The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1861-04-17

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have 'day alta time, You know, and it's
my belief that If we improve our To- days
rightly, God will take care of our to'mor-
Frows.n asa oal nG 9isg1Gy0 90 I9Fclsu od
Mrs. M bent down over her wash
ing tub and resumed her work, adding as
she did so; asnoD aeiird 1di 10 Taf'i
% "But we must improve our nows as
well rs our to-days. I've got full two
hours work ahead of me, and mustn't
stand idling." o. l'loA odi li'' nos'oh
ND Isat aIlittle while longer, talking with
Mrs. M, and then retired saying 10
myself "Poor woman your work is too
hard for you. q 1t is wasting your life
away. Your slender frame was never
made for toll like this" 9la nal
Passing from the door of my humble
neighbor crossed the street, and rang at
house of more imposing aspect than
hers. "A servant showed me into hand
somely furnished parlor, where | waited
several minutes for the lady on whom /
had called. 'f1nfu.2
.aAre you sick, Mrs. B-!" said l.,
as took her hand, and looked with con
Germ into my neighbor's pale, troubled
face. t't .'1r' '""lT 17i-ol ft''H. 'f
"Not sick,n she answered, "but worried
half out of life. Sit down 1 am glad to
see you" -1iGaluo7h7 'dj a''" f,'d4.
What has happened to worry you"
| inquired, "anything more than usual|
h" There's always something more than
usual happening in this house, ,"shereplied
in a fretful way, 9" it seems to me that
nothing goes right! just come up stairs
and I'll show you something" l--1al
She arose and L followed her, ascend
ing TO the chamber on the next floor. 1t
had been newly papered, saw at glance.
Now just look at that border" she
said, pointing upwards. 'Isn't it horrid ?
1t spoils the whole effect Of the room.--
The piece ! chose was lovely. What pos
sessed the man to substitute this is more
than | can tell. He came while was
out, and the room was finished when | re-
turned
looked at the border but made no re-
mark.
"Did you ever see anything so out
landish? 7" said Mrs. B., with an ex-
preston of 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. 70
me it was very neat and appropriate.
"I can never endure it," CALCULATED
Mrs. B., in a disturbed manner. 'Nev7
er The man must take it off, IL will
be constant oye-sore. And just look
how poorly he has matched the pattern
under that window" ,a 'dL
l looked 10 tho place indicated, but fly
eyes failed to see the defect, On going
nearer, however, l noticed a very slight
deviation from the right line Of contact
between two parts of grape leaf. My
wonder was how Mrs. B. had managed
to discover the fact. l am sure il would
not have been revealed to one pair of eyes
in hundred. f .s,.i .
80" There's no trusting anybody to do
things right" continued Mrs. B., in a
nervous complaining way. GAS if | had
not enough to worry mo already, this
must be added. 1t has set my head to
aching as if il would burst" f"
allow is little Freddy I" | asked, wish
ing to turn her thoughts TO something
moro pleasant. '.. .'aa ln''a
Z" I'm dreadfully worried about him."
she replied--the troubled aspect of her
face taking on new and more painful
character. l' r.aj iafg Z 4.
as he sick!" n y,'5 10 u e.#1
"No, he's not just sick; but l expect
he will be. Only to think of it. Isent
the nurse out with him, yesterday, to get
fresh air.. She was gone long time; so
long that l got very uneasy. L question
ed her closely when she came back, and
would you believe it?--the creature
owned TO having been to SEQ some Of her
Irish friends somewhere in the lower part
of the town. Of course it was in some
low, dirty hovel, and among filthy discas-
ed children. Who knows but my little
Freddy has been exposed to the infection
of small pox or scarlet feverY Why, |
hardly slept an hour at time all night
thinking aboutit. Helooked heavy and
dropping this morning, and / sent for the
DOCTOR" bono Hr. ... u s .Ia..t .
"What did he say 7" asked. .a,1
"Ob," she replied, "doctors never give
you any satisfaction. He made light oi
the matter, of course. But understood
the meaning of that. He didn't wish to
alarm me. | shan't have n moments
peace of mind for n week TO come.'
/ suggested that it was only conjec.
tured as to the child's having been ex-
posed TO disease; and that she might be
fretting herself to no purpose. This, in
stead of allaying seemed to increase hcl
disturbance of mind. So | tried new
subject, seizing upon the first one thai
y presented ITSELF / knew that she hat
, obtained, few weeks before, first-rats
cook.
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