The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-12

along the wall and finally managed to
back out Of the room. all the time talk
ing in her wittiest vein. but the vis-
itors must have been interested In her
method Of egress, as II was modelled
much after the fashion employed In
taking leave of royalty.
No sooner had the outer door closed
than the head Of the houscNturncd TO
his wife and demanded, earnestly,
what under the sun were you trying
to do Just now, and what do you sup
pose Mr.. A. thought7" My lady. who
had dropped down In a sleep hollow
chair with gasp OF utter exhaustion,
sprang to her feet and as she turned
slowly round for the inspection Of her
husband. exclaimed explosively; What
Mr. A. thought? I'm moro concerned
as to what Mrs. A. thought. I'd like
to know what she Is telling her friends
this minute. w nat was I trying to
do7 Well. there, do you seer" As she
turned her back, straight and pretty
as girls, II was her husbands turn
to gasp. for there, from collar to belt.
was a huge slit all the way down be-
tween her shoulders, and showing the
white lining beneath. That's what
SohiVo py hdNlle IL SHiTl WdiSt Hldue
without yoke" she remarked in a
tone implying weariness OF the world.
MY new silk waist, and such an even
ing as I've spent. / wonder what I've
been talking about" and then, as the
clergyman laughed loud and long, af~
ter the unsympathetic manner of men,
even though they be ministers, she
continued: why didn't tell them?
oil Mrd 1T
senses. I'd rather go backing round
the room for life, like a bindfolded
kitten. IN, you men never will un-
derstand things" Which was as near
to q reproof as the minister's wife
ever came in her remarks to her hus-
band.
What a very small object can OBJ
scure our sunshine. 1t doesn't take a
cloud the size OF mans hand. 1t
doesn't need q cyclone Of woe. It
doesn't mean that thick mist OF dis
trust or misunderstanding should rise
between us and the light OF Joy. A
faint little frown on a well-loved face.
hasty. curt word from lips which
usually smile or utter gentle thoughts,
fancied look Of coldness in the eyes
hour of neglect when we long for COM
panionship-and straightaway our day
is darkened and our sunlight streams
no more.
What very little annoyance will
turn over and over in the brain and
drive away sleep through the long.
long night. A trifing slight an I'M
agined hurt to our dignity. a misap-
~ tt
| explain and we are restless and un-
happy and unable to divert our mind
| from the one insistent little wretched-
| ness. The big worries, the mighty bur-
| dens. the overwhelming sorrows some
| hGv we are given grace to carry, often
times with patience and resignation.
but these miserable. little nagging tor
/ ments, which, like the CAD fly, ever
| return again to mar our peace. We
seem to be expected to meet undls-
| turbed-and. we don't.
1t Is the little pebbles that hurt the
| feet. We can turn aside for the rocks
and the boulders. 1t Is the small irrl-
| tatlons that make up the sum of daily
| suffering.
II only we were wise enough to say,
| at dosn't matter; tomorrow we viii
| lduRn at suCIl tTlNldl lnl1lS, we
| could have so much more sunshine In
! our little day. Old Epictetus said:
"Think Of every anticipated trouble as
II it had happened yesterday" tud
there is more than heather phllosol ~
| in this advice.
So If the W Il can look dark to us.
| because somebody, like a hateful little
| cat, has repeated something horrid
| that another somebody has said about
! US; if our sunshine is clouded because
We have been conscience -smitten for
| some little neglected TASK; If we are
| depressed because the dearest person
| in the world intimated rather indiffer-
! emily that we are too fussy. il would
| he wise for us to make new vows to
! leave no kind word unsaid to those we
| love--or those we meet-to leave all the
| unkind ones unsnoken which impulse
| would drop from our lips, to be gracious
| and gentle in our thoughts of others,
| to refrain from essaying the role of
| Providence in our efforts to mete ont
! justice as we see it, and. in short, to
stand out Of other peoples sunshine
and not add our mite to the shadows
of the world. Saucy Bess.