Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-07-22
There's death beneath the chnlice brim.

There q death bene1tn the cnnlice ortn.
"IiE WILL COME TOMORROW"
Tho following pathetic story is extracted from m
English periodical and well illustrates tho strength
,f a mothers love.
always ride on the outside Of a stage coach
ON taste. rs well as from economy-because L love
10 mueh Of the landscape as | possibly can
md try to sit next the coachman, because he KNOWS
not only whom the seats pass on the road be-
long. hut can sometimes tell interesting once
dotes Of the owners themselves-so am sure OF be-
ing entertained my journey, IL so placed
Well, was fortunate my last journey from
London 20 c. as To get my favoriie seat and II was
next to an unusually pleasing driver i fourd he
was n family nm; had n wife he seemed fond OF.
and one child, liItle boy. whom he was afraid OF
losing; md he that sympath sed IN his
feelings. he disposed to crafty my curios
iiy. Al length. after a very prosperous journey we
saw the abbey church OF c. in the distance, and
not long in reaching the inn.
When the coach about to stop my attention
was drawn an elderly woman. meanly. but neatly
clad. who was looking up 10 the coach with an eS-
preston of anxious impotence in her eye, which
forci5ly interested me.
The coachmln saw her also aud flashing awaya |
tear said. "Ah poor snu there she is again, and
there she has been every day for years and now |
that nm n parent myself. and an anxious one too. |
feel the more for her" This speech increased my
interest in the poor woman. who now that the colch
had really stopped AMI the passengers were getting
down, drew quite close to the wheels. and looking
up in the coachmln's face with expression which
evidently unnamed him. slid in n hurried voice,
Il, he CONS ioday1" mo. dear SOUL he rplied.
"bui nc will come tomorrow. you know" yes.
yes" said she. 'he Will come tomorrow She
then hurried down the street. followed by respec-
table young woman. who shook her head mnurniul'
ly at the driver she turned away.
had paid all demands upon me, and might have
gone in search Of a place 10 N, but could not
stir ill Ind an Ipanaon of what seemed so M
ieresng TO a sentimental eler like myself, and
D asked the coachman if might speak few words
with him. 81 see what you want TO ask" he re-
R piled "and I have done all my duty
% here. will walk with you the ina where the
c other coach starts from"
D thonshr him long time about his duty but at
1 last no joined me, and we walked down the street
e together. you want to know all about that poor
! won H." said he. Indeed do" lit Is a sad story
sir She and her husband, respectable htlle trades
n people, had child, and fine lad he was; but
: he moro fond Of play than work, and his aiher
e was a severe MAJ HIS mIher doaled on him, poor
= SOUL and he loved her dearly BIT not TO be
p lengthy when he was eighteen, poor willy did
$ something do not know what exactly, which put
ms father ia great rage and IN spite OF ms VIE
tears and prayers he struck his and Turned HIM
out Of doors | have always heard tho poor lad
did deserve it CERTAIN it is that he wrong
= in thing: he told his father he saw him Cor the
y last time, for he would come back to be
I struck again. And he enlisted directly, and LEFT
= C with the spdiers
Oh. the agony Of the poor father when he had
4 slept on his rage, and rose the next morning The
Il poor mother had not slept all. and they both
n went in search Of their parioned son. Bat he
n vas gone. And by n very affecting letter 10 his
i mother. they learned that he ordered 10 the
4 West Indies and they not rich enough 10 ei-
j e CT his discharge. So he sailed and II brOke his
: fathers heart.
On his death bed he len loving messages and
his blessings to his poor boy .nd said he died of q
n broken heart from the recollection oil his harsh
d ness to him.
II Well, time went on. an the psor widowed mo
, Their might he sail 1--we only for and ia letter.
Q written by Wiley and every letter was full o!
# love and piey AT last came a letter from him To
n say he had been deaths DIOR with bad fever,
and weak still. alter 1t thai the medical men
h had ordered him hons. the only rh1nce Of life.
Is oh! shall nurse him again." the poor mother
j said, all fear los ia The delight of having him re-
c stored her; and when the time came for the
r sells being due ia which he sailed. busy as bee
a was she ia preparing for his coming
4 Al last he wrote t. shy he WAS landed. tint he
had almost recovered his health AMI strength IN the
voyage, and should be al c. on such day. Thai
morning the poor mother went To the COACH Office
J. long before the hour announced The approach Of Ihe
q stage II came. hut she could not see her son on
the outside perhaps he was inside. and she ran
. eagerly forward to look in nj the window. but he
6 not there. "Where is he Where Is my boy
she cried 10 tho driver, who had not eobserve ed
q her. Now, sir. that n good sort of maj
enough. but he did not understand mothers feel
ings. and what do you he replied "Your som pool
u soul. he is not come indeed" But he will
morrow. then is there not letter say so" "No
mistress; Your poor son will come no more. He fell
; ofrrhe coach coming from Portsmouth 10 London
and was killed on the spot"
/, little boy then. present Of this sceDei and
-t,.IC al.
peated the word "kled', and then fell back, if Il
2 had struck her to the heart. Size carried home
insensibe. and we all hoped she would never reeo
yer. But il was ordered otherwise. She recover
ed TO life but not to reason; for the first words she
y uttered were, Il must get 40 and dress myself or
u shall not get 10 The coach in time TO meet Willy"
And finding she was able TO dress herself and wall
J. as usual. her niece. who, lived with her. she whom
yOu day, let her 90 ont. and she reached the
: coach the horn blew Oh IL was very affecting
a 10 that poor bercaved creature 60 up to th,
q eoachman and nsk him again if her son was come
The driver tina; day a neighbor others. and hay
% kg heard the tale. he replied kindly and cleverly
NJ, he is not tn day. but perhaps he will c,e
tomorrow" ayes. yes" with a smile that wrunp
, the heart, he will come tomorrow" and away she
q hurred. And sir she has come to that coach office
add asked the question, received and repeated
the same answer, for. as tod you To day. many
many years, But surely. sir. she does hot suAer
g much. does sheT' Il trust not" reped; aand thi,
hope born OF despair t. probably the merc Gal order
ing Of Divine Providence Cor her he repled "buihsa
ven bless you, err here Is your coach, and IL s now
e setting off," Il hope We shall meet again" said
shaking him by the hand. and of we drove
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