The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-10-07
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Il cuIOW. fSu4 ouaulc SOIue AWFUL IeOuk
] thatsshoesd rouss her, [and frigh ted he
out of all this weakness and misery o
once. Snoau uatstc
For truly It was a poor, fhiserabl
life thatsshe was living AOW; and tn
way out DfAdt did not appear. Tel
years before, q man and woman ha.
stood up, and promised fidelity an,
honor toward each othef, With IS higl
hopes as any two people, with tn,
a world all before them, and their ,hom,
to make in it, could havessg, Efyelyear
of honest, hearty effort, home, jus
beginning to be theirs, four daysIp( III
ness-and widow, With q MORTGAGE
house and three babies, was leftS
At mt 6rief for hee lG8s, femerse fol
the light appreciation of what had beer
hefs, the desire tn do f5r-lis dhfldrer
whathe had meant, sustained her; and
she worked hard and fncessantly. Firsl
in a factory, where she had been a wear
ver before her marriage. The topbIe
was about leaving the children. Sine
let her house, all but three rooms, col
4 girl 70 come In through &he day, but
! it didinQt, answes. Annie was. burned.
1 Harry fell down the cellar stairs: and
\ the baby got sick After several trials
i Susan founds a. middleIa0ad woman.
who was out Of iwork, and had no per,
i maneHC humey ana who agreed to stay
lthfough'the winter Foii condition that
she could take IN sewing and knitting
when she could geti them to, do. So
here the caSe stood: Susan had sixty
dollats rent for her house twenty-fiye
dollars she had to, nav for interest,
i twelve more ,for insurance and taxes.
leaving MeutV.three dollars for repairs
on the house, which were sure toscome.
and for clothing for herself and children.
She earned. five, dollars. Sometimes
when the work went we'll six dollars.
a,week., That Went fore food and fuel.
Five people, were, to. be warmed and
fed.a a Il ~. .s.;,s9 slrl 81 t.,.i ..7,r,.,t
. Mrs. Marshall, the old lady. soon
came to love the little fatiserless things.
and took good care of them. She
made the most Of their mothers little
means; cooked comfortable; meals.
kept the house tidy. taught Annie her
letters Susan washed and ircned even
ings, and felt as though Paradise--alI
that could be In this world without
HenryAwas regained, and: dared not
think of, what would be in spring So
winter passed; they had Known the
real comfort of home. Spring came.
Mrs. Marshall was called to a good
place, and the reign of disorder began
again. Very young girls were the on
ly housekeepers that Susan could af-
ford each made fresh havoc; and each
change was. equal to removal
There is saying that three removals
are equal to one fire. Poor Susan; her
erockery was broken, they had barely
dishes enough to, put on the table, odd
things at BEST. 3 The .children's clothes
were scorched n spoOns were thrown
out In the dishwater; knives and forks
and their handles taken off by by hot
water towels disappeared and left no
trace. Susan had not been an econo-
mist or a good manager, she felt that /;
but she had that Interest which ones
own property inspires, and had never |
thrown her things away. .eqae
The hast attempt at a housekeeper
was a foolish girl who was said to. be |
teachable and good-tenpered. y Alas
for the teachableness only while you
stood over, to ;poin out the very place ]
and work, could she do anything. And |
very soon the whole matter culminat-
ed by letting the baby fall out of a high |
chair. . Ak .aIo', s. aes"-' .l15. : /
81 must give my notice and take in
sewing,n said Susan which she did. |
She sewed for sale shops, and for such |
persons in the mill as she knew who
could afford to put out work. For a
month or so all went well; she had a
little money left her wages, and dsome |
hours into the night, she could earn
three dollars week, and get Though |
with her house work. But 1t Is hard /
to support four people Oh the three dol |,
lars it Uas, 1 should say, fOr this Ras
before the war. Then there were weeks
when she had Improbable work, or
when there was work only part of the
time, so that she only earned two dol
lars, perhaps only one dollar and q
half She. then took extra work when
she could get it, and sat far into the
night to getit done. 1t was new. and,
for her harder than mill work, this Sit
ting hour after hour, with 'cramped
limbs, strained eyes and weary Hngers.
Soon there were little debts she could
not meet; she grew discouraged, be- I.
came irritable. the children's noise
crazed her; she gave them a push,
i'm her bury and anxiety
to finish her task. - a
About the middle of; the following
winter her tenants moved, and the
house Law empty. She spen. much
time in showing the rooms, and i'm
talking to applicants, But as time
passed, and nobody was suited, Susan's
heart sank. One Saturday night, at
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