The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1869-02-04
MARGARET. :! MEREYN.
WRITTEN FOR THE 81. CLOUD JOURNAL,
BY MRS. JANE G. SWISSHRLM. :
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CHAPTER XVII.
FAMILY CHANGES.

f. The time arrived for Kate O'Shau-
nesee to 60 before "the praest," and the
question Of wedding outfit was scri-
GUS one. There was "a love of bon
net" to be. had: for eight dollars, and OF
course Margaret had to give her opiu-
ion.
"You are going to live on farm,
Kate, and it is not yet paid TO-. You
want cows and pigs and chickens and
furniture. You will have hard time
for some years, and what good will fine
clothes Do your You can get your bon
net cleaned tor fifty cents; wash the
old ribbons, get fiEe<eents worth Of ter
meric and a bit Of alum, aud / will
show you: how to'make Them a: pretty
straw color; which will be becoming TO-
you: You can have a nice sonnet thst
will not cost more than one dollar, and
your rosy cheeks will look much: better
in it than in any bundle Of bright
colors You will have seven dollars
saved on a bonnet, and this is the
price Of more than Eve acres and a half
of land Think of a poor farmers wife
With .6ve acres Of land on her head, in
the shape cf ribbons and flowers, while
the land is not paid for, aud so many;
things wanted to make home! Now,
Kste, if you will get but what is nee
essary to make you respectable you will.
save enough on wedding dress to buy
good cow" ... .
.''Schure, thin, an its the coz. I'll
hey. Hayn't yees larned me how TO-
make the buther, AM when yees comes,
to see me, its the nice pat III hev for
yees." ),
And so it was arranged The old
bonnet was made over and Michael ;..id
1t, was beauty. :; A. neat Calico: With !
pretty buff spot ON white ground,
which would ."wash til the last zag, Nv
it." as Kate said, supplied the ,pl.ee Of
cheap fnery. The COW was ! bargain,
and the, young couple went With stout
hearts: and strong arm. e make tbei!
! home '9!l| oa q portion Of Uncle Samuels
land. Margaret felt: the house desert-
ed when her honest, warm:hearted
friend . bad bad left j, but she bad little
time to mourn, for Rufus aud baby we're
taken down with scarlet fever, which
soon spread to the other children. The
new cook was inefficient, and Miss
Malissa embraced tho opportunity to
leave at moments notice. As Mar
garct was one of that class Of women
whom nature intended to fiji vacancies,
she was soon occupied in round of al
most sleepIess visils. Mrs. Walters
was as much devoted to her children as
was compatible with tho great business
Of life, viz: maintaining her position
as abelle and beauty. She would tend
baby SO long as he did not muss her
collar, pull her earrings or tumble her
hair; and in the emergency of sickness
she did what she could consistently
with being we'll dressed. To have been
surprised by the doctor in adrcss she
esteemed unbecoming, would have been
a catastrophy scarce equaled BY that
climax Of misfortunes to New Enk-
land housekeeper, tea without cake.
In that fretfulness which, Iprsoeded.
the coming illness, baby cried very
much and refused to be paoi6ed, while
she spent half an hour before her, mir.
ror putting the finishing touches to;her
usual morning toilet, and ahes unmarked,
carclessly:~o:= ..>:oa.> ~.,5s }. 7>1@.a
"Cry, dear, cry! You know papa
says mamma must dress if you should
cry" Thus revealing that tho to;le tie
was not made for his qualification.
During this time Of filing vacancies,
Windermere called to make his .adieus
and to receive sMargsrets nessagss for
home. These consisted Of letter,. var.