Connecticut western news., 1878-05-02

grow bit stronger, and then Granny took new wrinkle.
 "''Twa'n't good for Lissy to give suck to the baby,' she said, 'or have it with her. It was actually losing flesh, for Lissy's milk wasn't good for it she brought up Jake by hand, guess she could this baby. So she'd take him away entirely from his mother So she takes the little fellow out in the kitchen away from Lissy.
 "I'll do Granny the justice to say she didn't do it out of spite or ill-nature. But she was sot in her way, you know, and really thought she was doing the best thing. But it did seem to me awful hard on Lissy. Oh, how she went on /! She begged Jake to interfere and let her have 1t. --- -'|.--2>'- -,l+'''-,'--. LA
 Just leave it in the room with me, > she said. Let it lie here on the other side of the bed, so can only look at it. I'll feed it myself, and it shan't have my milk if it hurts it. Oh, Jake I will die if you take my baby from me. If ever you did, love'me a little, coax Granny to leave me my baby
 "I suppose Jake thought it was tan trums, and besides he wanted the baby, seeing it was boy, to thrive, and he couldn't understand Lissy's feelings, for he himself cared nothing about seeing and handling little babies, so he just loosed Lissy's hands off his, and says, gruf-like,
 Don't make a baby of yourself, Liss mother knows what's best,' and goes out, and I had that crying, wild creetur on my hands. declare I never knew Liss could take on so. She got hysteriky and went on so was frighten- ed for her. Even God does not feel for me ! she screamed out once, but she was, sorry for saying it awhile after, and she told me she had prayed to Him to forgive her,
 Did Granny give in and bring the baby back to her?"
 G. Bless you, child, no, if you d known how uncommon sot in her way Granny was, you'd never we asked that question.
 We were powerful busy after that, what with killing and extra work, but once day I found time to carry that child into Lissy s room for her to see him. It seemed as if she was fairly crazy with joy then she never minded me, only just looked at him and kissed him, and talked to him, and the little fellow actually nestled in her arms, as if hewas happy at being by her.
 '<But Lissy didn't chirp up bit, and when I went back home I told Mis- Smith I actually couldn't make out what ailed her, It didn't seem to be consumption, it was a gradual weakening of the whole system. It's heart troubles, you may depend, says she. Si has told me things, and then the aggravating creetur stopped right up and wouldn't say an- other word. It was all of two weeks be- fore I found time to go over to the Wilkes's again. I had Lissy on my mind though every day, and one Saturday af- ter I'd been frying doughnuts-mine were always so puffy and light, that 'Renzo and the youngsters couldn't allow that they ever had enough of them-I jest made up nay mind to go over and see how she was getting on and take her some fresh cakes. Father was going over to Rye with corn and I rode as far as the Widder's with him. He would be going home again about nine, so could have quite visiting spell.
 But, bless me, how Lissy had failed! I saw it plain the moment set eyes on her. Not that she was pale-her cheeks had bright crimson spot on them, and her eyes shone like stars but she was so wasted, so worn. She began right to me the minute Granny was out of the room, in heart broken sort of way
 "'Some days Granny never brings the baby to see me at all, she says. Never once when she's very busy and I just lie and listen to hear it cry, or make some sound. Aunt Becky, it ain't for my good ; it's killing me.
 '' l didn't wait to hear no more, but just started off for that child, and jest then, as luck would have it, in came Mis- Jones from the mill and her daughter to see the folks and spend the afternoon, and of course the baby had to be showed around and talked over. Lissy hadn't no eyes for anything or anybody but that little thing. She watched greedy-like when they was handling it, and talking about it's weight and it's looks. And she says to me, panting-like, / can'l aoan! I haven't had him for two days. Oh, let me have him ? And I just laid the child by it's mother, and says, Gran. ny, take the folks out into the kitchen Lissy don't seem fit for company to-day. And went out, too, and sot with then awhile, for Mis- Jones could tell the neighbors news always,
 "I slipped in the room again, after awhile, to see how Lissy was getting along, and there she was, a real happy look on her face, and the baby asleep ing quietly, close to her breast So went out again, and says to Granny Let the baby alone; he is asleep; anc I helped her to get tea early, for Mis- Jones had quite ways to go.
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