The Detroit times., 1910-05-23
nv w. G SHEPHERD.


CALEDONIA. N. Y, May 23.-Jamei
id Mary Maxwell have passed tht
nee where their marriage seems
ktter-of.fact. Indeed. now that they
e IN the SEVENTEEN year OF theii
edded life their love OF 20 year
ems TO them as wonderful as II Ole
Il first. To us of 1910 1t Is marvellous
lone woman--one man for 90 years
They sit together In the parlor, sue
side, and tell about 1t.
Perhaps the old theory Is true, tha'
man and his wife grow TO look alike
|t II is not the case with this couple
ho have been welded more years
IAN any other couple on record ~
e United States. Her eyes are bright
d blue; her hair Is white. His eyes
dark and a little heavy. and his
ir Is still well sprinkled with black
a tricks OF facial expression and
eech are not hers. She never dlo
to be like a man. No sufrage'
siness for her. You make her frown
mentioning 1t.
He Is "a years old; she Is 30. Ihey
re married April 20, lS4l.
.You remember when you pro
sed?" you ask the man. He doesn't
EN- old: he drives TO town. alone
cry day.
No." he says, mischievously.
'Father!" comes chidingly from her
she looks at the company, with
ile-covered face. He does remem
r" she explains. at was In June
b9-one evening at the fence"
King Edward was a baby then
eodore Roosevelt had not been
En. How many millions have lived
Ia loved and welded and borne chill
en- and seen them become men and
men and then passed out into eter'
" since that soft June evening III
Genesee valley? Seventy Junes
We followed, and yet you hear these
o tell with their own lips Of that
hr-blessed evening, and see them sit
m before you, side by side, smiling
tn happiness because, so long ago
e~said Eyes"
T whispered It," she explains, al
bst bfushingly. ~
What a potent whisper, to cover 70
ars!
But their love affair was longer than
years
III was 10 when he proposed to me,
3 saws. Bat | loved him when he
ought was only a little girl. He
is, four years older than l, and l
bught him very smart"
B'Mother!"
Well, when | was Is years old
la known each other ever since We
re born--I knew I loved him."
THAT was In 1885.
'ialley's comet swung by us in that
ar. Now 1t is back again, and she
II loves him. There's a wonder OF
ge for you--a love that lasts through
b cycle of a comet!
Yes" she goes on, II used TO sit
church and look at the back OF
mes head more than | did at the
eacher's face And used to worry
out It. too"
'She needn't have worried" you
ar him say. Il had my eye set on
when she was only about IL years
b."
THAT was back in 1882.
And In these days Of one divorce
~ marriages, folks say love doesn't
Bt.
You ask them whether II does last.
bu sort OF feel that they have a right
be heard by all the world on that
estion.
: TIT lasts through thick and thin" -
|ys.
"why. then. do we have so many di.
rces these days?"
'Because folks don't marry for love-
e answers. II feel sorry for folks
no don't marry, though" she adds,
esently.
She can't see how a bachelor "can
ep alive and take care OF himself
Ithout a woman to pick up after
m." but Mr.. Maxwell thinks they
We some use In the world. Their
J ty," he says, lis to stand around and
ow other men how lop-sided a man
In be without woman"
She interrupts the conversation To
We father" his medicine, explaining
at she Is worried about his heart. .
"I don't want him to go before do"
e adds. II wish we could go to
ther. think IL he'd 60 first my
art would just stop"
But she smiles as she says II. She
lows Il probably will y
And you can't help praying that II
law all end that way-this love affair
James Maxwell, Scotch farmer boy,
ID Mary Elizabeth Barron. his school
ate. which has gone on for three
arters Of a century
Tor will Il end--ever. In heaven
puldnt they seek and find each other
hong the angels?
What message do you want to send
all the brides and bridegrooms of
mel" you ask them.
Good luck to EN-" says Father.
FELL the men to pick out girls whose
Others brought them up right, as my
iris mother did"
tell them to marry the boy they