Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1878-04-11

| goOc nough Tor him, stlffty answered
Freedom and Aunt Huldah, with in
ward rage, accepted the situation, and
went out to the barn to help Lowly
set some refractory hens, where she
found the poor little woman, with sus-
piciously red ewes, counting eggs on
corner of the havmow.
"Hanner's come, Lowly," said she !;
$50 she's got baby, nd l come out to
give We lift about them hens. I've
been a-dealin with Freedom about
that There chi,d's name. but you might
Jest as we'll talk to White Rock l
will say fort he's the sottest man |
ever see b'lieve he'd set to fight
his own way out with the Lord above,
if he he'd to!"
Lowly gave little plaintivc smile.
but, after the manner of her sex, took
her husbands part well, you see.
Aunt Huldy, it's kind o material he
should want TO foller his folks ways
| don't say but what did want to call
baby Edaard, for my little brother that
died. | set great store by Eddy" here
Lowly's checked apron wiped certain
| mist from her patient eyes.-"anit would
ha' been my mind to call him Eddy; but
Freedom don't feel TO. and Won know
scripter says wives must be subject 10 hus-
/ bands"
Him" shifted Aunt Huldah who was
lost to the strong minded party OF her sex
| by being born before its creation. script
| cr has a good deal TO answer for :" with
| which engmatical and shocking remark,
she turned and pounced upon the nearest
| hen. Poor old hen she evidently repre-.
| sented a suffering aud abjcct sex TO Aunt
! iIulhah, and exasperatcd her accordiu gly.
! DO not know? Have not I, weakly and
mcekly protested against their ways and
works. also been hustled and bustled by
4 the Right Women { p, even as this squawk
\ ing, crawling, yellow biddy was pulled
and cnffed and shaken up by Aunt lluldah
aud plunged at las. In spite OF nips and
/ pecks and screaks. into the depths OF =
/ barrel, the head wedged on aboye her, aud
the unwilling matron condemned TO soil
| tary confinement, with hard labor on thir-
/ teen eggs!
81 Freedom had his way, OF course and
/ LoWIi wru' on, with the addition of a big
/ naughty baby to take care OF. waking be-
/ fore light tn get her "chnre," out OF the
/ way. prepare breakfast, skim cream. strain
I new milk and set II. scald pans, churn
work and put down butter. feed pigs aud
7 hens. bake, wash. iron. scrub. mend make,
/ nurse BABY. fetch wood from the shed and
\ water from the well \ delicate. bending,
/ youthful figure, with hands already knottcd
I and shoulders bowed by hard work; her
I sole variety Of a week day being when one
7 Kind OF pie gave place 10 another. or when
/ the long winter evenings, with dim light OF
! tallow candles. made her spinning shorter
/ and her sewing longer.
r..
1 fast WAS as early, milk ns abundant on that
/ day as any other and then there was a five
\ mile ride To meeting, for which ample
/ lunch must be prepared, since they stayed
I al uoou there WAS baby 10 dress and her
own SUNDAY clothes To put on. In which
sim and unaccu>tomcd tucry she sat tour
mortal hoCSS but. with the hrici interval
ana 2Gggnip RoGlac Gn agg8TA ksPmHFtfs dafatt
7 of the day % feed the Ligs and hens, 10 yet
I the clamorOus baby quick; this was hardly
rest And summer that bring, to over
strained nerves and exhausted muscles the
healing OF sun, sweet winds, fresh air. and
/ the literal balm OF a Thousand ilowcrS."
only heraded to her the advent OF eiX
strong hungry men at haying. sheariug.
and reaping time. OF course. double fatigue.
I Yet this j. the lie that was once the doom
OF al New Eugland farmers wives; the
Y
( houses, to suicide the life that Is so beau
/ tiful in the poets numbers. so terrible In
| IL stony, bloomless oppressive reality. II
would nave been hard to tell If l.owly was
/ glad or sorry when on a soft day In June,
{ Amt Hannah. this time at home, was bur
! riedy called from the red house to ofilciate
az doctor and nurse both. at the arrival of
/ another baby. This time Freedom growled
4 and ,cowled by himself in the kitchen in
I stead OF conde>cendng to look at aud ap.
I prove the child; for il was girl.
Aunt Hannah chuckled IN her sleeve.
1 Freedom had ntimaied quite frankly that
this child was to be called after himself,
nothing doubling but that another boy was
az hand; and great was his silent rage AZ
the disappointment.
'Impcrdent. amt II 2" queried Aunt HUI
dab. who sat by the kitchen fire still ring a
mess OF Indian meal porridge, ITO think 1t
dar-t 10 be a girl when ye was so sot on IL.
turuin out a boy, Seems as though prov
idence got the upper hand on We, Freedom,
after all :"
But Freedom never gave retort 10 Aunt
/ Huldah he had been brought up in certain
superstitions, quite obsolete now, about re-
-pectng hs elders, and though the spirit
was wanting sometimes, the letter OF the
! law Lad observance he could rage at
Aunt liuldah privately, bu, before her he
held hi, tongue; ii was his wife who sut-
| ferel a. the sinner should for disturbing
/ his plans IN this manner; he suubbed her,
/ he dies pissed the baby. and forthwith bought
I two more cows with the grim remark, "Ef
| I've got TO fetch up pack o girls, guess
I Ia better scratch around N make IA leetle
! more money
/ Bur II the new baby was an eve-sore to
I Freedom. she was a delight to Lnwlv. Al
/ the more because her father ignored aud
/ seemed to dislike her. the aliluent mother
/ heart flowed out upon her. She was cool
/ ing clinging. lovely little creature. and
/ when worn out with her days work, Low
/ Is had at las, coaxed her cross tcerhing
! baby to sleep. and she sat down in the old
1 creaky rocker To nurse and tend her baby.
/ the pure>t joy that earth knows stole over
/ her Ike the tranquil breath OF heaven; the
/ touch OF tiny fingers on her breast, the
| warm shining head against her heart. the
/ vague baby smile aud wandering eyes that
1 neither the wist iulnr>> Of doubt. the dark
1 ness of grief, nor the iitc Of passion cloud
| ed as vet; the inarticulare murmurs of sa'
| isfacton.' the pressure OF the little helpless
form upon her lap, the silent. ardent tend
erness that avoke aud burned in her own
| heart for this precious creature. all made
| for the weary woman daily oasis of peace
| and beauty and perhaps saved her brain
from that common insanity we Call ner-
vousness. and her body from utter exhaus-
ton; for happiness il medlciRe OF Gods
own sending; 10 quack has ever pretended
to dispense it's potent and beneticent cor
dial. and the true. honest physician, he
| whose very profession is the nearest ap
proach to that of the Savior and Healer of
/ men knows well that one drop OF the only
| elxer he cannot bring Outweighs all he can
| Sheariashub grew up TO the height OF three
| wears. and the baby toddled about and
chartered like merry chirpiog bird, when
one Fast Day morning Lowly STAYED at
home from meeting with sinking heart.
| and Aunt Hannah was sent for again.
Freedom went off 10 hear the usual ser
mon. on pretence OF taking Shearjashub
ont of the way. he being irrepressible ex-
cept by his father. whom alone he feared
Mother and aunts the youngster mantully
defied aud scorned but the very sound Of
his fathers steps reduced him to silence
shingles were not out OF fashion then as