The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1860-10-11

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made Susan shed tears. She PROMISE
/ to do everything in her power for 9Th
forlorn woman, who she thought woult
now be thrown upon me for amainten
ance, and herself for companionship 81
/ Mrs. Jones arrived on Monday morn
| ing, carpet bag in hand, and followed
Eby a handlcart, bearing her old-fashion
ed and somewhat dilapidated hair trunk
We received herkindly ,and she seemed
pleased and happyswhen she sat dowr
to Susan's simple, but excellent dinner
The children were attentive, and KEEP
passing the food to their new guest.
A fortnight passed away and We
began to fee. that we could scarcely dc
without Mrs Jones. She was invalua.
bI as an assistant to Susan, 5 and1a il
marketing for us; her services were
beyond all praise. We gave her oul
slender purse every morning. as she
though she could do better with it than
we could, andiit was PERFECTLY amaze
ing to see the loads of provisions and
the superior quality of the same which
she obtained. % aHtH. s1uoM hua ,aba
Susan and I began tosthink that we
had been previously cheated in. onr
former purchases. So when our ward,
robe impearatively called for additions
Mrs. Jones would GO out with the
money for sixpenny print, and return
with something really handsome and
valuable for my wife, and nice rem
nantj forlittle Katy and then she would
sit down and make them both up with
all the skill of an experienced mantua-
maker. hsv7gs had s3
Susan handed me some bills one day
that she said were left their by the col>
lector including one for our rent, and
one for the the last suit of clothes
which | had been unwillingly forced to
buy, in order to keep up a respectable
My countenance fell some
degrees, fancy, for Ihad no money to
pay them. 400 aa enc vgjIl
Mrs Jones was bustling around
the dinner table, and she said, rather
sadly, that she felt that she ought not
to be living upon us, and perhaps she
had bettergo away. O.. edl l5o6 asrU
Never mind my good friend y said
|, and "Never," uttered Susy. ga
g [ assured her that would not listen
to her leaving us--that i trusted very
soon to get business, and that come
what would she should share our last
loaf. The good old soul Rugged both
at once and then setting her cap and
wiping her eyes, she went quietly back
to work. After dinner she went out.
but we reiterated the injunction that
she should not seek another home as
long as she could put with up ours. ai
81, called around in the evening at the
various places from whence [ had re-
ceiyed the bills. To my utter surprise
the answer was that they hadsa been
settled. 1 enquired by whom, but no
one could recollect.s They were all
cancelled on the various books. I was
thoroughly amazed, for / knew no one
but MIR. Russell who could do it for me
and hardly believed it of him. Susy
was as surprised as myself, but she
rather inclined to the belief that it was
her father, so / quietly let her indulge
in the pleasant belief.
We got through the summer, but the
winter was coming on and I'actually
trembled at its approach. Industrious
as | was-prudent as Susy had ever
beehive could not hope to go through
the cold season without both suffering
and toll, and with debt superadded. a
| had been in the office all day, on
one gloomy day in November. anxious
ly doubling whether / should 90 back
to printing again. I considered all the
why's and wherefores, counting the cost
again and again and by the most care>
full arithmetic / cou not find that the
change would not benefit me single
sou. I was toiling unremittingly now,
and | shoould have to do SO if [ turned
to printing, and with scarcely SO much
asnow, became heartily discouraged
at the prospect before me; had l been
alone in the world ] sould have patients
ly borne it. Suffering and privation
brought no terrors to me individually
but the thought Of those who were dear
to me at home unnamed me; and the
darker the prospect, the more l shrunk
from allowing Mrs. Jones to feel that
she was burden upon us. No, come
what might the good old soul should
not be removed from the circle in which
she seemed to have placed all her
happiness. She should live with us as
long us she lived at all, and if we were
reduced to beggary, we would beg for
her too.
| started up and paced the Office
with an impatient step. 1t may seem
strange that strong healthy man
should be so powerless as l was to pro-
cure living; but so it was. 1t was
growing dusk, and I felt it was near
my time to 60 home. / had intended
sending some fuel home, but | was dis
appointed in some money certain pub
Usher of daily paper was owing me,
and | now dreaded there was a dark
mes on the hearth at home. / was just
looking up when boy came to me with
a folded paper it ran thus:
"Come to No.-Tremont Road at
about six o'clock.
| saw no alternative but to do as [
was asked. The boy was gone, so
could make no excuse, and l walked
over the damp leaves that lay crushed
upon the sidewalk, which the November
blast had shaken that very hour from
the trees. I went over the ground very
rapidly, for l painted to Learnt the errand
and be away.
| rang at the number designated. 1t
was a good brick house,wi substan-
tial steps,a well lighted vestibul with
glass doors, and could see that the
whole front was lighted with gas. /
heard little feet scampering through
the hall, but as the doors were OF
ground glass l could see nothing.
A servant came to the door and
waited on me to handsome drawing
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