The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-10-05
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To one contemplating the strange oc-
eurrences flesh is heir to It would seem
that there is real personal fate that
Is constantly amusing himself with our
destinles. For instance. at the end of
the eighteenth century 1t showed lit
tie Corsiean the crown of France kick
ed about by mob In Paris. He picked
1t up, put 1t on his head and then pro-
ceeded to make kings and queens OF
his family. Per contra, fate designated
the monarch who lost the crown the
Corsican appropriated 10 be the one Of
long line OF sovereigns TO lose 1t and
his head at the same time. He was the
only one of the lot who in many years
deserved to wear II.
In the case recited In this story II
would seem that this memorable fate
took cunning and malicious pleasure.
A party of American sightseers
abroad were doing the gardens of
Versailles. A middle aged couple stroll
ed away from the others and sat them
selves down TO rest.
eat twenty" said the man, II laid
out a definite plan for my life which
have followed to the present moment.
Having tastes which | had no means
to crafty, | resolved to spend twenty
years In accommodating q fortune where
with to spend another twenty years in
an ideal life. Before leaving America
a month ago closed out my business.
having accumulated the requisite
amount. The first twenty years of my
life have been passed as l intended.
The second period is before me.
"0f that period | have spent but q
month, and yet 1t is long enough TO
have taught me that to enjoy the world
] must have some one to enjoy it with
me. In you have met that person
the only woman have ever wished to
make life companion. 1t rests with
you whether this second period shall
be a success or failure. VIII you
spend 1t with me as my wifeT
There was long silence between
them. at the end of which the woman
said:
Unlike you. laid no plan for my
life. At eighteen loved, married and
was for ten years supremacy happy
with my husband and my children
Then within few months they we're
all swept away by death. cannot be
happy without them, therefore 1t
would be impossible for me to enable
you as your companion TO carry out the
second part Of your plan"
(which means that this part has al
ready faiied?"
IF dependent upon me; not on an
other"
Had not fallen in with you
might possibly have been happy with
another"
The woman was looking on the
ground, making marks on it with the
end of her parasol Presently she
looked up into the mans face to see
there bitter disappointment resting
on every feature.
III l44Al NdSC VIII w ny bSSb AOt
you. consent" she said.
There was a wedding In the Amer
lean Partisan colony. after which Wal
ter Lanier and his bride spent Ito HIM |
six delightful months in land where
there is every opportunity for a culti-
waited man to enjoy himself The only (
shadow falling upon him was that, de-
spite brave struggle on the part OF
his wife. she occasionally showed that /
her heart was with those who had /
gone from her. The husband. seeing I
shat occupation would be better for
her, proposed that they return to Amer
lea. where she might have the care of |
a home. In reply TO this proposition
she told him that whatever he wished
was her preference.
Lanier believed it would be better to
take his wife where she would enjoy
the companlonship of those she had
always known lie planned surprise
for her He wrote a friend to buy
house for him In the neighborhood in
which his wife had been born and
reared where her father and mother
and a sister would be near her. 1t