Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-09-29

her to do, had wandered of trout fish ing with Jack, and this was her one ''red letter day"
 What matter that she was scolded and sent supperless to bed? Nothing could blot out the joy of that one free dayl
 Now Jack had gone to plead for a repetition of the pleasure, while she, in breathless longing, sat upon the sill of the kitchen door and waited.
 The weary head rested heavily on the little red arms that were crossed on the sharp knees drawn up for their sup port; and all the disappointments of her life seemed to roll together in an immense ball to crush when Jack an- nounced the failure of his coaxing. The mother needed her at homel
 Then Jack, in the sudden teasing spirit of boy, added:
 "Pap says you're getting big enough to help with the milking now, and he means you to learn soon's you get through huskin' the cold and shellin' the dry beans."
 "Oh, Jack!'' and with this pitiful cry she fled to her little garret room.
 The one terror Rachel had never been able to overcome was of cows.
 Going to the pasture to drive them home was torture, even tho ugh Jack constantly laughed at her and assured her that she was safe. But the idea ot getting near enough to one to touch it was a nightmare.
 For ours after everything was still the little fl gure under the rafters tossed from side to side of her cot, thinking only of the hardness of her young life. Every bone in her slight frame was aching with the tiredness that comes from overwork and hel brain was on fire with the rebellious struggle a gainst fate. Again and again came the old refrain: II wish't was dead! Oh, 1 wish't 1 was deadr' when suddenly ollowed the thought: "Why shouldn't 1 be?" She remembered 6 soft spot in the brook where the W atel was very deep. If there never was tc be any pleasure in her life, why mol end the misery once for all?
 "I will" With the fer ceness of { little savage the tiny figure bounded from the bed, and without looking be hind her she flew down the Id bacl stairs out into the starlit night Swiftly she fit ted over the familiar uS1uSS never Llldl bIto AEOS tingled her bare fe ct or that the colo wind wrapped her one gar ment tightly a round her.
 The thought of ending her tired life filled her being.
 Rachel reached the brink of the pool when some little wild thing. startled by her step, spra ng with frightened cry | out of the bushes beside her.
 Suddenly all was changed. The nat ural terror of a timid child swept ove the half-ins ane creature, and turning she flew back to the forsaken hous, and buried her head in the bedclothe she had but a few moments befor' thro wn so hastily aside!
 Rachel, Rachel, Rachel! What got into that girl to sleep so? Wonde if I've got to climb up and pull her ou of bed?"
 Climb up, Mrs. Martin, certa inly, bu it will be many day be fore there any pulling out of bed!
 The old doctor came and pronounced it ''serious case of brain fever" anC | talked of ''some sudden shock;" ''ov CT work, maybe" Questions were asked that were hard to answer and remark were made that set the hearers a thinking. As a result, when Rache finally crept downstairs again, thil and white, she noted a great change.
 A strong woman came two or three days in the week to do the heav. work. There was no more going out