The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1873-12-12
Women and Dogs.

/ One day last winter, just as it was
! drawing toward dark, / found myserf
near the entrance of a famous dry gOOGs
store. Out of it, in all the pomp OF silk
and velvet and marvellous lace, a LADY
came, carrying in her arms q bundls
swarthed in sOftest cashmere. Thought
at first it was baby. beg all bables'
pardon. 1t was dog. There were onl,'
4 few steps to her carriage-door, but eTs
she reached it a woman came hastilJ
forward and said something to hes
which did not hear. My lady with
drew herself haughtily, and angril.g
shut the door of the carriage after her.
The woman scarcely looked like beg
gar, and my curiosity was aroused.
had seen the implOring look answere
by the indignant one; l had heard Tia
rapid, passionate tones answered by tn
slamming door, and was weaving mr.
own hypothesis, when the wOma
turned rapidly round and faced me. -
strange, wild, pitiful loOk-such loo.'
as women haunted by sorrow and pei t.
picking griefs wear. Our eyes met, an !
a mental telegraphy assured her l ha l
been watching.
| "You saw, them" she said.
"Yes, | saw"
Took herep' And she uncovered \
| three weeks old baby-a baby with III
most unbaby-like face 1 ever saw. :
was thin and wrinkled, and looked as :
it had passed through years Of anguish.
at has soul they say, and the Lon
Jesus died for it, and that woman with
the dog in her arms-my God"'-an'l
she turned from me with gesture o.
such sublime scorn and despair as wOultl
have brought the house down, if it hat
been in a theatre, and acting instead o.
reality.
And ever since have thought of the
two women and the baby and the pam
pered dog. And | have come to remem-
ber how common a thing it is to seo
women, whose bOsOms should be for
children to nestle in, and whose arm
are natures arks for helpless infancy,
carving dogs! Woman whom God in
tended to nurse angels and train heroes.
carrying dogs! Women whom Col
meant for daughters of consolation an
sisters of charity, carrying dogs!
We are not called upon to judge thesa
women any higher than they judge
J themselves, but we do say that the love
r and cherishing care of a GOd-made
: woman are too holy by far to be given
: unto dOgs;n especially when there arr
, bodies and souls for which Christ died
e perishing for lack of them.
, MOllleTSt WHOSE cnllOEeu luOk uOM II OH
4 YOU over "the golden bar of heaven" l.
|. there nothing holier to fill their vacant
: places? a.? Can the snarling, slaverinp
r beast who answers your caresses BY
n licking your hand in any way compeD-
j safe for the encircling arms, the sweet
n warm X, sses, the baby words, the look
5 of love from eyes which now always be-
8 hold theface of "the Father which is in
e heaven o. Go rather unto the houses ol
e want and sin. You will find babies dy.
= ing as yo, die,i. hold theM in yOul
d arms till e angels come for them, oil
n lift some bright, loving child out of the
: misery anG want in which it dies daily
: 1t may be Od will spare it to grow ul
s and call yO "blessed."
S And to Ose wives to whom GOt
:, has given 10 children of their own
s their duty is manifest. Somewhere in
Il pain, and starvation, and Ignorance
e their children are waiting for them.
t All day long they strtch out lean hands
: and watch with hungry eyes for your
t coming. Don't go shopping again until
r YOU have found them. Some Will go tC
, heaven, and when you fail receive you
a intoeverlasting habitatiOns.n And some
4 will be left to weep over your grave and
v write beneath your name, "a wife who
+ had no children, but whom many chill
: dren regretted"
: And for those women who have neither
J husband nor child here is the duty
: which is better than all the "rights" in
the world. Let them see how many
: children they can save, so may be
1 brought to pass the triumph of the
D prophets, and "the children of the DESC
late be more than the children of the
: married life."-l6'S. 4. Z. Bur-, u
j Golden Age.