The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-11-30
VOLUME POI

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mo such great matter if did not have sup
per for him at ak O'Clock!
When We had been married about four
years our little Emma Jane died with the
Group. I'm sure felt as bad about it as he
! did, and don't think be ought to have
blamed me if she did take cold by putting
on damp dress aud stockings! | am sure
I could not lelpit, had sofn1ch to do,afpl
| could not wash them before; and Just HI !
got them nicely drying If course he came.
and then it was nothing but hurry, hurry
hurry! That night she had the Group aud
Idied-but do not think j was to blame;
he need not have hurried me so z u
When we sold our house he gave me the
money to put away in tbvi bureau drawer
lie wanted me to 60 with him to look at
another house he thought Of buying. lie
kept nurrying ME so, t just dropped the
bills loose in my pocket until | got back
We stopped on the way to see. q fire. at
least wanted TO stop. but he kept hurrying
me. and would not letme stay. When we
got home the money was gone-he raved
and stormed like everything, and said:
You never did do Z anything when you
fought to do it, and if you were not so negli-
6Chb WOulQ uue kC LII
/ am sure it was really unkind in him
when Itried all the. time to do right 1
cried more tears about it than there were
dollars lost, but that did not bring back
the money. neither did advertising
At last it got SO bad, that when l would
see him coming, | was sure to get sosner-
vous and all in tremble. and then | was
just as sure to break something l would
sit down and cry by the hour at his uukind-
mess, and would you believe it, when he
came home he would say; a.sHt
II you had hurried up your work while
you sat there crying, you would have done
much better =
Not a word of pity or consolation at all
Was it not downright cruel?
~ Sometimes | used to think he did not
love he at all; aud could think of that air
day and get little speech ready for use In
the evening. would say it over and over
ali day, 80 as to be sure and not forget
what it Was when he came home. Some
times | " Guild get as far as mortimer. my
dear husband, " when he would give a little
Impatient ahove, and say: - @
'betsey Jane, bow your hair looks, or,
Why in the world did you not mend that
hole in your dress Is
Of.course, aftersuch an urlteeling speech
| could not say any more to Linn and did
not speak once all the evening.
tdid not Seem to hurt AiH a particle. -
lie acted all the time as II he enjoyed it.
When.l used to sit there crying, day af-
ter day, l used to wish sometimes that
could die so as to make him sorry for all he
had said to me; and then Kind of uncor-
soiously, would go to- dreaming day
dreams ~
would fancy that was dead--that
was clothed in spotless rainlent aud my
hands were folded r.eeky over my heart. =
fused to straighten ont my feet
aud cross my hands. just to see how it would
seem, but | weuld draw them up again
qaickly, with little shudder, hut for all
that would go on dreaming. | would
90 on dreaming. would picture him
Eneeling beside my coffin, sosr0wing bitter
iy because he had been 60 cruel to lne--and
the solemn undertaken would come, with
slow respectful steps. to askat lnourners
to retire while he performed the last solemn
rites - #I# ).
Just there my dream would aIways end
abruptly in spite of my endeavor to tie con
trary, for could never imagine Mr. Mont-
gomery dong anything, after that point
Was reached, except saying:
Tome, come, let us get this business out
OF the way. am sure don't know as he
would, only could not help thinking so
! One day really did not know but my
dreams were going to prove themselves ro-
alities, for was taken very sick. could
not doubt my husbands love now Through
all those weary weeks no hand was so ten
der, no voice so loving as his. | used to
lay there day after day, eondemning myself
for my unworthiness. He never said hurry
70 me but once iii all that long time aud
that was when he said
My little wife must hurry and get we'll
was weak and nervous, and some way
it brought all our little chickering's 80 forci-
bly, to my mind. How foolish they seemed
then, looking at them as did by the dim
light of the past Il began to cry bitterly,
and he soothed and caressed me, until told
him all that had been in my my mind 80
long a time, and how much had cried over
it. aud how long bad tried to hurry be-
cause knew-lie desired it He did not say
one word, but he stopped down and kissed
me long and tenderly.
1t was long tune before he said hurry
to me again. Now it is just as Dad as ever
| do not want you to think do not love
him just as we'll as | did when we were
married, for do only do not like to be
hurried, and when get to thinking about
it. 1 gettlred OF living, and would commit
suicide, if it was not hurrying one out Of
the world so fast, ne, =, TIA fJ,cT
= ! declared befieve5that clock struck six
Now | shall have to hurry up supper SO. He
will be herein half an hour, }, aud 81; the
h:e is not kinded yet, and the breakfast
dishes not washed; promised to mend lis
pants to-day. Oh, dear me, if supper is not
ready, nm sure / cahnot help it. have
worked all day as aardeas could, only
read twoor three hours this morning No
one can blame me for that I'm sure need
ed some mental recre.. ton; aud then about
noon | was So tired I laid down to rest 4
couple Of Hours, Oh merry there, Mr.. N
comes, and i bear him telling Nancy tAunI
to tell herinotiier 10 hurry up the supper. o..
q Successful Farming.