Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1890-09-26
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Ilns was poser.
James Cartwright loved his wife and
childen; but another girl, and a in
at that, was more than he could exactly
be thankful for, in his straitened
circumstances. Martha could not nurse
both, so nurse must be kept and that
would take the little he was trying
every week TO lay by against the 'rainy
day. that was sure to come some time.
With these thoughts in his mind he
stepped softly into the poorly fur
nished bedroom, and kissed the cheek
of his patient wife, his Martha, who
had borne with him the heat aud bur-
den Of life battle, and been to him
at all times helpmate in the fullest
sense of the word
"Thcy are darlings, are they not
james," the pale lips murmured. as
the nurse uncovered the tiny twain,
nestled in each others arms.
"rhey are pretty enough, Martha,
but little more than we prayed for or
W shed; don't you think so dear, with
our small resources?"
"Oh, James, you are not pleased,
or you wouldn't speak in that way.
God ordaincth all things, love, and He
will provide"
The twins grew apace and were the
talk and wonder of the neighborhood
for their intelligence and beauty, and
it was, too the wonder of the neighbor-
hood that James Cartwright never
seemed as fond of his baby girl as Of
his other children.
"She came two years too soon," he
would say, laughingly, "and cost me
all my spare money"
Six years passed away and Susie
Cartwright. who had grown to be a
delicate, pretty maiden of sixteen,
seemed bound up in the twins. What
ever love and attention was lacking
on the fathers part for little Pauline
was fully made up by the mother and
aughter
Strange as it seemed, though, the
little rirl idolized her father, and was
never happy out Of his sight. She and
little Paul would oftentimes wander
dow.p4 FOyfnu Il frrrf rrt,is1 yirrrr.vr-vl
Lag .pef. Then James Cartwright
would issue from the shop, clasp his
boy in his arms, perch him upon his
shoulder, and start for home, leaving
Pauline to trudge along as she could.
The little thing was old enough now
TO feel the slight (having arrived at
the age Of six years., and resent it.
"Won't you take me up, papa?"
aNo. Papa must carry his own
darling boy. You run home to
mother"
"No, | sha'n't. If you won't carry
me, | sha'n't go home" said the will
ful little Pauline. "I'll go see grand
ma"
Pauline turned short, and went in
the opposite direction down the road.
James Cartwright had been so busy
frollicking with his boy that this proud
little speech was lost upon him, and
when he reached his cottage the child
was nowhere to be seen.
(Which ~ d. she go, father?'
/ cried susie, III aIafIIT.
"Shc's gone to grandma's," cried
Paul, the spoiled child.
''Grandma" was none other than an
old half-civilized Indian woman, who
lived mile from the Cartwrights, in
a hat standing back among the dense
woods, a short distance from the road.
In this direction Susie ran with all
her speed, her fat er quickly follow
ing; but Pauline was not III sight.
She arrived at the old woman's hut,
only to find it bolted and barred, with
no sign of life within.
"She has gone off ON one of her
tramps," said Cartwright, wiping the
perspiration from his face. "What
shall we do now, Susie?'
"Hunt till we find our darling
what else, father?"
"She may have fallen in the creek
and been drowned. If so, | shall
never forgive myself for not taking
care of her as | should"
The night passed; the village wa;
aroused; the creek and river were
dragsesl; but the child. WAS .utQlt found,
nor anything belonging to her except
doll which she had dropped on the
high-road.
Years passed, and James Cartwright
still worked at the smithY, but not
smi e was ever seen on his face, and
not ajoke ever passed his bps. He was
a chmged man.
"Inurmured when she was born, =
he wuld say, ''and God has taken her
but ny punishment seems greater thar
| canbear."
, TIE years passed. Susie was mar
ried nd settled in the far West, and
Paulwas at boarding school, many
miles away, when the lonely couple
were surprised, one bright Sunday
moriug, by the sudden appearance OF
the ol Indian woman in the sitting,
room She kept about the village {
greaideal of the time, but seldom
madcalls.
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