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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (July 1, 1881)
tl2 THE WEST SHORE, July, 1881. JOHX'8 WIFE. TT baUrar xMMMd brothrr John to go op to the city aod marry that lilt yellow-haired bloe-jad Ut of ochoot girl, when ho oould U juei bad kit Nk at girl, nearer bom, til aomathlng I Dr oould uniUretaod. Tber ld HaadeoomU, Juat dead in Inv witb bin, M anybody oould o, and th boat bread- maker io tbt whole country, baaid Uking priaa at tb Htato fair for pick la and jolliea, and over o much Utter look log, too, than Myra. No yellow bang over bar ay a j ih )t oonbad bar bair bask off bar fao and did it p la bard knot that etaiiL 8b aeot Joho Mrtbday oaka, and knit bim a comforter, and everybody thought it wouM tia a maL.h l,.,t Joho Mid h didn't lib bar eye. they war naouainna in wi bit Klra, aoil OOUlll look yoo Lhnmuh and thrmiuh ! ..... tl..t .1... i . , , - ---t - - . HWVIIW Mill bright bat dtd yon aver know man to tak .1 . . lilt .L-l J ....... i mmrrj urn lerret," laid Joan; "and Mr bar any peeoe In my lit) wall I guoai not I" aod with that off b goe to town and wwgrapna oeca. - ttpocl m and my wife." Ir I aaoh a thock a it gav ma, and oor prtng olaaalng not dona, end the mlniaUroom log to board with a wbil hi wi( want bom oo a vkait it aa a trial, yoo may ba aur I Ao4wbMahdidooro,itwaamorlikbv. wg w oou in in way than anything elac, with bar big wondering yaa, and ohildiah way aad eUly qoaatkma, and hanging on John' arm, ad loaning ovor John' ohair, with two liltla in atimiHoant Im4 la lka ni i ik. k.k. j t eloihaat Koch fallal, juat lik a doll' rigging; ud 1 iaet art my foot down that if ih wa to live wiw th moat oonform to our waya. I hadnt boon 40 yaar in Ihl world for nothing. If ah wan lad to wear fin wbiu laoaa and rallied aproaa, eho bed to waab and iron thtm horaoir I wwaldn t b bar alar. And uoh ailly nor tloae aa aba aekaA. Lha tn.t . ... l i " thare any daer litU yallow chick" vw utw twiow enicia, indeed I Ihey war TT7 7"" . " ""a od got thair bead off. nod bad than, ready for market ad if that hiA .n.i- ... . iv .... uuwa ana cry UokM that war kllladi and ah bad namd iwt vm w m ana watobad thm grow tin. And abo oor Juka'a oil i luk i 11.. -l" did th aiiliaat thing of all, wnt and bonght "na i ft now About rarm- V ' . ' aba want down to tho bar to moat .oho, I haard bar aakt "Job, wby d oat yoo g nwaahing maohin and wriagar, and aar yoor own Utah and wnon t ix ai wi Miator on my band I " And lha Oait liiias M ik.. Mgbborbood that w KlliutU, who had at oar immm anitut mononi improymnt, bad vin oat bWura tKal hliJa il7. ..I . . ly r wring and waahar in our kilchan, but mum wwn worm of lam machin- . ----- - --- it nai L!k.,"l,"",, Ui hK UoaKht bim oi inpwo! and (iodad aha waa go( j,, w ap qatck lik and ""Wot Janot, it triumph of mind orar wr. o waan bow and no b all ana aoa ncrroo. and and 1'arnapa if t bad kaown that bad twtd for bay U nm forglying, bot JnatHwglf, oawd op aod aoid I u W " at. .a . -"' go o and rain yoar knabood iU yoar boarding acbool tdaaa, Ut, mwwww vnmvu IOC UHBaa. I - - ----- - - M,mn i qu jmk, U.h goodnaa. wbil. I r, r4v brallh. I Ml broogbt p la idtrnaaa." fib yof It to turt a Ut; Umi IbiM I bMW wa at btU pario, bo bad, aiariag aod playing aa U Uiat mm Um waab Ufa, A4 Uual tdly old mtairier-w. n,,. a. bar a bit of aenaa, bat yoa eipect more of a miniatar of tb goapel but be juat tat aod talked to her u if ah waia companion for him, aod they walked about the flelda, aod itaid dowo where Joho wa working, and alt aiouod 'm amilf a jrihipj, for want of the bfsd of life; each a tioful waaU of time I never law! "Janet, do yoa toy the hill?" iheeaid to me j . i i i. i ... una uj wnen i waa aoounng me auivea ouv- me, but law, her white hand were oot tit for . L : r I aiiyvmng ao uaeiui. "l-ove the hilla! Well, I'd like to know what there ia to love about them. I gueu if yoa climbed them a ipell yoo wouldn't love 'em much." "They're ao high aud grand," the laid, look ing up at them; "They aeem io ntar the oool, far off hraven! I love to climb to the top and drink in the eweet. fraih air- it her her." Hh laid her hand on her heart, aud itood loilkhia (iff with ft tlrinn. .......; k.. faoa, and I thought mayb ahe wa homeaick and told bar to go in and cut torn carpet rage, and tew 'em together, ami vnnlil vnn liliav ha up and refuted. "Vd!" h hi i .... l vuuu vii k any URrjev ra. I bat them." 1 aever aaw bar ao exoiUxl ever before. "A line tomuai vnn hiva " .11 tk. made her. but I fl ; ..... w 1 all my life. Kor a week or two I didn't ao much of her; he waa either out with .lnkn .k.,..k:. heoalled it, dabbling away with tome bit of i"--""" a ieai nenoil.or up m ber room wner I never went way, with a large package in her h.nrt, aud aoon John came up with the poniea, and they droyoolTto toora together, laughing lik two children. I hop none of the neighbor noticed them. Anyway, they never aaw him oonduot bimaelf in that way with me. vt nen inev eama hum, k -it j . . .