Show 1 IrH AP T 11 MARGARET E SANGSTER I r rI HS of the untoward hap happen pen that people eat call accidental a ace e d to gross carel carelessness and ul neglect There are two sets set of J 1 th w keep things up and those lose run down dow Thel The rat ha ei In the habit abl 01 tr t till 1 t tomorrow mort w what ought to te b be done oddy y If the root roof leaks or th ii ieee ne Is a cack tn In the ceiling pr or a I oso board ll the floor o a s sagging g ing i hinge Inge ii or a broken window cord the they re pall theda the damage geat at once oric They know I p that it costs less to mend nd II than a Ian to Th hal r and mar marring goes ra I Ion on O a where there is no mending As Oe tV e arb bod dy tho best I let leten en a five ihie hb se go to fr n nIS IS i jo io it up arid and leave it ut ia aia a r Inhabitant A that ln n I Ila la Il it u lo ger and f ok better than than a ahouse house h ouse th Jsu because the forces of at n nature turc are constantly makIng at upon the buildings ot men and a constant Cl battle must be waged against tl lem em If men are ale to come come off vI The heedless has casu alJ a fly hed th that t there Is a thin place lace p ap on the stair carpet whIch will p wear into a hole She Is n not t Ignorant Ii florant ot of a rip In u a rug which may itch catch c s heel and c USe a turn tum tumble br ble b Ic But being she puts off r the rent in carpet and rug un U an person hurrying along ha h as a full fall which means a hip out of ut or a broken leg ot or worse still a jar which ma may cause apoplexy to sOl hi u J oid ld age or the develop n jf r a t disease in some someone someo one o Re These baleful sequence ci o 0 come slight fans falls and s bod b is i I IA A variety of miseries shuffle along In ii 1 the train of accidents which U n ver r should have been ted tI ed occur From time to time ped pie P PS Ic die because they have eaten toad toadstools tools stools S w ep t they ey t thought ought they were er sting eating e mushrooms Nothing is easier than ban t to b heen tW W the ous 0 us edUe and th the funguS yet there here 1 ire saab d t ley a r th the of 0 f nt Children are are tines left in the or of th lightless hirelings and are for tor lire nUs for whIch there here t was neither excuse nor occasion A L man fearfully d fo nOd w ith a great greath hum h between his shoulders was In his ii is infancy the most noble and beautiful ful UI of children While his pretty nurse nure was g with a l gallant policeman te baby babo took slide down a steep hilt hill n waso was overturned at the foot oot and y lS of paIn and wretched ne tess with the e handicap of the hunch back aek have Dald ald for that folly We Ve seldom soldon road rend of a railroad Lent dent that is not d due to the car careless less ness less of somebody and yet et It would be unfair to utter sweeping criticisms on the employee es of public con E The average man f Is superb b The Tue engineer sticks to 0 hIs post and dies In the effort to save ave the traInS When one ot of the en enines Jines ines on the Majestic was suddenly nut iut S out ot of commission not long ago by bya a aa real that no care could have anticipated a or averted the corps of en at the risk of their own lives III I II the face of clouds of oC scalding steam steamS shut hut S off th hd machinery machiner and were car carried led ried r to the hospital afterwards ThE ThEW They W s rere rc hoos There are accidents that no one can pl But as compared with those come by lack of care they are I few f ew When the lightning from the sky strIkes a man dead as he sits In his hil Jouse ouse or walks by bJ the vay he may w be said to perish b by the act of God But when a t man takes take hold of t a live Uve wire with bare hands he has jas only hImself to if he e drops dead th next l f nt was stupid ari ani r Jv We nee need L not limit what h happens by nt ident to disaster and ca lamity Th 1 e ar pleasant thIngs thai tha pay may tie lie set down to the ac account account count ot o accident since we have not planned them nor in any wa way made the least provision mentally or materially for th their Ir o ing to pass A t y n man casts for a gOOd place to spend a brief holIday Business claims him so constantly that vacatIons are arc few and f r betweEn often otten does noes h hobt he ln a ess Shall h he gO ge tu to the mountains to the old ld homestead to springs lir r the shore Shall he accept a invitation to join him on a yacht acht or he go on a bic toUl thui over a distant state He finally decides on one jaunt or another with o I ultImate object except to hav good holiday Yet on toe the yacht or in the C r by the v h heis 13 to ni t a girl whose eyes snail shail capture his heart and who WO hafl change the face tace or of the world f for him for the rest Of his lIfe lite Hoe Hugh to ta marry Belle I once asked wondering at what seemed an marriage the hus band a man of profound culture and varIed the wife was a brilliant butterfly who cared ar d for I lit except ept personal adornment and beautIful tul surroundings s sOh Oh said the friend who answered me n a slow steamer cross crossIng cross lag Ing the Nearly everybody on board was seasick But they had In common fact that they were both good sailors and b by r the te time they Liverpool the they were engaged You ht call it ap accidental wed ins due citie to Prop Sty b but ut it has not turned out badI badly though they are so in contrast Belle S lle adores Hugh and I up to his superIor scholarship with the pro proper r degree of admiration Most men appreciate homage As for though Belle Is shallow he has ne er found It out He will read a I thesis to her and she will wiP sit looking like Ik a modern Madonna really consid considering ering the style ot of her next gonn but listening to her good goodmans mans deep voice as It goes along the I resonant She does not un understand I nuch uch of it buY but she m makes kes him him and a good deal cal ot of married happiness Is built upon a fo bun n f dation of d dOmestIc comfort a and nd mutual adoration I A little ma may e lent to the I most prosaic day if we are ready to 1 fled find pleasure In accidents For lor on the veranda or an Inn at a resort h is patr zed all ail the i year round ali alike e in wInter aS a in aura mer one may meet an old gentleman or an old lady whose memory is a treasure house of Incidents and anecdotes anecdotes I dotes of a bygone day Interesting as younger people aref are thc they cannot bear J I Iwho with old people who have hae lived In the tho midst of thIngs h their busy years and are con contented contented tented to sit on the edge of things In Inthe Inthe the Indian summer ot of their lives Ac Accidentally the lad lady who I a afew afew few weeks for tor her health in a place like this drops Into con n with the old stager who Is or mistress of charming g g gossIp and finds the Idle days greatly enriched by the I chance Accidents or of this thit kind are common should never be betaken for I granted They drift Into our days das like extra sunbeams and should be re received I with thankfulness The hap happiest happIest people are those who ho begin each morning with the expectation that I some accidental joy will overtake them bEfore night I I Copyright 1905 by Bowles I |