The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-10-18

1T q lovely, auntlc," ! could not
hclp saying.
'j>ovoly! Yes. II one did not think OF
the woman's life-blood that went into
II, and OF the child's happiness that
went into II. Of III, widowcr and
orphan soon TO DO made by IL Why.
think. Hetty. what a costly quilt II Is;
Likely they had to break up coy
home at the East. and sacrifice prop
crty and business interests there TO
como here for her health. And you
can buy beautiful Marseilles quilt
for ton dollars! Yes. very good one
for five. Five paltry dollars and
think what went into that! l walked
past the front OF the house yesterday
and there were fine hand-knitted cur
tains Mt tho windows. Why. even
those check gingham kitchen aprons
hanging there have cross-stitch en-
broidcry three or four inches deep.
And tho rugs that she hangs out on
the limo every day-ail hand work!
Ono has little cloth circles button holc
stitched 10 a acknowledgements OF
them thousands of embroidery
stitches on two-feet- by-three rug!
A yard OF Afoqnette or Wilton carpet
could be bought for two dollars or
loss. and you know yourself, Hetty,
that 1t Is twice as pretty and durable
for rug"
perhaps shc does not do all this
work herself. II may be given to her.
u she may buy it Of poor invalids
who can do nothing else"
mo. child. she does it herself.
see her sit by her kitchen window
every day knitting and crochcting. oh!
so steadily! 1t Is north window.
too The sitting-room fronts south.
and she can not sit there because the
sunlight would fade her carpets. The
shades are nearly always close down.
And the poor child wanders about the
yard looking so homcsick and lonely
that my heart aches for him. His
clothes are nice and fit beautifully. and
his linen Is starched and polished and
fresh every day. She does her own
ironing. / see her bending for hours
over tho ironing-board. and stopping
every little while TO cough. Look al
that line now. Hetty. and SEQ what she
has before her this week. There arc
six white shirt-waists for tho boy
plated every one. and 10 be done with
the polishing-iron; then there is thai
skirt first showed you. and pair o.
RULED and tucked and embroidered
piilow-shams. and-wcll. all the rest
II makes me sick ut heart to see 1t ani
think OF that poor. starved little boy
He has no mother. don't you see? Only
nurse and laundress. She won't le
him run the street and get with bat
boys. She thinks she is very careful
about him. but she starves his very
soul. She has no time to an
swer questions for him and hell
him plan amusemcn.s, and Gym
pathize with him, and he can't play
in the dirt because he will soil hi,
clothes. or course the husband has
tho same treatment. He has to b,
very careful about throwing his papers
about or making litter in the house
and when he comes homo at night hi
wife Is too tired to talk and coughs I
great deal. Tho cough worries him
and he feels that he ought to do some
thing moro for her--but he has done al
he can. poor man! The doctor has told
him to bring her to Colorado, and hi
has done so--but she doesn't seem x
| get much better, and she never will
Hetty, till she stops that everlasting
knitting and fancy work and gets ints
the sunshine, and takes an interest IL
something outside OF her house-keep
ing. am going to call on her TO
morrow. She Is new neighbor, yol
know, and will tell you beforehand
Just what shall find shall ring TIL
bell, and wait q long time. Then
shall hear doors open and shut, and
finally the key turned in the from
door, and shall be let in. The sitting
} room will be dark and have . close
shut-up smcll-if II we're anywhere Blu
in Colorado II would be musty. Tn
lady will raise a shade and let in
little light, taking care to shut on
as much sunlight as she can BY draw
ing the knitted curtains close. Tn
room win be literally crowded will
hand made fancy work, and ever.
} thing will be painfully neat and I'm
, used. shall scarcely have introduces
, myself until she begins to bemoan be
: | lot on account OF this dusty country
She will tell me that II is simply i'm
possible to keep things clean. and tina
she wears herself all out trying"
81 Tho call was made. and Aunt Ma
tilda came home more indignant tina
ever.
I'll II tell you that woman Is dying b
: inches OF fancy work and lack Of sun
shine and pure air. She tells me tina
her disease Is not hereditary. but sh
) was always . delicate child, and II wa
. brought on by a hard cold. A har
+ cold, indeedl How could any one kee
. any lungs and sit all day by mort
: window crouched over those ficndisf
D shining needless"
ri Aunt Matilda's usually mild brow
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