CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1901-02-28
think. have never come across a real
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think, have never come ACROSS a real
case of woman's friendship. praise
my own sex, dearest. sor know some
Of their loneliness, which you do not
And until certain date their friend
ship was the deepest thing in life had
met with.
For must it not be true that woman
| becomes more absorbed in friendship
than a man, since friendship mag have
to mean so much more to her and cover
so far more OF her life than it does to
the average man? However big
mans capacity for friendship, the
beauty Of it does not fill his whole
horizon for the future. He still looks
ahead of it for the mate who will COM
plete his life, giving his body and soul
the complement they require. Friend
ship alone does not satisfy him. He
makes bigger claim on life, regarding
certain possessions as his right.
But womani Oh. it Is fashion to
say the best women are sure to find
husbands, and have, II they care for it,
] the certainty before them of full life
know it is not so. There are women.
wonderful ones. who come to know
quite early in life that no men will
ever wish to make wives of then. For
them. then, love in friendship is all
{ that remains. and the strongest wish
of all that can pass through their souls
I with hope for its fuifilIment is to be
/ friend to somebody.
] 1t is mans arrogant certainty of his
Z future which makes him impatient OF
the word friendship" II cools life to
his lips. he is so confident that the
header nectar Is his duet
L came, upon little phrase the other
day that touched me SO deeply. 1t said
SO well what l have wanted to say
since We have known each other Some
peasant rhymer. an Irishman, is sing
I ing his loves praises and sinks his
voice from the height of his passionate
superlatives to call her his share of
I the world" Peasant and Irishman,
he knew that his fortune did not en-
brace the universe, but for him his love
was Just that-his share of the world
Surely, when in any ones friendship
We seem to have gained our share Of
/ the world, that is all that can be said.
/ 1t means all that we can take in-the
whole armful the heart and senses
are capable Of or that fate can be-
stow. And for how many that must
be friendship. especially for how many
women,
Ny dear, you are my share Of the
world. also my share of heaven But
there. begin to speak of what do not
know. as is the way with happy hu-
manity. All that my eyes could dream
I WAKING sIa oil ,ho,
ears could be most glad to hear. all
that my heart could beat faster to
get hold of, your friendship gave me
suddenly as a bolt from the blue
Ny friend. my friend. my friend. II
/ you could change or go out OF my life
now. the sun would drop out Of my
heavens. | should see the world with
a great piece gashed out of its side
my share OF IL gone No. l should not
see it | don't think l should see any
thing ever again-not truly.
Is 1t not strange how often TO test
our happiness we harp on sorrow7
do. Don't let it weary you. | know
have read somewhere that great love
always entails pain. l have not found
I it yet. But for me II does mean fear.
the sort of fear l had as child going
into big buildings. l loved them. but
feared, because OF their bigness. they
were likely to tumble on me.
But when l begin to think you may
be too big for me / remember you as
my friend" and the fear goes for
time or becomes that sort OF fear /
would not part with If | might.
have no news FOR you. only the old
things to tell you. the wonder OF which
ever remains new. How holy your fac
has become to me as saw ii last. with
something more than the usual proofs
OF love for me upon it, a look as il your
love troubled you. l know the trouble.
feel it, dearest. In my own woman's
way. Have patience. When | see you
so, feel that prayer is the only way
given me for saying what my love for
You wishes to be. and vet hardly ever
pray in words.
Dearest. be happy when you get this
and. when you can. come and give my
happiness Its rest Till then it is a
watchman on the lookout
Night night!r Your true. sleepy one.