as carefnl-are you as thoughtful of
L.. Al. Ia a II Il
riding? DO you 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 deli
cate organs that make wifehood and mother
hood possible2 DO you know that their suffer-
ings steal tho graceful spring from their car
riage, the enchanting curves from their figures,
the color from their cheeks and the love- light
from their eyes? DO you know THAT these con-
ditions. If neglected, condemn the mother to
untimely death and her babes to sickness
and suffering? DO you know that there is
safe aud unfailing remedy for all troubles Of
this description within the reach Of all? There
is. 1t is Doctor Pierces Favorite Prescription.
1t acts directly the delicate and important
organs concerned. 1t imparts to them the tone,
vig0r aud elasticity that rob maternity of its
terrors. 1t cures all functional and organic
disorders of the organs and with them all SYM
pathetic manifestations like neuralgia, hyste-
ria spasns, chores, St. Vitus's dance, nervous
prostration, dependency. and irritability.
Taken during the period preceding mater
nifty il banishes the usual discomforts and
makes baby's coming safe, easy and compare
lively painless. 1t insrfes robust children. 1t
restores the vivacity of manner. the sprightli-
ness, the vigor. the color of check aud loyc.
light of the eye of girlhood.
A man who observes and "wi' observation
Thinks" knows that women shudder ut the
thought of the embarrassing examinations
upon which nearly all doctors insist. Rather
than undergo these they suffer in silence. The
husband should interfere with his knowledge
that these examinations are very generally un.
necessary. He should send for DR.. Pierce's
Common Sense Medical Adviser. 1t doesn't
cost cent now-it used to cost $l.50 copy. 1t
contains l009 pages and over 800 illustrations
1t tells woman all about herself aud how to
treat herself. 1t tells how to care for and treat
the children. For papsf-covered copy send
Il onecent stamps to cover cost OF mailing only
to the Worlds Dispensary Medical Association,
Buffalo. N. Y. French cloth binding 10 cents
more. The " Favorite Prescription is for sale
by all competent druggists and those who are
honest will not try to get you to take some in
ferior substitute. 81
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