Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1856-07-19
Adeline Raleigh.

ANCAuC ASdAoASA'
81 declare, have half a mind 70 put this
bed quilt to wash to-day. 1t don't really
need to &C. either, but believe that | will
send it down.
"Why will You put it in, Mary, if it does
not need to 90 - asked her good old aunt
Hannah. i, her quiet and exPressi We way
Why, vou see, aunt we have but small
wash toby, so small, that Susan will get
through al ore o'clock at the latest. and |
shall haveto pay her the same as though she
worked til night, so--
stop a moment. dear ssid the old lady
gently, sop moment and think. Suppose
YOU were in the situation that poor Susan is,
obliged vou tell me. to toll over the wash
tub SIX days out of the seven, for the bare
pecessariss of life, would not YOU be glad,
once in while to get through before night.
TO have afew hours Of daylight to labor for
Yourself md family, or better still, a few
hours to sest'' Mary, dear, it is hard,
hard waY for woman to earn living;
! begrudge mot the poor creature the hall dol
lar. Thisis the fourth day in succession she
has risen hy candle -ig ght and plodded through
the cold here and there to her customers
houses and toled away existence. Let her
90 at noonif she gets through; who knows
but that she NAV have come from the sick
couch of some loved one, and counts the hours
yes the ninutcA, till she can return, fearing
ever she nav have come one too late. Put
it back onthe bed. and sit down here whlie
tell yo, what one poor washerwoman etF
dured. because her employer did what ydp
would to make out the wash.n And the Oh
woman tax off her glasses and wiped away
! hat
gathered IN her aged eyes, and then, with q
tremu!ous voice related the promised story:
"rhere never was a more blithesome bri-
dal than hat Of Adelne Raleigh's. There
was never was maiden who went to the
altar with higher hopes, more bhssiu! antlci-
pations Wedding the man OF her choice, ne
" hose ,ogc tones had ever thrilled her heart
! like nlrslc gu>h from the land OF light. ne
! who was dearer to her than her own exist
cncc, Young, talented, noble fellow, one OF
whom NY woman might be proud, it was no
wondel that morn seemed golden wall from
Eden Few indeed, have a SUMMER life IN
prospect than had she.
a m for ten years there fell no shallow on
her patti Her home was one OF beauty and
rare 1u,urv-her husband the same kind. low
| ing mar, as in the days OF courtsmp; VIM
ing laursls every year in his profession, add
| in. newcomiorts to his home and new Joys
to his iileside-and besides these blessings,
God hac given anothcr-a little CRIB stood by
her bedside, its tenant, golden haired oabE
| boy. the image of its father, and dearer to
those wrdded Ioyels, than ausht else earth
could ofer.
But must not dwell on those happy days,
nv stor, has to do with other ones. 1t was
with trln as oft as it is with others-l"st
when th. cup is sweetest. it is dashed away
Just wtn the beam is brightest. the clouds
gather. ! A series of misiort.!nes and reVerseS
occurre, with startling rapidly, and swept
away fom them everything but their love
and ther baby boy. Spared to one another
and to tat, they bore brave heart: and IN a
distant itv began a new fortune. Well ana
strongl ydid they struggle, and at LENGTH be-
gan ono more to see the sunlight OF prosper
itv shin upon their home. But little
it stage, and then the shadows fell. The
husband sickened and lay for many month
upon weary couch. langUlshlnS not OILY
with mmtal and bodily pain, but ottentlmes
tor foodand medicines All that she gould
do, the wife performed with faithful hand:
She wet from one thing to another, till al
length he who had worn satin sarb and
pearls ,bon her bridal day, toiled at the wash
, tub, fol the scantiest living. Long before
light sh would rise every morning, and la,
: Dor for,he dear ones of her lowly home, and
then, with many kiss upon the lips OF hel
pale companion and sleeping boy, start ou'
through the cold deep snow, and groo?e he'
way tohe too often smoky, gloomy kitchen
and to there at rubbing, pounding. rlnsns
starchig. not unfrequently wading knee deer
S in thedrifts, to hang out their clothes tha
froze gen ere she had fastened them to tht
line. Ind when night came, with her hal
dollar, she would again groop through the
snow ) her oftentimes lightess and freles
home. br her husband was too SICK much Q
the tine, to tend even the fire or to strl Ike
light. And on! with what shiverns hear
she wald draw near them; fearing ever sn'
( wouldie too late It is a fact, that tor 81
weeksst one time. she never saw the tace o
4 her huband or child save by lamp Light. eN
y cent DIV on the Sabbath. How glad sh'
: wouldlave been to have once IN "hile
Z small -ashing gathered for her.!
}; "Om dark winter morning, as she was Gus
prepar1g the frugal breakfast and gettn
I everything ready ere she left, her husban
called ,er to his bedside. l,
e 'Ad,o said he, in almost Whisper,
n n wish pu would try and get home early 10
night-be home before sundown, do, Ada"
it "rlEry,o answele ed she with choked III
- teranc.
:Dory, Ada. I have strange desire
is see yor face by sunlight is fr'day-
t. | havenot seen it since Sunday must 100
IT. upon once again" -, !.
t. DO YOU feel worse, Edward I" sad sh