The Mate of the Daylight
Return to "An Only Son"Differences between two texts of Sarah Orne Jewett's "An Only Son"
Paragraph # | 1884 Version in The Mate of the Daylight | 1890 Version in Tales of New England |
2 | of the town's-poor and the district schools, and afterward | of the town's poor and the district schools, and, afterward, |
Kendall the grist-miller rose | Kendall, the grist-miller, rose | |
knocking his thick shuffling boots clumsily by the way. He reached the sidewalk and looked up and down the street, but nobody was coming; so he turned to Asa Ball the shoemaker, | knocking his thick, shuffling boots clumsily by the way. He reached the sidewalk and looked up and down the street, but nobody was coming; so he turned to Asa Ball, the shoemaker, | |
3 | "Business isn't brisk, | "Business ain't brisk, |
had never been even spattered | had never once been spattered | |
He was considered very peculiar | The captain was considered very peculiar | |
a large scrap book | a large scrap-book | |
and had pleased himself by watching | and pleased himself by watching | |
a braver never had trod the quarter-deck | a braver never trod the quarter-deck | |
7 | will be waiting for me, | will be waiting dinner for me, |
8 | old-fashioned country men | old-fashioned countrymen |
English Ambassadors | English Embassadors | |
9 | clicks and fumbling | clicks and fumblings |
He was dusty and sun-burnt | He was dusty and sunburnt | |
after he had put his worn | after he put his worn | |
roll of bills almost reluctantly, turned | roll of bills almost reluctantly turned | |
10 | There had indeed been a hurried | There was indeed a hurried |
when Deacon Price had acknowledged | when Deacon Price acknowledged | |
11 | entirely forgotten until that moment | entirely forgotten, until that moment, |
she had made him run | she made him run | |
he had listened to them impassively | he listen to them impassively | |
But he had promised | But he promised | |
13 | said the deacon, a little | said the deacon a little |
Eliza 'll be there | Eliza 'll get there | |
behind them, and without | behind them, and, without | |
with his niece the deacon | with his niece, the deacon | |
16A | something I've been doing - I'm going off" - | something I've been doing. I'm going off" -- |
about the bread and a piece of cold boiled beef and a row of blueberry pies and the sheet of gingerbread which | about the bread, and a piece of cold boiled beef, and a row of blueberry pies, and the sheet of gingerbread, which | |
It was the first outing | It was the first holiday | |
year, except for a half day or so, and | year, except for church-going, and | |
finally desired his respects | finally desiring his respects | |
16B | continues above paragraph | new paragraph begins with "There ain't a better man |
real good hearted | real good-hearted | |
17 | helpless and forgitful | helpless and forgetful |
a man of hard on to eighty | a man that's hard on to eighty | |
bank money he had long ago | bank money he had put away | |
18 | kind of low land and | kind of low land, and |
with scarlet fever, the fall | with scarlet fever the fall | |
one thing after another come upon him | one thing after another came upon him | |
19 | and he lost all his interest | and lost all his interest |
they knew; Warren | they knew. Warren | |
said Eliza, mournfully | said Eliza mournfully | |
20 | bubbled to the surface a little too late | bubbled to the surface, a little too late |
It had been patched and propped before, and now seemed hardly to be repaired. | It had been so often patched and propped that it now seemed hardly to be repaired again. | |
Just as he had begun | Just as he began | |
The deacon had given a heavy sigh, and as he had hammered and sawed and built his fence again, there had been more than one sigh to follow it, for had not this only son grown more helpless and useless than ever? | The deacon gave a heavy sigh, and as he hammered and sawed and built his fence again, there had been more than one sigh to follow it, for was not this only son more strange and helpless and useless than ever? | |
21 | that now he would attend | that next he would attend |
22 | a slight breeze seemed to be coming | a westerly breeze was coming |
23 | At last he crept | then he crept |
son following across it the path that led to | son following the path that led across it to | |
24 | and he made the doing | and made the doing |
25 | did not get much sleep either, in the uncomfortable bed which he had tried to put into some order | did not get much sleep that night, in the uncomfortable bed which he tried to put into some order |
26 | wore away, and he tried | wore away, while he tried |
27 | if there was still no sign | if there were still no signs |
28 | make its accusing cry | repeat its accusing cry |
at any rate he would | at any rate, he would | |
29 | the door of the house, and locked it, | the door of the house and locked it, |
