Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-11-01
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GREAT MEMS WIVES.
And the Tributes Great Men Have
Paid to Them.

the seaside, "but it seems dream and
imperfect without you. never before
felt the loneliness Of being without the
beloved being whose every look and
word and motion are the keynotes OF
my life. People talk of love ending at
the altar-Fools, I lay at the window
all morning, thinking Of nothing but
home; how I long for it,"
There is nothing in the history of loye
more attractive than the pictures Of the
ideally happy married lives enjoyed by
some Of our greatest men, or more
touching than the tribute they paid to
the women who filled their days with
sunshine. Indeed, If one were asked to
present a picture Of the sublimity of
married happiness it would be only
necessary to recall the scene in which
Charles Kingsley, within a few days OF
his own death, having escaped from his
sick room, sat for a few blissful mo-
ments by the bedside Of his wife, who
was lying seriously i'll in the next room
Taking one of her hands in his, he said
in hushed voice: Don't speak, dar-
ling. This is Heaven
Few men, great or small, have been
happier in their married life than John
Bright, and the story of his inconsola-
BILE grief when his wife, "the sunshine
and solace Of his days." was taken
from him, forms one Of the most pa
thetic pages Of human history. 1T
seems to me-" he pitifully said, "as
though the world was plunged in dark
ness, and that no ray of light could
ever reach me again this side Of the
tomb"
It was Golden who shook him at last
from the lethargy and despair which
were paralyzing his splendid energies
There are thousands Of homes in Eng
land this moment" he said, "where
wives, mothers and children are dying
of hunger. Now, when the first par
oxysm Of your grief is past. I would
advise you to come with me and we will
never rest until the corn law Is re-
pealed."
The late Dean Stanley, it Is said, wor-
shipped the very ground his wife. Lady
Augusta, trod on, and many are the
compliments he paid her. IF were to
epitomize my wife's qualities" he once
said, II couldn't do it no better than in
the words of cabman who drove us on
our honeymoon. Your wife, he said to
me, is the best woman in England
and quite agree with him."
why should you pity me?" Mr.
Fawcett, the blind postmaster general
remarked to friend who has expressed
sympathy with him in his aff1iction
MY wife Is all the eyes I want, and nc
man ever looked out on the world
through eyes more sweet or true"
Sheridan was very happy in his
wives, although one Of them, before
marrying him spoke. of her future hus-
hand as that fright, that horrid crea-
ture." In marked contrast to this un-
fattering description was the compli-
ment he paid to his first wife, whom
coachman, when he spoke of her as "the
connecting link between a woman and
an angel"
No man ever relied more completely
on his wifes guidance and counsel than
John Keble, the poet Of the "Christian
Year." From the day when he installed
his bride in Hursley Vicarage to the
last sad hour. 30 years later, when he
died in her arms at Bournemouth, she
was, as he often declared, his "con-
science, memory and common sense"
DR.. Puseys too brief married life
was also crowded with happiness, and
his wife's memory was his one solace
during the 43 years he survived her
To his dying day the very sight and
smell of the Verbena plant affected him
to tears, for it was sprig of verbena
he offered to Miss Barber when he ask
ed her to marry him-"the most sacred
and blissful moment" of his life.
| William Cobbett was very properly
proud of his wife. the brave and devo-
ted woman who was, in his words, 1.-The
best helpmate an undeserving man ever
had. Whatever mistakes I have made
in my life-and they have been many
and great-she has never had wort
Of blame for me, nothing but sweet
sympathy and consolation. The price
of such a wife should indeed be fal
above rubies."
| DR.. Wadsworth, late Bishop of Lin
coin, said that his welded life had beer
las near perfection as was possible thi:
side of Eden" Their children" {
friend once wrote, "can never remember
a day or even an hour when, even II
surface matters, the perfect harmony
was infringed upon" and a favoritt
Joke with the bishop was that he ant
his wife had never been "reconciled'-
for the happy reason that they hat
never quarrelled.- Tit-Bits.
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