The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1905-03-30

a thing to do, The owners give them Il
their old workers a. lind Of receipt fol
the work they have dore. hut what could
Il possibly mean 10 yot'
II would De great moral ~ isfaeiion
Wei, ! should be sshsmed Of l. myself
Athsmedf Oh, Mary. Why
/ Il would not stand Tor any Intellectual
superiority. Il would b merely = slgn Of
good eondueL Anyway, mother, hope
you'll have the gooi tense not - erhibl,
Il.
Mrs Besumont's hands trcmblsd as she
bent over The work in her lap, She under.
stood nov That her daughter vas ashamed
Of her, Mary's words came back to her,
The ytupg girls invariable reply TO the
questions of her tchoolmaits.
Bseause as she later explained to her
mother, there is no use in telling the whole
world a cur private flairs.
Nhai Il the matter, msmmAf asked
Mary, astonlsbed At her sudden silence.
Nothing last prcked myself, that 10
sl.
Haze you not some friend or relative who
can come and stay with youY asked the
doctor, ss he wrote out several perscip-
tions.
No, s'r, bu! am able to take care Of my
mother myself.
You are seryl young, Miss Mary, to be
alone at such time.
0h, sir, you-you do not tmesn thsl-.hat
mother Is worses
Her condition isvery grave, replied the
doctor, with kind smile. Serious, but
not dc pCia;e People rec ysr from worse
thirgs than congestion II the III q.
o., decor, when tLiak that IL hai been
for me that she has made herself il' |
begged her to rest, but she would work
late, late into the night, that my clothes
might he In perfect oldor before went
away tc take my position as sehoo teacher
the position that hoped would make her
life so much eatier. For she Is tired out,
Is she no
IL is certain that you mother las reached
the emo OF her strergtb, that she has even
deprived herself Of necessary Iest ard le-
Taxation for too many years, and this will,
Of course, render It more difficult for he to
get well
Oh, my mother, mosned Mary, hidIng
her scarlet cheeks In her bands. IL was
Tor me that she deprived herself For
ne
Day and night the young girl watched
reltssly at her mothers bedside trying TO
.ead some sign Of encouragement 10 the
loclor sober face. Mrs. Beaumont's weak
'oice rang In her ears
Mary must get up-,here Is work that
must flash.
Rest quietly, little mother, /. Ia all done,
assure you.
But the weak. delirious voice would con-
inue You must take II to the store. Ask
OF the lady la charge Of the working de-
'artment. You can pretend that you are
oing 1t for sick neishbor, know II Is ,
lard for you, teacher with A diploma, to
ave mo. her like me--oply poor work.
1g womau. never thought OF /. before,
ut saw It well the day you brought your
iploma home ! think my heart broke that
ay II
Mother, mother, implored Mary, be mer-
iiul, do not speak Sc
The sick woman smiled gently, her
houghts turning now to the diploma Of Ter :
0 years work.
Thirty ycars, she whispered was
oupg then. am an old woman now She
sked me what my diploma would stand 4
Dr.; 1t isn't much, only my whole lie. Oh I
should have liked to have had it-three i
lon,hs more-but now, cannot do IL A
Once more she would beg for her work,
nd Il was with difficulty that Mary kept /,
er 10 the bed. y
At other N lments she believed that she
as back In the years Of her daughters a
,byhood ard the pale lips framed forgot. G
N lullsbies and the childish words that q
others heart treasures.
At last Mary understood clearly what the a
voted heart would never have confessed,
the long nights divided between the work a
be completed and the cradle where the Il
lid, sick with child's ailments, lay toss.
< and fietting the daily, unheeded piiys.
ons by which the mother robbed herself II
strength and vitality that she might give u
to her daughter.
The youn Girl understood nov why her y
other seemed so prematufely old, why
II shoulder sere bent and her rosy cheeks
led But Sic must sun, her sobs lest - J.
e disturb her mother.
just then some one knocked at the door
ary ran to open It'll
A woman stepped 10, tsJiog, with real
rcprn Ia ltr voice -