The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1871-08-24

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Hhef asked ], ina Kind Of shrek.
We'll She's au actress
wonder I did not die. I gave
gloan ana Hannah ran for TIE camphor.
+ You've Killed your mother, Dan, SAYS
shc. She'll never set over it' don't
hliuk ! shall myself IA actress -
+ Between grief and eamphor came near
uHaealing but found breath at last
Dan 'says !, was Il for this ! whipped
You tin you knew the Shorter Catechism
BIS hcsu2 Was Il for this I've prayed
for you and took you to meeting aud
kept you ike wax' Train MP child in
a way Dc should 90, Is oui Of the Bible,
but Il hasn't proved true this time.
must have gone wrong somehow. l re-
member lei you read Tie Shepherd Of
Salisbury Plain = sunday, and lei YOU Of
on the tenth chapter of Genesis when you
said you couldn't learn il. don't know
what else I've done thatyou should come
to marrying an actress.
She shall not play amer she is my wife,
says he.
But that made no difference ! felt
that should die Of shame. Go to your
wedding says /, "not ], nor your de-
cent sister. Just keep your wife away a
day or two, until get a place for
housckccpcr somewhere, aud Hannah
goes to her aunt to learn dross.making,
aud you'll be rid Of US; FOR II you marry
her, neither Of us would live with you If
we starved for going.
And Hannah said the same, though she
cried over il heartily. And SO, in the
end, we went; and Daniel and | had
quarrelled wofully, and there were all
my things-tbe tins Id kept so bright,
and the wooden ware I'd secured, and the
furniture I'd rubbed until it was like
looking glass, lell for an actress to do
what Sic chose with. | used to lie
awake o'nights thinking Of my lovely tea
set, and wondering whether the bold
thing had cracked tho mlk-jug yet, and
how many Of the plates were gone.
hadn't seen her-I didu't want to.
knew what she was painted thing,
with a pinched waist, and no good in her
face or heart. And TO think my Dan
should get such one-my Dan.
The place I'd got was with widower
out of town. A young man, witha troop
Of noisy children. Always making
muss and never quiet, and was wild
with them. Then it was as damp as a
well, and lonesome place, enough to
give you the blues. And Hannah wrote
that she hated dress-making and could
never earn her salt, and wished we had
staid with Dan, AMI was worried and
chilled and heated ndfnaly taken down
with rheumatism. hid it as long as
could, but my pain grew too bad, and my
limbs were swoolen and red as beets, and
at last, gave up and went to bed. And
my master, little, weak-chested gentle
man, with kind of helpless look in his
eyes, came to talk with me.
You're very i'll, Mrs. Mundy.
I'm afraid am, sir, says |.
Then lie rubbed bis hands and coughcd.
If Mrs. Chester were living, he said,
You should stay here until you were well,
but you know how ii is. There's no one
to do anything. The children will XIII
themselves, expect, and Bridget has al
ready set fire to the house and put whit
ening in the biscuit instead of saleratus.
Where shall address-to whom shall
write? Your friends must come for you.
Send me to the hospital, says ], and ]
am sorry, sir to have troubled you So
You're none to comfortable, at best.
Thank you, says lie, with tears in bis
eyes.
Mrs. Chester was such manager. II
docs seem hard.
And then lie went and did Just what
Fd rather have died than have had done.
Sent for Daniel quite unknown TO me.
That night lie eamc into tho room with
his wife. She was prc'ty-no denying
that land when cried out:
No; 20 away, Dan want nothing to
do with you nor that bold actress wife Of
yours Send me TO hospital.
And he flushed red, and looked as II he
might take me at my word. She put her
haud-a Kid glove on 1t, the oxtraya-
ganco! on Ills arm, and says she, wills
periug, but ] heard her:
She's your mother, Dan? Do your
duty.
III not have you iusulted, said hc
don't mind a hasty word, said she,
and from al old woman.
was angry, but couldn't say much,
and they took me back homc
was glad ! was in tic bedroom, 50 !
couldn't see how The kitchen had got I'd
rather have been taken to my grave, aud
SO | said to her. made no secret Of my
hato Of her, but--as thought then-sho
was a sly ono and kept her feelings to her
self. Tic doctor came, and was well
uursed and grew better. Not kind
word bad / said TO them, and IA forbid
Gen Hannah TO come to the house, unless
70 ms dealhbcd.
As soon As | was well Mr. Chester
would have mo back, and said IA 60 a
dozen times . day ! meant Il too, hut
before Che time came great sugar cask
had rolled down hatehway upon Dan,
aud there be lay, between life and death,
with this wife ofhis bending over him