The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1861-04-18

try to act on the precept of the Good
Book which says: take no thought for
the morrow The truth is, it's as
much as / can do to take thought for
each day as it comes along. We only
have day at a time, you know, it's my
belief that, if we improve our to-days
rightly, God will take care of our to-
morrows."
Mrs. M bent down over her
washing-tub and resumed her work, ad-.
ding as she did so: hs-essl.s
''But we must improve our nows as
well as our to-days. I've got full two
hours work ahead of me, and mustn't
stand idling."
l sat while longer, talking with
Mrs. M, and then retired, saying
to myself, aPoor woman! your work
is too hard for you. 1t is wasting your
life away. Your slender frame was
never made for toll like this"
Passing from the door of my hum
BILE neighbor, crossed the street, and
rang at a house of more imposing as
pect than hers. A servant showed me
into handsomely furnished parlor,
where | waited several minutes for the
lady on whom / had called. 4
care you sick, Mrs. B--?" said l.,
as | took her hand, and looked with
concern into my neighbor's pale,
troubled face. + e
"Not sick," she answered, ''but wor-
ried half out of my life. Sit down, l
am glad to see you.''
"What has happened to worry you" !"
/ enquired "anything more than usu-
al?" - '-
'sThere's always something more
than usual happening in this house,
she replied in a fietful way; cit seems
to me that nothing goes right. Just
come up stairs and I'll show you some
| thing"
She arose and / followed her, ascend
ing to the chamber on the next floor.
1t had been newly papered, l saw at a
glance.
"Now just look at that border?" she
said, pointing upwards. "Isn't it hor-
rid? 1t spoils the whole effect of the
room. The piece l chose was lovely.
) What possessed the man to substitute
this is more than can tell. He came
while | was out and the room was fin
ished when returned"
! looked at, the border, but made no
remark.
"Did you ever see anything so out
landish 2" said Mrs. B-with an ex-
preston ef disgust on her face.
/ suppose it must be set down to my
want of taste in things ornamental, but
could not see in what the border was
out of keeping with the style of paper.
To me it was very neat and appropri
ate.
"I can never endure it % calculated
| Mrs. B, in a distured manner
"Never. The man must take it Off II
will be constant eye sore. And just
) look how poorly he has matched the
5 pattern under that window"
f / looked to the place indicated, but
my eyes failed to see the defect. On
going nearer, however, | noticed a
very slight deviation from the right
line of contact between two parts Of a
: grape-leaf My wonder was how Mrs.
B had managed to discover the
{ fact. / am sure it would not have been
; revealed to one pair of eyes in a hun
dred.
"There's no trusting anybody to d.
things right" continued Mrs. B
in nervous complaining way. GAS il
l hadn't enough to worry me already
| this must be added! 1t has set my
r head to aching as if it would burst"
blows little Freddy?'' asked
r wishing to turn her thoughts to some
: thing more pleasant.
i Il ana,draadf;,ll5,r worried about him.
she replied-the troubled aspect of her
face taking on new and more painful
character.
s'Is he sick % A
'No, he's not just sick; but 1 expect
he will be. Only to think of it /
sent the nurse out with him yesterday,
to get the fresh air. She was gone a
long time; so long that I got very un-
easy. l questioned her closely when
she came back, and-would yon believe
lt!-the creature owned to having been
to see some of her Irish friends some
where In the lower part of the town.
Of course it was in some low. dirty
hovel, ard among filthy, diseased chill
dren Who knows but my little Fred
dy has been exposed to the infection of
smallpox or scarlet fever? Why, /
hardly slept an hour at time all night
thinking about it. He looked heavy
and dropping this morning, and sent
for the DOCTOR" saA flsl
sWhat did he say % l asked. -
"Oh!" she replied, "doctors, never
give you any satisfaction. He made
light of the matter of course. But l
understood the meaning of that. He
didn't wish to alarm me. Ishan't have
have moments peace of mind for
week to come" ocl
Il suggested that it was only coniec-
tured as to the child's having been ex-
posed to disease; and that She might
be fretting herself to no purpose. This1
instead of allaying seemed to increase
her disturbance of mind. So cried a
new subject, seizing upon the first one
that presented itself. knew that she
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