The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-01-25
'eYes, dear, You have to keep very

Yes, dear, you have to keep very
busy, ! know; but didn't beal
Charles telling you this morning yor
surely ought MOTTO workso hard, and
urgingsyou to have helpf"
K; sHe knew very well 1 would not
or he'dneyer have offered SO kindly
l wonder when we should get oul
house paid for, il / kept a girl OIL
threy everything BY when it came
to mending. Oh, Charles knows very
well Ishall keep on in the same old
way, 50 he feels perfectly safe in tell.
ing ME not to work 50 hard. But be
may See the time when he, will be
sorry ! shall wear out by the time
We ate ready to live, and when he
sees his poor little motherless chill.
dren' and his unkept' home, he will
wish he had been a little more ten
der of me, guess But, no he wont
-eithet; Fsuppose he VIII do just as
every other man does, have the va.
cant place filed in a few short
months, and all my labor and toll
will go to benefit somebody else."
The work dropped from Aunt
Amy's hand, and she fixed her tear
full eyes upon the troubled face Of her
niece.
Hester, do you never think you
may be the one to be sorry? You
may live to see the time, dear child,
when you will be like your poor
Aunt Amy-no one to do for, and
nothing to do with. l know just
how tired you feel, and how every
thing looks like a mountain of
trouble and trial. lean remember so
many such days, when l had my
home to keep in order, and little ac-
tive creatures to care for. used TO
think my lot was hard sometimes,
and would murmur against my hus.
band and my God, and wish in my
thoughtless moments | could die and
be laid away in the silence and rest
of the grave; and yet did not truly
wish so. Had | expected God to take
me at my word, and remove me from
my little helpless family, my heart
would have been wrung with an.
anguish. Could you but know the
weight Of my bitter experience, Hes
ter, you would consider yourself the
most favored being in existence
Your husband is. good and kind, a
little thoughtless, perhaps; but you
know we s.all ll-are.-Y Your Children.
healthy, intelligent and affectionate;
your worldly circumstances are very
prosperous for young people. l can
look back,.to the time Swhen l had
just such blessings. .Ehc dear old
home rises before me so distinctly,
with my husband and children, just
as they were when / was no older
than you. Where are they now?
Oh, Hester!
"For half score of years the grass
has been above that darling hus.
bands grave and beside it are three
little mounds, hiding away the
bright, restless heads, that once mes.
tied in my bosom. The other dear
ones are grown to man and woman.
hood, and have gone out into the
world, to build homes of their own,
and | am all alone. Mine is not
solitary case, Hester. Hardly fam.
lily goes on for many years without
some such bitter change, and you
may one day look back upon this
happy time, with all the JOY stricken
out of your heart. You may have to
fold away the garments of your hus-
band and children with no need of
mending; you may have no little
hungry mouths to feed. and the work
of no busy little hands to set in or
der"
Don't, Aunt Amy-don'tl can
not bear to hear you talk So" Mrs.
Greenwood's voice quivered with
emotion. "Oh, have been so wick
ed! Why have l not thought of my
blessings instead Of my trials? do
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