The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-30
TO MEND A WIDOWS HEART
Lived a woman wonderful,
 (May the Lord amend h:er) Neither simple, kind, nor true, But her pagan beauty oeew Christian gentlemen. a few. A Hof1v fo attend her ''
Hotly to attend her.

1t is given but to very few hearts to love once and forever through life and death, placing their all upon the altar of a. grand and mighty passion. The heart of every human being can love a second time. when Cupid, with his bow and arrow, stops at the threshold. He stalks boldly in and captures the cita- del. Eager love and loneliness of wid- owhood settle into calm affection, and affection springs into pleasantest of companionship. The smile on her lips chases away the tears that hung so heavily on her dropping lasl1es.
 She marve1s that her heart can thrill so warmly under the magis charm of this last new love. It is surely as deep and tender, in it's, way, as all that have gone before. Quite, different is her love at present from that which was given to him who made her a bride first. Her eyes were not opened to her first husbands frivolities.s No idle so- phistries dim her clear understanding in regard to the second.
 She finds out what his temperament | is and adapts herself to it anniably. f His wants and pleasures, and in turn his cares and worries, she is fully able to cope with. She has had welded life'ss schooling enough to understand tman, lover, the husband. and com l panion.
 Who shall attempt to read between 1.-the lines of d widows heart page? It i.has been said that he who reads it alright must needs be a, skilIfu1 phiIos- l opher. She knows, or ought to, that unless her whole heart is given to this lone their marriage would be misery Iuntold-a living alarm. C1andeStine meetings, encouraging stranger, she
 would not stoop to be capable of. NThat
 would prove conclusfve1y that her af- lfections were not steadfast ito the man lWho has sought her and who loves her, and whose life there would be no hes itancy about rufnfng. The man who lweds a widow takes his chances as to
 whether he can mend her heart. He can profit by friends suggestions as she has two fond lovers. A widow. lmost likely, has run the gamut o1 these experiences ere she was led to the altar and left it a wife. Pickle lness is not part of her nature in after years, for she has me1loWed good Qual- Efties. The kindness of her second help
 meet brings back to her the old loves Iattentions in girlhood. With some, fl is a wonder whether all the affection of which she was capable was not be- tstowed upon the man who made her 6
 widow, or if she can be as intensely
 snaitten with another as to give him
 her heart whole. She has lived over
 the parting and awakened to the dawr
 of home. s She tells, with flushed cheeks, quick ening breath and pulsings heart that
 this new wooing is love; just as deer
 and fervent as before. Her thoughts
 Irvine themselves about him. Time
 has healed all w unds and repaired al
 heart damage. With something like curiosityss mingled with delight, sh' tanswers the question once again: stCa1
 it be fortunate love Knocking for ad
 nittance to my heart once more?" Int
 flame may notbe so ardent as at first yet with 2 little fuel she can manage to keep a warm glow of affection \ which is earnest as life itself cheering both hearts with the g1alnes. of love.