New-York tribune., 1905-07-31
Ho1sses0iOeS' Exchange.

OF shpwrecks in married life are the ever vital
questions OF cnilaren ana money I1s m bar
children. but what Of the American father VINO
gives scant welcome 10 the children born TO him;
1ho looks upon each newcomer as an additional
care and expense? Johns every BARN came 10 TINS
world 'as gentleman comes TO ms lodgings . ready
furnished" md with welcome nj for prince!
II the children were more dependent on M reany
sympathy while they were Sun little chltaTens
have noticed that grown boys they have turned
gSI 81 and and he mas never failed them.
As for that other question-of money! couiq
always had my portion set aside for me IN the
II can't afford more than $500 this year for your
very own portion. Jean" John would say n Ihose
years when he was putting by FOR the education OF
of that 800. and that spend II as IooIlsniy as
sometimes. when have done something especially
atrocous in money matters ma nave b5i ngI y zn Uy1
relief. told John about IL ana ills I
pathv has always helped me There were no hidden
ing s.I1on't speak OF this before your father" "
John expected 10 pay the olIls OF MS taHLy, @ ail9
increased. my special portion increasing also
with more prosperous times. =, r,L- ...-so,,.
@ .ag 1S nv 5ressuaker's bill before buy costly gift
g0TS }riend I owe il 10 the fact that I have lived
all these years with a man VINO mas been JIst nTst
that ! answer my letters promptly. keep my m
gagements as punctuay az @ II we weiT d = Ti1 ganG 1l,d
trying. suH trying 10 nave my WI MTIu - $50 ~
as my bond-in all things John eXcels ana ne
never made me q promise that he did not keep as
faithfully II u had been a "rltteh cOIleacI W.
q stranger. 1T is pleasant thing 10 know there
Is betfeT I 10 know that the head above the heart
i doing some pretty hard thinking for you all the
tirne''-now. that's John Anderson! -, -
often think nv real has become my Ideal.
when discover traits in Johns nature which
I never once suspected in those earlier days. In
rbe one sorrow that 10 US II was my raith
s5st failed me- and John who never talked or raith
9r immortality or the higher life, went on with MS
lifa "a changed man. IL is true, but working stlu
ard nndlng comfort in mis- work according 20 his
CvVr sreadfast nature. only more consderate OF
those who left 70 him. restraining my unols-
cipIiued grief. but Oh gently.
Years a 20 we used 70 quarrel, but those quarrels
were so sudden that neither one Of US knew the
cat3se nor which 10 blame. and when II
u-as all over laughed and kissed again with
tears II is not those quaTTsls regret but the Bit
~ uDkiud word-'the word might have kept
ne remeIu bra nee Of which haunted me for days
io,q after John had forgiven, ana, hope forgotten
-iudeed which haunts yet II have gained
r,uch from Johns example II pleases me 70 md
tbar he now shares my optimism. enjoying the
things that 10 him every Gay. instead OF
Iooktrg forward some far-on enjoyment which
ma y never come Neither his love for nor mine
g1- Rim is quite the romantic love OF years
ago .Wben first acquaint''-"We could
,sLe that first tender love through the frost and
s1o1 through the wilderness and the desert-it
80 70 change STILL n is the love, only grown
oider-we call II sympathy-it IS the perfect love-
Sometimes a shadow falls upon our hearts. and
each knows the other il thinking or that parting
which must come,
Though We 60
wherever He leads the
- ma trust our life together, with all its faults
Ia sfrtyings ts SHINING ane repenting. It's sad