The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-10-21

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Just then he heard his mothers voice
calling, "Stevie O, Stevie!' and 1t had
such q strange cheeriness in it, that he
turned quite promptly and ran around the
old crib to the house His mother was
standing In the door, with wonderfully
glad light in he's gray eyes.
"The children all pottered out into the
field a minute ago" she S. i, in her
homely way, so l thought to myself, I'll
call Stevie.' 1t isn't any work I've got
on hand. There they are. I've spread
em out nice and slick under the top Quilt
on the trundle- bed, so you wouldn't find
it out till | got ready They're yours,
and want you to try 'em on quick. |
made every stitch of 'em at night, after
you were all in bed, and 1 measured you
from top to toe when you was asleep"
STEVE bashtully went pattering his bare
feet across the room, and his mother care
fully turned down the old, ninepatch quilt,
and there lay nice suit Of new, shining,
homemade linen, spread out to look as
much as pos sible as if boy was in it.
There was the cunningest, iaunty. cool
looking Jacket, with daintily stitched
pockets and peat collar, and peeping
through the jacket, lovely, pink shirt,
b som, with pretty buttons, and a little
ribbon knot at the neck. The Dantaloons
were marvelously beautiful, too; but, bet
ter than all, that pair of pink ard white
suspenders, just such as his father used
to wear after harvest and just such pair
as Stevie haA wanted for years and years.
it seemed to HIM. Yes, and there was
hat; only straw one, to besure, but nice
and new and white, and "pretty as a
lockwood blossom" Stevie thought. He
didn't say bright, glad, loving words, to
thank his mother. It was not their way,
you know; and Stevie weuld have blush
ed and stammered as if he were SAYING
something mean. SO he stood there, re
verently touching one article after an
other, while his mother went on talking
Mis- Bluebaker gave me the fax al
ready spun, for weaving her two carpets"
she told him; land l wove every speck
Of the linen made the suit and done it
up myself 1t did iron beautiful Mis-
Bluebaker's brothers a real city tailor,
and he keeps her in patterns for her Sam
my, and he's just about your size So be-
tween her and me you'll look elegant as
anybody's boy. Only couldn't get you
wea her guess nobody'Il mind it much
You can go to the celebration, to NOR
row Stevie, and | want you to start bright
and early. The children amt fixed to GO
but guess they won't make much fuss
I'll bake them jar full of cakes to eat at
home"
And oh how mean Stevie did feel |
standing there dressed in that nice, new
linen suit, when he remembered what
selfish, ungrateful thoughts he'd been
thinking. out by the old bars 1t seemed
as if he'd never noticed before how hard
and SCARED and needle prlcked his moth
er's hands were, and what deep lines she
had in her care,worn face. even while she
Hooked at him with such eager satisfac.
tion.s st1 .leA re-. ,
What a pitifublittle bit of work he had
done in the garden, after all How much
higher the weeds stood than anything
Ielse, except sometimes, when his mother
had spent few minutes working there
latter sundown.0
4 She never went away to q celebration,
and she never even got new sun bonnet
! for herself sa-l sci
q guess that garden needs wedding
Stevie said, by and by, when he had on
his old clothes again. II haven't done
i anything in it to amount to any good. ]
mean to tie up the tomato vines, too, and
: fix up the fence so the little pigs can't
: help themselves to our early potatoes"
Presently his mother heard him whist
ling at his work, and it IN ide her fac
ever so much cheerier and softer to hear
!. it. She knew it was Stevie's way Of
!, thanking her.
; And now and then, while Stevie was
working, he glanced through the garder
at the little old cabin they lived in witt
It's digny mud chimney at one end anC
the coarse red hollyhocks standing stitflJ
by the rough old wall, and loving wlsf
: came into his heart, that his mother haC
ii beautiful home, and plenty of time tt
I rest
And after that, such work as DO!
could do, Steve did; and his mother mac
: more nope and courage; and the little
children caught some OF his new energy
D SO that it soon came to look quite home
P like and thrifty there in their little nest
hidden away behind the deacCn's ole
{ blackberry patches Little Corporal.
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THE Pope has announced the subject 0
/ international Peace as one of the matter
to be brought before the approachin!
/; General Council In view of this til
!, American Peace Society, at its last annu
al meeting, passed the following resolu
. ton
: That we rejoice in the understood in
tention ofthe Venerable Head of the Re
/ man Catholic Church to present the cqus
4 IF Intern 0tloD0[ P1oce to tho anproachin