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BY ELLA HICGINSON.
WIIKN TIIK TII'K (ioKS 01.7.
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l'wiMU to t Mailt (rat.
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Atd Uf mi ami) U II brawl uf a aa (111.
Wkra U thifa Mil l n'ar lU mouiinf Ur.
!;.! you ever, In t wy fever of unrmt, itn by t blue sea,
n.l W Uitt it would U iwMt, Indwl, to fold your arms and
rluM your eye and ll don, without on throb, titliout on
regM, In your brrwl, on Hi oft, pulling wafcr, and just drift
and drill-never knowing or feeling, or wing for, anything
ifln? M.I yoo ever tl,,,k how sweet a thing it would U to
tim and fall with wy war at you drifted out, out, out to the
wanT How lh art wwd would tangle round you, and th
flaliM wonder at you? How lh ea gull would amain at you,
and th strong, iaJt wind tub you, and th whit raps break
over you? I ld you ver grow il. k of th world T Of U,e ro.
ho hat yoo and hurt you-and of Ui peopl whom you hat
and hurt? Of tit lir. lh. na, th rare, th burden too
heavy'to b born without dim eye and meaning Up and
t.lng shoul.teraT Tbea, waa It n A aUII sweeter to turn sud
denly from all your reetUa, julon.t longing and find a
little child' ofl arm alwul yoo; a mother's trembling, feeble
hand Waning npun yoo for tupit and comfort la old age, or
-till wU.r-jwhapa.aHrong, firm hand,"mor tru and
Under than ever wa hand heforw," held out to you In peao
and comfort T Waa It not it,r U.an all your mad unrr-4 to
turn, wlih a llttl. tender ftg on your ll for aom olher heart
to hear, and Uk op your burden of lif with a now strength
and a pew courage and Dew aoul? To com to your
little, ijtilM horn and find th sunahln darning along your
tall, and th birds nnng yottr MVf-( ,nj ,w mJ f w
0 many U.lnkt to U don to lgt.ln oUtcr burdni, and chrr
othrr llm, and mak gladdrr othr k-rta? Ay, dw h,a,
u It not Mtrr to Uilbk of bearing it all and lirlng U.an
ruling aald your bunUn, hU a coward, U om other ahoul
JpT to brarT
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. L ?! ,WnM 10 Wl 001 ln nJ 1 b aa
oollah u It la to Ml. lhm ,y. J. Uk flr.t rlo, u , ttM
low hli w if Mj wj, b. m Ul, rar of her o
Un alt flnda that b i putUng th lor of gain, th greJd of
wealth, th boarxllitg op of th almighty dollar abov ber rar
and comfort, .. may M aaaured that b will not b aurelt
r w4 he U pM groat green alor ber. To b a wlf
and a houitekeeper la enough for any woman entirely too much
if the be also a mo'.her, because in this case every moment of
her time will be occupied with worry and work. As soon aa a
hutineFR man finds himself busy from morning till night he
rriea out for a clerk. " By jove, now, I mast have a clerk 1 "
Then, presently, he must have a book-keeper; then a stenogra
pher, and so on. While, frequently, If you go to his house and
pull aide the curtains you will find a pale, faded, patient wife,
cooking, sweeping, washing, ironing, scrubbing, cleaning wood
work, and caring for two or three children. These are the
women who do not know where to draw the line between duty
and brutal ity-for it 11 brutal for a man to expect bis wife to
work beyond her strength.
Home half doxen years ago I knew a man who was hard,
stern, gnwping; who never allowed a dollar to flip through his
fingers; whowe fuithful wife worked early and late that he
might not have to spend an unnecessary cent. Many and
many a time have I seen her on her knees, cleaning her floor
with a brunh; I have seen hor, too, stand up and put her
bunds to her back and moan with pain. I have seen her paint
her own floors, and paper her own walls, and beat her own
carets, with great, rough hands and red arms bared to the
Wintering winds. Well, let me tell you how she was rewarded.
After years had worn by in toll and care, with never a caress,
or a word of appreciation, or a ray of pleasure, this unhappy
couple bought a lot in a fine location and builded thereon a
beautiful home-one that excited admiration in every breast,
t wa all finished and elegantly furnished. The lawn was the
lovelUt Uie whole city, with fountains playing upon it from
morning till night; the greenhouse was filled with rare flowers
-J)li, each time I passed that house I broke a commandment.
W hen It was ready for occupancy the poor, tired, worn-out wife
ickened and on the very night she was to have moved into
ber new houae she gave one long sigh and went home to a land
when. there is no returning. In five months her husband
ad married again, and everything that had been planned with
uch patient ho, and love had to be changed to please the
new mbtre m, while the old one with the broken heart lay with
cars-lined fa, anJ hui work.WQrn
cemetery. Tin. was the first picture of Its kind that I ever saw,
th. walu of T ",mirtbIe CPie' ' U bMglDg t,0ng
wo,? in!''.' U7 'r1, We " of,en flnJ kind unBelflsh, hard
IhlT? " UV9 ,il,t' ,rlvolo,u' ,ooIi8h !ves, who live
dc 2 l 1 !?' !mb"is,iDg on WleneM' lt7. lfl.hness,
l0J children unutterable bore, and
! d v .7 1 6 1 h,ve "n come home after
ZlZTl fiD ,U'elr Wi?M' rtcllnln complacent, in
kiU l en T ' T' 10 hMd' Wilh " Incompetent girl In the
il 0 " mti ,n dinlnrroom'because,
Z IXnltl T: (h U not- her, home-keeper)
bT I E kind If hn iisnl to d0 b0Wk' Thh, by he
of si 1 t mtn h0 Mk t borne a
heTfor a a, i m ?' in her ""7 it "bould mistake