The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-01-12
Vol, 10. No, 90. Whole Ho. $50.

iNE uNi paul
lining him up Baby, iry nol mako Ihal
noise. ilush, hush-dHrngi' what hurts
him 2 llul lha noise came worse Hnd worse.
Fanny Fanny = Mary called ~ nu'ial
fright, ldr, her bRby was almost black WIN
gnsping breath, aud sha bad 90 one ~ nsk
fof aid or sympathy hui her lnudlady's dHugh-
Ter, a liule girl OgiWelye OF ihiHeeni who at
tended TO tho house in hur mothers absence,
-aa daily cook IN genllemen'a families Fan
ny was more especially considered the NJ,
lendanI Ofihe up Stairs dodgers, lwho phld
for the use Of lha kitchen 'ior Jenkins gould
nai aLids lha smell nf mrhl r0oklnRl hul
gust now she was fortunately sliing ~ her
afternoons work Of dnrning stockings, hnd
hearing Mrs llodgsons eFy of terror she ran
10 her sitting room aud understood 'he
case af glance,
lies got the Group oh Mrs llodgaon,
he'll dis ~ sure NJ fate, Lilllr brother hnd
Il aud he died in no Iimc. The doctor said
he could DO nothing Tor him, q had gone TOO
hg he said ifwe'd pat him ~ warnl bath
at iirsi, Il might hBgo saved him, bn' bless
you he was never half 50 bad az your baby
Unconsciously there mingled IN her nule'
ment SONS OF ehild'a love Of producing M
eilecG but the increasing danger was clear
enough.
'Oh fny baby! my baby Oh, love loye'--
don't look 40 M! I rauHut brur u. Aud my
fire NO low Tbsrs,I waa thinking of home,
aud of picking curreuls, aud never ninding
The fire. Oh Fanny, what is tile fire like ~
lhe kilehenP sponk,"
Mother told me 10 screw iiup, and throw
some slack on ~ soon ns Mrs jenkins wus
done will Il nnd 40 did ils very low aud
.Algsk--Illi..lIl-A -AlI4- -llndEzaIlI -lel-lue-Iln
for the doctor can not bear to hear hiui,
~ - like lulo broiher,'
Through her streaming tears, May mo.
toned her TO go; aud trembling, slnking'nek
n, heart, SHE laid her hoy IN his erndle, nhd
ran 10 dl her kettle,
Mrs jenkins hnFing cooked heT liuHlIihdH
snug litle dinner To which hc cun'o home,
hayips told him her story of pussy'S brniiiiGi
NJ which ho was Justly aud dignihodly ?l1n'
dgnnnt, saying Il was nl ofa piece with that
abusive Examiner having received tic snu'
sagos aud turkey, and m,ucn p,ns, which her
husband had ofdtrcd agd cleaned up The
room, hId prepared etcgtl,ing idr. ten, nwl
cOaXc,i HEG duty iirup1t'-d l.ir cal Ahliu Ind
nearly forgotten his hculing, hu; very murh
enjoyed las pciling;l haging InnH nll lhrsr'
and muny other thngT, Mrs JenNins sni
down 10 get up the renl lnco cup Every
thread was pulled ont separately, aud carr
fully stretched: when What was thnf Ont-
side in the street, n chorus of plplng chil,
drcus voices saue the old carol she had
heard n hundred tunes IN tho t'uys OF hrr
youths
..,As Joseph waF walking hc heard. an angel
\Sing;
This nieht shall be- born our Heavenly KING
lie neither shall be born IN houscn nor IN hnlh
Nor IN ,heiplacp ofQarad'sc, but N an %
nj
Tie neither shalt be clothed in purple nofIip
pail,
Rot ali in fair linen, o., were babies all,
llo neither shall be- rocked in silver nor IN
gold,
But ina wooden cradle that rocks ON the
mould, 30.
She got up'aud went t. the window. There
below, slund le group of gray HACK llitl'
figures, rclicvcdaguIust thr snow ~Iilrh nov
cnyolopcd everything. For old sakr's sake,
ns she phrasrd ii,shc counted ont lnlfa pen,
ny apiece for the Singers, ont OF ihe bag nhu
Threw it down below.
-T-r6 fT0dI md tIgr5rnu- rirTttv-yv+rItr---
had been counting out aud throwing down
har money, 81 che stirred her already glow
ing fire, aud snt down before u-but not to
stretch her lare-lko Mary lIodgson,shc be-
gan to think over long pnsl days, or words
long l0rgourn'-ou holy stories heard at heI
Mothers knee.
a errt,ot think what's eame over mu Il
night said she, half aloud, recovering Der
I self by IrG sound ut nur Uwr vutcc frotii he'
ITaIn urThuugttT, 'rrry
on lh6a old times. I'm sure more texts hay,
come iuto my'hend with thinking Oh my
mother within this last half hour, than I've
| thought on for years aud yenrs hope I'm
| not going TO die. Folks say thinking toe
I k..t, 'ra
! ,oin thetu; should be 10th TO go just yei,Sncl
a aua turkey Ms we've got for dlnner to.mor
row, Igi---==--.=-
Knock, knock, knock, at the door us fus
| ms knuckies cuuid Eo And thet,, as IL TIA
conner could not wait, lho door was opened
and Mary llodgson stood there MS white NJ
death.
Mrs Jenkins ohyour ketllcis boiling, ,ihnnl
God! Let me hnve the water for my baby
for the love Of God! he's got the Group nn'
is dyingp
I Mrs Jenkins turned on her chair with
wooden infleXible look on her face, that (be
tween ourselvesl her husband knew ant
! dreaded, for all his pornpous dignity.
! Pm sorry i caH't obiige you, ma'om; M
] keule is wanted for my husbands ten, don
be ufeared, Toplmy, for Mrs Hodgson won
venture to inte,tde hesBelr where she's not de
ktrGu. on ~ httltl cNHN iOi wv N'"'' 49,
am, instead of wasting your Time III wr'ng
Ting your hands, mu'am1-nly kertle is rngne
ed
Mary clasped her hands together with pas
sioaate force, hui spoke no words OF en'res
" TO that wooden ihce--thnt sharp deIerInit
ed voice; but, as she turned awuy, she wW
ed for strength to7bear the coming lElal, an
strength TO forgive Mrs jenkins.
Mrs Jenkins watched her go away meet
~, as one who hus no hope, pnd then sli
turned upon herself MS sharply AZ sho e'f
did on any one else,
, What brute | am; Lord forgive me :
IN. fl,fa luinNig