Show A farmer who haung haning forgotten llis his wife at la ladt t her john smith sitting in tho shade of the big caplo leaned back comfortably and opened tho the messenger lie iio had just return returned od from town and now as lie waited for supper ho would road read his paper the lowing of tho cows and the ans answering wring call of tho the calves as tho the hired man drove them up lip from tho the pasture came faintly on tho the breeze and mingled with the rattling Dg of tho the dishes as his hia wife prepared the table the farmer glanced approvingly about liim him thon then turned to his paper among other things he read of the man who had driven honio homo and forgotten hi his wife leaving her behind and with it tho the com comments monts mado made on tho the item was it true that mon men were so forgetful would it be possible for him to go on living and know that anna his dear loving patient wife was not only gone but was borgot forgotten iorg otten lon ho remembered the fate of his own dear mother who had died whon when ho he was but 12 of ago and how SOO 11 his father had bad married again 0 married a woman who though kind hind lind and pleasant never mo mothers thors place in his childish heart no matter though sho seemed to nil fill his fathers beatt and life and crowd out all memory of that first love ho he could never so forgot forget his wife the memory of anna would keep sacred the place bhe had occupied in his heart hearl and life there would nover never be room for anrthur an othur just then anna canic came out at the door of the kitchen and he be noticed with a start how worn and thin hr hor faco face and form forin had grown there was not a faint resemblance of the rosy rosly cheeked checked che eked bright eyed eted girl he had brought so proudly to the farm ton ten years ago she was drifting away from him and the cares of lire life borne along 10 without sympathy were leaving their marks on her bor faco face he had bad not noticed it until now she wont went swiftly past him and called the hired man to supper and as they sat around tho bablo john did not speak but watched hor furtively as she sat at tho head of the table and tho tea and waited on the two younger young 10 1 0 r children if sho she ate a mouthful lio he did not see her bor although bho drank her toa tea as if very thirsty john was not an unkind man and add early in married lifo hid had insisted that sho she too must arvo hired help but when sho assured hini him that to toach thern them to do tho the work as sho she wanted it ilono one would bo be just as hard and ro re quiro just as iyub ti time mehr he hadas had assented and thought no moro about the matter ho he now ramom bored with his aroused attention that time after time ho had awakened in tho the night to find her bor up and striving to guiot the fretful buby baby but ho had boon so tired that ho soon went to sloop sleep and forgot 0 her yet ye ho too had forgotten his wife ile he had boon so tired lie had not noticed that she bhe came down tho next morning 0 palo pale and languid or if ho bo lid did notice it ho attributed it to the warm weather wp ather smith wai wa not a demonstrative man mail but nevor never had his wife seemed more dear to him than now the loss of all earthly goods seemed to be nothing corn compared with losing her he would do better and be moie thoughtful thank god it was not yet too LAG to lot let her ber know that ho bo yet lovoi levort her and had bad not forgotten her after supper the hired man went on to tho barnyard to begin milking it had been her ber custom to help with this work but tonight to night john took her pail and gently said sit down love and rest until wo got get tho milking dono done and then ill help you you look tiro tirol and he stopped and kissed lier her minneapolis Ales messenger songor |