The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-01-26
KENOSHA WISCONSIN, THURSDAY, JAN. 26, 1865

| drawing room, | contrlved by a series OF the
most dexterous artifices to gain the free en-
i tree of the nursery. In this nursery were
! growing up some five or six younger branch
es of the Rutland family. After certain
hour in the day none Of the elders ever
thought of invading its remote precincts.
FIVE O'Clock in the evening was the childrens
tea bour, and the pleasantest, | thought in
the twenty four. Nurse was a staid woman
who knew how to appreciate Titles pres
ent now ana again, and to keep her own
counsel on the subject The children were
not pleasant children; they were unruy,
miscellaneous little wretches. They conceiv-
ed a sort of affection for me, because | some
| times brought to the nursery sundry pur-
chases made during solitary rides; picture
books. tops, dolls or sweetmeats,A procured
by means of reecie Rays guinea. / sug-
gested as much to Teecie one even
ing as she sat by watching the distribution
and she nodded her head in sage satisfaction.
She thought that | economised my sub
stance very well. 1t covered great many
small extravagances that guinea did.
Whatever might be my position at Rut-
| land Hall, Teecie Rays was simply intoler-
able. A spirit less brave must have been
cowed and broken by it; pature less deli.
cBte must have been blunted and made
coarser. The servants openly neglected her,
the children used her as they pleased !;
wreaked their humors on her, sparing Meth
er blow nor tauut in their passions, and de-
manding from her at all times whatever SER
vice it suited their capricious fancy to need.
| Nurse the only one who ever showed a
grain of consideration for the orphan, would
sometimes shield her from their impish at
tacks. when she could do so with safety to
herself but she was not permitted to deal
with those darlings in the only fashion
which would have been at all likely to bring
them to reason AS for the elders of the
house, Teecie Rays momentary presence, Oh
the mere mention Of her name, was sufi-
cient to ruffle their peace of mind. "What
is to be done with that girl p | heard Mrs.
Rutland remark to one Of her daughters
| ''If she were not lame one might set her to
earn her bread in some way; but as il
is" A shrug of the shoulders, and Ger
tain vinegar like expression of countenance
which this lady knew how to assume, suffi
GENTLY developed the idea thus imperfectly
expressed
And how did Teecie Ray meet all this !!
She did not complain nor rebel. she did not
sulk nor fret Under that well worn black
| frocll of hers she carried little breaStplate
of sober endurance. When sorel Y tried there
was never any cowardly submission to be
seen in her grave little face, neither was
| there ever i'll her manner or words either re
proach or remonstrance She simply endu-
red. Her large patient eyes and mute wise
mouth seemed to say Whatever | suffer,
whatever long to dare, gratitude shackles
my limbs, and seals my lips. | am saved
from many things; therefore | am dumb.
The second time | met my little benefac-
tress was day or two after our first inter
view in the drawing room. | came upon
her, one afternoon by chance, linlping down
hedge lane which lay to the back of the
house, away beyond the gardens, and the
kitchen gardens, and the pleasure grounds.
This lane, found led to large meadow
and beyond the meadow there was a wood
ed hill, and far down at the distant side of
the hill there was a river. This was Teecie
Rays favorite ramble, and her one avenue
Of escape from the t0rments Of the nursery.
| Immediately began pouring forth legion
of perpiexing troubles and difficulties, to all
Of which she listened with perfect credulity
expressing her sympathy as | went along
by an expressive nod of the head, or a
shrewd swift glance. Then she gave me
her wise little council when all was told her.
and went home believe, bordering on my
case.
AS the days passed, and my relations be
came more and more involved in their win
ter gaities, found myself more and more
thrown on my own resources for amuSe-
meut. Occasionally was included in an
invitation, aud accepted it but in general
| preferred INDUCING my fancy for keeping
aloof from those who were little charmed
with my company A system of the most
unblushirg bribery had won for me warm
welcome from the savage tribes in the nur-
sery. Many and many an evening found
m g walking down that hedged lane in the
frosty dusk, with Teece Ray limping by my
side, and talking her grave simple little
talk. | had always some fresh puzzle to
propose to her, and she was always ready to
knit her smooth brows over its solution
Once she stopped short, and struck her little
crutches on the snow.
You ought to go away from here and
work, " she cried &c, if | could :"
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