My children are all in"--rags
and tatters I was going to say, but I checked myself--"are all in
need of clothes, and so far I have not been able to get anybody to
sew for me. If you like, I will give you three or four weeks' sewing
at least."
"I shall be very glad to have it, and very thankful for your
kindness in offering it to me," returned Mrs. Partridge, rising from
her chair, and adding as she did so--
"But I must be getting home. It is nearly dark, and Jane will be
anxious to see me back again."
I handed her the seventy-five cents she had earned for washing for
me during a whole day. Promising to come over and see me early in
the morning about the sewing, she withdrew, and I was left again to
my own reflections.
"If ever a murmurer and complainer received a severe rebuke, it is
I!" was the first almost audible thought that passed through my
mind. "To think that I, with my cup full and running over with
blessings, should make myself and all around me unhappy, because a
few minor things are not just to my satisfaction, while this woman,
who toils like a slave from morning until night, and who can hardly
procure food and clothing for her children, from whom she is almost
constantly separated, is patient and hopeful, makes me feel as if I
deserved to lose what I have refused to enjoy.
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