St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-10-24

dose to her young brave.
! do not know that she ever eXDresse,
any violent gratitude for the eviden
Improvement of her terrible offspring
Her face always wore stoical. impas
sive look, not at all unbecoming to he
style of beauty. 1t was of the archRo
logical type, reminding me of one o
those grand faces cXhumed from ancien
ruins.
| grew to love the poor, sad, pretty
Sguaw. Quite Il little thrOb of pleasur,
would come to me when | heard hel
soft, familiar touch upon the latch
But | never did, | must own. take t.
the baby. | was in n manner afraid o
him. If he had screamed and kickeC
when | gave him the bitter dose, il
would have been natural, but the first
slight grlmace grew more and more
faint as he hardened himself tC
endurance. and always there remained
that implacable glare in his fierce, gilt.
tering eyes. l was glad when he was
strong enough to do without doctOring
but / missed sadly the presence Of his
mother. For she disappeared, and
heard her gentle touch up0n the latch
no more.
In the mean time my own little NAL
colin became the most perfect type OF
physical beauty that sculptor ever
raved over. Where he got his transpa-
rent skin, his magnificent eyes, his
straight nOse-frum whence came those
lines of beauty that curved into dim
pies. and roSeate bloom. and artistic
shadows-Ileaven only knows, but his
papa and | looked upon him with alb
solutc wonder, aS day after day he grew
more and more beautiful. And oh. 50
good and so natural He had his fits
of passion and went off to sleep with
that dear little sob i'll his breast that
makes every mother long to wake her ba-
10y up and soothe it to sleep again. Then
he'd lie kicking on the bed. playing
with fairies and sunbeams. and good
ness only knows all the mysterious and
charming shapes that come whispering
to babies.
We loved him too much. of course
1t is wrong to place every hope and
NeaIning and delight in the tlail body
of one dimpled baby. but help it who
can. Charley and simply worshippcd
him.
1t certainly made us better in every
way. 1t entered into our daily lives
and >moothcd away all the angles and
wrinkles. Charley caused two snug and
cosy rooms to hc substantially put to-
grthcr. talking gayly of the palatial res
idcncc that would stand. there or as h,
prudcntly added. thereabouts. When
baby was old enough tn see and apprc-
Ciatc.
| walked early and late in patch OF
soil he had spadcd up for me, and
which | digniicd with the name of gar
den. | had the pleasure of eating my
first radi>hcs and earliest pcaSc. The
Latest of these and the rest of the Vcgc-
tables rottcd in dire dc>nlatinn. My
garden became IL dense thickrt of noN-
iouS weeds. my home IL neglected ken
mel, and /" oh. poor. poor Kitty NAL
colin how did Nou ever live +" see
this day ?
1t makes me tIcmhlc to think of that
bright. halmy morning trcmhlr and
grow faint. though fifteen Years haV,
>ottcncd the memory.
Nature Wa> in her hest and tcndcrC>t
mood. the blue sky all tlcckcd with ill
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