The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-11-04

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tress when ] was sick at night Why was
lit Didn't they loveAme asamuch asayou
Edo?" 49, -
| soothed her by sayingI had always
been the little nurse and doctor at home,
and nv car was ever open to csitch any
crs of pain. 1t Gained hhrand she rested
until morning. ~ @ 2 Y
Little things like this drew us together
and we soon became warmly attached to
each other. On, We had pleasant times
together-my another in-ta~- snu- $3.50
lr-When wee baby Charlie came to me,
| the Il ataeA pink and white howcr, his
grandmother opened her arms to him as
Enough he was great blessing sent "a
her from Heaven. He touched her heart
and flied it with Joy She had never ka5wn
before. The fountains of my own soul
were opened, and life assumed new reali-
ties and new beauties, and sweet song OF
newness broke from lnyaiips and flooded
my soul sFsH = "a ffss ~ ftgfe,ioffsb 5;
|, Crowned with motherhood, I walked
with feet Amounted, and the glory Of the
stars seemed to gather about my brow. 3
From the time d hat mother was attack
ed with sickness ingthe night she seemed
70 fail, and to grow more and more lovely
as she gradually faded from earth, She
would sit foi hours and play with the
bab.5, and laugh ut his funny little ways,
and think that he locked j,lst like her ba-
Dies, who had lain under tnespd for TWEEN
ty years. O''A
Itisavcrv pleasant.to die thus--likea a
light growing DINNER and dlmmer, Ike
the sunset tint fading from The hill-tops,
into a soft wilight-crceplng into the
diinness Of darkness gradually t5io 10
!. The last summer we lived together we
had not much work to do, and i looked
back now to, that, May, and June and DC
tober as would remember song or POI
EN-, or book read by the seaside, or some
thing thai gave me sweet pleasure and
left but beautiful memories - unigsotu
After she was confined to, her. bed, she
would lie and watch me, and follow my
footsteps with a tender, loving gaze
eyes fun of the light of love, and often
she would say tonne =" O b. Chatty you are
my best child l. | know have been stern
and cold, but you have always been the
same dutIful daughter. You have lover
looked my faults, and you have kept back
the unklnd reply many time " hen twas
unjust to you.d You ,hage, helped 70 Ina ke
me better woman than | was. aud
tor all this, you know. bless and love
yout9 91aeTd Is ssTcas gd5 aug bal
Oh, how much better 1t was tor, me
now, that, | had yielded my will and my
WISHES to hers III the few years OF my mar
RED life and treated her respectfully, COO,
in THE. appointments 81 her OVID hous..
hold w hat to me was the praise or blame
of my butterfly friends now, in comparl-
sol to the good will and earnest love of
my husbands nlpther.s ,ss y, s..is,,. .,tt 81
Before mother died was her nurse for
seven weeks she would have. no. other.
/ gave her medicine and attended to her
wants, taking rest as best Il could. /
could not have endured it much longer |
was worn and pale, AID thin, and felt all
the time as II were dreaming. its.e trgv.5.
One morning sat IN the rocking chair
beside hei /; Junn held the baby as he sat
Oil the other side of the bed. Her hand
was IN mine-7her little, blue yeined, vast
ed baud, on which was II beautiful ring,
the gift Of "a, brother who, had died far
away from home. f,.s. y,,4e,e,.4. .,.., ~.
She said III a low voice, looking fondly
upon me (: !" Chatty, You are SO tired; but
you will not have mother to care for to-
night | wish you would takr. off this
Rug and put it on. your own head, and
wearit for my sake Whenever You look
at 1T, remember what 1 have, often. told
you lately-how dear you are to me, how
much hove YOU s1.a al mqaf4s ...,i
Before noon nf that. day the strange. 81
lence OF death came stealing over her face.
| knew what it meant. Ne had SO grown
that it was like rending lite from me TO
part with her, and with a cry / fell back
f,intingo Dying, as she WAS, she heard
the fall, and turned her head to look, and
died with her last long gaze tixed--oh,
so tenderlg and lovingly !-,upsnE. me. ~
~ And this, is my testimony77the record
of one mother in,law; and tell it., believ-
ing itmay do good, ard perhaps be q
light and a lamp to the feet OF those who
may have. and hold in rtpeir hearts !, he, de
sire. tn do unio Others as they, would have
others no INTO then.s - sdf as av,s >.rr a
A aWIFE's \, AFFECTION TEsTED.---A
Frenchman, named Bonsart, OF West Ho-
boken, went to, New York, and on return.
ing home d had some difficulty with his
WIFE, While crossing the ferry he declar
ed hisu intention of drowning himself If
she persisted in what he conspnsidered
her misconduct 10 In the co lest manner
possible she put her hand on his back and
desired him to jump overheard immedi
ately, whtreupon he threw himself over
the bulwark into, the river While in the
water he cast al eye upward and found
his wife locking, on as, colnplaeently, as
ever Seeing this, he changed his mind
and struggled for life The boat was in.
slaptly stppped rand the, old gentleman