Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1841-10-07

want Ia know all about that poor woman,
said he. +" Indeed | don IL j.
sad story, sir. She aud her husband,
respectable liule trndes-poople, had one
child, and fine lad he was but he was
more fond Of play than Of wo'k, aud his
father was "A severe man. lis mother
doaied on him, poor soul and he loved
bcr dearly. But, not TO be lengthy,
when he was eighteen, poor Willy dad
something, do moi know what exactly,
which put his father into great iagc,
and IN spite of his wife's tears aud pray
ers, he struck his son and turned him out
OF doors. ] have always heard the poor
lad did not deserve II certain It Is that
he was wrong in one thing; he told his
father be saw him for the last time, loY
he would never come back To be struck
again! And he enlisted directly, and
left C with the soldiers.
Oh the agony of the poor father when
he had sfep, on his rage, and rose 'he
next morning! The poor mother had
not slept at all, aud they both went IN
search of their pow pardoLed son Bat
he was gone! Aud by very affecting
letter to his mother, they learned he was
ordered to the West Indies and the,
were not rich enough 10 effect his dis
charge? So he sailed, and broke his
fathers heart.
| Or his death bed he left loving mes
sages and his blessing to his poor boy,
| and said he died of a broken heart,
| from the recollection OF his haI shness 10
him
Well, time went on, and the poor
widowed mother might be said t. live
only for and in letters written by Willy );
and every letter was full OF love aud
pety. At last came letter from him to
say he had been at deaths door with
bad fever, and was so weak still, after
it, that the medical men had ordered
him home, as The only chance Of life.
ooh! ] shall nurse him well again."
the poor mother said, all fear lost IN the
delight Of having him restored to her
and when the time came for the vessels
being due in which he sailed busy as n
bee was she in preparing for his coming.
AT last he wrote To say he was landed,
that he had almost recovered his healilA
and strength in the voyage, and should
be at c. on such day. That morn
ing the poor mother went to the coach Of
fee, long before the hour announced the
approach OF the stage. il came, but
she could not see her son on The outside
perhaps he was IN the inside, and she ran
eagerly forward to look in at the win
dow, but he was not here. "Where is
Where is my boy" she cried to
the driver, who had not as yet observed
her. Now, sir, that driver WAS IA good
sort Of man enough, but he did not un-
deYstand a parents feelings, and what
do you think he repleds "Your son!
poor soul he is not come indeed" "B.n
he will come tomorrow, then; is there
not letter to say soi" "No, mistress :;
your poor son viii come no more! lie
fell off the coach coming from Ports
mouth to London, and was killed on the
spot"
!, "a little boy, then, was present at
this scene, and never shall forget the
shrek with which she repeated The word
skilled" and then fell back, as if it
had struck her 10 the heart She was
carried home nsensible, and we all hop
ed she would not recover. Bat it was
ordered otherwise. She recovered To
HE the next day, but not to reason for
the first words she uttered were, Il mus,
go and dress myself, or shall not get to
the coach in Hme to meet Willyp And
| finding she was able to dress herself,
and walk as usual, her niece, who lived
with her, she whom you saw with her
this afternoon, let her go out, and she
reached the coach MS the horn blew
Il Oh! il was very affecting 10 see that
l poor bereaved creature go up TO the
coachman and ask If her son was come.
The driver that day was a neighbor of
hers, and had heard the tale, he replied
kindly, NO, he is not come to-day, but
perhaps he will come home 10 mo,ro,c.'
Yes, yes she added with smile iha,
wruDg the heart, 'hc will come to-mor-
row. and away she hurried And, sir,
she has come to that coach office, aud
asked ;he same question, received and
repeated the same answer, for, as told
you to-day, many years! But surely,
sir, she does no, SuDer much, does she?"
81 trust nol," ] replied; "and this hope
born Of despair, il, probably, The mercl-
ful ordering Of Divine Providence for
her relief" "Ah, so | think" he re-
piled, "bm heaven bless you sir, here il
your coach, and II is now setting of, "
81 hope We shall meet again" said,
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