Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1854-12-28
From cody I.adiy's Book for December
THE MOTHERS FAITH
ny ALICE B. NEAL.
q Being dead, get spedhefh."

'Why, you have not tasted your iui''
cbeon Miss. Hope ,,
no, Margery; lido not care ABOUT any,
+bc young lady said, listlessiy.
.Rnt | made that cocoa-hut pulding
nrsrIf on purpose to tempt You, said
~. S ,5i";sco,nf1rted housekeepcr knowing
me tnp End end YOU used to be Of them when
IN ro" was a little thing and bow poorly
;.on,ve been Of late. You used to come
md coax me of a baking-day for one
don't Won remember?-and You not III en-
Or Than the moulding-board. 1t must be
dyspepsia, Miss Hope
Her Young mistress turned lr"i,t Tue
fire impatiently. Her hair was nan IN
braided as if she had commenced her al,
trrnoon toilet amp hung heavily around
her face and throat, giving her usually
lsrre ewes a wild troubled expression.
I'm quite well, perfectly well, Marge-
~; only do not choose any luncheon
That's more like master than her bless
cd mother grumbled the old family ser
rant. iAnd that's for all the world, the
wav he used to sit and glover over the
library fire after she died, and start just
so. as If we wanted to worry bin. when
body went in to see after the Goals or
snuff a candle. And this nice pudding
not 50 much as looked at and my very
best orange marmalade. to. Well, |
can't say. but | do think DR.. Coleman
ought to be called in to look after her.
So Mrs. Margery began to pick her
way down the stairs. for her eyes were
by no means ST. good as when she first
took charge Of Mr.. Calyert's household
and in her own room the only child Of
the mansion-Hope she was called-be
gan to pace the floor "a one whose mind
was full yf some great unrest. She had
been sitting. all the short autumn after
noon, 'gloWcring,' as her old nurse said,
over the wood fire of her own room. 1T
was tastefully furnished, though neither
the room nor its upholstery was modern.
The Turkey carpet and dark heavily car
we'd chairs belonged to less glaring style
than that which now fills our houses
with tawdry decorations, and the ore
large window had curtain of crimson
damask, relieved by more recent dra-
perry Lace. There were books. choice edit
tionS in rich bindings. and a cabinet pi-
ano; a lounge with its carelessly tied
portfolio of prints and drawings, but no
pictures on the walls save one. towards
whicq the young girl did not even glance.
1t seemed almost Us if She studioCsly
avoided it but as She paced to and fro
the large thoughtful eyes like her own
but with more peaceful expression, fol-
lowed her everywhere. The face was
very lovely, but delicate too much SO for
health. and the lady could scarcely have
been older than Hope herself; bat size
had known different inner life, which
had fixed the sisnct of gentle-dignity
and peace upon the low white forehead
and crimson lips.
The shadows gathered deeper in the
room and in the young girls heart, as
aS she came back to her low scat before
the fire. AMI stirred the dying embcrs to
quick red blaze.
oh. cannot = she said aloud. as II
battling with some halElormcd reSolu-
ton and then again, i must ? broke
forth as impulsiyely.
The room was silent again; you could
hear the small Geneva watch tick from
its stand on the drcssing-tablc, as the
struggle went on in her heart whether
she should leave this home of wealth and
indulgence, fJrSaking her father in her
loneliness, or by renouncing that nights
engagement, place barrier between her
self and one who had called out all the
romance and passion of her life.
The load peal of the second dressing
bell rang in the hall below; for. in MIR.
Calvert 5 man sion the old-lashioncd cUur-
tcsrcS of the household were paid and eX
acted as vigorously, though the father
and daughter were alone. as when years
before the great drawing room hal been
filled nightly with guests. Many years
had gone 10y since then. Hope had led
most secluded life for the hcrIsS of great
wealth and an old name. She could
scarcely remember the covers removed
from the furniture and pictures except for
the annual household cleaning, ami all
she knew of the life of society and the
world was the occasional visit tOa gay
relative, which made the old house seem
doubly gloomy by contrasc.
She never had dared to ask her lover
who had become to her Impractical indgc.
mcnt the embodiment of all manly grace
and elegance, to enter the house They
had met first at her cousins bridal festiy-
tiles, and since then whenever it was pos
Sible until the tacit understanding had
ended in stolen appointments. and at last
IN the half reluctant consent to q private
marriage, wrung from her when the agony
of n sudden separation was forced upon
her. She did not stop to think then
that the honor of soldier was comprom-
iScd by such proposition even though
his despair, when summoned to a distant
port might have prompted it, or of the
selhshneSS it mvoved towards her father
rs we'll rs herself, reared as she had beer
m luxury, and so unfit for the hardSmy
vi frontier life. But she loved him
mah,y, and separation would he a living
"ea'h, she thought SO the promise was
given.
1t may be that the gay officer did not
count on long trial OF her faith and rca
soneI that, when the father found the
sudden bereavement insupp ,rtable he
would recall them both to the eose ,nd
plenty his fortune would command
Eoung and wholly inexperienced. Hon,
thought of none Of these things in he
mental combat, only that she must dccid
from between the two.
Her fathers manner towards her ha
always been constrained. she thought
cold at times, but that was when she ha,
been listening to the impsssioned word
OF her lover. and recalled them nil wit
thrilling pulse as she sat IN the library
,whCrc her father leaned for hours owe
his favorite treaties on the veXed e-ono
my OF nations, or wrote rapidly withou
looking up, while his daughters unbrokel
rcveries satisfied him that she was con
tented in the quiet that he loved.
He does not-ca about me. ALI wolile