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| CONTENTS · BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD · SUBJECT INDEX Edward William Bok (1863–1930). The Americanization of Edward Bok. 1921. |
It was fortunate that Eugene Field had a patient wife; she needed every ounce of patience that she could command. And no one realized this more keenly than did her husband. He once told of a dream he had which illustrated the endurance of his wife. “I thought,” said Field, “that I had died and gone to heaven. I had some difficulty in getting past St. Peter, who regarded me with doubt and suspicion, and examined my records closely, but finally permitted me to enter the pearly gates. As I walked up the street of the heavenly city, I saw a venerable old man with long gray hair and flowing beard. His benignant face encouraged me to address him. ‘I have just arrived and I am entirely unacquainted,’ I said. ‘May I ask your name?’ “‘My name,’ he replied, ‘is Job.’ “‘Indeed,’ I exclaimed, ‘are you that Job whom we were taught to revere as the most patient being in the world?’ “‘The same,’ he said, with a shadow of hesitation; ‘I did have quite a reputation for patience once, but I hear that there is a woman now on earth, in Chicago, who has suffered more than I ever did, and she has endured it with great resignation.’ “‘Why,’ said I, ‘that is curious. I am just from earth, and from Chicago, and I do not remember to have heard of her case. What is her name?’ “‘Mrs. Eugene Field,’ was the reply. “Just then I awoke,” ended Field. |
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