The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-07-30

have n~tsy sa ali ms life *ltna@sed
savh snffeftns have seea mothers
@e*p over thsiF dad b&btsa and
have aewa wGdows mloafm ths lssss ~
their husbands. their ougy support
bmt Tee Anguish II This pouF stfis
heart waa A~tal never said
woFd fuf shat eoula saYF Hat
there Is a lisnls "a all hamaa snaug-
ancs DrylnK her tears she gave
8,tl. laugh and saYB. m net fer
sale. IN aos he sold for gold. lin t.
brave aud tfue and IN 60 tn hlm.
and ~e did 'fwa# then past tbs usid
aight hour. hut 2e waiked aa~u 10
inns offiee The doof vas shu, aad
'be blinds acre elosed bat ~s could
see there was a liEht inside Ns
knocked and 10 little time the door
~as upoued and there stood Jubilee
Jim. all radiance and all smiles
bat you can't fool woman and
could see the biK strong man bad
htFH "ffFkH%t ~ wv NffF NHfH fAf
tails ~ this reconciliation. for III"
whole affair ia sacred 20 me. but If
you have ever loved you need no, he
told Jim wanted 10 marry the next
day. but Mary just took his big arm
in both hers and says. I'm never
turn YOU loose. sir. till you are my
husband" and In affairs OF this kind
la woman always has her way. We
went over TO the court house and
after a few knocks aud kicks from
Jim on the doors of the old temple,
a young man was found who Issued
a license. Just a block away We
called up the old preacher who had
baptized them both. and there. as
he stood on his yine-clad porch and
we in the yard beneath the Grape
myrtle. with myself aud the moon
land the stars, and who knows, per
haps the good angels too as witness
SEES. they were married. Last month
II had a letter from Mary and she
says. The children are all well and
II send you picture of our only girl,
| the other five are boys Now I'll tell
YOU about my husband. As you know
| he has been on the supreme bench
/ Of our state for six years. He is busy
great deal of the time but he is the
same old Jubilee Jim 10 rs all.
He made a speech in Jackson one
night last week and after we had
gone back to our hotel we could
/ hear people all over town walking
1.-THE sidewalks and saying, Jubilee
| jim, Jubilee jim, Jubilee. Jubilee,
Jubilee Jim" He is a great Old fell
low, and to think came so near los
ing him"
But this girl of mine; she told me
| she wanted to know of my and her
mothers courtship. | have put her
/ off from time to time, for to tell the
truth about it, my wife did all the
lcourting that was done, and right
well she did it too. We have Dag
! old black trunk full of a little OF
everything, and this girl got TO fish
ling around in it not long ago and
found a bunch of our letters written
to each other before we were mar
Tried. These etters are not exactly
on the same line as those Of Abelard
to HeIoise. but this girl knows every
lone of them by heart She quotes
them to us in season and out OF sea-
son. and they just tickle the little
| goose TO death. It is so funny to her
that it is funny to us, only | would
like to hear the last of it some ume.
Her mother says that l have got TO
thrash her. but I cant get too mad
at the truth. for | just didn't know
any better then.
And if there be a human tear
/ From passions dross refined ana
clear
4 tear so limpid and SO meek,
IL would not stain an angel cheek,
| 'Tis that which pious fathers shed
/ Upon a dutious daughters head
And the girl, let her laugh, Tor
who wouldn't The world loves "a