The Irish standard., 1900-03-17
II have"
I UdNVs
"Good. Keep it. Hope deferred

10 the soul, aller all. DON'T let the
anchor go. Was there opposition?"
NO"
Sometimes little opposition is real
ly a necessary stimulus. Why did she
refuse you?"
"She did not refuse me-"
''Can it be that you are so sensitive as
to suffer all this simply for some fam
cied lack of reciprocation in her face?"
81 never saw her face"
"My friend, you astonish me. I've
heard of matches made by correspon-
dence or by mutual friends, but never
believed much in them. Tell me of this
one. Was it by writing?"
II never wrote to her. I never saw
her handwriting but twice."
"Thcn the mutual friends who have
brought about this suffering must have
weight of responsibility"
1--WE have no mutual friends" said
Stanton.
"Sir, you amaze me. Who and what
can this woman be-"
'She is my wife," said Stanton.
"Sir, you arc testing"
"Sir, am not testing. You appealed
to your position for the right to ask me
such questions as you chose. have
answered each truly, so help me God"
"Sir, you bewildcr me. You astound
me-"
"Sir, the same conditions have per-
picked, amazed, bcwildcrcd and as
founded me too, quite enough TO ac-
count for any slight depression which
may have attracted your attention. 1t
must he Obvious to you that little bcnc
fiji can be derived through conversation.
where the immediate effect upon you
is the same as the more deliberate effect
on me. | trust that you will respect
what to me isa very painful subject, and
never refer TO ii again."
Whatever the conclusions at which
the missionary arrived they were sure
ly not unkind for during the last dim
nor on board he rose ut tho table ard
cordially thanked Robert Stanton,
Esquire. on behalf of the passengers.
the officers, and the crew, for his I'M
failing chccrfulncss and his untiring
good Offices TO all making the voyage so
much plcasantcr and making them all
better for his being among them.
The sentiments were Incompetence
sihlc and intensely disarrccnbc to
Stanton, and vet there was something
in them which set him thinking and
gradually opened his eyes.
at was small thanks to me-" he said
TO himself, as he thought the matter
over ON shore. 81 never cNcrtcd myself
in that way before, simply because I
never had a RIGHT good selfish inccn-
: tive. Misery drove me to it, but it
surely did make others happier. | be-
. licyc il was the first time in my life that
| ever attempted to make others happy,
, and il surely made me less miserable,
too. There's an idea there That is good
. straight philosophy. If | think con-
tinually Of myself, I've no time to think
of others. If ! think sometimes of
others, I've less time to think Of my
self. brought myself into a fine con-
dition, thinking only of myself. 1t is
high time took the hint. don't
wonder Esther 'Thorndyl,e didn't want
me, but it may he, if | make myself !,
different man. that may yet be worthy
OF her as real wife. will try"
Instantly thc.word about him began
to assume an attrnctivcncss which only
his office and profession had ever pos
scsscd for him before.
lie found humanity an intensely in.
tcrcsting study the moment he looked
upon it as anything but Il means to pro
fca5iomal comfort. More than Chat, Inc
was HStomishcd to find it instantly re-
ciprucative. Giving. il Was Given unto
lra, till he had more ;!hup,lancc of pre-
q ely thc same commodity which he en-
Gcavorod to mpart.
His enthusiasm for The new idea con.
:tantly increased us he went ON through
the orient following The itinerary
d&tc for date. with careful precision
Increasingly the new theory worked
wonders with the world as he saw it and
il saw him.
lie WAS passed along from friend tc
friend, by letters and kilograms in ad
Nanc" of him. tin it soon became evident
TO him that there was no possibility oil
taking the initiative, and that at tho
: -LGs1 Ln WIS nul Y rclinrncn1 iIm. -G1rnnm:
: est of all to him, he found himself en-.
, .oying the condition, especially each OPP,
purtunitv to rccprocatc.
He was runycrsng With Bralmil
: scholar, in Delhi, when the argument
turned upon the value of mon.
"Surcly we are all but atoms said
The pumdit. eve are aiding to the uli-
mate II we make men happier and bet
ter, and we REGARD the progress OF
things when we wrong ourselves OF
; others. IN atom is of value 10 ,hc ulti
mate, and 10 itself, only MS il is Of value
1 to others. The men WHO built these
walls. thousands Of years ago, aided TIC
the ultimate. DO not you?'
81 hardly know" said Stanton. cot
late have been trying to follow vague
hints, at least, in THAT direction; and
i. | confess if had known, long ago
what WIS losing by not following them
before, should not have l0stso much. =
Happiness is the highest state at.
tainahlc," said the puneIit. at is the
highest conception Of which the mind is
capable, ami thc time to be happy is
surely now. There is but one way to
be happy and that is in making others
So
Stanton grasped his companions
hand rs he rcplicd:
"Ihat is neither pagan nor Christian.
1t is simply TRUTH"