The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1893-02-09
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THE OTHER MOTHER.

One Of the NOISY eronp Of chilirn al
ways 10 te found 10 Chen y ,trret bad fall
en- 90 the pavement aud was crying bitter
ly. Ia a more sristocrs,ie part OF the cil,
her sereams would have brought man,
moihers 10 dofrs aud xiudows; but her
she cries utheeded except by her play
mat as. who siood about her with stolid
speculative isoes. Finally WON u sh'
had been busy 10 the back Of ore OF th'
shops heard tie cry and cane burfyins
out oithe door and down the str iet t1safc
the little roup. She took The child il
her arms aud cuddled II agsiI 81 her hos
ON. soothing ii With er r)onlng words snd
gentle toaohes that one would hardly hsy'
expected from such coarse. rough hands
The childr 10 stfo about in kind OF got
I,r and surprise, Offering explanatins.
We aiu't touched her Missua, one eI
claimed honest we amt
She Jest done it herself. put in another
she slltrs is a tumbling about anyhow.
The woman was still comforting The
6 lid, aud would have raken her back in
20 the stop sith her. bad Dot u woman
just then come npoa the OPP oslte door
-tep aud called to her 10 angry tones and
sor Is. sprilkled with oaths TO leave the
child, tome to her shed teach her to
trouble folks with ber yelling and Other
folks had better look out for themselves
aud not neddie with her young o1esl Her
voice was thick, however, and ber brain
dull from drink, so that she WAS satisfied
snen sue bad thus delivered herself, and
crswle back Into the house when the
cLil was put down on the pavement
,gsin. When she had disappeared the
woman hugged the child to her own child
less heart once more. ali touched csress'
inQly the tangled heads Of one or two
others. Then she turned aud entered the
shop again the one th the three gilt
Uaiis oNtt tbc uuVi.
1t was unusually quiet thlra in the shop
this efternoou. for her husbands brother
had gone, TO the races for the day and her
tather.i1.lsw lay 10 half DRINK sleep
IN one OF the back rooms. Sbs took up
her knitting, which lay on chair behind
the counter, sestsd. herself in the corn.r.
and the nj lies began TO click, A meaefe
light cfept 10 streahs tnfouso ."o ~.-os
window psnes, aud shSdowed the curious
collection OF Obi cts about the shop as
though it wished to discover their bust
ness there. Itrested on the wiiow'o home
Iy face, softeniag its rugged lines end disl
cove ring a latent sweetness there. She
was Scotch woman. and had the patient,
steadfsst blue eyes Of her race, Set under
a brow that III more fcrunate and ap
preciallve sphere Of life would have been
termed intellectual.
Hers was q strange presence 10 this
place Of degrading associations and 'his
saualid street. Ii was as though fresh
bre, ~ had found its way into staenani
inland swamp. She gazsd absently about
the shop as abe knitted Many OF the OBJ
ietas that here eyes rested on suggested
stiaaee associations TO her. A number o'
musical instruments lay on the she'll and
oruamentsd the walls near the windows,
aud she could see the geLtl9 face oi ths
shabby, ii uving old man who bad brougb'
he S,rndiSsyius yiolin that hung among
them; he bod died, ehe remembered hear
ing, a few dags later. She feeoilecteo
when the French born was brouahf, and
knew tbs. ITS owner, u Young German
was drinkiug hsDsflf iuto the grave
Wstcbe. aud rings and odd bits OF l4welrl
Law in the glass case. They were not yer,
VALUABLE, surely, but she recsled the lac
Of the young girl who had wept when sh
left one al these pieces 1.-The ring with th
single pearl, which she said she was con
ing i,r neat week that was three month
ago Tbsre were bits OF furnItnre. ioJ
A quaint o.ryed chair, laequered loo
stool. ao old piano. whose cracked tone
with their relics of sweetness rsminde'
one tf the voice cf little cid prims DOM
still struggling TO | old h'r place 10 ih
musical str.d. A ncb crimson Chm
Grape shawl hung over carved oake
7 hall tsnd; aud there were some no
( eosus hist had been part OF al actresi
wsrdrobs. An old mnsket stood ssains
the usll beside these. tiff and s'rngt
and 1, ejtuIn. as though 1t were gusriin
them.
| R,tthe woman ceased 10 be mind nj
these thines AZ she kai,ted on. She VI
thinking OF her Tar away Scotch hom'
tina, she mad left ahau ler husban
brought her away to America. IL ~ss ol'
a ittla h,hiay ,oasRe perched on y
cfsgs. bat she lbpped now for restb
hat sal, sir, and gimpse Of the Wild ir'
wayes. a. she thought q the kindly fae
a,b,reA sbout sbe hrs piscs Bat W
pot III, pielurs that fllsd her eyes VA
ltesrA ltwas the emptiness OF tie arm
where precious burien had lsia ior
short lime --oniy TOT that sbor. fhf
nopt y Ju-i lopg snouet y bal been Z
tbeu 10 sros sccas omed to lis sweet q
pepaence. 60 the, ever ait'r thy voc
le. the ilsis,tls pussuc- aod ioos
the warm bwasn touch II was The MOI
be.rs II the ~omsB. which 20 liie
bsrslnes- q repression could snbdus
Toe foot lsiI. 20 ths ttrst ouisi ie /,
omen door sre~ more lnuefoas S
sc.nt sylghi ~soed. They we're sir'
heavy. often unsteady footsteps. Nov >
heard then. sad sow. baisy Win
tboushts. ths d,d not notice them. ,
s.tlueti startled xLss young u'