The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-01-12


plum pudding aud now good lye. Mind
aud lake care of lirle Tom. thought he
WHs bic hoarse Ibis morning
And he went 10 his work
Now, V Was good while since MTs JeU-
kins and Mira llodgsoh had spoken 90 each
other, although lhey we're quite Hs mufh IN
possession Of llin knowledge Of events aud
opinions ~ though ihey did. Mary knew
that Mrs Jenkins deFpisad Der for not having
n real lace cop, which Mrs Jenkins hhdi aud
tho liltls occasional pinohngs which The
ilodgaona we're obliged 10 resort 90, 10 make
both ends meet, would haya been very pm
tirniy endured by Asfy W sits l,sd geG Ulne.
ed under Mrs jenkins knowledge Of such D.
economy. liui Hhs had her revenge, Sho
hnd chill aud Sire Jenkins had none. To
have had a child, even such puny baby hs
lillo Tom, Mrs JsakinH would have worn
commouest caps, aud cleaned CRATES, mud
drudged her fingers TO the bone The great
unapOken disappointment Of her life anured
her temper. aud turned her thoughts Inward
aud made her morbid and selfish,
IInug dat cat ho's been Htehltng again
he's gnhwned the cold mutton ih lfia nasty
mouth ill it's not il 10 set before Chris
iian; aud I've nothing else for Jem's dinner,
Hut l'll give IL him now I've caught him, that
Will
80 saying, Mary iiodgson caught up her
husbands Sunday cane, aud despite pussy's
cries aud scratches, she gave hiG such a
heating ~ she hoped might cure him Of his
| lhc,ish trupensiiioSl wlirn 10 md behold,
Mrs jenkins stood NJ the door wilh face Of
bitter wrath.
'Aron'I you ashamed ofyourselc mh'amIu
hbuso a poor dumb animal, ma'anl, as knows
LA haiilsf illaa- Ia iakg laad- -lllia Las -sesA H.
mn'nm, lie ouy follows The nature which
God has given, !n''nu' aud irS n uiiy vour
mature, mA'ani, which r,o heard is Of the
slingy saving species does not make you
shut your cupboard door n litllo closer.---
There h such n thing ~ law for brute ami
mails. III ark Mr. jenkins, hut don't think
them Radicnls has dOub AWAY will that law
yet, for all that Reform Bill. ma'am. My
poor precious love ofn Tommy, is ho hurt,
l.rnd his leg broke for taking mouihtul of
scraps, NJ most people would give them n
way TO n.bcggnr-if he'd lAkn 'oni--wonnd
up Mrs Jenkinscasling contempiuous look
an llin remnant uf sciHg cud ol mutton,
Mary Iolt very angry and very guilty for
sle ronliy pitied the poor ltnpng Anidlal, hs
hf rropt up To his mistress, aud there lnd
down to hcmoan himself, she wished she
had not bcnier him 80 hard, for u certainly
was her own careless way of neser shutting
ihc cupboard door. that had tempted him Ia
ais fault. But lhe sneer nt her btIle bli OF
mutton turned her peui,enco to fresh wfaili,
and she shut thc dnnr in Mrs Jenkins lace,
'as she stood caressing her cat IN the lobby,
with such q bang, hht IL awakened lillc
[ Tom, mud hc began to cry.
Everything was to go wrong With Mary To
/ day. Now baby was awake WHO wRs 10
/ tnko husbands dinner to the Office; She
took the child up in her arms, apH tried To
]
( she cried, she could not tell why, sorl of
recreation from her violent angry fcclirgs!--
| She wished she had never beaten the poor
/ cu;, she wondered IL his leg wns really brok.
tcn. What would h0r mother say, II she
knew how rross aud cruel her Mary was
getting? II She should liye TO beat '.sr child
( IN one other ungry fits
! Il was no uso lullnbying while she sobbcd
so; il must be given up, aud she must Ju'l
carry her baby ia her arms, aud take INN
! with her 10 tho Office for IL was lung past
rIrrrur rTrTJu sEe-
! fully, although by 80 doing, she reduced the
meat to mn infiniesimal quantity. and nklng
the baked potatoes out Of the oven, SHE pop
ped them piping hot into her basket wIIl' salt,
knife and fork.
! Il was indeed biuer wind. She beuI
against il as she rau, aud the flakes Of sno~
| all tho way, though she cnddled him up ~
TER stGwi- hen irur hr5bubtl l,t,l made his
tTTpvrTIu UI fUr II r-tu-u-- t4'taEIsEt =
inan ms he was) his body got so much the
better 6f his mind, thuI he looked rather
blank nt the cold mutton. Mary had no nl-
| petite for her own dinner when she arrived
at home again. So after she had holf tried
to feed tho baby, aud hG lad fretfully refused
to take his bread and milk, she laid hln
down upnn hia qnill. surrounded hY play,
\ tiriugr, ,vliif- she sided away and chopped
suel for the next days pudding. Early ~
tho afternoon II parcel catne, done up hrSi ~
brown paper then IN such White grass'
hleached sweet.sinelling towel, aud a. note
tirom her dear, dear mother; IN which quaint
writing sue endeavored To tell her daughter
that she was not forgotten at Christians lime
but TINT learning that Farmer Burton wn'
killing his pig, she had made interest ioi
some ofhis famous pork, oul OF which Stt
had manufactured some snusnges, and Tia
vorcd them ust ds Mary used 10 like then
when she lived at home
'Depr, dear Mother r suid Mary 10 harselt
There never yhs my one like her for re
lnembcrng other folks. Whnt rare sausage
she used TO make Home things have
smnck With 'em no bought things can eve
have, Set them up with their sausages !
J, I've n nnTtnu, if Mrs Jrukins eeef tastes
mothers she'd have no fancy for them town
made things Fanny took in just now
And so she went on thinking about hom
], ltilI the smiles aud 'dimpes cnme out agai
Mt the remembrance Of that pretty cottage
:. which sreiiid lock gteep.-esoR now, in Tia
daI,th Of w;n,er, with its pyrecnn'hos, and 1t
holly bushes, and the1grdht Portugal lnnre
= ThHt yvns her mothers pride. And ihs bnc
/ path through the orchard to Father Bnrtom'
, how well she remembered il. The bushel
! ofunripe apples shc had picked up there
..,,i aistriAutel ninonu his uins Till he hH