Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-09-18

TOUCHING SKETCH OF Parental SOR-
ROW. Lesson for Pdrehs.-A lew months
ago. 4 buried ny eldest sOu-a line. manly buy, OF
eight years OF age. WIN never had a days illness
until that which IOuk hun hence To be seen ma more.
Ills death orcurred under circumstances peculiarly
painful To me. A yCan-er bioih e.. the next ia age
TO him. n deircule, sickly child ir,m n baby. had
been down for NEARLY a fortnight. will. an epidemic
fever. Ia consequence Oi the nature of he disease.
! used every prevauiiun that %prudeuce suggested. 10
guard the other members of the family against IT
But of this one, my eldest. I had bat httle .raE lac
was NJ rugged, and generally healthy. Sull. how
ever. ! kept a vigilanI eye upon him. and especially
forbid him going into the docks and ? 'Ols. near has
school. which lac was prone To visit.
One evening ] came home wearicd with n long
days hard lahOr. and veIed at sumo lhle dIsap-
~inimen and found also that he had lrst come
into the house. anl that he was wet. aud covered
with dock mud. taxed h with dISobedience,
and .culled hun severcly-mDre 50 than | ever had
belure-and then harshly ordered him 10 bed. lie
opened his lips for an eIrulp-i~ry reply, ne sup
pissed, bat | slernly checked hIm; when, with y
mule. snrrow ful eounIenance, aud swelling breast,
he turned away and went slowly TO his cha mher-
My heart smuie me. even al that moment though |
felt conscious of hut doing u fathers duty-how much
kecner did | feel The pang, when | was informed. IN
The course VI tie evening. by n n%eighbOr. that my
hoy had gone 10 the dock at the earnest solicitation
Ofa younger and hvuriie playmate, a"d hy the
especial permission Of hs s~choOlRasier, IA order io
recover a cap belonging 10 the fHmer. which had
blow off the wharL. Thus I leaue g.. that what I
had treated with uuwunied severity as a fault. was
but the impulse of a generous uatirc. which. TOR
geIiul Of self. had hazardrd perhaps life Ct another.
Il was hut the quick pr mplIug of that manly spirit
which | had always endeavured to graft upon hs
susceptible mirrl, and which, young as he was. had
already manifested Itself On more than ure occasion.
How bitterly dad l regret my harshness. aud Fesol.
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morning. Alas that morning never came To hun m
health. Before retiring tor the night. however,
crepl To las low cot. aHd bent over MIN. A ear
had stolen down his check and rested there. ]
kissed a. of; bat he slept 80 sweeIly. and So calmly
that | did not venIute To disturb him. The mex
day he awuke with n raging lever On his brain and
Ia forty eight hours he WINS nr mo e, lie dad not knuN
the when ! was first called 10 his bedside; nor. nj
any moment nne wnul-Ihough bent over him
until death and darkness c.osed the scene. I would
have g q worlds Ia have whIspe red one kind word
la his ear. and have bcen aus" cred; hut u vas Tot
permitted. Once. indeed. a s:ails al: recognition
lighted mp his eye, and | leaned eagerly Iorward-
But it passed quickly away. and was succeeded by
lie cold. unmeaniug glare. and The Wild tossing OF
The levered limbs, that lasted uli death came 10 ms
relief.
Every thing I now sre that belonged To- him re-
minds me of the st one. Yesterday. ] iunnd some
rude pencil sketches which u Was hIs delight Ia
MAKE % INC uInlNtiuetl ol US w lSfI hbhhti W
day. in rumaeing an Did c!usrI. came across hI'
boots. still covered with dock mud, ~ When he last
w"rc them; and every momiHg aud evening ] pass
the ground where his Voice rang the ga, rucSi among
his plnymaIes. All these thing speak windy ul hts
ncIye Iiei hui / cannor, though Oten try, To recall
any other expression On his lace Than that mute,
mouuniul one, wuh whuth he turned ir'm me the
night So harshly repulscd hIn. Then nay heart
bleeds airesl. o, huw careful should We all he.
that IA our d tily CundutI low trds those lille beings
senl us 10y a kini Providence, we are not Ia, ing up
Tor ourselves the SOUR e. of many a butler Tear! How
canIIuus. that neither 10y mcousrderaie word or lO'k,
we unJusIly grove their generous feelings. And
how guardedly should we be lu weigh evry action
against is motive, lest IN a mpmrut ui excitement
we he led Ia meie uui Iu the venml crrur5 OF thC
heart. the punishment due only To wiliul c ume!-
Alas! perhaps few persons suspect how often tht
sudden blow, The fierce rebuke. Is answered 10y
their children In Tears, not OF passion, not of physical
Or mental PAM but U! a loving, vi u gneyCd anu
outraged nature.