Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-05-16

!: THE ROSARY OF A RAMBLER


They were talking on a street car one
day and it may not have been the polite
thing to do to listen, but they had not
modulated their voices to the degree
that is was easy to do anything else
They were evidently some kind of kin
folks" for those who are not bound to
US by ties of blood would seldom dare to
say to US the things that those who are
say, every day. If they do now and
then. there is a broken friendship to
look back upon. But ties of blood are
in reality unbreakable and so we go on
saying the unkind or at least tbs crit
icizng things TO our very own. The
one extenuating circumstance in our fa-
vor is snat they say the same kind of
things 10 us. Yes. it MAS very plain
that they We're related and it was all
most as evident that they were sisters.
1t could also beNseen that the one who
appeared older, was NOT so only in
years. but by reason Of being a matron,
of which she was consciously proud.
Ihe younger VAS not quite so self as
sertive on first s:ance as her sister and
yet there was a quiet look in her brown
eyes which seemed To indicate that if
she said but littleSon some subjects she
thought and did a great deal. Sle was
evidently one Of the young women who
work for her living and for some ones
else too. and IL also developed as one
might nave imagined on looking at her
high forehead and bright eyes that she
was d lover of books. Ii was for that
love ~ rather for the gratifying of IL,
that her sister was Gliding her. We'll,
should tnirk." She was saying, that
Lone Who works as hard as you 60 for
iiTyour money could spend it TO better
advantage than buying a lot Of books :"
oh, but. the other said in Il half
Apologize and altogether enthusiastic
voice. they are SO beautifully hound
and Illustrated and You know / always
wanted them 50. Ii isn't as tho they
We're books which might live but q year
or 50, Or even like fiction. for who IS
there who would not ike a get Of Rus
kim" When the name Of the author
vas heard, it was not wondered a that
the woman objected 10 the pure hase,
for how could the iiorld, ovcrd4ssssd
inatron understand or care FOR the say
ings of that man VINO more than any
other perhaps knew and cared FIR the
worked cut in everyday ite and with
commonplace things2 The face Of the
| girl was rather a study She had not
foolish or an extravasant purchase. but
| ii was not easy 70 be spoken to as she
had been. They left the car block or
Two farther on and then one woman
WAS heard to say to another. Than just
shows human nature doesn't II? Now
Mrs. c. is always criticizing her sister
and telling her what She should do and
yet with all her money she does nothing
whatever to support the mother and lit
Tie sister. while Miss S. teaches music
all the year thru 10 support them. :
Perhaps it did show humane nature
that is some kinds, for VS. like 70 be-
5isye some times that not ali are alike.
Can YOU understand how some psopie
go thru life and "having eyes 10 see. see
| not and having ears To hear. hear not
! There are many people. Who do these
\ Very things. The worst part Of i Is
1 that their blindness ard deafness are
| painful to those about them. They rare
iy suffer themselves for the very good
rsaspn that they are Tot of sensitive
natures. which alone are fine enough
70 suffer. 1t Was since the grass has
come out 50 green and the trees have
begun u Leaf and the apple blossoms to
come out in all their freshness. that the
casual remark was made 10 a woman
who had always been supposed TO be
possessed of all her senses. Isn't this
beautiful spring and did You ever see
ths Grass quite To green before21 She
looked as If the quesiioner was the one
Without sense or reason as She an
SEVERED in a noHehalant tone. ooh, L
apa't know, but then don't pay any at
tenti@n TO sucn things. 1t had always
been supposed she Was possessed of all
her senses. But do you think she
really was?
1t sometimes seems as if all that is
necessary 10 carry one thru life IS a
reputation. and such commodity Is
Very useful Like many useful things ii
is All time ineonvenieit OF eourss ref
erence is mace 10 a good reputation. lit
must be a rather heavy load if one has
a bad reputation to bear at all tinle :
any one thing is ef,en Inconvenience AT
least It is hard to live up To. Far In
stance did you ever see a man or Nom
an who has been told in some un-a
guarded moment that he or she is fun
N.Y. The sts.teneni may be the truth
that is for part of the time. for no one
can be witty all the time. and If he
could what an everlasting bore ne
u-ou,s. be- ivt tie mai. vi the 1.,ii.ais
who has been told that he or she IS