The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1874-10-22

bear end forgive; and eath were about
o. miserable as men and women can wtg
bo, with plenty 10 cat, drank und wear,
aaa d good shelter over thair heads, With
but uasadsded, chatting starved, hearts.
Mamma, PET sa.d .oflIgt after bgr faith
cg had disappeared around Che corner OF
the barn, aud the mother had gone back
20 her washing. with a big lump Ia her
throat, did you and papa ever love eaoh
oUprs
Il was a strange question. Ars, snooks
turned quickly und the bar oi soap drop
ped with q thud 20 the white oab floor
Patche. ct red and white came and wcut
on her face, tbat was by uo manner of
neon. plain one, aud her eve, opened
wider thau tbe child had ever seen them
beigrs,
Wh.ges child! size answered, as soop
as her breath came What makes you
ash
was a thinking the cbiIo rvaded
without meaning 40.
1aiukiHg what
You know was down 10 araudma's 5
yesterday, and aunt Jane aud Uncle VIII
seemed -o happy together, lhe ititle one
continued keepmg hcr ewes fixed ora the
bread -he wa, crnmbliue inlua bowl of
fresh mills lof breakfast.
Once, when auulie was lUekjug zap my
curI., uucIc pm his arm arouut her and
kissed hcrright on her eyes, raut bad
tears in them; aud when they were gone
--unclc and auntie YOU kuow-graudma
said: What makes you SO sober, Pussy:
And don't blame me mamma:
No. darling.
told her that was thnking-thinh-
ing
What dear,
Mrs. Snook was close by the Child
then. aud was looking very solelanIy at
the dropped lids and the qniyeriug lips,
That I'd never seen you aud papa Kiss
each other IN an my life.
And what did grandma say? very soft
( Iy.
She said that uncle yin aud aunt Jane
had not always been SO kind and SO fond
think she said 50 fond, though don't
know what that means That before
cousin Jennie died, there was never any
sunshine in the house except what Jennie
made; but that her loye had made then
love each other more-just as in the o!c
counting days, grandma said.
Strange talk 10 child, the mother
said, half to herself, and with the anxious
look deepening in her eyes.
Was n!-tne little one was toying will
the small, silver spoon, in an absent care
less way.
But mamma
Yes, dearie.
When | went to bed last night, wha
do YOU s'pose | told God?
That you thanked Him for your gooC
home, aud for your dear papa and nam
ma, didn't you!
don't think that did, admitted tn
child, shaking her head obviously. Cues
forgot that; but told Him lie nigh
take me up to heaven, where grandm
said cousin Jenny, was il that woult
make you and papa happy, like uncl
Will and aunt Jane you know.
She looked up then, her violet eye
half drowned in saerilicial tears, while tn
poor mother stared down at her in
dumb, bewilderod way, the color all gon
from her face; her figure bowed as if al
ready upon it's helplessness lay the bur
den of her c,oss.
don't want 10 go away, mamma, il
child continued, I don't think its q
nice where Jenny j. as il j. here-we'y
80 many Iambs, you know, ,and lhe wood
ARE just lnH Of lowers lut ! told t,Or
he ugedu't mind. aud that id 90 righ
away 10 you'd ouIy love each other.
Don't isteu to rr. dear, dear God
waited ue maDher lalliug on her kuee
and catching The Child tu her bosom. -
She, all have ia the world .-all m
light, my joy, my tie, my crown, ~
glory Punish us some other way, oil
t,ud punish "a, any other way tor wt
deserve "a; but lr1 as keep the one ew
lamb Thou gara.t--the one white TO-,
the one great good we cannot five with
uut.
Her eyes were strained up through ia
jessamiue al the window totht blac ,k
far beyond, and the child was eIjugIn
10 he. aceA as ii she thought arorha
moment might driH her away forever
Neither beard the smothered sob in tb
passage leading tQ lHe wooa.bed, uo
tbe steps aom M toward them, thong
the silence that eusued: Uf the tarma
. coming back for something he bad iol
gotten, had heard the larger half Of "a
story have so poorly told 10 You, aud 5
3 "a moment NE wife be lrulY loved despii
p lhu cu0,ues. bctaccn bis tile aud her
. and tAe child that was bis idol, wI
. c.osgrin b. am, tbaa oi.e bad bceu "a
] ypag.s and lae irsa weep. together
shall we begiu life oeG, Ta8s Oh
atcf a.Rcd, tsA,ug up ihe pe, mm
! dropped 20 uyag aza. >allI ac grt SIS q
more patient and lI4iyia-s
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