The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-19

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 And 4 ever. Enoe ths world be- gan. a young boy took 6 baby c a a cradle win ;ke care os o. TO rurse. and huxard and soolhta G tsnoeg3y. and ;ois<red away Siih .i cfesrfslly. Johnny xAs tAai boy. AR TErTERBY put coSn hiI -'A cup: MrS neite.hy put down her cup. MF. rctteTbg rubbed his forehead: Mrs. Te;tsgby rubbed herS Mr. Tetier5ys face began 10 smooth and brighten: Mrs. Teiiegby's began to smooth and brighten.
 ~why. Lord forgive me. said Mr. Tetter5y to himself. what evil tenn perx have l been glv.rk way io? what has been tho matter here?"
 How could ever treat him ~ again, after all ] said and felt last nighsl- sobbed Mrs. TetteTby, with her apron 10 her eyes.
 Am I a brute" said Mir. let terby. ~or is there any good in me at all? Sophial My little woman,"
 Dolphus dear" returned his wife.
 live been in a state of mind" said MT. Tetterby. that can't bear to think of. Sophy."
 "Ohl It's nothing to what I've been in, Dolf,' cried his wife in a great burst Of brief.
 My Sophia" said MT. Tetterby, don't take on. I never shall forgive myself. must have nearly broke your heart, know"
 No. Dolf, no. It was mel Mel" cried Mrs. Tetterby.
 My little woman," said her hus- band, don't. You make me reproach myself dreadful, when you show such noble spirit. Sophia, my dear, you don't know what I thought. l showed it bad enough, no doubt; put what I thought, my little wo- man!"-
 "Oh, dear Dolf, don't Don't!" cried his wife.
 Sophia" said MT. Tetterby, T must reveal it. couldn't rest in my conscience unless I mentioned 1t. My little woman"
 Mrs. Williams very nearly here!" screamed Johnny at the door.
 My little woman, l wondered how" grasped MT. Tetterby, sup porting himself by his chair, T won dered how I had ever admired you II forgot the precious children you have brought about me, and thought you didn't look as slim as l could wish. IT never gave recollection" :" said MT. Tetterby, with severe self accusation, ito the cares you've had as my wife, and along, of me ana mine, when you might have had hardly any with another man, who got on better and was luckier than me; and I quarreled with you for having aged a little in the rough years you have frightened for me. Can you believe 1t, my little womanP I hardly can myself"
 NERS. TETTERBY, in . whirl- WI wind of laughing and crying, caught his face within her hands, and held 1t there.
 "Oh, Dolf!" she cried. T am so happy that you thought so; I am so grateful that you thought sol! For thought that you were com mon-looking, Dolf; and so you are, my dear, and may you be the com honest of all sights in my eyes, till you close them with your own good hands. I thought that you were small; and so you are, and I'll make much of you because you are, and more of you because love my husband. I thought that you be- gan to stoop; and so you do, and you shall lean on me, and I'll do all can to Keep you up. thought there was no air about you; but there is, and it's the air of home, and that's true the purest and the best there is, and God bless. home once more, and all belonging to 1t, Dolfl"
 "Hurrahl Here's Mrs. william" cried Johnny.
 So she was and all the children with her; and as she came in, they kissed her, and kissed one another and kissed the baby, and kissed their father and mother, and then ran back and hocked and danced about her, trooping on with her in triumph.
 MT. and Mrs. Tetterby were not bit behindhand in the warmth of their reception. They were as much attracted to her as the children