The Republican journal., 1871-05-25

an done with it, pears to me-
An idiot! Perhaps that was the reason
they all found fault with her so, thought
Linn. There WIS an idiot in the neigh
borhood, Il @urglng. helpless, trightful
specimen of human life. Perhaps-she
couldn't tell-perhaps she looked to other
people just rs Jacky King looked to her
Was that the matter, she wondered, and
Just then her thoughts were broken in
upon.
''Now what are you doin standm'therc
gawpm'9 See here, this plate amt wash
ed clean, or wiped dry. Look" Mrs.
Pike carried the plate to the window. and
pointed to Il little drop OF water, dried
upon the smooth surface. Then she
rubbed her red finger round and round,
pointing to the mark left behind
"Grcase, do you see? You'd ouoher
be shut up in your room all day for that.
| b'lieve you never will learn. Now run,
and fill that air water pitcher, n bring it
here. viii you?"
Never was there, since the days of the
Egyptian bondage such making bricks
without straw, as Linn's dish washing.
Many Il winters day she had washed the
fam ly crocllery in the unfinished back
roo. 1, the air so cold that the water froze
on the plates before She could wipe them.
not allowed soap or rinsing water, her
very washing water measured and limited
because, forsooth. soap brought money,
and it took wood to heat water Under
such rules as those, having the care Of
the family crockery and then punished
for the first drop of water, or the first
shade or soil left on plate or bowl!
Does any one think this tedious matter?
F DaIhanS ca R,,t 49,, bo1,,nnnI
once. it may happen again 1t is not for
children it is toid-but for those who have
care of them. For tell You there is no
slavery on earth like the slavery of Il child
to Il hard grown person. That lonely
farmhouse was the world to Linn Blythe
Outside there might be happy places.
But she had never seen them She knew
nothing about them. Had she known,
Mrs. Pike might have walked some morn
ing to find her s'hclp" gone But, rs it
was, the child had bu. to stay there day
after day, work on, and suffer on. Mrs.
| Pike was the great power Of the place.
Her word was not only law, but light and
shadow On her and her moods hung
| Linn's veal or Woe The child had
watched and studied that large featured
face until she knew its every phase, and
what every phase BODIED. II she smiled,
there was u brief sunshine. 1t she entered
the room Linn looked up to see if the
corners Of her mouth meant peace or war.
| If those corners were drawn down, Linn's
lo,'t t mG,,1 w." ~; l'loii - W ole
dccpcncd, then the child anticipated
trouble, and she was seldom disappointed.
The very sound Of her step had q
| language for the little Girl. She had
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lirnJ o,I ,nn,,al am'1 III l"r '.', 10y INV
his sarn nnlnr;n ','' ;';,ohI. ,'r WIN n;,,an
pn Won ,iol. ',1 Tn ,nrii ''i' LnNo rnLniInj "''
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zen "u II ,'iI nlelIi,t, i'.I9 ','lSe
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rncrjvr n,oiconrnl '' 1 ~'s'''l[ s'rcnolh h in
| shor f, r"s;.t @n,, noynr ON no,t5 Than
ror c,i,j in tbr ,5co of KIM Rrthn i,,i tn
o,nnse =, woman Ike Ann, S,nantha
!(omc olnnm here WIN thai ,i,cbor
rau' vr in =, dnS,,,it l,urrv IIrrn nni,I,
( There ~
4 slim . crash and twrntv hroEnn
n,aomcnts of oY,thenw,rn lav IN ! nnnl
of water. ON the floor
81 inn Rlvthn ~
Tho two 11cnl oach othnr tbn t,u rn1-
f,rnd cvosnnratnl woman and M Mia
COVERING wrntcbnd wrntnhnI rbiil
.,I dijn't moan to ;,
Tho wor1s c,r,n and oloso ,,no, tbo,n
4 Great burst Of tcors
7Didn,t mean tot' whiucd Mrs Pike
sWbo said Won meant to? Careless
trollont Do Won s,nosn Pm ooin' to buv
nitcbnrs I,r van to l-norl, to ninone )
| Now tbot ,;r was ,,nost -, now, nitobo,.
IN if cost tyo,n oiv dawn m tba norna,.
store. T fell Won What Iindv, ;, and bere
Mrs Pike crew animated under the i'm
pulse of 4 fresh idea III fell Won what
your cold dollar shall 90 TO pay for that.
| Am thnn v,n,]l coo If yon,I u6 thnn,n;,,
round altar tl,is f,shion J,ewrnl hnnlt
WHY 'twould take = fortin, to keen ms in
dishes roin, on in tbis vov Trb,
Her cold dollar,
Once 4 lono while ano.-how lono if
seemed when inn rcmcmbcrcd thc ..cross
davsr Amt Samantha had cone throuoh
since thcrc had come 4 gentleman, with
his fshiuo rod and line. Who. walkino nm
from the brook side. had asked for y
bowl of bread and milk Linn had car
riod if ia h;m ont unacr thn oroat mamie
and had sat nn,,. Inv while he 3tc # Linn
remembered the pleasant ewes that looked
at her from over thc curlinc beard. and
how whom he Went a,vav he had stoono1
TO. bid her GOOD bvc-kissino her sstor his
own LITTLE @irl at Iomc,-and had s]inncd
into her hand somctbino small and round
, and shininn tcllinn her TO buv somethino
picc for herself And then. SAVING ner,
hans thcv shoulJ meet a@ain Sometime
, he had gathered toeethcr his Gshina
tackle. sprano mon his horse and canter7
, ed out Of si~L1.
And this w,e bcr Gala do]l,r How,
Linn had ,,oacnraI il ,ll thnsn montbS
, NJnslin nann, ~ wr,n Il in Ind hnr l;llln
hoy viii \ nnl rnsn nn1nr olass in tho
E cover. was not b,]f onoI cnouob lnr .,1 no
i, rare = present She Never 1honoh, Of