The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-08-05

was a.goin' 10 be spoiled, when / see
Sairey old hout both 'or hands, and ]
card 'er distinct-liko cry hout, 'Ohl
Miss Rosa, ] nm no sorry 7 on will yon
believe IL, sir2 the poor Hitalian laid
'er 'ead on the hother's shoulder, an
cried like q child In q minute the
stage.master called ont, sharp, MlHs
Podge,' an she dried 'cr tears an went
hont an danced 20 beautifully, the pit
nearly went mad with 'er. Oh, yes, Sir, !
there's 'uman paLur' behind as well az
before tho scenes, nm the great scene
ghiftcr above, he watches it.
owen, sir, Miss lucy, aiterwArd
Missis Bytheway, wer' II clever dancer,
an Likewise sometimes took n small
part, for she was ag pretty a girl as
ever soen hon the stage, an I've seen
ball the swells, you know. They're
very partiklcr hat the varieties you
know hits only the royal family, an
two or three very gpeshul parties as
geta the hcntree there. ] dunno 'ow
that young Bythowoy got in; but
p'raps, 'iB fathCr '0d done the governor
4 good turn sometimes. 'OBomevor o
were hon the stage pretty hoften, an
took Il violent fancy to Miss Lucy, All,
sir, my art used 10 bleed sometimes for
those poor girls-to aeo 'Ow bold and
bra2cn some on 'em were, an 'Ow
gentle others was, AN 'ow many Of
'cm came to grief. No matter. Lucy
she took TO the young Bytheway, an' e
tried hon n hold game with 'Gr, bu. she
were too good or two KNOWN to DO de-
cciyed. ! believe she really liked the
man. ~ were a terrible temper, No
one 'ad ever controlled it. Ed grown
up Just like that stalk Of mullen You
see there, az straight and ~ long Ns he
liked, an breakin' ont Mt every stage.
"Nuw You want to know 'ow they
come hout to this place? ! can't tell
you. All know is, that halter spoonln'
about the girl for Il precious long time,
and she playin' Off an hon with i'm,
one day she didn't come to rehearsal,
an then hit were rum0rcd among the
young ladies she 'ad run away with Mr.
Bytlcway. The old gent an the Young +
'un 'ad nd u row, han the young IN
said that rather than kill the old fool,
he'd leave him. Well n year after, !
came across n immigration hagcnt. II n
told me about Canada an tho free o
grants, an loolin' round on all there 8
hungry children, | said Gwen try IL v
it's worth the venture" I'd saved a y
little money, an when ] got to Toronto g
! applied for land at the government a
Office, an they give me this concession !
free. We rot 'erc about the LIST of
June, ham lived in the woods for come
weeks. | tell you the mu3kctoe3 were
awful. But your fancy 'ow ] started !
when The first thing | SEQ on the next
lot, whore that 'onsc I'D lately been
built, was young Bytheway in n torn D
shirt an trousers, hoein' round among .
tho atumps just as il ed been at it all n
is life. Then hOut comcB Miss Lucy )
then Mrs. B~ytloway, for they'd got !
married before they left England y
lookin' pale like, has I've seen Mrp. .
WcllbcIoved look oftener than | cared :,
for. We waa very good friends, au' J
the young gentleman, who was smart, !,
as they say ere, o put me hup TO a .
good many things, nm showed me 'ow !,
TO build my 'ousc, nm all the nabors =
was kind an 'olpful enough, has all the 4
people are hout Gro to strangers. Well, .
young Bythcway was kind enough to J
Lucy, an, for Nll ! saw, sho was fond Of 4
i'm, but once or twice ] noticed he went y
off to Orillia an stayed away rome days, !
it might DO three or four, an when he !
came back again he wOsnt 'imsGlf for =
II long time. / knew what il was ii !
was tho hold enemy-drink-an' for the :,
time hit made i'm another man. II
"By and by tho autumn came, an we +,
got in our roDt.crOps an n little corn an A
wheat, an Bythoway hid in Il decent ~
lot. Then cam the frost, an the fall IN
ing OF the leaves, an then tho snow. ~
Such snow? I've seen snow ten or if ~,
teon feet deep down in that gully, an 90
a. crisp an shiny as the finest sugar,
IN the mir rs pure an the sky rs bright fo,
II | ever see painted in n Hitalian scene NJ
It the theayter. . Healthy ? | eo,
should think 20. There amt no doctor a.
nearer than GrayenhurSt, nm | never rr'
card Of i'm comm mp here except to r.,
Joseph Jobson's grandmother they Oh
iny she's nigh onto 80, an took the ~.
rheumatic 30 bad they thought she cn
we're dyin', and cent for i'm to clip 'er Lo
IN. Well, it was the second year, and =
then in the snow time came Christmas, Ia
the tavern keeper down Mt Brace. wl
he gave out n turkey.shootin', IN
and Mr.. Bytheway on the day before 81
left is wife in orr charge A.
she were very near or continement-and -,
went to try is luck. She come over 10
ere q Christmas heye, m though she az
never said nothin', she weren't in no mr.
we all noticed. My wife, OF III
course, see the most of 'er, and tried or No.
best to coax 'er to DO moro lively. like. "
She would go 'ome that night, and, next 10,
mornin, my wife went hup to 'er for n cn
hour or 40. .Sho left 'er dressed an th
comfortable, waitin' for Bytheway's re. e.,
turn. She expected i'm to reach 'ome tb'
about 3 or in the afternoon. | went nn
II after midday an then she were a IN,
ayin' the cloth for n Christmas dinner. r'
room was always very clean, an niC
he'd stuck some green about IA orna- nv
nented the table an made it all look a.
cry nice, far better than we poor people rot
an do out here, for Bythcway kept some ;n
I is hold 'abits, an she loved to make 700
he 'onso as swell-like as possible. | r."
bought she looked very pretty though m'
was 30 pale, and she 'ad one of Ter r.;
Id thoaytor flowers in 'er brown air Oh
t were n pleasure to me TO SEQ 'er. ar,
Why, Mrs. Bythoway,' | says, I'm
Merry Christmas" 10
Merry Christmas, Wcllbeloved, III
ays she. An then tnrnin' roun' sharp, ch
he says, How soo do you think Rey. ~,
lold can get homeP lie was to leave ~
3racebridgo early this morning and ~,
walk ont. l have n plum pudding for wcs
lin. He knows nothing about it. / w.
wish he was home MI
"She went an looked out of the
loor, but the wind blew sharp from the ba
iorth, an she came in with n SILVER. / shi
tayed with 'er more than n hour, 'avin' thi
lothin' partickler to do. an left 'er at fro
,,ery near 0 o'clock. / 'ad to come right gr'
lpwn frnpn tIn Jnr, 40. A. IT. =