Evening journal., 1899-05-13
As THE WORED SEES.


About twenty years ago there lived a
big, brawny, blithesome young fellow in one
Vi the small towns which adjoin ST. Louis
lie was OF merry mien, witty Of speech. and
great favurite with everybody, young aud
old. No husl,ing bee or apple pairing was
deemed a success il he did not appear More /
than one village taile. by indications Of the
rlV, II not oi he tongue, had given him To |
understand that she would have na serious
objections to joining her lot 90 Bis own.
But the young man was nice 10 .v-Iy body. /
with perhaps a slight prejudice iniavorof in
conspicuous and piaih-.ooking young wom-
en-, who were generally n,geoted. lie |
showed not the slightest symptoms of fall |
Ing IN love, however. His big kind heart
just took in all the forlorn ones. lie gave
them the best time that he could
One fall there came to this little town
small, plain-ieaturcd little girl. whom the
school trustees had engaged TO teach in
white-paintcd country schoohonsc about
three miles from the village. She was the
daughter Of a minister aud had bad ahso.
lutcly no experience In schoolteaching.
They took her to board at the Young man
home. She was homesck and forlorn when
she came and discouraged at trying to make
labors
She walked every morsng and night the
three miles to and from school until the
worry Of teaching and the unusual amount
Of exercise brought about serious illness.
AT length came long weeks when she was
too feeble to be moved and too discouraged
to care whether she lived or died. Then the
big hearted young man showed how tender
and how kind no could be. He fed cracked
Ice to her when her mouth parched with
fever lie brought her the earliest spring
vioets from the fields lie sat by her and
read aloud to her from the magazines.
lie lifted her into the old-iashioned chaisc
for her first venture out Of doora one balmy
spring morning. and before the fat old sor-
rel drew them slowly back to the low, ram
bling frame house he hadasked her to marry
him and she had timidly consented.
Wei, thsy were married. and now that the
lines on his face have cut their way in much
deeper than on the April morning twenty
years ego. and there is gray about his tenn
PIES, now, though the little woman ia plain.
or In feature aud even less tnsteful in dress
than she was then. there is no welded pair
OF whom people would be 80 apt TO say;
"They lived hapIHy ever afterward."
That showed that the dear public has no
power to pierce through externals, and that.
o. matter Of fact. people really know moth
! ing about il. For several years they lived
ia absolute happiness on her part and con.
tentment, at least. on his. Children two aud
three were born 20 them. The man made
strides IN his profession. devoted himself
10 IL, and finally removed 10 ST. Louis, the
larger Geld for an ambitious law-worker,
built home on what is now one Of the
houlovards, and became a city gentleman Ia
all respects.
lie was successful from a business point
Of view His children were growing, were
well and happy, and evinced decided tenden-
cies 10 turn out neither fools nor repro
bates. His wife wore silk and diamonds
al paid for-kept his house neat, or her
servants did, looked altog his creature com
forts properly, and adored him.
OF course he was happy, you scy, and tbs
average man would bo. oaight TO be. under
the same circumstances.
Yea. perhaps the average man. but not
ths one.
lie vas utterly miserable. Why De
oause he'd ontgTown his wife. bcCsuse
when he had laborod al his law, read thl
best literature. increased his appreciation o
all things good snd beautiful in every way
she had staid behind. She did the bes
that she could. poor littls woman but she
simply was not capable a ever making her
SELF ever into a clever, even an appreci1tiye
woman. She wan. is. and always VIII be. in
significant
The man gave up his struggle after awhile
"Catlin has a new Corot, which h
bought through New York dealer not lon
nao." the man woald remark choorlully a
dinner az he carved the family roast. III
took mo QUA to see Il this afternoon. Won
derful, | think, and quito hs best piece o
work. 4 landscape a. twilight, you know
with all the power q his Rcay greens and
His wife regarded him dreamily.
"Yoa win have to oydcr more coal to
morrow. William. The man told me Thu
morning that we viii be entirely out in
week or 30 il THE cold weather continues
Clara, please pass the celery"
+ There Is no more description Of painting
that evening
Then. a course, the inevitable happens
, lie meets voman who. o. hrst ncquains
aoce. attracts him by reason Of her woman
. liness, combined with her intelligence. Sh
is everything that is loyey-dignihed O
presence. clever OF speech. sympathetic O
word add manner, tactful ia her CONVERSE
ton, aod capable Of drawing the best tros
him.
! lie realizes, after meeting her hall doze
} times, that be loves her.
, Ho is a boy no longer, but reasonn
man Of forty, who has never before met AM
talked with a woman whom I've could regar
as companion lie thinks tho matter owe
calmly, logically, and makes up his min
that there are two things TO be donei sto
seeing this dear, congenial woman and u
crease his tenderness toward his wife. kh
latter must never, never know. His sorro'
. be must bear alone.
= lie has a will Of IRON After the first hers
struggle with self, the first mad desire TO d
something, he knows not what-he cor
. quers.
There are no more meetings with the won
an he loves, and many are his chances TO Sc
J. her in ways that society would sanction
and about which there could be no possib
qossip-art exhibitions, evening reception
= and the like.
He avoids them all. lie has thrown hin
= self into his profession with increased exc
q ton. lie thanks God daily for isahsorbir
y work. Il is his only recreation and yet.
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