The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1893-11-30

80 breakfast tbt af1t morning. tbh taH
Jet vss u.t .aae alluded 10 la ,t.s ta
uatl rtmata Nay. aad at lsHa, aad la a'
ey,s.aR il ass lbt saut
Aaa'lef day came auI vent. sad sul
snolbsr aud yet nett VOID sss said. Oar
tsblo tslk vss a5 longer The .eassnt pat
time At bad been, l.f se fauad ii d.Aau.l
TO sustain cuuvtrssloa 90 topics OF
mlaor ieterst sbIz the oae subject
that ergrosed oar hearts sDd minds vas
AboasA.
Behold toR great mattef hlle Gre
kiadleihg A. DAY sitter day passed away,
sbl The week drew to a close heavy
weight sptl.cd 90 my heart Ny hushand
seemed a different person TO me, ltseemed
70 me that great gut bad come b,tscen
u, even baby, who had before been as
sooated ally With the purest, deepest Ioy
seemed oaaaged. could not take her IN
my arms without thinking Of wat / chose
TO call NY trouble
Friday morning camr. Il was lovely,
suasliry day hut il seemed to ne the
dr.ariest ever SUP rose upon. Who would
t1,uk L bert could be so olsliaste?
said to myself rs / rlaked my little Que to
sleep
Just before noon cur pastor oa.lsd !
sas 20 i,l at ease thstit was with difficulty |
hat sustained my pant in th' oouyefsa'
non, Isuppose he noticed m'lsgitet on,
fer be inquired il | were as vel as usual
Fer an iotAut itll half iuoInei to tell |
lim all. 1t seemed as if It woIlI be re,
iol to open my heart to some one, but
erhug fptlde restrained me
Robert seemed unusually ST eut at din,
.er, snd iaLci be vas look ng pale and
H. He kissed the baby, but lid not toss
.er 10 The rir and playiNitt her as be
generally did; as for myself every word
poke cost me an elIo,t Waen Robert
Iad gone. | took my little Ril IN my arms
nd rocked her to sleep, then threw my
eli il my char again and silently brood
d ,yer my uuhSpplncss. /. seemed to
le that good hearty cry would be q
lzury, but it was luxury IN which had
| would not ,duge,
Tue time passed slowly, and b,gan to
onder why baby liiult wake. | went
YER to the cradle, Her face was flushed,
I'D | thought her breathing very uni
aturaI What If our darlIOg should be
,? | cried, and then with 6 chdI at my
cart What if Gol should take from us Z
le cause Of our dispute?
At that thought a great reyul-iJn OF l
cling came over me, ! knelt down
2 my baby's cradle aud ". pit unrestrain,
IIS. After aIl | thought, is it not
.tural that RJbet shoull not care to
we his child given so common a name At
ary? Aud what right have to decide 9
tuout consulting him what her name d
ouli be? Oh, il be would only come. a
| took my baby ia my arms and went to q
c window to look for hlm Then | re- I
smbt red bis pale face at dinner II any, .
iug should happen | should never for,
We myself, | said. At last heard bis
1tsteps on the stairs; laid baby down,
d Just rushed 10 meet him.
Oh, Rlbertl | cried as | threw my arms =
lund his neck, name her Laura or anyl
ing you please, b-t do let us love each
ltr again, He lissed me in silence and II
sn went into the purlor. IL an instant b
came out, trlngng with him my fatb' II
wedding gift large Family Bible. c.
opened it, aud turniug to the Family uI
cord, pointed TO lire under the head al
rths, it was this; Mary Eylyn Spencer IN
m May 10, 1855, 81
wrote it this noon, be said. y
cannot tell you what happened next st
resly do not know, but / have
seven chll1ren since then, and they {
,e oil been named wit ont the least o {
tlcle Of trouble between their father d
tn tber, and in closing this account fe
,ur fir fll:ulty, | thank God that
ensbled t. declare il was not only ont Tn
. but our last q