The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-09-19
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~ us, SaAo ~NSN3 ANNNAA6 49,
shoulder. Nell can do anything"
This amt so good said Nell, modest
:. II wish l could do anything, Ned; Ia
paint a nice lot Of flowers to hang over your
bed"
"Do, Nell" Jim exclaimed.
eyes, make that for Us, Nell" Ned added, as
ne looked sdmiringly upon the drawing on the
able. At that instant the little group
Around the table were silenced by a wOman's
voice.
IF l were your father, I'd take them notions
ont of you mighty quick, miss"
The girl looked up, turning a frightened face
to the speaker. Her lips trembled, but she mas
tered her emotions as she replied:
Il washed the dishes, ma, and swept the
kitchen"
after 1 told you Il dozen times or more"
Anybody hearing that voice and tone would
nave been prepared for bad grammer, and the
gross exaggeration a scold commonly INDUCES
why don't you hunt up your clothes and sew
the buttons on them, instead of putting all the
work on me?"
"Tn mend them, ma, 1 didn't think it was
any harm to learn to draw and paint q little.
Learn to paint! What does a colt like you
know about drawing? It's downright l~aziness,
and I'm going to see if your fathers going TO
encourage it, when you ought to learn to make
your own clothes. When l was as old as you"
The supposed head Of the house entering at
that moment, Mrs. Chapman turned to him
wrathfully:
THAT girl has just had the impudep1e to
taIk back to me becauseI spoke to her about
attending to her own clothes instead of frit-
terin'away her time in nonsense on paper"
Mr.. Chapman, who, after taking to himself a
second wife, discovered he had voluntarily
placed a heavy yoke upon his neck, looked at
The little group now huddled together mute,
and with sacred faces.
81 tell her, if Twas her father, I'd take that
lazjress andnonsense out Of her. A girl as
big as that ought to be to work. You ought to
take her to the factory with you, Chapman.
She can carry spools up and down stairs, or
do something useful, stead o sprawlin' all
over paper and states, usin' up pencils"
81 didn't think Nell big enough to so to
work yet I'll thing about it."
TIL fathers heart pleaded for the little girl
whose upbraiding eyes forcibly recalled the
lead, and reminded him of his obligations to
che living.
''Well-only don't be too long thinking about
it., said Mrs. Chapman number two AS she left
the room. Nell stole to her fathers side, and
slipped her hand in his.
'Don't mind, pa. If it wasn't for Ned and
Jim, 1 wouldn't care, but I'd rather be with
you in the factory than at home"
"Hushl" He felt ashamed of it but he was
afraid his wife would overhear her. I'LL see
about it-don't ireland don't talk back. You
must be good children" This was addressed
to the group collectively. The boy mutineers
were preparing to knuckle their eyes, when he
added harshly, None O. that now" whereupon
the boys choked Jumps down their throats
and pushed their fists straight down into their
pants pockets, while their father glanced at
the paper Nell left lying on the table. He
bent suddenly over it, then turnedto Nell:
'sYou copied il"
enc, indeed I didn't, pa"
81 saw her do it, = said Jim, coming g to his sis
er's aid manfally.
''She did it all out of her head, pa" Ned af-
hrmed, they both looked at Nell, and Nell
blushed az she cast her eyes down.
81 can do ever SO much better than that, pa
Mr.. Chapman sighed. He wished he was not
quite 80 poor. He wished he could send her
to school. He wished-so many things that he
realized keenly for the thousandth time, he had
made the mistake of his life in marrying Han
nah Cone. 1t would not do to let this nonsense
grow-to encourage it. Best take Nell to the
factory. Work would occupy her time-keep
peace in the house maybe.
So it was settled to the satisfaction of Mrs.
Chapman number two. Nell, at the age of
fourteen accompanied her father to the factory
the following Monday.
Hague's factory was 80 vast, Che crowds of
men, women and children who were shut up
in it from early morn till night, so numerous
that a score more or less were never noticed.
1t made a great difference to Jim and Ned how
ever. The ste~pmother's breath grew colder
now that Nell was out of hearing. They had
more surprises now in the shape of smart blows,
and tho stepmother's voice grew shriiler. Two
pillows were believed oftener with tears, and
two trembling, fearful children became afraid
OF their own shadows.
Meanwhile the great chimneys at Hague's
factory projected the smoke of thousands OF
tons of coal heavenward, the looms produced
acres upon acres Of beautiful and costly fab
RIGS and Nell Chapman's feet toiled up aud
down stairways that seemed to lengthen as the
day wore on Wear1ly until there seemed to be
no end Of them. cit was easy work, 2 Mrs.
Chapman number two said "a baby nigh.
carry spools.s Meantime Nell, with dark,
heavy ldded eyes, hollow checks, and tired
feet dragged herself to and from The great
factory, until--but / will not anticipate.
The inhabitants of N--were stunned one
burning July day with sound that mote their
ears like the crash Of worlds. Doors were bars,
open; walls trembled; the earth vibrated; every
pain of glass in the town was shattered. 1t twas
just after the MONDAY meal. The great en-
gInes In Hagues carpet factory had made two
or three revolutions, when the workers were
appalled, by a sound accompanied by a blow
hat threatened the total destruction Of the fac
tory. Thetowns people running 10 their doors.
looking towards the factory saw q puff OF vel
over one corner of the mill. When the smoke
cleared away, a hole in the wall AZ large as the
side Of q small house was observed Around
this the workers In the factory, now standing
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