Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1846-01-23
THE LAEr KISS

] was but i've ,esTs cd when my
mother dirc; lot heI i~age sas fresh
inmy mod, GOV that twruty years have
elapsed. ss II wss at the time OF her
death. renemue: hsT. ss pale gem
iIe being. with sweet smile. and q vu,t
soIi and CHI eful ~ken abe ERASED m. ;
and when had eTred-for wns q wild
Ihoughlless chlld-Ihsre wsss trembling
mlrness about II. that alwavs went 90
my It 10 heart. Mrlhinks | can gov
see her large blue eyes. moist with sor.
row, becsuse OF my childish wsywar6-
ness, aud hear her repeat, My child,
how Can you Rrieve me go
She had foT long time been pale and
feeble, and sometimes there would come
bright spot on her chPek. which msde
her look 40 lovely. I thought she must
be we'll. But then she spoke Of dying.
aud pressed me TO her b1som and to-
me 10 be good when sha was gone, and
10 lsve ny father a great deal, for he
would have no one sIss 10 love.
recolecI che was i'll all Gay, and my
'tlle bo"bE horse sad whip were laid
aside, and ! tried 10 he very quiet |
DID OO' see her foI The whole day. and il
feemr6 very lOng Al night they tod
me ny mother was too SICK 20 kiss me,
asshe always Used 10 10. bstore | vent
TO bed, snd mad 90 without il. But
cOoId not stoe into the rooC. and
laying my lips close TO hers, " whispee~d
'A"IHer. dear mother won't you kiss
"tf Her lips w. re very cold, ard when
che Pu' her hand upoH nv cheek. and
laid mV head ~ her bosom. Celt a cold
shuddering pass 'hrough me.
Nv ta'her carried me from The room
bd' he could nnt speak After they pu,
me- In bed, Iav long while, th.nk,ae;
irsred mP molher would indeed die.
for her cheek telt az cold as nv little
SISTERS dld. when shr died, and lhey car
r'ed her sweet little BODY away where
never saw II again But ! soon Iell a.
sleep. os children will.
10 the morning | rushed to my moth
er's room with a strange dread of evil
TO con- upon me It was just as lear
ed, There was the white linen, over The
straight, cold he'd tore il aside.
There was the hard cheek the closed
eye, the stony brow. But, ,hsok GID
Ry mothers dear. dear smile was here
also, or my heart would have broken.
Ia a0 Iastaat, all the little faults, for
which she had so ofleO reproved me,
rushed upon my mind longed To tell !
her how good would always be, il she |
wOuIG but stay with me.
longed TO tell her, how, 10 all time 70
come, her words WoHd be a law TO me.
] would be all that she had prayed me-
to be
lWas a passionate, headstrong boy
but never did This frame OF temper cone
upon me. but seemed to see her mild,
fearful eyCs fail upon me, just as she
used 10 look in Ife; and when slrove
tor The mastery, Itl, her smile stink in.
TO my very heart, aOd vas hsppy.
NV Whole character underwent a
change. even from The moment Of her
dNah Her spirit was forever with NJ,
10 aid The good and root oul he evil thai
~as Ia me. IeIt it would grieve her
gehlle spirit to see me err. and could
not, would not doso | Was The child of
her affection; | knew she had PRAYED
and wrP' over me, and that eveu on The
threshold Of the grave. her anxiety for
my fate had caused her spirit to ingpr,
that she might Prav once moro for me.
] never forget nv morher's last kiss
II was with me in sorrow; it was with
ma in ov; IL Was with me in moments
Ol evil, like a perpetual good
The above ia a part of lh, letter Of an
oid man. who hss seen his children and
h's grand children about HIM, and who
Is cheerful man, with his gray hairs
full OF reverence. Mrs Seba Smith.