It is she who will stand back of us when all others fail.

When the children come along to bless our days and inspire us to greater efforts we are glad to look into their happy, smiling faces and find that they resemble their mother--their soft cheeks are like hers, their hands, their dainty ways, their caresses.

And when mama looks into those same bright eyes they make her think of their daddy.
The fond affection bestowed upon the children by both parents is but another mode of expressing their regard for each other.
Springtime days, these! When little tots climb up and entwine their arms about our necks.

If this were married life's only compensation it would not prove in vain--for when the babies enter the home the tie that binds becomes hard and fast--_if the man is a manly man_.

To become the father of a bright-eyed babe is an experience of the highest importance to a young man getting started.