The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1881-09-21

4
such view of myself ever since We found
ourselves trying TO Ill mothers place, and
found we couldn' Il and I've got so full Of in-
dignation at myself for being SO blind, and at
mother for being so foolish; that shall burst
if don't out with IT.
But we can't help it how, Kate,'' ven
tured to remohstrate.
No, of course you can't you goose. The
past isn't otirs, but the present is, aud the
future may be. That's what I'm coming at
exactly. We must not let mother and father
die, yet awhile
"Die /" exclaimed, shocked beyond ex-
preston.
Yes, Caddy, didn't notice 1t any more
than you have, until the past two weeks but
it seems to me now, that l could count over
every furrow in fathers careworn brow, and
every thread of mothers whitening hair. -
They are old beyond their years. Caddy.
They have been worked to death, and because
they loved us so we'll as to bear it all patiently,
we never saw it, - -
Hates voice was all of tremble, and
burst into tears
= Mother is an intellectual woman" she
went on in a moment /" with mind capable
of rare development. But how much time do
you suppose she has had for reading and re-
Election beyond the wants and necessities of
her large familyp And don't you know, Cad,
how often we have excused ourselves from
reading aloud to her, letting her sit digging
away in this very basket, solitary and alone,
through the long evening hours9 ! fairly
hate myself when think of it,"
did, too, by this time, aud said so.
But Katie" / added, "isn't there
bright side to it somewhere
We can make one," she answered, de-
cisively. 81 have been thinking of that !;
how would it dc to work and get the house
cleaning all done before she gets home2 II
will be vacation next week, ahd Ross and
Nalie will be here to help u.s.
| To this plan I readily assented, and then
we went to bed. When we arose the next
morning it was with very different views OF
life and its stern realities from what we had
ever cherished before. But we were deter
mined to enter into the conflict armed with
strength higher than our own, and through
that to conquer. And we did, Two weeks
more, aud the house wore a new aspect from
garnet to cellar everything was as fresh and
clean as could be, and we'll repaid we felt for
alirour toni one spot IN the mouse was our
aeefactioi' anos'nas was vas iloener anu iaenel
room hlehertoa pare anu spatseiy iurnisheu
apartment WIN she same stamp OIL seh-de
4 upon = s',ssA i'au niaass ose" upon every.
mug 'naU ""e '"u's.u'"ny .no" o"n oa.
now '"e nose oneo'y' 'asseiu,y 'iianeeu u
"uy room ~ suo nouse' "e s'iiS naa p."uneu
sue rehosa.'oh' ano 'oni--uear' goou' nones'
ie''o" --n"u ioVinRy pau ene o'iis' Anu
"o"' WIN az :" 'e"u."'o COS ios ne' VV"''nk'
WIN "e,'-oooAeu '"ea' upo" 'uo 'a''e' WIN
"a az VI '"iiis "nu "oa'"oSe upon esoiy'n'ns'
"nion gave US ''o u'i"os' saN''"o'ion' "o
ioo '' ~, Jul r'o'"o' 'o'no. Du' "non sue
o'''''e WIG" w ga" 'no uo'' 'aDo s 'ooA.ps
o"Ho''y W. u '"' naoA "'n'o" " oa''n q
E"'"p'0 =, "o"e ""u no 'i'"'"' ~ in'n .'D
''e 'es"'''on - iee,"s ""' w n,uo' ~ "s
a"u We "a" oea'na 'n' uoo' ~ "'uo ou' 'oai :.
ou'n !" 'oo'en mug Ou' "o u'u NV sway
'ne'e 'ops' 'no o"'''u as 90 e'.o '''no ,n' anu
VIZ o"''e o'' u o"i n'.i"s p'"oe' "'' '.a'.
s'ai"eu 40 "o "eie' e"u s,oe''u no'' nso
suo'i '.'''e 40 nau van ''s po' o'ei 'no
no'se "nu "."oas''s n'' uo',s ~ anu 'u' pi.1o
,n'"s'eu WIN ''.''o snoa'''u ''ouAes
iot "oiA'ns ~ na'u "n''o ''io wac sono
Du' "'on .a' '""o upo. ne' w" 'oo"'' ",'a
no, eJes 10" upo' '"o ao" 1",p e,, ''o
oeo WIN ,'' '"o"y 'p'sau "'', ,''oi p"v"s'
.he easy GUAR "'u u'e''''e- WIN a.. 20
hl.'e appointments ~ was ie"ny 'e''e'n'ns
~ .s''' ~
had peen guilty. OF, auu all LOT the sake Oh q
woman VINO was growing ora. put Oh, when
we told her we had done it all that she might
dwell In perpetual youth when we whispered
in her ear the lesson we had learned oy put
ting ourselves IN her place when we tod ner
what we proposeh 10 90 III the future, that
she might live, not as slave, but as queen
among her children, how her heart melted into
tears, and with manifest love she chung TO US