River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-09-07

husband, and it was when I got rss
mind off myself that the revelation
came.
ct was one night after one Of Al
fred's very worst days that lay
awake worrying about him. At last l
fell asleep, and / had dream, or a
vision, l don't know which to call it.
seemed to be in a graveyard, and
there was one stone that | seemed to
be drawn toward. / expected to see
my husbands name on 1t, and l trem-
bled. with fear, but I drew nearer and
looked. / saw my own name, and be-
low it | read these words: "My Lady
Disdain. No one loved her in life nor
mourned her in death, and no one
was ever made happy by her."
81 awoke with a start, and there
was no more sleep for me that night.
I looked at myself as if / had been
some one else, and / saw that if |
kept on as / had begun, my epitaph
would be a true one. Then / realized
what was the trouble with Alfred. My
gloomy, fault-finding, depressing at
mosphere was having it's effect on him.
AS soon as it was light looked at his
sleeping face, and | was terrified, he
looked so worn and pale and unhappy.
| was sick with fear. Had l learned
my lesson too late?
eft was hard to appear cheerful and
hopeful when there was such fear
at my heart, but somehow strength was
given me to do it, and you don't know
how thankful | was that first day when
I made Alfred laugh-Something he
had not done for weeks. | played to
him and read to him, and in the after
noon when he took his nap | went out
and called on one Of the neighbors,
and every day when | could returned
one of the calls | had received. 1t
was hard for me to do it, remember
ing how disdainful and rude / had
been. but they were all so kind and
forgiving and did not seem to remem-
Der the first impression.
"'Soon the neighbors began to drop
in often, and this helped to cheer Al
fred up, and the next time the doctor
came he was surprised at the improve
ment in his patient. He looked me
over from top to toe-I had changed
my appearance a great deal-and then
he nodded his head approvingly ana
muttered 81 thought So" | did not
ask him what he meant, because
knew.
""That dream has made such diff
ference in my life, AuIt Asenath-
YES. and in the lives of others, too.
I shudder to think what | would have
been by this time if l had not had
that experience.
Don't waste any shudders on that
| SAYS. Something else would have
put you on TIE right track, but or
course the vision you had made
quicker cure. You are one of the kind
that can take a hint Now, lots OF
folks can't, and in your place they
would have kept right on as you be-
gun. and then would have blamed
everybody under the sun but them
selves for their misery
"'Well,' she says, I'm glad I found
he guilty person. And what do you
think, Aunt Asenath? have got SO
like the town and the neighborhood
and the house and the people-yes, the
people most of all. Besides all that,
I'm going to like the country pretty
soon. too-in about another month.
think and she laughed.
"The difference is all in YOURSELF
says. Most generally when folks
hate everything and everybody in
sight. the troubles all with themselves.
If they'd only see it and hate tkem-
selves for awhile it would make all the
difference in the world to 'em, and to
everybody else that has to live with
'em or see EN- Rural New Yorker.