Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1872-05-17

aon,t Lnov what else I've done that you
shopld marry an actress"
"sbe shall not play after she Is my wife"
aa,,s bo
Rpt that makes no difference. felt that
7 sbould die of shame. "Go TO your we'd
dino y, saws I. "pot I. nor your decent sis
fer. Just keen your wife away day or
two. until get housekt eper somewhere,
and Hannah goes TO her aunt to learn
dress-makinp. and You'll be rid OF us for
If Won marry her neither of us would live
with you If we starved for not going"
And Hannah said the same, though she
cried over IL heartily. And so, in the end,
we went; and Daniel and had quarrelled
woefully, and there were all my things
the tins I'd kept so bright and the wooden
ware I'd secured, and the furniture rub
bed until IL was like looking-glass, leit
for an actress TO do what she chose with.
used TO lay awake o'nights thinking o.
my lovely tea set, and wondering wheth@g
tie bold thing had cracked the milk Jut-
yet, and how many of the plates were gone.
hadn't seen her-l didn't want TO- 1
knew that she was painted thing, with
pinched waist, ana no goou IN her iace OF
heart. And to think my Dan should get
such one-my Dan.
The place ia got was with widower out
oil the town. young man win troop
OF NOISY children. Always making muss
and never quiet' ana was wiid with them'
lhen II was damp as well, ana lonesome
place enough TO give you the b'ues' Ana
Hannah wrote that she hated dress-ihaking
ana couid never earn her salt, ana wlshed
we had staiu with Dan ana was WORRIED
ana chilled, ana heated, ana hnally taken
down win rheumatism' hld II as long
as could' out my pains grew bad, and
my limbs were red ana swollen as bee 5,
and at last gave up and went to bed. And
my master, little weak chested gentleman
with kind of helpless look in his eyes,
came to talk with me:
you're very i'll, Mrs. Munday," says
he
"rm afraid am sir" says l.
Then he rubbed his hands and coughed.
"If Mrs. Chester were living" he said,
"you could stay here until you were well,
but you know how il is. There's no one to
do anything.
1.-THE children will kill themselves, ex-
pect, and Bridget has already set fire to the
house and put whiting in the biscuit in
stead of saleratus. Where shall address
to whom shall ! writer Your friends
must come for you"
"Send me to the hospital" says /, "and
Pm sorry, sir, to have troubled YOU so.
You're none too comfortable at best"
"Thank:: ::you," says he with tears in his
eyes. "Mrs. Chester was such manager.
1t does seem hard"
lie then went and did Just what I'd ra-
ther have died than have done, sent fer
Daniel, quite unknown to me.
That night he came into the room with
his wife. She was pretty-no den wing that
and then cried out:
"No; go away, Dan; I want nothing TO
do with youanor that bold actress wife of
yours. Send me to the hospital
And he flushed red, and looked as If he
might take me at my word. She put her
hand-a kid glove on it, the extravaganza
ON his arm, and says she, whispering
but heard her:
"She's your mother, Dan. Do your du-
ty."
"Ill not have you insulted," said he.
"I don't mind hasty word" said she
land from an old woman"
was angry, but couldn't say much
and they took me home.
was glad l was in the bedroom so
couldn't see how the kitchen had got. TG
rather have been taken TO my grave, ant
| SO I made no secret of my hate for her, bu
(as thought them she was sly one, ant
kent her feelings to herself. The docto
came, and was well nursed and grew bet
ter. Not kind word had said to them
and had forbidden Hannah to come to tn,
bouse. unless TO nv death bed.
As soon as I was well Mr.. Chester woulC
have me back, and said I'd go dozeI
times day. Imeant 1t too, but before tn
time came great hogshead had role,
down a hatchway upon Dan, and there h
lay between life and death, with this wifi
of his bending over him like crushed
lily. Oh, she was pretty-liko doll-fiesl
and blood was never so like wax. Don
think liked her better for that
So, now, all my anger was gone towar
Dan, and l must nurse him instead OF go
ing out to Mr.. Chester's again and M.
money was gone, and there was very Hill
in Dams purse. She knew nothing q
economy, that actress vile OF his, ana VIVA
we could do but go to the poor house
ouldn't tell. l wasn't ht for no har
work yet.
She came to me one day, with her bon
ret on, and says she;
"Wili you watch Dan awhiie' I'm goin
out"
"Go where you like" says l, 81 will car
for my son; always have"
She gave me look, but never word
and went.
After that l saw her studying hard o
bits of paper, like girl at her lesson, an