The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-01-30
HARRY'S WE'LL MOTHER.

faced children came trooping out of
school and over the crisp snow, well
bundled up, with their mittens and
comforters, and dragging their sleds
along with them. They laughed, and
hurrahed, and gave vent to their youth
tul glee, which was increased by the
pure. invigorating air of the New Hamp-
shire hills.
The children had been enjoying their
Thanksgiving vacation, and came back
to their books with real zest, after
the few days of happy respite from
them.
Very naturally they talked over the
good time they had had, and their ex-
periences were as varied rs their looks
and the circumstances that surrounded
them.
Eddie Morris and Harry Brown were
running along together, and getting
quite well acquainted, and one would
not have supposed. by looking at them,
that their homes We're so different, one
happy and cheerful, the other sad and
cherries. The cadse of the difference
was soon manifest as they chatted on
their homeward way. Eddie was tell
ing Harry that he did not enjoy Thanks
giving Day this year, but had splen-
did time last year at his grandmother's
in Salem, when his home was in Bos-
ton. He had never lived in the coun-
try till now. and was enjoying hugely,
he said, the pleasant popcorn and nut
cracking parties which the boys and
girls had been giving in vacation.
There lots more fun out here and
at these parties than we used to have in
the city," said Eddie. 81 just wish l
had well mother, like you, and we'd
nave the biggest kind of time at our
house next Wednesday night. But,
then, what's the use of talking? Mother
never is well, and we don't have any
good fun at our house. My little SIS
ter says she has the 'nervers,' but I
tell you it's kind O. hard to keep still
and walk around softly, and be careful
about the doors, and be proper all the
time.n
"Well, we don't have those kind of
parties out here" said Harry. 1--WE
90 to bed at nine O'Clock, about the
time the parties begin in the city, and
that's the time to get the strength,
mother says. She was reading aloud
one of our Sunday-School books, last
Sunday (she reads to us every Sunday
night, and the story was about boy
who had a sick mother. He had to
keep still, just as you do, and never
had fun at home, like other boys. Moth
er said, when we were all little lads,
she used to read so many such stories
in the Sunday-School books, that she
determined she would try to keep well,
and have a good time with us when we
grew up, and SO she took real good
care of herself, and she can do most
anything. She says maybe she'll write
a story about some boy who had a well
mother and lots of good times. I'll
bet she'd write good one, for she tells
us splendid stories, and I'd good deal
rather read her book than the kind we
had last Sunday. But that boy, his
name was Ned Holden, was awful good
to his mother, though. He used to be
doing nice things for her all the time;
bringing her flowers, and candy, and
fruit, and reading aloud to her, and fix
ing things pretty in her room, and all
sorts of things like that
81 just wish my mother sU0ssld get
well out here!' said Eddie. II don't
believe she will, though, cause she saws
she don't like to walk in the streets and
be all dust in the summertime, and 90
in the snow in the winter, and especial
ly when there's nothing to see but trees
and grass. She likes to go on the city
pavements, and look at the shop win.
dows, at all the fineries and fixings. Sc
it's kind of dull and poky all the time,
at home, and she never read aloud to
us in all her life.''
"Don't she ever get well?' said Har.
~. 81 shouldn't know how to ac,
with sick mother. My mother is al
ways we'll, and we wouldn't have much
fun without her, / am sure. She play,
games with us, and goes skating, and
helps to pop the corn, and makes oul
kites-why, she just does everything
We did have such fun Thanksgiving
night, coasting. Dick got out his bis
sled. twice as big as those of ours, and
after we'd been out awhile, we sai(
we'd 20 in and see if mother wouldn'
go with us, and she Just bundled u,
and got on the sled, and off we started
we dragged her up Gray's Hill, ant
then Dick got on the big sled with her
and four OF us boys got into ours, ans
down that long hill we went, lickity
skit, and mother just enjoyed it a,
much a. the rest of u.s. ~
81 never heard of such a THING. !,
said Eddie. "Why, my mothe
wouldn't take a step out these col,
nights, and she's nearly always on tn,
sofa reading some book, and DEATH,
afraid OF a bit of cold air. neve
knew such well people as there are GU
here. Half the boys mothers in tn
city were sick, or at any rate the
thought they were; but heard til
doctor tell mother once that the onl
trouble with her was that she didn'
take exercise; 20 it was no wonder Oh