Telegram-herald., 1889-08-31


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breakfast table.
Hs sas very ancoaforta5le out hs hat
aot eeaset % logs rs wife. roe Was cay
eizntee4 years ola. sad ulle1 wzs uo- - oe .
e1Dectsa % her powers - L1e Egls@1eepl1g
h8s tie hardly wished % see ner in ~cfs- f
inx as1re. via her a4l1s reccele4 Win .
Ia3or I'D q cCosiax aprea CO Her c4laty
h-ig.-ssaess nad charm 10 = Her soI
h4nds aaa lnr-.lea 81 sire pleased nin
alg1tily. aud taers 9srt 1as14e1.s v1ea ns F
Nzs very happy.
Bat 40 msa c4n rex lzia - LLfec an
tha DALI ciscomfors, to4oiard Win tne
tslnges Of remoFss w-ifn be felt whenever
he saW as mother pa leaL face Or 1ls sls-
ters' lnei kaall countea4ncess quite altered
his temper D. sicw degrees
he did rot repro4ch lis wife ~ any time.
bnt as s1lEsd behind a newspaper. or spent
long evenings ous By himself and now aud
tnsa alluded 20 mother piss and dumpAngs
ia q t1ao which wives understand very
well
Authis merely confirmed Kate Ia her
dislike 0f her motaer-In-isw aud slsters-in-
~ aud when the nrst baby came she re-
fused with little s,ring Of splteful re-
marks about old fasniOuod names, 70 have
it christened Margaret after its grand
mother. Thea Henry refused 20 think of
ssIlose" but yielded when his wife cried
! over IL; aad KAles sister came 20 tho
christening, though the grandmother did
/ not. 20 the great scandal OF al tho congre-
cation Kate's ''airs" had wounded tho
Old lady TOO far az last she had resolved
never 70 enter her sons door again, and
( Kate reloiced thereat-
80 the baby grew 20 be two years old,
and another came, and "a nursemaid was
added 70 the establishment, and the trouble
with cooks went on, until one day, Kate,
led by an advertisement supposed 70 be in
serted a the paper by an unexceptionable
servant. penetrated into the dirtiest streets
/ OF New York. and into a room where the
dirtiest OF ell created children was III Ia
bed
ssPoor cravtheri" said the mother.
"Wha. ais him don't know" and Kate,
IN the sympathy Of motherhood, patted the
cnid's head and spoke 10 HIM kindly, and
advised a warm bath. which the matron
took as an insult The Efficient servant
however. was engaged, and Kate went
/ home 20 feel CONSCIOUS IN few days OF be-
/ iEz very unwell and 20 break down at last,
and take 70 bed while her anxious husband
felt that al last the greatest trial OF their
married lives had come upon them, for Kate
had taken the smallpox in one OF its very
worst forms.
shall send for your sister. my dear"
asked he, after breaking the news to his
wife as tenderly as possible
40 Rosef' said Kate. 'Oh, no. She
wouldn't come, and 1 couldn't expect It,
Don't send for Any one. Let me die; l shall
be pitted If l live, aud sitter that what
would life be worthr
Il should love you as well, said the hus-
band; but I'll save your pretty skin as
well as your life, If | can; but there's q trial
before you, and before me, too l wish
he paused, and did not say: Il wish
mother was here"
a. for sending for her, be had 10 such
thought The servants lad fed IN dlsmay,
and half witted boy who was not afraid
Of small l-pox. inasmuch as ne had had IL him
self the year before, was 'minding" the
children ia the apartment farthest removed
/ from the slck-roOm.
There was not nurse In the place who
would undertake such acase, and the neigh
bors would have bolted their doors against
him. What should be doi How contrive
for the safety Of his babesi Suddenly a
voice smote his ear:
This i a time Of trouble, Henry. Let old
, scores be forgot Jane is dressing the chill
dren 70 60 home with Fannie, and viii stay
herself 70 help me. Don't fret about moth
: ing. my boy. Wen do the best the Lord
allows US"
Henry took her IN his arms
: My good mother" he said, chow can yor
? be so good TO ust'
> As for Kate. she was fast falling into thai
; condition when she could speak or think o.
l. nothing
5 But brave old Mrs. Rider did, "a she had
! promised, the best the Lord allowed, ans
: her best was very good and wholesome
d Jane made oil comfortable in the kitchen
' and Fannie cared for her brother's babes II
: the new home In which she had wept 81
: raanv bitter tears for her old one. And .
last Kate passed from under the shadow o
. the death-angefs wings. and her face tool
+; a likeness TO Itself again aud reason re
8 turned
4 Then who was tender Of her as n newborn
: babe. save old Mrs. Riderl And who fe'
her with dainty blanc ran0s and Jelly bu
y dimpled Janet And who came 70 tell he
how the children were growing. and how
: wei they were, but Fsnniel Until at last
psler and thinner, and with her soft hal
, cut short on her neck, but with a skin a
smoo'h and fair as ever. Kate went into he
! husbands little Office one day, aud hndin
). h.r1 alone. knelt down az his feet.
n Dear Henry. forgive metz she said
70 "F0r what, lovel" asked the husband
z "For rob5ing you OF such mother an
sisters" said Ka.e. Il was a foolish. weal
= uiuded girl, I did not understand, the
have been ar gels 70 nc. they can never
q thanked enough for what they have dou'
Oh. Henry. viii they stay with usT'
The end % IL was that they did stay. II
cid LADY could scarcely te-ieTe that ~
Il pale. sweet young womaa whom she IN
fast seen pass through such suffering va
the naughty creature who had rspu.sed be-
friendship and bauishsd hsr from her sou
hrma Jane declared thar nobody could n
main knTrT with the posr little soul. 81
Fannie lad grown 20 love &c children vei
terderiv. 80 the sV0 families became on
aud more than the love II mother AT
9 daughter exists between Kate and q,
woman whom shs once styled Ny dreadf
mother ir-lsrv ~ = Ledger
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