The Lafayette gazette., 1900-09-22

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p6oeoD 'sI1ow shall you know
1osl asked bis companions.
Have you ever seen herr Do you
carry : picture Of her fair face, 30
\ dat you will know her when you
1nd herr 81 have never seen her
1aee. " answered the youth, s.and /
\ have no picture Of hes, but shall
know her by. the gladness of her
eyes that have never been dimmed
BY tears and the laughter on her
lipes and the joy and radiance that
Win encompass her." At first tie
youths way, - he started on his
journey. lay through country fields,
and il was the springtime of the
year, and his heart was so full of
hope that he whispered joyously to
himself, .'Surely, just beyond the
green swell of that hill, or in yonder
vale. where the cowslips bloom. or
where the little rill runs singing to
the deep river, shall find her wait
ing for me-" Sometimes, indeed,
in the purple twilight 4 shadowy
figure stole to his side and walked
with him hand in hand across the
dewey grass, and he turned and
looked into its face wondering If
that we're Happiness, but there was
only . solemn tenderness in the
eyes, and the sweet lips only smiled
upon him. There was none of the
mad and riotous joy that he knew
Happiness must wear upon her
countenance, 50 he sighed and said,
ssThis is only Peace" and by and
BY, he knew not how or where,
Peace slipped away and left him.
On and on he journeved, and he
left the country lanes aud came into
the stony streets of the city, and
still he searched for Happiness with |
. heart that had grown little less
hopeful, because of many disap-
pointments. Things had gone well
with him, and he was honored and |
prosperous, but still before him
there always aoated the phantom of
happiness, and her laughter and, the |
gladness of her eyes lured him on.
There were hours, indeed when his |
wife clune to him, and his little |
children clambered on his knees,
when he thought. again, that he had
found Happiness. but when he
looked closer at the presence that
had come to dwell at his fireside,
it seemed but the pale reflection of
the radiant being he sought, so he
turned away, saying: ''This Is only
and must seek fur
ther if / would find Happiness. I"
Up and down the world he went on
mis- quest, and sometimes, when
face smiled at him across a wine
glass, amidst scenes of revelry,
where the feet of the dancers kept
time to the mad swirl of the music,
md laughter rang out as merry and
Is clear as sleigh bells, he would
'ay: ''Surely, here Happiness
must dwell, and shall find her at
asst" But as he Peered in every
ACE he saw that the crimson of the
lips was but carmine, and the eyes
smiled to hide their tears, and the
eet of the dancers were weary with
he weariness of death, and he
passed on knowing Happiness was
lot there. At last the man was very .
I'D, and his quest ended. Hope
lad perished within him. All that
he loved had gone from him, and
,e was very lonely, with nothing
eft him but his memories, and
ooking back over his past life he
aw that Happiness dwelt far, far +
lown the years that were gone. I
her face looked like d
,eace, anc sometimes like Con- |
and. the old man beat
lpon his breast, for he knew, when
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