Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1850-06-28


he had kept silence; who knew but what, il she
had only been more gentle and less angrily re
served he might have repented earlier-and r
time
She sat rocking herself to and for by the side
Of the bed, while the footsteps below went in
and out; she had been in sorrow too long tr
have any violent burst of deep grief now; the
furrows were we'll worn in her checks, and the
tears flowed quietly, if necessarily, all the day
long. But when the winters night drew or
and the neighbors had gone away to their homes
she stole 10 the window, and gazed ont, long
and wistiuly. over the dark gray moors. She
did not hear her sons voice, as he spoke TO her
from the door, nor his footsteps as he drew
nearer. She started when he touched her.
'Mother come down to lis. There's no one
but VIII and me- Dearest mother, we do $,
want YOU The poor lads voice trembled. and
he began TO cry. It appeared to require an
effort on Ms. Legh's part to tear herself away
from the window, but with a sigh she complied
with his request.
The two boys (for though Will was nearly
twenty-one, she still thought Of him as hd)
had done everything in their power to make the
house place comfortable Tor her. She herself
in the old days before her sorrow, had never
made brighter fire or cleaner hearth, ready
for her husbands return homa, than now await
ed her The tea-thngs were all put out, and
the kettle was boiling; and the boys had Gained
their grief down iHto a kind Of sober cheerful
ness. They paid her every attention they could
think of, but received little notice on her part /;
she did not rcsis-she rather submitted to all
their arrangements; but they did not seem to
touch Ter heart
When tea was ended---t was merely tie
form of tea that had been gone through-W,ll
tpr 4, Iltn
mother leant back languidly in her chair
Mother, shall Tom read you a chapter p
Hes hettor scholar than L.
'Ay. lad said she, almost eagerly. That's
u. Road me the Prodigal Son Ay, ay, lad.
Thank thee
Tom found the chapter, and read it in the
high. pitched voice winch is customary in the
vllIagc.schools His motLer bent forward. her
lls parted, her eyes dllated; her whole body
in.tuct with eager attention. VIII sat with
h. ad depressed. and hung down. lie knew
why that chap cr had been chosen; and to him
it recalled the lamUy's disgrace. When the
reading was ended, he -ti,i hung down his head
in eloonr silence. But her face was brighter
than it bad been before for the day. lier eyes
loOlrd dreamy. as if she saw vis.an and V
and by she pulled the bible towards her, ana
putting her liug,r uuIouca' b each W I'd. began
to read thom a.oud in low voice TO herself
she read ar,in the words Of litter sorrov, and
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