Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1868-07-01

as we have scen and did not perceive that
something to put up with IS with some Of
US practical necessity, 50 he said very
eeucfously-
Mrs Jones, in another year you shall
have house Of your own"
Il am afraid you could not afford to
build such house as | would like
II can aud l will You shall make
the plan yourself or draw a Lew one if
you prefer"
Mrs Jones sighed, ut will take so
long in buildipg;" and from thats hour
every rational enjoyment was deferrod
Gill they should get to their new dwelling.
There were the usual delays and disap,
pointments, and Mrs. Jones's love of en-
durance was fully gratiiicd she was =
galej with "lingering sweetness long
drawn out"
At length The house was built and fur
niehed. the grounds laid out and planted
and the wheels Of the new establishment
fairly in motion Moreover, by rare good
luck, there was very little to alter Or un.
do; most Of the arrangements were desir-
able, and the experiments successful.
81 hope, my dear" said Mr.. Jones,
beuevoleully. that We are in condition
10 take comfort"
"lf we ever get settled" assented Mrs
Jones, with a sigh.
Well, years rolled on, and they we're
settled, The flowers Lloomcl, and the
fruit ripcned The turf thiakeued into
velvet, and the trees grew tall and cast a
welcone shade. Strangers paused to ad-
mirc the premises as they passed and
ncighJorg paid their various tributes Of
envy and admiration Mr. Joocs smoked
his prime cigar in the back piazza, and
grew to look Portly and contcnted. Not
so Mrs Jones, 20 all the cncomiums
lavishcd upon her residence she replied.
sabmissively--
Yes, it's pretty place, but We don't
know whom we built it for We have
no children to come after US, and are lust
putting up Improvements for strangers to
pull down"
Was ever a woman so favored with an
linlulgcut fortune ? Wi,hin a year from
the utteraucc of this remark, Mrs Jones
vas the hapry-no, the patient mother
of real gcnuine, glorious baby Ms.
Jones. who had with difficulty RETAINED
frora happiness Lcfoge, was uncontrollahly
Ijnhiiont now. The bov vas healthy. ard
and handsome, and bright. Thee was
no mistake about him; be WAS fixed
fact. q star Of the frs bagni,udc. He
had wants, it is true. for which the fond
father was intensely thankful, for to
crafty and prevent them was his supreme
delight.
But the mother? Alas! Lcro were
all of mothers cares. anxicies, and
| Iforcbobipgs Till the child was weanrd
she scarcely left the house, or INDUCED
in the simplest luxuries of diet Tbeu
there was the long period Of teeth cutting
during which her maternal anxieties where
never oppeascd. Then she lived in fear
Of the measles, whooping cough aud scar
lei fever, till the young hero met and
conquered them all. lie grew round and
rosy. and she this and aoxious. but still
unaltcrably patient. At school she
feared he might study too much or toe
little, and as her fears were pretty equally
divided between the two perils, it ispre.
sumed that he avoided both.
Then she had general misgiving lesl
he should be spoiled. aud from too much
pctling at home become an indolent and
useless member of society. But. though
the reader may share her fears in thi'
regard, Master Jones falsfed them all
Indulgence and opportunity seemed tc
agree with him. He was ambitious and
sclfreliant and not ohjectionably wilful
When at last he desired to study for Q
profession, ihe mother fitted out hi
wardrobe with. reluctant care, and thc
first letter she received from college was
moistcncd with more than the full pro
portion Of her matcrnal tears.
Il am glad be is doing we'll" she said
in reply to remark from her husband
"but miss him more Than | can tell you
Since we have only one, we could bu
wish he could have stayed with US Th'
seven years Of his student life are very
long 10 wait"
1 40 wait for what o. inquired Mr.
Jones.
"For the good time coming" replied
his wife
! "Wby. woman. the good time bas come
long ago. Can't you see it? We've beer
having il all along
"It msy lie so with you, Mr.. Jones