Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-09-28
ZEAL LOVE WAS SHOWN
BY JOURNEY OF HUSBAND
'ennilcss Man Walked 100 Miles to
Sec Little Wife Confined in
State Asylum.
OULDNT borrow MONEY
eft Son.in-Law's Comfortable Homo
and Trudged Along Mile After Mile
to Join His Matc-Now Reunited
and Happy.
ny BEATRICE FAIRFAX.

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john Jorsensen. sixtyfive. walked
ION, Wis, 10 Elgin. H., to see how his
Id wife In the State Insane Asylum
vas making out" He left com
ortablc home to do this and he went
God or shelter on the trip
But the old man could not enjoy
he snug home he had with son-in-
/ aw while the thought preycd on his
lis life partner.
lie tried to borrow money for the
abroad fare. bat relatives and friends
hought the Journey unnecessary.
he State Asylum by due process of
aw. she had been queer" for some
inc, and they were under the i'm
preston that It might be wiser TO let
nan. who wanted to make sure. and
Ifter his failures TO borrow the money
| &c decided TO start out on foot
Doubtless he did not look heroic
graz, haired old man, dusty and worn
Rpith the journey, trudsing along mile
tter mile. But he was Il Drawer figure
nan the young lover speeding TO his
iehrt8 desire on the wings OF youth
sras faithful old John Jorgcnsen.
Everything else had gone youth.
|tIengrh. money. opportunity-only I'M
3cihshness remained. He could not
I'h!oy the material comforts that were
| ii' MS SOD-ln laws nome while
he doubt remained that perhaps they
"ere not good TO her.
Has Happy Ending.
And every one will be pleased to
snow this story has n happy ending.
&c liInpcd into the insane asylum with
Fiis feet horribly blistercd and on the
I'erCe of collapse But he found his
wife and she was delighted TO see him
|tnd realized. too. something OF the or
zeal the old man had been through for
per sake. And the hospital officials
With more humanity than we ascribe
ion-iound employment for him about
nc place. and now these old people are
'eun!tcd.
Young pcople-and others not so
|ouns-arc always writing to me ask
ne for test OF real love. Well. here
I Is in the case OF John Jorgensen-
30. penniless. walking hundred miles
% see that the wife OF mis- youth was
|'omtor;able- To do this. he gave UP a
certainty for an uncertainty, snug
acme for the makeshifts of the open
-oad-he thought more OF tho happiness
81 his beloved than OF his own.
To determine whether love is gem
iine or counterfeit. there Is simple
est that every one may apply-and
Is name Is unselnshncss Which do
you desire more, your own happiness
lyou love?
Arc you willing to pursue rapture
|,t the cost Of your beloved's peace
y mind. sworn obligations. life itself
II you are, don't for moment imagine
|'oursel! in love. You are merely pur-
uinE your happiness without counting
he cost TO any one else. And do not
imagine there is anything permanent
bout such selfish passion: next year
r the next. the stage VIII be set with
he. ga me properties and you will be
eclaiminE the same high sounding.
nut selfish, scntiments-the only diff
crence VIII be that in the foreground
here Will be the iigure OF q different
nan or woman
Docs Not Mean Thriris
II balanced people confuse love with
thrills" When tho rattle OF a mans
atchkcy In the front door no longer
PRODUCES the same set of emotions as
his step did during the courtship
(ertod; some SHY woman will imagine
hat she no longer loves her husband
She expected 10 cat her emotional
AXE and have il. too. Love to her is
lot unselfshness. confidence. trust, but
iometh, Ing that is going 10 make her
when Honest John. worn with the
struggle for the almighty dollar. falls
20 do this-shc makes up her mind that
She no longer loves him.
women think OF taking up career"
and II happened TO be their husbands
I'd let them 20 ahead. a good dose
't drudGery. minus the lack OF appre-
soon send these ladies back weeping
Pm Honest Johns shoulder 1t would
10 them an immense amount OF good
TO ind out by actual experience what
poor, incompetent creatures they are
These thrill addicts would NOT
know rca! love IL IL ever came their