St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-11-01


Nou NOW you cant work For shame.
Mary, YOU han't no right to speak So \
Young thing like YOU to lost. heart 81
soon. know Il fever do leave II body
Il poor creature for II long time. bur.
| please God. wen have Nnu at service
again in Il few months. .\md if not. .
why depend ont you'll he wanted for
something. even if You bent able Ia
work. I'll tell We something rrcollcrt
OF the time | WIS Il girl. | was seven
teen "r :" when my brother married
Bessie Snow. Right glad w.I> | about
. il. for thinks |. when She lived ncaI
/ (amd tlicIc Wam't Il stones throw be
! tween the Two huuScI) We can >pcIid a
good tidy piece a. time together over
our spinning Wheels" Folks spent Il
heap q lime spinning III those day.
/ That is how came To hc living at h me
instead of going ont to service. l}ui my
mother that's Nou great Grandm"tIrr.
Mary. that is dead these fifty wears AZ"
my mother want 81 glad of Wits
marriage as | was. Not that she w;Iu I
/ fond of Bessie every one Wa>. for She
WAS the sweetest iispu~itioncd giIl hut
she Thought her poor .illnY thing I"
/ l." Il lHburIn" mans wife. II aunt no
r-.~N life. Il Woman a. have to keep The
IInH-c .uHigit on eight ~hIlhug~ week..
and that were all what the men earmr
in tho~" daiS in the east country village
/ where lived. though To hr sllr, many
things were cheaper then than nov.
II ,w>nrNrl. viii he loved bessie.
and the end of II W.I> they took each
othcI ''.nr better fnr W"I>c. in >ichur>>
and in health. and right happl they
Jared for awhile liut that spring Mas
Il wonderful late cold om". and BESSIE
she just wasted away. She Wouldu I
see no doctor. for | think she WIS afraid
to hear I> how she were right in hal
she dreaded. At last mother made hen
go with her and ask | varnt in when
she came back. but when | did come Ia
saw mother had been crying. Ihrn
she told me ~ how the doctor said il
WAS too late t" It." hcr ANY good she
MAS in Il decline and he did not rhink
she'd live till next winter.
Well. I was Il hard time ~ came at
tel thai. Bessie couldn't n"h"W make
up her mind l." leave VIII and lll of u~.
Sometimes she'd fare Iu high spirits
like. and talk "f what she'd do ur\r
Year. aud make believe IL how il NLIm't
true. an she were @nim% To get well
again. Bun she knoWcd it Wa> tIuc. all
the same. and hen She caught sight oi
mother ; sad face. she'd hul>t into tears
Ill ON Il sudden and SAY. '-Oh mother,
don't We look 50. amt ag"iEg: | can't
go. The Lord would never take IN
away rom w Ill >,, soon i"I certain
And then I'm - feared. | him't goi
none q them feelings a> good folks have
ItoI,. they die hen my moi ilt.l
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