- ..... . , roil 0I Kmt uumpad down in th enUy. "It aomathinif tnm .A. 1 AN .1. i . . . a tfanvw an laid ljgh.ng hy.tonoal.lik. "Iu oa?p.t r.gV' 1 anrollad it, and thr w.r 20 yard of ""dill ingrain oarH( I nut " . w out.. it K,-u l j , uK"1Di earned IkelTi by,dj?;:nk! "d, w .mu of An Tk. :: z " . nu o0 U l 0 W'.n i ' . ""'"M a;-iiej raira. elL I nut tham.t A i . . P . n.ll ,L i i T "uu uiu look prtty-thugh I didn't aay ao. It i.n't mv John'. f. "lw.Jr' .na - Th. naUho "tL":?r ".' j , i .7 "l("'"iug o notio bar. .u MI over therei aod the led the amaina In il. t . ' " lea - ,M M. onoron, and nreUnded ah hadp.t reliinon mA .n .'l. ..'"''uea n . . ,r um n never T!" VP "irod h.lP ,h, aid . wi vtiiuumminn tl.. '.b1VMTir;a.n?yVo:rm,inMd f 'Ji' 'h' oou1'1 M0M1 doing all aorta iitlT mm Soot tK" I -on't koow Uma I aaw kim . "rat ifa a " wy roaay, I aaid: wil. "wo T t m Invalid He didn't aay anything than, bat few day afterward he cam to me and laid : "Janet, get a girl m aoon a yon can, and let Aunt Betay com over and tay with Myra, the i nervoat and low apirited, and need com. mnv." Well, I luppoee yoa'vo gueaaed th apihot of it all; a little daughter wa born to John and it eemed to me that a miracle wai worked in th home. Perhap I hid never loved John' wife he waa to different in her way from me but when I heard that baby cry I felt thrilled to my very oul, and I juat threw my work apron over my head and oried for the firit time in yean. Myra didn't got itrong, and the day went on and (till ihe didn't get up, and I felt a if it waa my duty to go and tell her that ihe muatu't favor heraelf that wiy, that the oonldn't lie abed and let itrangera take care of her child, and that ihe'd never get itrong till (he got out, but I made np my mind to apeak in a gentler anrt of a wav. T had Ivnan tkinkinn it ... j j - uui i, war auu bout oonoluded to let Myra live her own way aim uu. try to niaae ner over, eapeoially line John leemed well aatiiHed with her, and I went up Uir and opened the door toftly and itepped joaide. John waa ttanding at the window look ins out at the aettintr auu it waa all rA .a gold, and the room wai in a Dame; be turned a I came in. and the teara vara mllinn Anm, ki. cbeeki. I never aaw John crv hafnra ainna ka waa a grown man I W hat it it r I whupered, going up clote to him. He made a motion with the back of hi head towarda the bed. I went over there. Aunt ISoUv Wai in a rooker hv tha aid. nl it the bible. Myra wa look in 0 at tha aim t then at her baby' deeping faoe. I'm not dull to thinaa. and I aaw tkr ,!,. . .. heart torn cold it wa the valley of the ihadow of death 1 That all hannenad vaara 1 T J -I J -m wJf, aiiviv lot a aimpl ruitio oro. op in the graveyard with "Myra" carved on it, and little Myra and I go up tber .very Sunday and carry flower to decorate it, and the dear obild lit in my lap and puU her bleaaed little arm about my neck and whwperi : "Aunty, talk about my mamma in Heaven," and I tell how patitnt and gentle l TMi.? ho Mn plyed, and how he ihall do the very tame thing torn day for I know now. that rtn- ... - 1. pod creation a the wood and grain, and the leaet little thing that make unibine in the world ia of great value in the dark place., and I feel lure, when I look up to th bill he lovd, that Myra ha rr aohed far-off Heaven be tor me. Perhap, ihe will intercede for me there. What W. Eat. Prof. Laid, in nioation to the Pbiladelohia 9th, on the ubjeot of "Trichin, Diaeaae werm, etc, give, u appropriate to theiob jct, th folio wins: "Some Vaara airn. whila in tharleaton, B. C, at an entertainment, among other dnhet erved wai one of the tail of a dram Hih, in nioely browned elioe. Tb writer wa. helped to a pieo. aaid to b partic ularly gelatinou and delicate. The quali uea aeeniail in il.n.J . ;n , 1 - -"jv, vu a jwiy-ua auoaiano imb-dded in th rlh. Coriou to koow iu meaning, tb next day a dram fi.h wa pro eared from the mark.t -j a: -1 be tail, it wa found to be da to a bag pare itio worm, ooiled into a max noarly a Lug a a hen a einr. " P-,.1 l. ?. .r . "7 waa w lira, wa aiaoover th trichina, raraait. in tk. which dieoovcry he aonouncd in 1846. If diaoovarad it in u. . . . - -- .-Mia. upon b poruoo oi which be bad dined. Hi attention waa at. tractodtoaeuriou looking minato ipot which ne aaw nnnn a i;. . ... 1- , . 1. 1 1 . raw spun nia piata. Hi laid th meat on tide, and a mioroaoopio txaminatioo led to th important diaoov.ry. lb dlaonv.ra r.1 tk. ..:.5t 1 1 . ,v taaio u man wa maa V th Kngliah .orgaon, Hilton, in 1833. aod . w aa Mu-w1Bnuy aamM by Una.