The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-10

light.
Many women deserve, but few women
receive such an l. O. u. as that which
Hood gave his wife. II never was any
thing, dearest, till 1 knew you, and 1
have been a better, happier and more
prosperous man ever since. Lay that
truth in lavender, sweetest, and remind
me of it when l fail
Notwithstanding this appreciation he
would occasionally play harmless practi-
cal jokes upon her. Once, when staying
at Brighton, he gave her a few hints on
buying fish and concluded by saying eff
the fish you are buying is plaice, beware
of any having red or orange spots, as
they are certain to be stale" When the
fisherwoman came around it happened
that she had little except plaice, and Mrs.
Hood observed that all had the spots
against which she had been warned. She
limited to the fishwife that they were not
fresh, and, upon being assured that they
were not long out of the water, she OBJ
served, MY good woman, it may be as
you say, but l could not think of buying
any plaice with those very unpleasant
red spots" The womans answer, which
Hood heard with delight from behind the
door, was perfect shout, Lord bless
your eyes, mum, who ever seed any with
out them!"
On the I'D of August, 1920, Oliver Crom-
of knight and wealthy London mer-
chant. Mrs. Cromwell may not have had
much character, but her husband never
ceased to love her, and thirty years after
their marriage he wrote to her (the day
after Dunbar): Truly, If love you not
too well, 1 think l err not on the other
hand too much. Thou art dearer to me
than any creature; let that suffice"
Gen. Gordon said he never married be-
cause he never found a woman prepared
to accompany him to the ends OF the
earth. Such a woman Sir Henry Law
renee did find. She went with him into
nearly every place In India where his
work brought him, however difficult or
dangerous.
One day the scarcely less celebrated
Lord John Lawrence was sitting in his
drawing room at Southgate, with his sis
ter and others of the family. Looking
up from the book in which he had been
engrossed, he discovered that his wife
had left the room. where's mother?"
he asked one of his daughters She's
up stairs, replied the girl He returned
to his book, and, looking up again few
minutes later, put the same question to
his daughter and received the same an
swer. Once more he returned to his read
ing; once more he looked up with the
same question on his lips Thereupon his
sister broke in, why, really, John. 1t
would seem as If you could not get on
five minutes without your wife, That's
why I married her." he replied.
KING AND BEGGAR MAID
My face is my fortune, sir, she said"
From the day when King Cophetua we'd
ded the oeggarmaid," cases have from
time to time occurred of men of high posi-
ton marrying girls who were not born ia
the purple, and whose faces were their
only fortune. In 1871, henry Cecil, heir to
the, titles and estates of an. old uncle
found a wife, not in Belgravia, but in
Bolas, country village of Shropshire. He
mad taken shelter in a cottage from a
Storm of thunder and rain and as the
rain got worse and worse. begged that
he might be allowed to stav til morn
1ns;, even If he had only chair ito rest
upon In the lower room" This reouest
was grudgingly granted by Thomas Hog
gins, the owner of the house, because in
answer to inquiries as 70 why he was
wandering about, Cecil spoke va eueIv and
enthusiastically, and at last said. he was
an undertaken % taking refuge in the
Vagueness of the term. Tenfyson.l whose
ballad is founded on this story. makes
The Lord Of Burleigh" call himself not
an undertaken but Handsome pafnt-
er' winch, perhaps, is more poeticaI
business Next morning, the painter
mace the acquaintance of Sarah the
daughter Of Mr. and Mrs. HIGGINS. a
rustic beauty of seventeen 1t was a case
or love at first sight, and the fields where
Sarah MIXED the cows became F,lvsian
nelds to Mr.. Jones-for so Cecil STYLED
nlInseH. 10 make a long story short
Henry Jones Che still concealed his raaf
name and rank and Sarah Hoggtns were
married and lived on In the village Two
years afterwards his. uncle the old aarI g.
oleo- knowing that his presence would
De wanted at "Burghley House bv Siam
lord Town., he told his wife that he was
caIled On business into Lincolnshire. and
III. 1nat ne wished her to accompany him.
Ihey set out without delay, she sitting
as was the fashion then, on million he,
nina MIN They passed the seats of yari-
Gus noolemen and gentlemen on the road.
at fast they came to a particularly fine
mansion and park. Sarah gazed in adj
Hnatlon and exclaimed: What q mag
nifcant house!' How should Won uke
my dear Sally, to be mistress Of sucb
place." was her lords reply. ''Verv mucb
iEoeeo, II We were rich enough to live
IN II. am glad that you like If: the
piace Is yours. l am Earl of Exeter. and
you are my countess"
And gentle consort made he.
AND her gentle mind was such
mat she grew noble lady
And the people loved her much"
The singular loneliness of Bessie Sur
tees, OF Newcastle, won the heart of a
parrlster called John Scott and tho
young people ran away and were married
AT nrst 1t did not look as If this were a
case OF face making a fortune for on
the third day after their union their funds
were exhausted, they had no home 70 90
10 and they did not know whether their
TRENDS would ever speak to them again
II, however, the early life of Mrs Scott
was a struggle, she was rewarded when
she saw her husband take his seat upon
the woolsack and become Lord Fldon
That this was due largely to ber x1as
SHOWN by the words which the king used
after giving the great seal into Eldon.e
hands: Give my remembrance" he
said, Ito Lady Eldon'' The cbancelIor
acknowledged the condescension. but in
umated his ignorance Of Lady Eldon'a
claim to such notice Eyes. yes" tho
king answered; -"I know how much 7
owe to Lady Eldon. l know Won would
have made yourself a country curate ana
that she has made you my lord chanceI-
lor."
LOVE LETTERS OF HUSBAND
For forty-three years the great lawvar
and agitator, Daniel O'ConnelI. poured
out his heart to his wife like a school
boy In love for the first time. His first
thoughts were always of her, and neither
the lapse of years nor the tremendous
pressure of his professional and political
engagements seems ever to have prevent
eo MS writing regularly to her-letters
Whlch III later years he used to call the
y rove letters Of your old husband
Inc contemplation of natures calm and
"oLkng would seem to have a
soothlng influence upon her students ~
we may Judse from the domestic life of