30 | like looking even him in the face, but gave a pull at the reins to hurry the horse and pass by the quicker. | like looking him in the face, but gave a pull at the reins to hurry the horse and pass by without question. |
the moon, always with one side hidden | the moon, with one side always hidden | |
but for the terrible blow of the theft of the town's money, which had left a debt and sorrow on the old man's shoulders | but for this terrible blow of the theft of the town's money, which now left a debt and sorrow on the old man's shoulders | |
31 | woods were passed and the road led out to a pleasant country of quite a different character | woods were passed, and the road led out to a pleasant country of quite different character |
it was partly the fault of art, and partly of nature, for this was | this was partly the fault of art, and partly of nature, for it was | |
and its fields had been made swampy | and the fields were all made swampy | |
arrangement or no-arrangement | arrangement of clay, rock, and sand. | |
plots of thin hay or | plots of thin hay, or | |
32 | father to son generation after | father to son, generation after |
34 | The captain had watched | The captain watched |
35 | cramb'ries hereabouts, another | camb'ries hereabouts another |
to tackle it somehow, - see here | to tackle it somehow - See here | |
it would have been impossible to mistake that he was a sailor | it was impossible to mistake the fact of his being a sailor | |
36 | The had ventured upon | They ventured upon |
37 | strange silence, and | strange silence; and |
were middling | were fair to middling | |
couple o' nights | a couple of nights | |
38 | "Oh yes, I rec'lect," growled the captain, amiably. | "Oh, yes, I rec'lect," growled the captain amiably. |
and off we go | and off you go | |
39 | they had seated themselves on the off side of the woodpile, | the friends seated themselves on the off side of the wood-pile, |
44 | said the deacon, humbly, | said the deacon humbly, |
the eight hundred dollars ready | the seven hundred dollars ready | |
the south village of Dalton and | the south village of Dalton, and | |
volcanoes or outlets | volcanoes, or outlets | |
those poor wretched damned dogs of heathen to mercy. | the poor damned dogs of heathen to mercy. | |
45 | at the future or asking | at the future, or asking |
47 | for Warren in a way he never had before; and as he looked about the house he saw everywhere some evidence of his mechanical skill | for Warren in an unexpected way; and as he looked about the house he saw everywhere some evidence of his son's mechanical skill |
of his patient diligence | of such patient diligence | |
waited 'till he told | waited 'til he told | |
It was the way we only remember the good qualities of our friends who have died, and let the bad ones fade out of sight, and so know the angels that were growing in them all the while, and out of our sight at last have thrown off the disguise and hindrance of the human shape. | It was the way we remember only the good qualities of our friends who have died, and let the bad ones fade out of sight, and so know the angels that were growing in them all the while, and have thrown off the disguise and hindrance of the human shape. | |
48 | standing at the end of the lane in the road, and he meant at first to | standing in the road at the end of the lane, and meant at first to |
50 | at supper time | at supper-time |
more severely commented upon | most severely commented upon | |
51 | sunburnt women | sun-burnt women |
knew so well before | knew so well, before | |
greet the new comers, | greet the new-comers, | |
52 | because lots could come in the evenin' | because some could come in the evenin' |
familiar every-day calico | familiar everyday calico | |
53 | come down-stairs first, and had gone out to get a piece | come downstairs first, and had gone out to find a piece |
54 | she brought up in triumph the deacon's great brown wallet, | she took out the deacon's great brown wallet, |
55 | and looking at it as if he were afraid it would bite. | looking at Eliza angrily and then at the wallet again, and turning it over in his hand. |
57 | I felt some uneasy about it," and he went out to the yard, and beyond it to the garden, and beyond the garden | I felt some uneasy about it." Presently he went out to the yard, and across the garden, and beyond the garden |
58 | a slate headstone | a slate head-stone |
romance in John Price's | romance in Deacon Price's | |
59 | machine had been proved to a success | machine had proved to be a success |
who had promised | who gladly promised | |
60 | He looked pale | Warren looked pale |
61 | smart up a little | smart us up a little |
62 | to sleep, Eliza had said | to sleep, Eliza said |
She never was told | Eliza never was told | |
He might have known | The deacon might have known | |
63 | the deacon drove up to the captain's farm, | Deacon Price drove up to Captain Stone's farm, |
perched on the chopping log again, and the confession | perched on the chopping-log again, while the confession |