Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1865-06-06

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lives bitter, AID D.ly was happier than ever sh
had thought she should be away from be
nother. Nor did the hard work hurt her fo
sac took to her own share all OF it that was on
I of doors and troublesome to the infrmites 0
the old lady She tended the cali in it, It'll
Iog hut, shook down the coarse lay for its bed
made It's Cruel till it grew beyond Cruel ther
drove 1t daily 20 the pasture where It. fed, CAV
]! extra rau00s Of bread and apple-parings auC
carrot toIs tll the creature knew her voice anC
ran 60 her call like pet kitten, rubbing it,
rOit wet nose against her red cheek and showing
Ia dozen blundering, catfish ways that it botf
Knew aud loved her.
There are two sorts Of people in the world -
/ those who love animals, and those who do not
have seen them both have known both anc
/ II SICK or oppressed, or borne down with dread
/ iul sympathles for u gfoanog nation in morta
struggle, | should 70 for aid, Tor pity or the
relief OF kindred feeling, to those / had seen
touched with quick tenderness for the lower
creation, who rem mber hat the - whole crea.
tion trayaetb IN pain together" and who learn
Gods own lesson OF caring for the fallen spar
row, ani the OK that treadeth out the corn
/ With men or women who despise animals and
/ treat them as more beasts and brutes | never
want 70 trust my weary heart or my aching
head but with Dely could have trusted both
safely, and the calf and the cat agreed with me
30, 10 this happy, homely life, the sweet cen.
re OF her owu bnght little world, Dely passed
The hrst year Of her welded life, and then the
var came Dreadful pivot Of almost all our
late lives On 1t als) this rude ldyl turned
George enlisted fJr the war.
IL was not IN Dtly or his mother to stop him
Though tears fell on every round Of bis blue
socks and sprnklcd bis flannel shirts plenufully
though the old womans wan aud wrinkled
face paled and s'ddened, and The young one +
tar throat quyered with choking soDs when they
were alone, still, whenever George appeared
be was greeted with smiles and cheer, strength
enod aud steaded from this hume armory better
than with sabre and bayonet, with might in
the inner man. George was brave fellow, no
doubt, and would d. good service TO biz Tree
country but II is quest on with me, whether
when The Lord CALI out his noble army OF
martyrs before the universe Of men aud an
gels, that army will not be found olhoered and
led by just such women as these who fought
silently with the flesh and the Devil by their own
hearth, quickened by no stinging excitement Of
battle, DO thrill Of splendid strength and fury
10 soul and body, no tempting delight Of honor
or even recognition from their peeGs,-uphed
only by the dull rlcurrent necessl iss Of duty
aud love
At any rate, George went, aud they STAYED
Ihe town made them an allowance as a yolun-
teer's family they had Georges bounty to be-
gln with and friendly boy from the farm
near by came and sawed their wood, took care
Ui the garden, aud when DEFY cJuld not 20 to
pasture with the hei!er, drove her to and fro
daily
Alter George had been gone three months
Dely tad little baby Tiny and bright as it
wasI il seemed like small star fallen down from
some upper SKY to tighten their darkness. Dely
was almost too happy and the old grandmother
last slipping into that other world whence baby I
seemed 10 have but newly arrived, STAYED her
feeble steps little nger to wait upon her son q
chlld. Yet, for all the baby, Dely never forgot
her dum5 loves The cat had sull its place on /
III. foot Of her bed and her frs walk was to |
the barn, where the heiler lowed welcome to (
ner mistress, ald rubbed her head against the |
hand that cartssed her with as much feeling as
4 COW can show, however much she may have.
And B,ddy, the helier, was good friend to that
little household, all through that long ensuing
winter. Ii went to Dely heart to sell her frs.
oalt TO the butcher, bus they could not raise it,
lnd when 1t WAS taken away she threw her check
apron over her held AMI buried her lace deep
"a the pillow that she might not hear the cries
II appeal and gr:oi her layoritc uttered. After
his, Bl1dy would let no une milk her bot her
mistress and many an inartlcuate confidence
lass.I between the two while the sharp streams
Il mix spun ani loaned into the pail beow,es
Deys skilllul hands cOaxe1 it down.
They heard from usorge often he was well,
md busy With drill AMI camp hie,-not in ac-
I've service as yet. Incidentally, too, Dely
leArd OF her mother. Old Kenyon was dead of
.popl Ky, and stove like u die OF drink. Ths
'as uit OF toamsteF's gossip, but proved to be
rue. Toward the end oi the winter, old Mother
Adams slept quietly in the Lord. No PAIN or |
icsuess grasled her, though she knew She was I
yng, klssed and blessed DeIy sent mothers |
message to Gejrge, and ,ooS the baby for the /
4st time into her arms then she laid her head {
u the pillow, smiled, and drew long breath t
10 more I
Poor Days life was very lonely she buried {
er dead out OF her sight, wrote loving, sob /
ing letter to George, and began to try to live i
lone Hard enough 1t was March revenged d
iseit On the past toleEation OF winter snow t
ell IN binding fury, and drifts hid the fences C
nd fenced the doors all through llattland Hol {
w. Day after day DeIy struggled through the '
ath to the barn 10 ed Biddy and milk her d
nd a warm mess OF bread and milk often formau i
ef OILY meal il that bitter weather. IL is not d
redlbie TO those who think no more of ami a
ias than ot chairs aud stones no v much society I
nd soluce they afford to those who do love then
'ddy was really pely's friend Many a long c
Ay passed when no human lace but tho baby's n
reeed her from dawn TIL dusk. But the oow 5 Il
3auliul purple eyes always turaed q welcome o
sr as she entered l,s shed door, her wet muz C
@ touched Days check With a velvet ciress Q
ld whlle her IA trees drew from the dlwny b8g d
S white aud rich stores, BIddy would turn hes Il
s}d round and eye her with such mid looks o
nd breathe such iagtano, toward her, that
ely in her solitary gn9 trlendess state come N
regard her as real sentient being, capable OF l.
We and sympathy, and had an affection for her 7,
~ would seem utter nonsense to half, perhaps e,
lr1c quarters. .! the people in this unsentimen- "
i world. Many time did tho lonely little I,
oman lay her head on B,ddy's neck, and talk al
her ab0u, George with sObs and slences in OF
lspersei; aud many a iece of dry bread r,
eeped IN warm water, or golden carrot or mess "
slowed turuips and bran ii.yo,ed the dry hay h,
at Was the staple OF the COWS diet. The cat
as old now, ana objected to tho baby 50 siren "
1usly that DEFY regarded her as partly insane b,
ON ego and though she was kind TO her of is
'ursc, ana led h9s faithfully, still cat that Ia
ulj grow at Georges baty Sa5 not regarded al
ith the same compaeent kindness that had IN
ways blessed her before and whenever the
lby was asleep at milking time, Pussy was S
ekod into the closet proceeding she resent. e
. Hidiy, on the contrary, seemed to admire ol
e child, she certainly did not object TO her. a