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help. Perhaps | would be more sacce ~
full If appea'ed to you as a bcggnr.
might say Kind sir, please allow me o
Of your abundant means n small pitfnn {;
for my comfort. II islttue | have cGoslra
10 eai. and do moi suffer for clothinas pu-
although / work for my master iIofl
morning TIL night, and II his chill Yea
happen 90 be sick. from night tll morn
ing again, yet he does not pay me as
much n he does his cook. and am often
greatly distressed for van OF a triiiing
sum which he would not mind giving to.
a perfect n The other day while he
was away from home | had TO go the next
station TO see n dear friend who was iNl
and. not having 81 Of my own | WAS
obliged 70 borrow the money from his
cook was so mortified And not long
snce the berry woman came with such
nice berries to sell. and my little girl. who
was not well, wanted some very badly.
but l had not even ) cents to paw for u
handful for her. Yesterday a friend came
10 ask me 10 assist In II work of charity.
II WAS a worthy object. and longed 80
much TO give a little money for so good
a purpose, but though the wife of so rich
a man | had no money, OF course |
might ask my husband for money. aud "
1 told him abou; what ] wanted Of 1t.
and he approved of my purpose and
was In good humor. he would give it
to me, but. sir, It is terribly slayish
10 have TO do SO, even II | could run TO
him every time l wanted anything. PEG
pie say / am n fortunate because
! am rich; but / often envy the factory
girls their ability to earn and spend their
own money. And sometimes l get 50
wild thinking of my helplcssness that II II
were not for my children I think T would
drop into the river and end il all ri
-Nettiei Nettie .laryisl What are you
sayingg7 cried the startled husband at
last. for the PARKWAY look in her Eyes as
If she did not see him. but Was looking
TO some higher power % help her.
touched his pride II II did not his heart. for
he had q great deal Of pride In n sol fish
sort of way. lie was proud to be able TO
support his family as well as he did. He
was proud that when his children needed
new shoes he could tell his wife 10 take
them 10 Crispinis and get what they needed.
He did II with n flourish. lie was
not one Of the stingy kind; he liked to
spend money; and when Nettie. who was
once the most spirited young lady Of his
acquaintance. came meekly to him for a
dress or cloak. he was sometimes tempted
TO refuse her money Just to show her
how helpless she was without him. Yes.
he was proud Of his family, and wanted
them to feel how much they depended
upon him. He would have felt aggrava-
ted il any one had left his wife n legacy.
thus allowing her to be free in her purse
The idea Of her earning money, as his
other work folks did. never entered his
mind He supported her. that was his
idea Of their relations He never had
hap eucd 20 think that it was very good
Of her to take his money and spend IL for
the good OF himself and children. lie
never had thought that any other woman
would have wanted big pay for doing it.
He had even thought himself very gener-
Gus for allowing her money to get things
10 make the family comfortable Things
began to look differently to him Just now.
Could 1t be that he was not generous. not
even just TO his wife3 Had he paid her
so poorly for her fifteen years of faithful
labor for him that ii she had been
Obliged to begin the world for herself
that day it wopld have been as a penni
less woman
How fast he thought standing there at
the office window. looking down at tho
little houses where the mill hands livel.
Could 1t be that he was not as good a man
as he thought He had felt deeply tho
wrongs of the slave. whose labors had
been appropriated by their masters, and
when h negro who had worked twenty
years for his master before the emancipa-
tion freed him came TO Jarvis mills
friendless and penniless. The heart OF the
| proprietor swelled with Indignation nj
such injustice. lie was eloquent on the
subject at home and abroad. about how
and one could be so cruel and selfish TO
commit such nm outrage against justice
He had called him a robber many a time
but now Donald .arvis looked TO himself
very much like the old stakeholder Massa
Brown had taken the proceeds Of Cuff
fee labor for his own without even a
thank you for IT,. True. when CuiIco
ate he had given him food, when he was
sick he had given him medicine. and he
had clothed him. too, Just as he himself
thought best. Mr.. Jarvis had married a
lovely. conscientious woman. and for
fifteen years had appropriated her labors.
Her recompense had been food and
clothes, such as he thought hest for her.
n lite better than Cuifee's, perhaps. but
the similarity of the cases did not please
him lie had expeoiel his wife TO be
very grateful for what he had done for
her. but now he Won cred that she had
notrebelled long ago. Had his life been
a mistaken Had his wife no more money
or liberty than CufIee had in bondage2
Wa Donald Jarvis no better than Massl
Brown - H
His brain seemed to be in n muddle. and
he looked so strangely that his wife. anx-
ious to break the spell. took his arm, say
ing, q ct us go home. dear. tea must be
waiting for us. . He put on his hat in a
dreamy way and then walked home in
silence. The children ran joyously TO
meet them. The yard Vas 50 fresh and
green and the flowers so many and bright
that he wondered he had never thanked
Nettie for them all Hitherto he had
looked upon them as his. but now he felt
that his interests in them was only a few
dollars. that would not have amounted to
anything without his wifc's care. His
children were tidy and sweet. and every
thing around and in the house had that
CHEEKY look that rested him so after the
bard. dull day al the mill. They sat
again at the table that had been a source
OF comfort and pleasure to him for so
many years, and he wondered how he
could have enjoyed Il so long without
even thanking the woman WHO had pro-
vided IT, True. she had his money in
bringing It all about. but how else could
his money be of use to him7 Who else
could have tarned il into Just what he
needed for years. And he began to nave
an underlined feeling that II took more
than money to make a home He glanced
at his Yife's face as he buttared his last
slice Of bread.
1t was not that of The fair, rosy bride
whom he had brought to the mills years
before. but at that moment he realized it
was far more dear to him. for he knew
that she had given the bloom and fresh.
ness Of her youth to make her home what
II was. His daughters had her rose. leaf
cheeks, bis sons her youthful beauty, nil
ha her cheerful, winsome ways, and
comforted him now as she had In those
days when. hardly knowing what caro-
meant, she had lived for him alone And
4 new thought anne TO him; AWho was
comforting her now when she had Sc
much caref" Was not tina what he had
promised to do when he brought her from
her old homer He sighed as he thought
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