Part 3 (1/2)
A real prince et in So to such a state of perfection; now, a little addition is ht alteration there, until it is finished, and the happy pair set off to take possession of the fairy palace But they never enter it: the et in, the more confused they become as to the position of the doorway; one thinks it is at the front, the other fancies it o around the house seeking the entrance, by some mysterious means the house seems further from them, and another effort is necessary to reach it How tiresoather, and they are not prepared for the up other evil forces for ht, like a dis on; the pretty castle is fading out of view a objects around,--quick! quick! we must be in, for the hour is wild On they hurry, and in their haste, they find an open door and enter; there is shelter and rest for theht coone, and the hoe!
There is no doubt that Abe and his young wife played their part at castle-building, like most others in their position, and like others they found it a great deal easier to erect than inhabit However, there is this to be said for them, which cannot be said for all, they had fortitude to endure their lot without coh their castle was but a very little cot, it was coh to hold them, and left room for a variety of joys and sorrows as well
At the ti as a cloth-finisher in aafterwards, the work at this place failed, and he, with a number of others, was thrown out of employment This was a sore reverse, for which they were ill-prepared
If trade had been good in the neighbourhood, he could easily have obtained work under some other master, but alas! the reasons which induced his ee his men, operated with others in the sa for Abe
What was to be done? Ah! that was the inquiry which often passed between Abe and Sally in their little home The bread-winner was stopped, then the bread must soon stop, and then would come a dark _period_, that is, a full stop
In their day of trouble they carried their case to the Lord, and asked His fatherly aid; ether to vent their burden of trouble in His ear, and obtain strength to endure their trial One day, after Abe had been in this way asking help and counsel of the Lord, he came and sat in a chair at one end of the table, while his wife sat near hi For a few minutes neither of them spoke; by-and-by Sally looked up from her work to thread her needle, and their eyes met She had a very sad look upon her face, for her heart was full of trouble, and she was just ready for what she called ”a good cry;” but the moment she saw his face, which was covered all over with a coh,--a kind of hysterical laugh that had hed, one at the other, till tears came from the eyes of both, and their poor sorrow-sick hearts seemed as if they would rise into their throats and choke theth exclaih soa”
”Me, what did I do?”
”Ay, thaaher eyes with her apron
”Why, thaa looked a'h; thaa's ooid; thaa wants a bit of a change, for thaa's had heartache lang enough,” responded her husband
Sally resu; her only response was a deep-drawn sigh A few , ”Sally, haa would the' loike to see me wi' a black face?”
”What's 'ta say?”
”Haa w'd th' loike to seeto blacken thee face forr doesn't th' like thee own colour? what does taat hireat earnestness, ”that I'ooin to turn collier”
”Nay, niver, lad!” cried his wife in dishten up in aar loine, and then thaa knows I can get wark at th' ean”
Poor Sally wept in earnest now; it was a shock to her feelings that she was not prepared for At length she said, ”I niver thought of thee goin daan a coil-pit, thaa isn't used to it, and thaa 'll happen break thee neck”
”Nay, not soa; I've warked mony a day in a coil-pit,” said Abe ”Bless thee, my lass, when I were nowt but a bairn I used to wark i' th' pits; niver fear, I' wi' ony on u on his wife's part was giving way, he went on to ood his position: ”Thaa knows I mun do some'at, and there is nowt else I can see to turn to, and it 'll keep us going till I can get back to my oark; we mu'nt be praad in these times, thaa knows I'll promise to wesh th' black dust off et her to do the same
”Cheer up, my lass, we mun look th' rock i' th' face”
”Ah, th' Lord help us,” responded Sally