The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1860-09-13
to the Odd Fellows lodge earlier than

to the Odd Fellows lodge earlier than
usual, and serve her right. But then /
looked across the table at Lucy, who
sat there holding her baby, eating moth
ing and looking pale and weary; and
/ noticed, too, that little Jimmy looked
flushed, as he sat there in his arm chair;
it occurred to me that it was just pos
sible that my wife might be feeling i'll,
and that little Jimmy was effected by
the weather just like older folks, and
that perhaps this damp air affected
the draught of the chimney, / asked
Lucy if she was i'll, and she said for six
hours she had had terrible headache.
So Il thought / aooukaa't' say anything
about the tea and toast, but / pursuad-
ed Lucy to lie down on the settee with
her baby, while took Jimmy on my
knee, and commenced telling him a
story while / put on his night-gown
and got him into his crib, where /
was describing to him the old mans
sheep jumping over the wall-then an
other-he went over the wall with the
twelfth sheep, and was fast asleep.
"Then / cleared the table and put
away the things, till morning, raked
out the fire and got it agoing, and took
the baby, which was asleep, and placed
it in the cradle. l got some cold water
and bathed Lucy's hands and face, and
smoothed down her hair with my hands
magnetism, you think? well, no mat
ter, } and placed wet cloth above her
forehead. / asked if she was better;
yes she said with sweet smile, and
fairly went to sleep as he said so. So
| got down book of travels and for
got all about myself for a couple of
hours. Then 1 looked, and as I saw
little Jimmy sleeping so soundly and
pleasantly in his crib, where he had
kicked out to the tob of the bed clothes;
and baby, too, doing quietly with her
thumb in her mouth and Lucy repos-
ing SO refreshingly, with half smile
on her parted lips,-the fire now burn
ing brightly, and the rain beating
against the windows,-I was glad
did not speak cross to Lucy, and leave
her sick and alone with a deranped
kitchen, dull fire, fretful child, and
a nursing baby. What brute l should
have been if l had done it."
"Y-e-s, of course" said Tom, rath-
er slowly, for he was just then impress
ed with the idea that he, with all his
good temper, had done it" at time
not very remote. But he regained his
composure by saying: "Well, go on
Dick, this is as interesting as a prize
tale" z a ao
81 have little more to say" contin-
ued Dick. 81 have considered the
matter a great deal, and the more
consider upon it, the more often think
| won't When Old Scoldem is inso-
solent to me; when any one jostles me
insultingly; when tradesman or fel.
low craftsman treats me rudely, my first
impulse is to repay him in kind but
when l consider that it will do me nc
good to do SO, and how mnch better il
will be not to do it, think / won't.
When | am annoyed by short comings
at home, and am tempted to find fault,
L ask myself if Lucy is not a good
tempered, industrious, woman, a good
mother and loving wife, and if / DONE
really think she has meant to do as well
as she could under the circumstances
and the sharp expression never forms
on my lips, because Il think / won't
So when the children are too noisy, OF
one of them is frettul, l think thai
noise preferable to constrained silence
and that it is better to take the lit
tie feverish urchins on ones lap, and
) take his little hand in yours, and
! smooth his hair, and tell him about
Culver and the Lilliputians, than tc
cuff his ears and send him outraged
and crying to bed. ] am glad that
often think l WON'T / feel that have
triumphed when / say I thought
[wouldn't.' 5HiHslaf s'iaai3m5s 9f
"Dick," said Tom, Sean you Civ,
me scrap of paper ?'' t
His friend examined his wallet, ani
produced piece.
"Here," said he, "is the back of ;
letter dropped to-day in the city pos
office; it is addressed to me and has 8
, post mark on it, too, but is marked
Paid hope that won't hurt it.'
"All the better for having your name
and date on it, Dick" said Tom, who
proceeded to the desk, wrote some
{ thing very carefully on the paper, fold
ed it, and put it away in his pocket
, book. 80 -.a o.f .l. a,,a ss..
; The two friends grew old together il
t their native city. They both became
prosperous in their calling, and wer.
r noticed for their kindness to their work
e men and servants. for their amenity t.
: the community at large, and for thei
domestic happiness. They were dis
y tinguished by their civil honors, anC
: made the repositories of responsible,
e trusts. They remained fast; and init
, mate friends, and it was source. o
I happiness to them that their children
Z intermarried. Thomas died first. II
| his last will he made singular provis
G ion.
/" ITEM-I direct that certain sea-
Q ed package, bearing his name, shall b.
delivered to my true and lifelong frient
e Richard FELTON,. 1t contains a gif
! which he made me in early life; it ha
4 been to me great source of success
i and of dopnactic bapninpss retur,