The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1864-02-25
The little girl subdued and silent did her

corner, kinded up the fire, got some water
and put it to boil in an old pot, took an old
: dirty teapot from corner, and a broken cup
f andcracbed bowl, and laid them on a three
) legged stool, supported on a sod of turf, in
front of the fire, The two little children re-
sumed their place in the chimney nook fol
lowed their mother with their eyes, every
! where she turned.
d The water boiled as Mick entered
.Just in time, my darlin, everything's
H ready. Where's the tay, till wet it F.? Draw
the stone over and sit down Begor that's
fine sugar but be aisy-what sort of butter
is this Hath, it's half suet Show us the
milk an the bread, but it's stale-two DAYS
ould I'm sure. Here alIanah, take "a bit of
} stick an toast a bit don't think the stale
bread agrees wild me- an the buffers only
ftniddin Make room for the taypot till Iput
it to stew. Now, Mick hagur, you must
mind and say when the crowner comes, that
4 Ned went out in the mornin' to look for his
bit as we We're all starvin' and that we didn't
see a sight Of him till they carried him in
} this mouin."
20 lave me alone, y answered the boy, cum
Z ningly, won't make a movin' story Am |
to cry 2"
/, GAY, little, but speak plain at first
But if they go to AK you too many questions
ye must cry 50 that yell not be able to
spate.
'That's enough, said he, winking.
'sihat's rale good, faix,' she said slipping
it; land I'm expecting Mrs. Worrell will
i give us some more. Be dad we'll make
: somethin by Neddy now that he's dead,
, more than we did whin he was alive. at any
rate.
And so the mother and son took their but
tered toast and tea, with the drownded son
and brother lying beside them! And 50 they
joked upon his death-the mother and son
and she the cause Of it And so they sat
by their little fire eating their comfortable
breakfast, having sent out the father and
daughter to beg the meal And so the moth
er catechized the children in lying and dis
honesty, bringing them up as dark spots to
faint the fair face OF Gods creation.
! The coroner came, and the police, and the.
neighbors, and Mr. Worrell, and young Wor-
relI, and the laborer who found the body and
with some difficulty they collected
jury.
Young WorreiI, an intelligent lad Of nine
teen was examined aud related that he and
a servant boy OF his father had accidentally
found the body that Iuorning as they were
| going to work that they had been attracted
to the bog-hoIo by the barking Of their little
| dog, who had found his cap.
| And Mick and his mother were sworn, and
with every appearance ofbtter grief, depos-
ed that the little boy had gone out to beg Oh
| the morning Of the day before, and was not
seen by any of them until he was brought in
lifeless by Worrell.
So the jury considered, and agreed, that
the child was returning home after dark,
had mistaken the path, and had fallen into
the hole; they, therefore, after few mo-
ments, returned the verdict Of accidental
death
they ,jIi went away, AMI the family were
left alone again with the corpse. The little
children again covered around the fire, aud
Mick stood in the corner of the chimney
nook. And the mother sat over the fire, her
elbows resting on her knees, and her hands
supporting her chin, rocking to ann fro, And
Grace stood iii the far corner, again crying
silently within herself. And the solitary
candle against the wall shed a dim, mourn
ful light through the cabin, and the dead
boy lay ON the floor where he had been plac-
ed for the inquest.
There was the perjured mother that kill
ed her child; who there before her other
children, had sworn to lie tho mother
who had brought them with pain into this
world of sin tito human mother placed
by the Almighty as a guide to lead her off
spring on the way to heaven; this mother
teaching them the path direct to helI-the
mother, the bane or blessing Of the child for !
as she 49, 50 will he be.
Grace sat III the corner still crying her
mother stood up and approached her; she
seized her by the shoulder
900 along" she said s.and wash that
brother Of yours bad luck to him and lay
him out and thenput on the turnips. Will
We stir p she continued, pushing her 'Come, |
Mick, agra said she, as Grace prepared to |
do what she had told her, Il am going out, |
viii ye Gomez And wrapping a tattered |.
cloak about her head, she LETT the house, fol
lowed by her eldest boy. And Grace wash /
ed her little brother and laid him out, and /
lit the other candle Mrs. Worrell bad given |
her and produced piece of brown bread /
which Size divided between Peter and Kitty |
and put on the turnils and gave the little |
things their supper and put them to bed (; |
and they went to sleep. She sat by the fire /
to watch, She was not crying now. She |
thought, where was her tather-be was not /
coming in. lie might have fallen in the hole |
too. And then she cried. Again she thought /
where was Ned gone-how did Ned die
would it not be better for her to go with |
him, away from trouble? And she looked |
over at the dead boy, and cried again. And |
her eyes rested on the two living children
their eyes shut too.lying without noise. Aud /
she thought again, were they not asleep
and Two would awake, but one would sleep
on. and so Grace pondered within herself, |
and cried, and thot, and dozed-theu dream
ed and woke to cry again.
At last the door was pushed open, and lIer |
brother Nick came, supporting her mother, |
drunk, hardly able to walk.
''Yc hell-houpd-- brat" she suffered to /
Grace, ''wha at are ye d-d.doing there ?"
And i3ating blow at her, she fell to the /
floor
Mick lifted her to the bed, and after few /
inarticulate words she fell asleep Mick lay I
down beside her, and slept too and the lit /
tie girl was again alone Where was her
father, she thought--out the whole night |
Aud the wind blew, andthe rain pelted against |
the house, and he came not Where could |
be he And Grace thought on, and cried |
The candles burnt d0wn-the wicks grew
longer and longer, and the light dina and /
more dim ard a kind Of awe stole over /
Grace. She felt afraid; she knew not Of
what She felt sleepy too; and there was
no room for her Oh the straw. And she went I
over to her brother and stopped to kiss him
How cold were the lips And she lifted the
little body over to the FIRE and took his hand I
from under the sheet, and ciasped it in hers,
and nestled down on the hearth beside him, I
and fell asIeep-the dead body her compau-
iou-tbe cold clay giving her confidence in
the solitude Of the night
70 BE CONTINUED.
The total funded aud fundable debt Of the
United States on the 10th Of January, was
STAG, 87l, 507. The interest Of 1856, n.y.
500 is payable in gold.