The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-01-24
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MY GREAT TROUBLE.
pY aEo. MAN-vyTILE FENN.

80 = MY GREAT TROUBLE. :
sH lEs# ~ Z-Lr 3a5H5 1tF IE 81
: es rf BY GEO. MAN-vT1sLE PENN ere
= II, was just after my long illness,
z when I was laid by for six months:
of course, It was not reasonable
TO expect different treatment from
the great firm with whom / had been
3 for 30 many years5 butt came like
t.a 4 sharp pang when one morning at
breakfast, Just as I had made up my
Vi mind to 90 up TO town and try again
> ~ the postman left q letter. sci -si
.llaaIt was very kindly written, and
enclosed a check. for fifty pounds
but that did not seem to balance the
Jntimation that the heads of the City
s.ai Mace had filed up my post by pro-
noting one of their employees for
thew said that it was quite evident l
should not be in condition to do
active business for some months to
come. and they advocated perfect
= rest and a s9journ az the seaside.
I could not complain, for twice
over L had been back, telling myself
/ was strong enough to go on, but
each time had broken down., and
an the last occasion had TO be
4 sent home in cab. Las-o 5lgAA q
e.: sThe disease, you see had left
me so dreadfully nervous; and di-
u rectly 1 had attempted to think and
III direct, and plunged generally into
the regular bustle of business, |
had become confused and furried.
ended by sitting down miserably
helpless, and obliged to confess
myself beaten. 49, --..
p. This is the worst cut of all, = |
said with groan, as / let the en-
yelope and It's enclosures fall to the
g.ou1id; God help us [! what is to
become of us! rf ..-.
pOh,- come, come p. exclaimed my
Wife bless her foF q dear little
woman who always thinks a looking.
glass has two bright sides =" come
come I've shall mabageright enough
dear, only wait and grow strong"
~. 'tSeYen OF US, and no income
nothing to look forward to in this
Z weary world,.5I I groaned; and L
sank back and covered my face
with my hands. -a 5fa 2
~ And as did so / felt my little
woman rest her forehead on my
hands, and In a whisper she repeat
ed those lines Of Longfellows- 4"
.xs-a43 1F1s - st5@HE esd :
stBe stiI, sad, sad heart! and cease repiningi
Behind the clouds is the still shining;,
- Thy fate is the common fate of alli
= = Unto each life some rain must faIl, ? as
- "a some days must be dark and drearF,s
70 / knew the truth Of the words
very favorite ones OF mine, which 1
had often quoted about other Peo-
- zpIe's sorrows but now l could
only mourn in my weakness, and
think of the future as q clendy. rainy
time, which no sunshine could ever
rieece.s8 -ar1 yEE sFai,aI liiW saa9
What was to become of our two
girls. Hetty and Marie, of whom we
had been so proud, and whom We
had educated and trained with such
care that, while domestic in every
way, they were ladies in the truest
sense Of the word--girls Of eighteen
and twenty? What was to become
af tile little ones9 s1egsis rfV.es' 81
For with my large family / had
never been able to put much aside,
but had trusted TO Insurance. What
little + had saved had been swept
N ayay by the expenses OF my long
filness; and now | had fifty pounds,
q few debts, the insnrance.money to
keep up. my health was shattered,
and prospective income.
/ can scarcely think about 1t all
now without a strange swelling COM
ing in nv throat. for events follow
ed one .anotheE pretty quickly then.
OF course, I know that had no bus
mess to repine but was in so
weak aud helpless state that I did
and said things very different to the
thoughts and acts OF a man in robust
health. rt -o
The next morning my eldest boy.
a lad Of fourteen, sat perfectly
after breakfast, and looked prefer
naturally solemn. / did not see it
then, but there was evidently con-
spiraey adoat. Is - q - rsfmE
''Time you had gone to school, my
boy" / said. - s.,..-. d..
NNk sf5SeA5 sbOTHtAgB A%SASA5 HIhS
the answer !; and then it came out
that the schoolmaster's brother had
undertaken TO receive the boy into
his office, without preinium-he was
q land agent and surveyor, and the
boy was to reside with him
,adsI was stunned almost. knew il
was q blessing in disgnise--ohe
hearty boy we'll provided for--hut r
Yves too full Of repining 30, see il
then.
ss1ia The boy went the next days and
this seemed a new trouble.
-Four days later Marie came to
Z tell me that she was going to be o.
nursery governess &C the rectory
and thongh she was only going to be
mile away, that was another bitter
paHg and fear that did no little
towards sendiHg tho poor girl to her
new home Eow-spirited' and dejected.