Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-02-02

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spark Of truth and honor yet. There were
occasional truces and attempts at peace, until
the little girl was born then the worst Of
this divided house appeared The father was
constantly on the watch, and the thousand
little nameless ways in which own parentage
shows itself awakened Susans jealousy for
her fatheress ones. And once, when Mr.
Powers struck Harry because the baby was
hurt in their play. the mothers anger famed
out" W hat, is she better than nv boy |
wish that she had never been born. And
never in her fathers sirht. would she bestow
a caress upon his child when he was out of
he way, She made up for all.
Al fifteen mouths old the child fell i'll it
was bad summer for babies. and she was
teething; it was only weeks sickness, and
she died As they we're putting her into the
little casket her father turned TO his wife, and
said, This is as good as what YOU wished 3"
Susan dared not ask if the grave were to be
made in her lot, but she hoped, till the yery
moment when the carriage turned to the op-
posite path, and the whole breadth of the
cemetery lay between.
will never 20 there when he can know"
said Susan to herself. And in this frame of
mind, filed with anguish for her loss, with re-
morse for what she had allowed herself to saw
aud feel while the child lived. and with anger
toward her husband, she went to church on
the Sunday after the funeral, more for the sake
Of getting away alone than for the hone that
any word could help her there. She had
never been in the same place before
1t was Friday morning. and the Rev. Mr.
Stan6eld sat in his study, attempting to write
a sermon Of consolation. Two of his parish.
toner's had died that week. one old. the other
in the prime of life he must say something of
comfort, something of heaven, to the mourners.
He had the text written out aye believe in
God, believe also in me. In nv Fathers house
are many mansions" But that was as far as
he could 20 the words that he wanted would
not come. He walked out. to try and work
himself into the mood, when instead of it
there fell upon him such sense of the worth
Of the man as man, such vision of his capaci
ties, such wonders at his possibilities, there
came upon him such realization of the soul.
apart from conditions. that he felt it must he
written. What waste Of time, with the
work which must be done yet on his hands