The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1847-02-25

eyes, which Indicated little Consciousness
Stll, the high forehead, the acquiIne nose
the upu9a! form, unbent even by The accu
mulaIed weight Of years, tod Of the lofts
hearing and high sptrII Of years gone by.
Al this sad spectacle Of ruined grandeur
and helpless misery, J., was imposs bic 10 be
unmoyet. j deep gh aImos, amounting
to groan escaped from the lips OF + kar,
aud reaching the ears Of hls mother, Tor Il
was she whom We saw "a Tie unfortunate
object before Us She gave lremendou.
shrek and regarded u, "uh sort Of cur.
oslty mingled with terror,
Who are YOU size asked IL a hollow
uuearihly tone.
The honsrkeeper approached her and
SAID Here is a gentleman Who comes TO
bring meas cl your SOU
l ain your suu. exclaimed J. knr una
bio longer 10 fcstfan himself, aud ad,anc
rng he kneit before her,
From the day that he had lei, his moth.
e IA The hush Of prosperity aud health, aud
10 the foil eIloYescerra 6. PRIDE end anger,
he had never brheld her ul no" Long
yeafs he'd relied over both since that PER-.
pd--sorrow and poverty, and death, bad
e'a'led he young hnpes Nod het- --alas,
Hhai lllo NIGH; h,Ys been toll, 3 selfish.
u.ss q! apprehension, ol cruelty, and mad
ue,s
And uos hc IVES llgcc.ing Al her feet
llc whom she had ulurucd as dead, knclt
ID Ter whom Ito lad supposed long r,nce
gone to Der eternal rest. Sul 10 tie morn
oi life, the ,Lick eufis ~hlch clustered above
hls broad aud open brow we're u0t uacbans.
ed 20 their brshiuess aud sottoa aud sui.
icrug had iyttraccs On those features ahprc
time had not SET So hls ua'k.
\ coUsus,ye tfr.uot shook hls frame,
deep sd arose ron bIs cheol. am your
500 be repeated. an our son ny M.
lhci
NJ 500 .ae ecbned Oh yes-l 70
meu.bet-l had ssn oncc, Apd 9th
laugh, which 10 her circumstances sounded
lar more melancholy 10 our ears than
gtoan would have dCue, she covered her
lace with her hands.
Mother your son sulI livestock Up.
on hum am he-l viii comfort Will
cheer your remaining ycars
'Oh heaven, be added, as she esrei on
bim % ali the lmJcc,Jy Of vacant mind.
She knows mo not.
we continued ia look in silence but by
20 meats uuuuyrd ga tu,s scene, Gnthh
nhom .ho ma once held 10 high esteem,
drew uear sud spoke she however tool, 10
oouce OF him. JuI continued 10 gge upon
her s0a,
Asaa lie spoke. auI ,heush, she al
most tccogpz d hlm.
That ,urcr, she said, TIM, voice vas
Richards Yes had a soa once but
be lrls me -hc len nae, end be wished -
% il vas teuib,c'
She again covered her face aad ,eaned
back IN her char.
Mr.. Eckar, Who suspected that bis mo.
,llcr had 10 hrr nubd some remembrance u
The painful circumstance " bich had uucu.
dcd their lalt parting scene, overcome by
tho thought, 2toaued aloud. The sound
again dtes her attention, audstth strength
which had not thought she possessed, she
suddenly bent lofsatd toward hln. Again
sho gazcd 10 bis face. aud with her wlther.
ed hand pushed a-ide TIN hair from his
brow, as he ultlt.d ~ tie lrcmulous ac.
cents ol age Are you indeed my son -
are you indeed Dick Eekar'
'lam-.ndced lin very truth. Ny mo.
Their forgive aud bless me | am lees cul.
pablo than ycu suppose -Oa, / could tell
ynu much'
No spoke 70 cars tial hocdri not, In
the l4y his parents recognition Of HIM oc.
castoucd, be had not seen, or u9lCcl The
change winch had taken place WITHIN
She still kept her eyes fixed on hlm-her
hand stll pressed his brow au intellectual
lty appeared ~ her icaturcs--a sudden light
from the soil within oyerptcad her coun.
teuanco---Iike the bret sunbeam that bursts
through the stofmclnud at the close OF
chaercss winters day. Something hike y
groan escaped her lips. She cast her eyes
upsatdi aud ul'erng My son bless
OIess.- gradually ,unk forward. Rich,
arb Ecksr caught her ~ h's afme' We alI
hoslened 10 assist htm She vas replaced
IA her chair. We thought she bad tainted
( and restotaliyes were applied In vain
+ The spint Of the mother had passed ~hlIe
mploung u blessing on her son
/ 10 replacing Mrs, Eckar on her chair, u
key dropped from the folds OF her robe up.
On tho carpet. The circumstance was IN,
noticed by any buI myself picked II up
aud placed II ~ my pocket. A short tine
after, | observed the housekeeper looking
earnestly about, as II Tor something winch
she was disappointed not to fad. " hethot
the key was the obJect Of the search knew
not and Tor reasons ol my own, did not
choose to enquire.
The grief ol Richard Ecksr was silent,
but deep. Words could not have expressed
Iihc various feelings which ,htonged to his
heart, in again meeting his mother after so
many years OF separaton--and under such
circumstances nor the bitterness OF his
disappointment IN thus losing her, at the
moment whon no wished 10 prove by his
.atchiul tenderness, tho earnestness and
depth OF his regret for ever having wounf.