The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1856-08-14
For the National Era.
M R S. H A D De N.
CHAPTER XIII.

II has been said Of
THE doctor is making his way through the
cher rooms, humming-
"The day is dark and dreary"-
which it is not, any more than he, good soul, is
"dark and dreary." He stops somewhere on
the way, by the fower-vases, or the books OF
papers, still humming-
Some days must be dark and dreary."
He shall have something to scold at when he
comes This new page, which will come first
under his eye, shall begin with namby -pamby
stuff, that shall put him out of all patience.
Thus
The stars-pure, holy stars took up their
low, soft MISUNDERSTANDING melody Whose
burden and whose refrain was, the new morn
ing Of the new day. The moon-silver moon!-
told also her wondrous tale. Chanticleer,
"Perched on highs volubly, in his unknown
tongue
DIR. W, good morningl"
"Good morning, chitl What are you do
ing this morning? Anything richly worth do
-.
"Ies indeed, Doctor think am verify
inspired, this morning"
Hem by Comus, them" laughing. "You
look Ike it So are the turkeys inspired, out
there. Let me read -
He has read the new paragraph; and now
he crosses and recrosses the room, swinging his
handkerchief, and laughing out, again and
again.
Iou're queer thing !" he says, and again
he laughs. IL don't know of anybody who
eau be quite so foolish as you can, when you
set out for it; do you? 'Volubly in his unknown
tongue what on earth do you suppose peo-
pie will think of such stuff? Here I'm going
to look over what you've been doing lately"
dragging the whole pile of manuscript out be-
fore him, and falling at once into the absorp-
ton that comes so easy to him.
Mrs. Cabot wrote the following note to Mrs
Hadden, one day, soon after the night at that
ladys house:
DEAREST Mrs. MADDEN: This is q murky
day; but, thank Heaven, it is no sign that the
days that are to come will not be fair as Eden
want you to come over here, you see you,
Mr. MADDEN, and dear Julia, next Thursday. /
wish you would take the big sleigh, and so bring
blessed little Ada and your best Of all boys,
Jamie. Apropos of jamie, you don't know,
Nr,. MADDEN, how often say to myself-'I
wonder if she knows that she is favored above
all Mothers You are. / was thinking about
1t last night, in the night. 1 was awake hall
Of the night for husband and had been talk
,ng about our boy; husband thinks he is in a
Dad way, and it almost breaks my heart. / was
thinking about you and Jamie, and / kept
thinking for thereby many have entertained
angels unawares,' feeling as though you, dear
woman, were entertaining an angel in that
boz Not that he is an actual angel, to be sure
but his influence, his presence in your home,
al that he says and does, his very looks, are
AL mlnistering to the beauty and peacefulness
OF your daily life. If you should ever lose him
IN any way, you would understand and feel it
as did last night, how it is that now you are
entertaining an angel unawares.' You can't
leei II all now, perhaps.
BABY hasn't been very well, since I was
over to your house. / suspect that Bridget
SaSe her paregoric, although 1 never keep a
crop OF 1t in the house. l am sure that the
poor little things clothes were scented with it ;
ana she has been dOzy, and ut the same time
restless, ever since. If the sun will come out
tomorrow, if you and Julia will cheer her
mother by promising to come over Thursday,
mink the darling will look up with the bright
eyes she always has when she is well. The
mothers life is an anxious one, is it mott and
'hen, when one is trembling and striving te
save the little ones, to bring them up to man
mood, to Somanhood, one never knows what j,
i1. But then God knows, and, oh, may
iAlth IN Him come back to this heart, that, thil
hessy morning, is fsh of heavy cares.
"DOa't disappoint me. The only bright thing
can this morning see in the future, is YOU
coming
Arthur thinks he must 60 home next week
don't want him to. want him to 60 over t.
Your house again. asked him to- mean
mat he aud Julia should love each other, APT
oe two OF the happiest mortals that ever live
,ogether. don't know how she feels toward
MN; but presume she was not pleased will
nlni people are not apt to be, at FIRST. Fo
some reason, he is disturbed whenever he hear
her name.
Husband, who is TO take my note over, stand
with his big gloves ON, and his whip in hand
saying, Comet Is this Mr. Hadden's word
whenever he wants to hurry you?
ours, dear, and Julia's,
"ELLEN CABOT"
r. 5. Don't mention Arthur's disturbance
" julia, II it will make her uncomfortable, o
prevent her consing-not for all the town
aln thinking that she may like the zest of it
coming coming IN the face and eyes of his oddly tc
When Mrs. Hadden-
me doctor asks more questions than
AZ. W, you are q bother great, tai
woe bother! you don't let one tell ones stor
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