Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-04-14

80. wv asAeedule, ma am, sal0
nurse n Baby has taken wonderfully to
Master Willie, and he always does what
l tell him; but can't have that naughty
cough IN my nursery, sir, tell YOU
don cough for fun, NURSE declar-
ed Willie. " Lii try to keep quiet will
indeed
He has nasty hacking cough at
nights" said nurse to me, when Willie
with the tears all dried, was PLAYING bo-
peep with baby in the ber5eaunette. It
goes right through you, ma'am. I doubt
if he's long for this world after all"
"Wnat a foolish idea!' said l hastily.
looking at the white face and slender
frame, and wondering, with sudden
flash Of horror, If my lack of love was
thus to be punished by Heaven. The
womanly yearnings, crushed hitherto by
jealousy, broke down every barrier then.
was myself at last, and my heart open
ed wide to take in my husbands child.
| longed to see and speak to Kendall
again, and looked forward anxiously to
| his return. l was sadly disappointed
Wien MIR. Tudor came in to tell me that
| my husband who shared his chambers,
| had been summoned to Exeter on legal
business and might be detained some
! DAYS
! BE had sent a list of certai REQUISITES.
and these packed at once and dispatched
| to the station to follow him I could not
bring myself to write one line of all that
Ifelt.
Mr.. Tudor soon relieved my dis.
| quietude as to dealing with Martha AZ
| ter brief interview between them, il
| which be acted for Kendall. she quietly
accepted months money in lieu of notice
and bestowed herself and her belongings
in Il cab, with few threats and imperti.
nences concerning myself and her late
situation which highly amused the cab
man.
''she's gone" shouted Willie, clapping
his thin hands for joy. "Won't / have a
| good time now, mammal"
| After this Willie's health did not seem
to improve, and, broken hearted, I real
! lied one morning, as the rising sun was
| parting the gray clouds in the east, that
all my care for my patient was in vain. A
| slight attack of pleurisy, an2iously
watched by myself and a Westend
| physician I had summoned, had taken q
fatal turn on the previous evening, and VIC
had telcgraphed directly to his father
who had proceeded to Ireland from Exc.
| ter.
Closer my boy chung to me with all his
feeble strength. Baby was crying in the
nursery, missing my presence there; bu
even his voice could not draw me from
that d-side. I would have died mysal
to save my other child, cut off in the very
blossom Of his days victim perhaps t.
the neglect which had left his warming
cough unattended to. Unspeakably dea
had Kendals son become to me of late
his innocent lips had prattled to me O
better things than my careless Thoughts
had hitherto needed.
One evening footsteps came hurryine
upstairs, and was quickly pushed asid
by my husbands hand. I knew what hi
first born was to him as I noticed hi
evident distress. His emotion panied tn
child, who was placid himself with tn
shadow of coming peace.
doctor Steane, tell me there is hope
there must be hope-there must be hope
appealed my husband to the physician
who stood at the foot of the bed.
''l'm not afraid, papa dear, said Will
family, as Doctor Steane sadly shook hi
head.
But cannot let you go, my poe
little boy!' A solemn silence fell over u
broken only by my husbands sobs; m
own heart was too full to find relief j
tears. I started convulsiyely when at tn
last there came a great cry, My mama
and the little arms were stretched toward
me. How could I ever have wiilfull
put away my boys tenderness? Jus
then I would at any cost have purchase
a renewal of our term of love.
The rest is all to me as dream, viso
Of frightened faces. morning shadow
supersediDg the candlelight. and littl
figure clam as the flowers on which tn
sun was rising-an indistinct memory {
stifled sobs, agitated whispers, baby
cries, and through it all a boys clea
, voice family recalling his daily prayer
Gentle Jesus, meek and mild,
, Look upon little child.'
knew was forgiven as I stood in til
stiffness of the solemn room and tenderl
looked my last look at him who would S
soon be removed from our sight. TIL
!. heavenly calm Of littleIWillie's face spok
), peace to my troubled soul the love ths
had given him rest held pardon too tc
] me. could not bear to remain thcr
long, one mothers kiss I gave him
parting kiss that refused TO part-an
J, then left him as before, with the pun
, white rose strewn around him and I'll
o lilies on his breast. And my HUSBAND
who had followed me unperceived, too
9 me in his arms with fondness that ha
, new element in it.
: Dear love- said he, pressing his liz
, to mine, 81 have learnt all now; an
: what remains untold read it in his ey'
. that morning. as he looked upon &c
Heaven reward you, my Millicent.'
! put down my head upon his should
and cried there for the first time sin
our sorrow-cried out all tue feelings
= had no words to tell.
l. Lost Times.