The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-06-28


when one Nv EN- wuz in, l actilly weI
aud split oven wood rather thau I,
Alariar drop that child and do 10 he
self, wich had alluz been her dOoty an
privilege.
A fathers luv is the most techi
thing in nacher. Hundreds NV mite
hev laid in bed aud permitted Maria
10 git up for catnip tea when | reall
needed sleep, and her arisiu disturbe
me- aud the warm water / hev allowe
that woman To bring from the kitehe
mites for Them children, would never b
believed. Like trOO father, / mad
sacrifices for them children. / felt tn
dooty Nv econOmisin that they Nigh
enjoy advantages, and 10 that end
sternly refoOsed TO let Mariar pay for
pew IN the church she belonged TO, an,
at once cut of her annoOal subscripshei
TO The Furrin Mishnary Society.
-lrlar,h / TcReTkt nin,in AZ fb,
I ten, "the heather is not only at on
door, but they are inside thereof"
Wen wood it hev bin for me ef hat
/ never allowed myself to he over-per.
suaded in this matter MaFiar sank
under the LABOR Nv carin for them chill.
dreni aud went TO her long home, de.
spite the advice l had given her for
twenty-five years cOneeTnin the proper
management Of them. ] drop a tear 10
the memory NV that excellent pervider.
she wuz my stay for a quarter Nv a CEN
Try My second wuZ better lOOkin, but
the mint she wuz married she closed
Tue shop Il have alluz married lmil-
luersJ and insisted on my supportin
her. My third wuz weakly-I wuz took
IN with her-and cOuldent work. Wat
a contrast Mariar frekentlv put a
mortgage on her fixters To supply the
father uv her children with the necessa-
ries uv life. Alas them fixters are all
gone, this many a year.
Iime rolled on, aud Tom reached the
age Nv twenty-five and was admitted
10 the bar and got into a good practis.
Now sed 10 myself, / shel reap my
reward. The first fee Tom got I
promptly asked him for ten dollars.
wich wuZ TO hev been the first drop Nv
the golden shower wich wuZ to folltr
Tom looked at me a expression that
BODIED me no good, and turned on his
heel and walked away. Not a dollar
wood he give me, tho he did squander
some Of his money on his younger
brothers aud sisters, and abOOsed me
one Gay for not givin EN- a better
chance. He wuZ hard-harted aud uu-
grateful.
Imogene did marry a rich old man at
eighteen, and moved in a brilliant
speer. Confidently / approached her
husband on the subject Of takin up my
abode with them, and passin my de-
cliniu years iu comfort, but he remarked
he'd see me further first, and he wuz
ekaily unreasonable on the subject Nv
temporary relief Finally he informed
that he fNrsNrnff
gene quite agreed with him, and / de-
parted sick.
LOOiser married a week-minded Young
man, from whom / Good hey borrowed
money, but for the insurmOuntable fact
that lie he'd none aud never did. He
wanted 20 return to the parentle roof
but ! Indignantly refused.
Joolius got To be a mechanic, but he
he'd his own family to support, aud Alb
uer laiied me To scOTn when / came
upon him, iusistin that he wood do as
much FOR me as I had ever did for him.
SImyool, from whom / did expect
suthiu, flouted and jeered at me, and
when / insisted and talked of parentle
authority aud sich, absolutely threat
ened me with brick.
Meiindy, my fifth, got to be a mil
liner aud never married. IL "A last re-
sort, l proposed To live with her and
take charge of her dizziness, as | had a
large experience.
"EScuse me-" wuz her bartlis re-
mark. II amt ma"
Aud 80 | wuz cast off from all Of EN-.
The memry Nv their mother riz IN
like a wall between them aud me, aud /
them ez shOod have cared for me ez she /
did.
And so on down. They showed great
alacrity IN gittin away from me, and an
indisposishen TO return wich | never
Good account for. In speekin Nv the
family, they wuz allus profoose in re-
verln the memry of their mother, wich
didn't need it, but they didn't reveer
me- wich did need It, particle. Then
| realized
" How sharper than serpcnt's tooth his
To hev "a thanklIs child"
My children are most all Of en- in
good circumstances, aud their children I
are we'll clad aud well cared for. I am
a lonely old man, depeudin for a sub /
iistence on my borrowin capassity /.
among strangers, precarious aud dan /
gerous method Nv livin. Nv invest I
nent didn't pay. The $1,000 that them .
children cost my various wives wood, I
= he'd II nowi give me "a decent in
KUN, and enable me to live in cOmpar-
alive comfort. It wuz the mistake Nv
my life, and ! am too old TO begin agin.
Aud so life is 10 me weary dreem, and
my fucher is overcast with leadeu
clouds through which / see no rift.
Nay heaven forgive my wives aud my
lnuacheral offspring.