The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-11-04

hands to fight the battles. four yes
TO watch for the danger -four shoul-
derS on which to carry the trials. IL 10
r very sad thing when the painter has
n wife who does not like painters. It
lS a very sad thing Tor a pianist when
she has a husband who does not like
music. Il is a very sad thing when n
wife is not suited unless her usban
has what Is called a "genteel business"
So far as / understand a "genteel BUSH
ness. X is something TO which a man
goes at 10 o'clock in the morning and
from which he comes home at > to 3
o'clock in the afternoon and gets a
large amount Of money for doing moth
ing. That is. l believe a "genteel bust
ness" and there has been many a wife
VINO has made the mistake OF not being
satisfied until the husband has given
Up the tanning OF the hides. or the
turning OF the banisters, or the build
ing or the walls and put himself In cir
cIes where he has nothing to do but
smoke cigars and drink wine and set
himself into habits that upset him. &c
ank GOWN IN the maelstrom. taking his
"He and children with him. Thor ar.
a good many trains running from earth
10 destruction. They start all hour
- the Gay and all hours OF the night
mere are the freight trains. They go
very SLOWLY and very heavily. and there
are the accommodation trains cnirr ~
AsI IhRN ZfD
/ very often and let a man GET ON, vhen
ne wants 10. but genteel idlenexs is an
express train. satan is the stokar ara
death Is the engineer. and. though NJ.
may come out in front OF IL and swing
Il .ed nag or danger" or the lantern
49, "ous word IL makes just one shot
mo peFditlon. coming down the en-
odnkfnent with a shout and n wall a,t
d shrlek-crash, crash, Their arc ~
..dsSes OF people sure OF Destruction
hrst, those who have nothing TO 40.
S'toho!y. those who have sometime 20
TO do il. ~ p'"u'
LET EROS REIGN.
: nave one more word ~ a5,sa
give 20 those who would have ! ba,r,
n",te' ana that is let love presid. ia q,
men your behaviour in the an,,n.
49,. ,C"ies u mere matter Of yaIru-
,,araI, men me Caress YOU give Ix
merely the result OF deliberate s,,,5y
me position you occupy hann5,as.
s.afk dead on the ~eartbeta,n ~
,he husbands position as hoaa -
nouSenoId Is maintained hv lou1p.s.
e,pS strength or arm. by fire ~
49, ~ republic OF domestic bliss
mas become a despotism thar r.i,h@~
Fod nor man will abian m
HoiitSeh 10 love each other nj tho Of
Tar now dare You commit periur,p T..
no shadow Of suspicion come -
a 49, Ion: III is easier to kin that how
,nan ! IL In make il live again Tho
pldSt from he'll that puts out I'M, rtrh,
IeaNeS You in the b~lackness az darL
forever. i "arkh"SS
here are n man and wife Tbay -
~ hothlng else. but they agree me-
"i nave q nome. They will have
pIthdid mouse. and they think thar 10
go nave q mouse they will have
nome. Architects make tho ,lar
nv IltCnanlCg execute 1.
cost Sloo.oo0. 1t is done The -.
are spread, lights are hoisted crr,n;..
~ huhg' cards OF invitation Sent nr,
me horses in gold plated bor,cs-
nn",T AT the gate. guests come I'm ara
tdhe their places. the finite so,,r5. 80
udhcefs go up and down. and witb 60
grand Whirl the wealth ana H. 1919 49,"
ana me mirth OF the great TOWN v,,,an,
anna the pictured walls. Uo' tbig ~
happiness Float il on the smat
y nhanos; Sound it in the music, Will
- II hance! Cast it in the snow
stairway! Flash it in cbandarIamn,
Happiness indeed,
Let US build on the captor 90
- moor a throne to happiness. l., -,
me guests. when come in hri,u
lovers and pearls and diamond
he he ! mem on this pyramid. and Ter :,
ouoar ~ ana then let happiness Tho
ne throne. and NJ. ,vrn
Niahd around. and. all cboIicoa "nt
we VIII say, Drink. O ouoon.
IeNeF. But the guests danar, -
~ are preathless. the last clasb -,
49, inpatient hoofs is heard in thc as.
| cop,a III the twain OF the household
ooi"e BACK to see the queen az -.
ness on the throne amid ~ "hpp'-
| ,o"T. But, alas. as they co,na
,"e mowers have faded. the svcno, -
'o'ohne the smell Of = cbarrrI
n,uSf' anG instead Of the queen IN 80,
n"ess thrrc sits there the gaunt ro,,u
~ anguish. with bitten lin ana sunL
eve and ashes in her hair Th ""N'h
VI me dancers who have laf, sz
iiiholihR yet. like farripr tbu,a
t"dfe IN" floor and rattf. Tho
irSsS on the feast rim to rim Tn.
~, ~" on the floor turns ipf,
"i"'d. The wrcaths Of nI,sb ~. -
come wriggling REPTILES Tar.
tIheied IN the canopy that ov.rb,n.
W" couch. \ strong p,Is, ~ -
comes through the hall and the dra,r
rig room and the h~edchamber. in whtcb
= !,Ehts 20 out. And from tho
HP7 'I inc wine beakers como m.
words, Happiness is moi IN ns," .m
~" arches respond. 1T IS not I'm ns,..
|Hp me siienccd Instruments or r,gf,
''"fhmed on by invisible fnpars an
S""r Happiness is not in u.s. Ana
"" frozen lips OF anguish break orau
seated on the throne of wIltod
she strikes her bonv hands 10
E'lh"T ara rroars. "Tt is not m rna,v
REDEEMED by LOVE
mat very night a clerk with q e,r,--
~ sLom a year-only 81. O00-gons >,
rs nome. set up three months ago t,s,
a.teF the marriage day. Love mec,a
MN az the door. love sits with him az
me iabIe. love talks over the work or
~ naE. rove takes down the Bible and
reads 10 him who ram -
save. and they kneeI. and while tbav
gre ~eiing-r in that plain roor,
,h me pain carpet-the angels Of Goa
p"'.' = throne. not out Of flowers thar
,.ItSh ana fade away. but out az gar
anns OF heaven. wreath on top OF