Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1898-03-10
head, but she did not understand
about the suffering.
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can't bear it. Mother sad othar
women had to bear such things. but
she d always been happy, and | could
come 20 you. You could help me. :
she said, looking up appealincly
on could teach me to forget
Yes, said Faith, slowly.
then It came back to Eer, allt1ier
own little story, and "a dim. "a zn
memory OF the ratsh ear4 4nclss &1d p
'aH'ns s1ol1gin td fora; 4. !. 4
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>ndw. : Watt q minutE, deaf. I'm
show you"
Faith slipped out OF the room and
soon returned, bringing three rolls of
very broad crocheted lace.
Can you crochet. Grace?''
Not very much" said Grace,
vonderingly.
Well, [ will teach you. This is the
way J learned to forget The needle
sips IN and out, and the sunlight and
hrell9ht shine on it,and the lace grows
ana IS SO pretty, and it brings comfort.
When began, [ couldn't see the
needle-oh how long ago that isl
for the tears. That was when | knew
ne would never come again, and I had
my wedding dress all ready it's
grown yellow in q chest in the garret.
Eat after awhile the lace took up nv
trouble drop by drop till it was gone.
and couldn't tell you today where it
IS. SO I'll teach you, dear. There
are the three rolls | did in the three
years, one for each. They are yellow
now, you see.
Faith opened one and spread it out
It was an intricate pattern, very broad.
ITS hard to do, - she said, "but that
IS all the better for the forgetting. #
Id been man, [ should have gone
away to Africa. I've often thought it
would do Il good deal toward anakiue
body forget to see the sun falling
down like a ball and the dark come as
But | couldn't very well, so / learned
TO crochet. | never gave the lace
away, you see, because | had worked
my trouble into it, and | was afraid.
| thought a long time about it when
Alice was married, bat [ was afraid it
would some way make her sad when
she wore it. SO its all here This is
the first year 's-you see I've mum
bered it one-ani this is the seconds,
and this is the thirds. There's the
three"
Faith handled the rolls over and
over, lost for g inmate IL the associa-
tions which they revived. Her neice
seemed to have forgotten her own
grief FOR the time and was observing
her aunt curiousiy as She bent over the
lace.
That's fern PATTERN, said Faith.
Its very pretty.
Faith sat silent for time, smooth
ing out the crcases Of the lace and
drawing it out to its length. Ii sc med
70 have the effect Of an encht31e,'e
want, for il summoned old face. ana
ec.nes 1T will, and Faith grew hl,nL
10 the little room and the needs d ber
guest At last Grace moved III, A.
ticntly.
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