The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1875-07-28

"No, not bit of darlin'; Just an
old bear, regular old heather, to
sacrifice the best little woman under
the sun, inch by inch, the way that's
been goin' on for years an years."
snuffled he, as he fumbled over her
face in an aimless, loving way.
Then "our girl" Barbara, went into
Jane Jones harness, and it fitted her
to fraction.
"Now we've turned over a new leaf,
go and dress up, Jenny, bless your"
said the new convert.
So, with the memory of lang syne
warming her heart, Jane Unearthed
her wedding dress in the afternoon,
and put it on, with a pretty old.fash-
ioned collar, and brushed out her nut
brown hair that once upon time
curled beautifully. Perhaps she felt
foolish and girlish, and out Of her
sphere, but she looked sweet enough
to make up for all discrepancies.
She sat sewing, putting new band
un Ruby's new shirt, when the chill.
dren came home from school. Her
back was toward the door. Tom came
to dead halt as he stepped on the
sill, and then ran round the lean-to to
find his mother. No mother there,
but the smiling, pinky-faced German
girl, who was pairing potatoes to bake
for supper.
Tom bawled out: ais mother dead
o, / want my motherw and circled
around the house and peeped in shyly
with wet eyes.
Was that lady in a soft gray merino
dress, wearing an embroidered collar
and gold ear drops, his motherP That
pretty woman Surely it was, for Net
tie was feeling Of her face, and was
sparkling ever and saying; as this
you, motherH Why, where have you
been ?"
"Oh, NAL" said Tom, holding her
around the neck as though she might
fit away the next minute; "why,
where did you go, and when did you
come back ?"
Poor little ones how proud they
we're of the household drudge in her
new and beautiful transformation
But this is not all. Before the first
cold blast of Winter came, steps were
taken to tighten the labors of the
feminine portion of the farmers house
hold. An addition was built to the
house, new siding was put on and
painted white. New windows were
added, and green blinds and spouting,
and big cistern close to the kitchen
door, and wide, long, roomy porch.
Closets were put in ali the rooms the
old verminy bedsteads split up and
used for kindlings; new chairs were
bought, including new rocking and
sewing chair for mother; new sew
ing machine, that was love of a
friend; the door yard was paled in,
and the calves and colts kept where
they belonged and evergreen trees,
and Towering shrubbery, and rose
bushes, made beautiful the new yard.
An easy chain pump took the place
of the old moss covered bucket that
held as much as a churn. 1t was pack
ed off to the barn to put clover seed
in, and the heavy windlass was borne
away forever from the little arms that
had tugged at its ponderous weight
with sick weariness many and many
year. The big we'll rope made a
nice swing under the oaks for Tom,
Belle and chubby Harry.
Now that the no longer enslaved
mother has leisure to mingle with her
growing children as teacher, and CON-
panion, and friend, they grow more
| al II.
to her like vines. They see so much
in her to admire and emulate.
And John Jones That spell of fe-
yer was the Aaron's rod that smote
the rock of mis- soul and opened it for
the out gushing of love, and sympathy,
and charms, and graces of the human
heart; and to-day, growing broader
and ruddier, and ripper, and better
there lives no happier farmer than
daop old rannvatad 1ohn Ionau