The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1905-09-14
A Realistic Picture
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| life had | been 50 shocked, 50 horrided.
We had known each othSr ten years
With nothing moc serious between rs
than q few lovers soats, and now that
+, we were united for Life we had mae
! the discovery that we were incom.
patibie. saw In store for us a Es-.es
! of outbursts lasting through a lifetime
I FASTENED to my friend Me-riam-a
singular friend for a man OF twenty
Eve, since lie was seycnty-te pour ny
trouble In tis ear.
what Ii 1t. Dii,y7" he asked sym.
patheticaiiy.
We have Guarded" I replied. al.
most In tears.
Well" hs SAID, with q smile. AL
you expect to g through LIE billing
ami cooingf"
mo. but I have always been used
after a quarrel with any fricni I, be
! the first I, oTer ny hani AM make 1t
all rp. would hare despisc1 the mn
who would refuse to meet me half
way"
1.-THE man. ycs. but dbl you always
meet with such response from wo.
mani"
81 rcve- had such quarre,s Wit
one was not sufficiently iEt'.
mate with sny of th-m.'
"Ah, there's the diierence. A mai
never becomes ~ intimste with anoh-
er man a. with a woman. B,sides, n
woman Is not a man. ST down. light
Jour pipe. and I'll tell you what ! hav.
never confiied 70 any one b.fore.
My marriage. like yours. was a lore
match. I had had a great many mel
after our return from our wedding trip
{ took up ms hat to 80 oat. Where
ere you go:ng:' asked my wife. I'm
! going round to Tom Noyes' for q few
minutes Just to say How d'you do"
after my absence And you expect me
to spend the evening here alone on the
FIRST night after our return? II Ton -
to take you so early. what viii be the
result after you have begun to get tired
of neY 4 didn't suppose marriage
meant giving M my beat friend But
what need to give q dialogue that led
up to a violent quarrel:
at was very plain 10 me that X
had tried to find the most unreasonable
woman In the world I could not have
better succeeded. At first after oui
quarrels we made a great ADJ about
making rp. but pretty sooa we sr.l:ed
after the paroxysms. growing less end
less su.ky every hour TIL tranquility
was restored. At times ! would apollo
g.ze for what I had done and occa sion
ally for what.I had net done, but after
awhile | discovered that tie best way
was to ignore the causes Of our difficult.
ties entirely. They were all shocks re-
nnlt;ng from the efforts OF two cu..en y
TO bend.
II cid not spring from the grub bach.
e,or into the butterfly married man,
1t took a long while to change me. AZ
the years went ty l let 60 more and
more ny bachelor Instincts and Geyel.
o,ed those OF q husband and father.
A Few world wa, growing into exist
ence for ne. Tor a time l lid not re-
aiize how fully I had become a part of
IL. and at times EAST longing eyes back
TO my bachelor independence. But the
day came at last when | lookel upon
my ba~chelorhood az an un1eveloped ex-
lstcnce In which the heart had No part
aud my own sweet Will was the current
In which | drlftei almiessiy.
Then cane children to live and chit.
drcr 10 lose. Each child vas like a
tender. shoot ~spr.nging from my heart.
Those who passed from u are n Gear
today as those who livei. In the fam.
lily. with all Its cares, it, responsible
ties. its sriefs. we found the only hap
p.aess that never died
And now that those OF our children
who have lived have left us - form
their own worlds we are alone to-
gether, a. we were when the current
OF our lives first met and mingled.
Do you suppose we never quarrel? II
you co. YOU are mistaken. But we
know that our quarrels are q part Of
our imperfect natures. AMI We acce2s
them as we accept our other Ills. Thus
we do not magnify the evil they do.
which Is in itself Insignificant"
Frank" called n sharp. querulous
voice from another room. are you 60
ing to talk al dayi-
what do you want. cear"
"You know very well that I have
been wanting to speak to you about
something OF Importance for hall an
hour"
"I'ii be with you in a moment. D3a't
&c. into a stew about noti.ng.'
u l PRESSED tie Old mans hand All
withdrew. II seemed to me- tina. n h.3
brief story and the bit Of sequel con-
tanned In the few wo-is ! had heard
lie had given me q picture CT what my
LIE would likely be. The roriaaces ]
lad read of the happy period OF yong
love. the Leautlful d'if Ing togs.her Of
!, two souls. a g-aiual decline without
chatting. ell seemed {, me to lie inc,m
= patib,c with ou- imperfect natures
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