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Show poured a ttrcaut Of hot salt brtnoJ throng tliem for forty years. Lavi of Life, A TOUCUINQ IKOIDET Tub following affecting narrative pni pbrtt to haver been given by a father t , his son, at warning derived froiu his owi r bitter experience of grieving audTcsistm t a mothcr'nlbve n't"! counsel: 1 AVhat pgoUy was visible 00 my jnoU 1 ert face, when she sawr that all sbo sal t and suffered failed to mova mel She roi : to go home, and 1 followed at a distanci She loke no more to mo till she reachc j htr owiS door. "ltis school time, now,"aid she. "Q( " my-son, aiid once more let 01a beseech yo ? to think upon hat I bavo said." P "I shafrt go to Bcbool,-? said I. 1 gb looked astonished flt my boldnes ? bni replied Druily, "Certainly you will gi I Alfreds I cpminatid youT1 r ?IrwUI not,saJ4 J, in a tono.of del fP. . , . Qaeof tra thliea you .mostdo. s frfiAe?'eolo'm,"!;lP', t 1 w'iji;i9c; yon, i. ,yoar rgoei, W. implicit obedience to ey nttfatf ia lb future" fu-ture" , . i -A - '-" ,' t "'Idtro yoa t;d it) job ean't jet w Upstair,"'; ' '-' --''-";V'''--;.'L ; 1 . 'Alfrtd.;cbooffr bow,'.' id tay- aether, who, laid', her-, Iwail JUMn.-MT.araijSbej treablt?a;irlolirtly,:aad was deidlptW. f-VIiyoutoch tae I'll kick yea,? tald J,; ih a terrible tage(- qod kuaw I kaew not wbat'I'tald." '-'"''. X, v "---s-V"' J'WillyWga, V-h-' ,. uHo,n:J ,re4iadfr tttqualied, hih ber eye.;-3Vv.. vi,. t't t ";'l,ha;follow,;Bie,,';sW, tajd a she grni)edis9y,r(?fIyA ".f t"x'''' 7 :l raited my foot; 0(1, y t8('hrBti I', raited tay foot, BtHt kicked ibej; tainted; tnoanrrl)r'JlI snr-adfreetsaa the trrentbf, memory rawet ovej-m 1 fcicked.. w, othejajitbla w,oi my inotherj .Sheistaggereback a'ftirittept, and Jeaned against Uitvfal.kSb?4id nbi lobk"a$ pyj..taw her .heartbeat igalnt her breast.' - ,'--- .v;-".- ;'Ob;iIeavenly Fatber'th'e sald.V'for.. ffe him'f he khWot'iVbatbe dbeslf ' j 'The gardener Jot t then pasted the door; amJi.Seing'- myfrnidther ! jiaTe.vanl -hardly alile,td supi&rt".fccwirH6 iJtopped.'-'Sba beckoned liim Id.y h f H ' i-lf !TaU6 ihlt boyop tbiirfanfockifiim in hltr6bm," taid slicaod, turned -frbni 1 jne,-"' Looking back, ,at -th'tf wa entering' iicr.ruouj, uc gare nucira iook 01-agony, jhlrigled witti;tbeni6st,.ioteitisb''loelrit was the tdst'i'intitterablelnang from ahdart that 'was 'brokp tu; " J-tf .'''InS'moment iffonnthysclf 'prlsbne'r in'tny owu' roorb;k L thought foXa moment l wouidtrig" myself frontitbS ojeK;wln-dqwVand ojeK;wln-dqwVand dash my 'brains, but but I felt afraid io do itl wasiiot penitent.,. At tlmea my heart, was subdaed; but' my stubborn .. prl'dorb'sb1 in on' instant land bade mo riot yjeld, i:Th'opaie face of, my robthcf bttuntcd' tno;-: I; jlubg Jnyself In bed 'and; fejl ' asleep.!; Just atjl twlli;b,t T. bVnrdfa, foo'tsftp 'Jappirbacbing?"tbe doori It.was myiistcr.' ' '' ? "JVIiat; may l"tcli:iny mother for y'oo't" ;sb?askc'd. ' K' -v'! -4'Mthmg;r replied " : Olr, A.lfrcdl-foriny-fsak:e;7or,all our sakcs,'say that.ybn are sorry; Sbe longi ib,:rbrgite yotf."-' " ' ' " " I roDld not answer, Ihcnrdlitr foot-sfcra foot-sfcra slbwly rctrca,ting, and again I threw myself on the bed, to pas another wretch . :?4 aiid fearfiif night 'Aiiptlicr footstep .Slower and 'feebler . thn'rr'my dst"cts,.dHturbclf)me.r;'' Avolw '( Mlcdi!yuafcnH iwuspiy 'tuoi tber7: . ',: "'Ufredmy'Soufsliall I corf'ehe a'aitd;":.'"'. 3 " "f tannot iclf irltat inflHcnce,' operhtitig athdt'inowcntj'.m'de Me-spcalf "udverso trjmyecluifyThe gcntli? VbieeVf my inollier.tlinlled.lhrotiglr'bie, 4nd,4MCltcd jth!it'e pf my obilnrate" heart, and I'lbiig' j ed. tp'tlirpWimyself onjier'neckibutl did ftbCT'flut iuy words, gate th'e lirt'o my htiiV'when'.l said' I was 'not" tprryf," J bMrd'hcMvlthdraw'l' bCard'hei" groan, 1 longedip cal j her ,6i-k, but jlld P.qtT' ' :Ilwit awukcVied from ray uneasy. eloin bcr,byhe'8ring'hryiian8' called Ipodly and' my tlsteratobd-'at'iny bedside' ' -'Gtt op, Alfred;' Oh;-':doB.'t walt'i minntef Oet up, add corae,.wlth nae Mother is dyjng," I thdngbt, 1 wa dreaming," hot :I go up, full 6rcmclHBcbbly;;ahd fd)owl ro titter O'i'tbe bed, and , cod( as marble lay rny mother:. Shevw'at riot 'undressed She hud thrown herirc$ the bid tat rest" arising' to 'goagatn'tptnei: theValli selro with a palpUatYdiCbf 'thV heart, tM bora senselesi to'iier'rb'din. 8 1 64 I ciiihof till you withwtint'ogoDy!' looked'fnion herf royrtmorte wi'ttenfoli 1 more bitter from the thonghtHtbht tli , would never know it -believed'm'ysej . to be her murderer. I fall' on the bed b 1 side her-I could not wiept"tMyheai , burned .In my"' bosom: my" bralnwat'o j Jiro. My sister threw hci"rmi arbun r nwt and. vrept'iif'tilenee.1 Buddeiljrw saw a liglit m'otiori of rnotber's'hand;-ln j eyes, unclosed. ' Sua hadE rccbvTed "coi t tcfousncss but hoi Spetcb. 'SbejooW aVme nnd-'mbved' her lipV: Leonid, bj r understand " htr Avords, ' "Motberw t Iherl'1 1 shrieked, "sty only tbat you wi r forgive, me." She could, notsay,itwil I, her lips, but tier baud pressed mine.' SI t tmilcd upon me, aud liftiug her thin wb'n e handsshe clasped";my own within thei ii !and cast her eyes" upward. She mov$ berlips.in prayer,-an tbns she died. 0 remained lil kuteling beside that dei form tilt niyt.gentla sister removed m i, The joy of youth bad gone forevtr. u llojs who spurn a mother's control, wi efara ashamed to own that they are. wron h who think it mauly to resist her antbt itvi or yielit" to her fulluence, bewar |
