Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-07-09
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an inrHrtt Nnthrf VINO HuildGd Ngttrr
Than she KNEW.
She was n woman ~ middle nrc. thin
and plain, with no claim ~ beauty except
the eager dark eyes shining stnrlikc from
Rwisuiul, care lined incc. Twenty years
ugo SHE had slipped her tFusiful hand into
that Of another, aud counting tie world
well lost for the sake Of her love and faith.
had entered upon lie NJ such toll. pfiyu.
zion aud heroic endurance us only women
ia frontier settlement, amid primitive con-
aitlout. know.
~ have tried my best. 4" sho said simply.
ito keep mp with the children. Father ard
! rcsoiycd. when our arst boy WIS "a baby.
that stint and scrapo and contriyo us we
might we'd educate all tlnt heaven sent
ua. And we have done Whit We could. 1
wasn't willing TINT my children should
get ahead u me; I've tried TO study thuir
Lessons with thcn, aud 20 enter Into tiirlr
feelings. I don't want them TO uutatfip
me In the race
This mother had been ono " those to
whom early rising and late retiring had
been always essential. In order that the
routine ~ the houscwurk should not suf-
fer. In that part of the country where she
lived, hired help Tor domestic purpo.ol was
almost unheHri Of women did thcir own
work, n nciFhbur'a daughter s1mptimts
lending helping hand Ia nn cxigcncy. and
the men Of the family doing their share ut
need. In her determined effort 70 keen
step with her children Ia their intellectual
development, sac had Ia another direction
builded better than she knew. Tor the chill.
drcn, boys and girls alike, hal early been
pressed into her service, and had, ~ she
explained, taken holF' Of whatever was
20 be done.
Tho boys could maklbcds mud set tables
ns well as draw water and split wood. Tho
girls were facilc housckccpcrs, with a
practical knowledge Of cooking and lnun.
dry work-in American society as essential
In the outfit for life 20 the richest "a 60 the
poorest. Though the living In the house.
hold was plaln,it WIS abundant, and the
Ideal set before the family was something
no5ler than a mere strife for wealth.
Everything was open and above bnlnl.
Books weru read and prlzcd Ia common,
and 10 much was gong on to interest
everybody that there was no temptation to
devour poison - tidbits In secret. So IL
came 10 pass that the keeping up with the
children brought great god Ia IT, wake.
Atinst dny dawncl when the mother
felt as " the'ilrat stone had been vet In u
wall Of separation. Two Of her brood had
found their wings. A daughter was 30
ing to college. \ SIN was ontcrin; upun a
business career. The little wistful woman
yearnod TO keep pace with tho.n both,
yearntd pcrhnpa TO ordnin the pathway NJ
both, Us she always had done. liut It was
inevitable that there should be some part.
ing Of the roads Brave ~ she was she
kept down h2aHacho under her CHEEKY
show Of courage,
Have comfort. DEAR said nm older
friend, who had been through a similar rx.
pcricncc. "fhc children will never out
grow you; you had tEcnty years start
Of them. And you have Va Disciplined
your mind aud trained your heart and cle.
waited your own thoughts above the
daily rut, tho fret aud the stir, that You
dwell IN serene atmosphere, favorable TO
expansion OF every faculty. They may
acquire fat, but they will ny Ike honey
laden bees back 10 the hive. Tho mother
who has kept pace with her children from
babyhoOd to adolescence will never lose
them. "-Ilarpers Bazar.