The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1850-09-11

tPuuiShiHSHl WHICH dWalted III The m0Tnln
as a penalty for his offence, and in hars
! voice, concluded wiih--
Now. sir, go 10 bedr a
1 But, father said The little fellow, Il wan
Ito tell you----' T.
MOT word, sir, gpto led q s
] I only wanted;o say, father, thal--'
i With peremptory stamp, an imperativ,
wave Of his hand towards the door, and
lrown upon his browydld that father, wilhou
speech. again close The door Of explanation
and expostulat;on l3 Sis r
When this boy liSd gone supperess an,
lsad 10 his bed, the father sat restless and un
ieasy while supper was being prepared, and
LAT the tea table ate bat little. His wife saw
he real cause of his emotion, and interposot
the iemark--
4 think, my dear, you ought at least tc
have heard what Henry had to say Nj,
heart ached for himswhen he turned away
with his eyes full of feass. Henry is a goot
boy, after all, If he does sometimes do wrong
He is tender hearted allectionate boy. Ifc
always was.' . a.
And therewi!hal the water stood in the
eyes of the forgviag mother, even as il
stood in the eyes of Mercy, in 'the house o
the Interpreter as recorded by Bunyan.
Alter tea, The evening paper was taken up
but there was no news and nothing of inter,
est for that Gather in Ihe Journal Of that even,
ing. lie sat for some time in an evidenll,
painful revery, and then rose and repaired
TO bis bed chamber, As he passed the room
where his lille boy slept, he thought he
would look in upon him before retiring &c
rest. lie cpept TO his low cot and bent ovel
him. A big tear had stolen down the boys
cheek and rested upon il; but was sleeping
calmly and sweetIy. The father deeply re.
GREETED his harshness as he gazed IN BON his
son; he felt also the sense of du,y;' vet in
the night, talking the matter over with the
lads mother, he resolved and promised ia
stead of punishingy as be had threatened, Ii
make Almonds TO The boy'S aggrievod spirit
| ln'the morning for the manner in which he
had repeIled explanation of his offence.
| But that morning never came to that poor
child in health. He awDke the next morning
with a raging fever on his brain, and wild
/ Ideliriun. In forty eight hours he was in his
shrond. lie knew neither his father nor bis
Jmolher whenthey were first called 10 his bed
side, nor at any moment afterwards.
Waiting, watching for ole token of recog.
milton, hour after hour, in spccehcss agony
did thai unhappy father bend over the couch
of bis dying son. Once, indeed, he thought
ihe saw smile Of recognition light up bis
fdyrg eye, and he leaned eagerly forward
Gorh he would have given worlds 10 have whis,
Ipered one kind word in his ear, aud have
been answered; but that CLEAN of apparen
Intelligence passed quickly away, and wa:
succeeded by The cold, unmoaniug glare, arc
Ilhe wild tossing of the fevered limbs vlHel
| lasted until death game to his relief ....H
I Two days afterwards the undertaken came
with the little coffin, and his son, playmate
1 Of the deceased boy, tfngns the low stools
on whichit was 10 stand in The entry han.
i vas with Henry SAID tbelad, when hi
got in The water We were playing down n
The Long Wharf, Henry, and Charles Nun
ford, and Il and the tide was out very low
land there was beam run out from the whar
and Charles got out on il TO get a fsh-lnt
and hook that hung over where The water wa
deep; and the first thing we saw, he hat
slidped off and struggling in The water!-
Henry threw of his cap and jumped clea
from the wharf into the water, and after
great deal ofhard work, got Charles out; anC
they waded up through the mud TO wher'
The wharf was not so wet and slippery, N,
then helped them 10 climb up the side.--'
( Charles told Henry not 10 say ything abOu
7 it,, for if be dld his father would never le
him 60 near the water again. henry wa
very sorry, and all The way going home hr
kept saying
/ 'Wnat will father say when he secs mi
to~ughl! | wish we had moi gone 10 th'
wharIP .et
:Dear brave bcyr exclaimed the bereavet
! father; 'and this was the explanation which
cruOIly refusedto hearn and hot and bite
tears rolled down his cheeks. arg
Yes, that ste IN father. now learned, anC
| FOX he FIRST time, that what he bad treated
with unwnned severity as a fault, was but tht
/ impulse of generous nature, which, forget
ful of self, had hazarded life for another. II
was but the quick promp'ings Of that mani
spirit which Ire himself had always endsavor.
ed 10 graft upon his susceptible mind and
which, young as he was, has always manifest
ed itself on more than one occasion.
Let me close this story in The very word
of that father, and it the lesson sink deeE
into the hearts Of every parent who shal
|peuse this sketch: tsH
! every thing that Inow see, that ever be-
lonued 10 him, reminds me OF my lost boy -
Yesterday, found some rude pencil sketches
which ii was his delight to make for the a
musementol his younger brother. To-day
10 rumngng an old closet, came across hi
boots still covered with dock mud, as whei
he last wore them (You may ihukitstrange
but that which is usually so unsighhy an OBJ
ject is now most precious 10 me) And eV
cry morning and evening pass the groun,
4 where my sons voice rang The merticst a
mone his playmates. I'VE l9 as' M"d
y 'All these lhings speak 10 me viyidly O
Ibis active life, but cannot. though ! nav
lOfien tried--t cannot recall any other expires
sion Of The dear boys face, than that mute
rnournfu one with which he TUNED ffom IN
the night so harshIy repalsed him The
+ my heart bleeds afresh. sa J' a.
! oh, how careful should we allbe Tint, !
our daily conduct towards those little being
sent Us by n kiul Providence, we are nc
{ llayiug up for ourselves the sources Of man
. future bitisr tear! How cautious, neithc
Nv inconsidorale nor cruel wofd er look, "
, unjuslly grieye their geneTous feelingl An
how gnardedIy ought we 10 weigh every az
ton against it's mollye, lest in a mOment
e excitement, we bc led 10 mete ont to the "
: mel errors Of the heart, the eunishmept d.
cnly to willlul crime. s.i
!, Alas! perhaps iow parents suspect hc