Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-07-02

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grasp.
"WOmanl 3 tha hoyf
Where is Donald hs cried.
aN0t another dF 5aemss, not
mother dron'' whispered ~
nuFss.maid huskily, and WITH
tears.
"Wake up, wake 40, you vile
creature, sArieksd hEfs. Mar.
grave. etell o. wle Donald i.a
''It's the Bourhoa Is has done
It, cook. I'd like. elp Of your
harm up the stairs. ! feels weak.
cook, very weak.
"IE6RxBYls and The CoIon6l'
voice was like aron Of thunder.s
"Whera's Donaldp1
Thoroughly Wakoned NOW, both
by the loud. angry words and Z
shake, so violent that the wash
bowl and pitcher upon the stand
ratified noiselessly together, and
Donald's china dog standing upon
the floor fell down and broke ita
leg. HOrnby cried out depricak
ingly:n
1He wanders betimes o' nights
does Donald, and may ap be 'aa
wandered tonight O Lord ~
colonel Margrave, ave pity upon
me, with q hagsd mother and str
sisters ALL"
But the gentleman appealed 10
had disappeared, and together With
his wife was now upon the stair.
case.
"Donaldl DOnaldl Donald z
The house re-echoed with the
child's name, but there was no re-.
spOnse. Soon the parenis and
servants we're anxioualy searching
through the hastily lighted rooms.
It was reserved for Colonel Mar.
grave to find his dear, little boy,
stretched upon the draNlng-room
floor quite stiff and cold, and
breathing 90 family that the father
j gasped out, "He is dead-the
child is dead" and Mrs. MargrAye
coming into the room, and catch
ing sight OF the pale, still figure,
and hearing her hnsband's words,
fell down into q deadly sYncopa
from which she was not aroused
until her husband put little DON
aid into her arms two hours after
I ward, and q piping voice said, be-
tween interludes Of kisses, "You
, see, dear mamma, II was very cold
! in the drawing-room at flrst, but I
got quite warm before / went to
sleep, and ed, Of course, didn't
know that ! was almost freezing
TO death. Look at me, mamma
I'm all right now, only 3 little red
from the whisky and fannel and
Ttplease, mamma, don't let papa
! send 'rihbs away, nor nursoeither,
I although Idon't leve her Rapa'z
angry az both Of them. But after
, all it wasn't their fault about me.
He mustn't send them away, must
he, mamma r. ID gnE
Then Mrs. Margrave, sitting un
on the sofa whore they had laid
her, hugged her boy very tightly
to her breast, saying:
My sweet boy, they shall stay
If you wish II sol Iwon't denv
you anything you ask, darling, nor
will papa"
But Colonel Margrave, rising
from his chair beside the sofa,
grim and stern, said firmly:
"Tibbs may stay. but the woman
leaves tomorrow" and accord.
ing to his word, at eight in the
morning, Horribly sobbingly went
her ways, and ere another day
Donald had a new and gentI6r
nurse.
Mrs. Margrave was always very
tender to her little son after that
December night. The horror Of
having ones own child near fteez-
, ing in ones own drawing-rOom,
taught her a severe lasting lesson,
, nor do / think she ever aherward
turned away pettishly from Don.
! AIDS kisses, nor called him : pest
and tease, when should have taken
q him to her heart, and thanked God
for giving her so lovely and good
. a child.