Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-11-22

me upon their return home appeared
great. Upon coversing with Marin th,
next day, I found herto be very igno
rant as regarded baby's requirnents. =
ale does cry so "dreadfully,' - she said
staid there whole month perhaps i
was TOO long, but there always seemed
10 lie something for me TO do. .nf tool
charge Of the little creatdte whcneve
his mothef wanted to spend ah evening
in company, which was not seldom
Many and many lonely hours dbl spenc
iuthat dimly lighted room, listening t.
that low breathing, rather than trust
him to the awkwardness of the Young
girl who professed TO fulfill the. duties
OF a child's nurse. did great deal OF
sewing for Maria, of whom / became
more fond usan i had ever expected to
be. s.,.....-..5 .....,., .. .-...,..., -.
James hada relapseo of bis intermittent
fever. Ills wife knew nothing about
his sickness;I nursed him7-I, who had
never known fatigue when he had need.
ed anything in former years, would sure
ly not fail him now. l sat up with him
night after night, and showed the cook
howt TO prepare nice little dishes for him
such as ! knew he liked4that is to saw.
IIprepared them while the cook looked
on. Whatever was wanted now up
stairs or down, was on the plan and TO
do. AT last began TO think I ought
to return to Fanny; and, seeing James
fairly convalesccnt, | sought the train
for my journey homewards Sitting in
the railroad car, party of young peo-
Dla tnoE pI.cas L., f,,o,,t "a - l.
and talking with eager animation, prin-
cipally about persons knew nothing of
except by name. Presently one of them
began to talk of my sons wife. ~,
Il used to see a great deal of them at
| one time" she said, "but-''1 I,'....t
''But whatg"' asked another. .....
-"Oh! well, they had mother-in law
raging, around lately, 50 | have kept
away"
81 80 have - 81 ... r4 .rslFT
no Here followed a laugh of derision.
GA mother-in-laww exclaimed anoth-
er, ''tlIat is hard; | do pity them III
d ed" ..t' ra t-sj'r.r.- Ia = --a..I
"But hear she is off now" sII-. %
"Glad to hear it. Have you heard the
new operal" 0HH t,.l = 7,saru
was the mother-in-law on whose ac-
count friends kept away. L remember
ed the weary hours in that sick room;
the weary days, when, suffering from
the loss OF sleep, | struggled to keep
my eyes open, That | might attend va
rious little household duties. arrang-
ed rooms, then carefully attended baby.
Which of all this was the ''ranging
nd. tf.h al IL
cles of those lively yonng peoplel |
thought of Fanny, her goods looks,
her erlntelligence, her affectionate nature,
and found myself wondering what her
nature was to be. But here we are
There she was waiting to meet me, dear
child; but there was some one with her,
most insignificant looking individual,
with very prominent eyes and large
whiskers. Why my heart did sink with
melancholy foreboding? bIa og9m
How glad she was to see me again!-
She introduced her companion to me as
MIR. Jenkins; and whereas / was all
anxiety TO be alone with her. Mr.. Jenk-
ins, with great flourish of politeness,
walked all the way home with us. Be
fore | could uutie the string of my bon
net, he told me that Fanny had promis-
ed to marty ,hini | was thunderstruck,
having in the annoyance of his presence
forgotten my forebodings of half an
hour before. ''"i ''-.il l' i''- ~
had read with much attention in
various, highly-lauded books, of the
great and imperative duty of bringing
up a girl to be a helpmate for noble
man this dapper little manil1in? He
seemed amiable, but SO utterly insignif-
icant! He had uninteresting parents,
and weak, plain sisters, all leof whom
made perpetual amusement of the en-
gagement. My parlor was given up to
them entirely-that is, to him and his
sisters. | seemed always dc trop when
| entered, judging by the sudden silence
which followed the animated talk. My
coming was an interruption. began to
sit up stairs; always walked alone. .sq
AS avoided all society and ac-
quaintanceship when my children were
young, that, might devote my whole
time to them, found myself now des-
late and friendless. Friends like plants,
must be cultivated. / found no congo
hiality in either of the two families with
which my children were connecting
themselves. anAs
p After two years they were married,
and, after year of boarding, aspired to
to the dignity of keeping house After
looking at many dwellings,, one was Sc
lected one which required great many
repairs, and now my services were in
very great request; attended to all the
directions MI. Jenkins wished given to
the workmen; | stayed in the empty
cold rooms all day, when there was
hhothipg togst ON hut go. emptYN candle
box; I did the ''hecessary 'quarreling
with the plumbers, and bore the snub-
hing of the upholst ers; aud ICput the
fulIlftthe In tie placesiI Thought best;
by degrees changed it all to suit his
taste, and l washed all of the china
and glass and semetimes fanoied, when
| got dirty doing all this, that was
happy. ,,l had 50 lcngI been, accustomed
to work for those loved that it was
hard to learn than there might be any
reproach connected with it. | must do
Fanny the justice to say that she was
very kind and grateful TO me. ~.
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