Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1851-09-11

1 -AL0 tL1Sn SlC buIllGG lOnll1 anu saw
me and she called me to her and hugged
me tight, and said [ was a precious child,
and Kept asking me if [ was sure [ loved
her-very, very sure-tiIl the wild light
IN her eyes almost frightened me I kept
telling her she was my blessed mother
and that [ loved her better than any body
in the whole world except my father and
then She told me [ must love you dearly
for you was kind father to me, and per-
! maps she wouldn't live long and if they
did put her into the cold ground, | must
make you forget it by my goodness and
affection but | never could forget it.
could you father,if they put my own sweet
mother into the cold ground ?"
/ This was too much; Charles Crosby
started from his chair, and placing Ellen
on low scat, strobe rapidly through the
room The tears were running down his
face, but he kept them hidden from the
little one, who sat still timidly on her lit
! tie cricket, almost afraid to move for fear
she had angered her father Not So A
/ food Of the old tenderness had rushed
/ back upon his heart instead of the de
mure and gentle Alice, his memory pictu
red an angel Of whom he had been all un-
worthy; a pure and radiant spirit who
1 had sat by her household hearth in lone
/ liness and sadness, with slowly, surely
/ breaking heart-a heart yearning and dy-
I ing for love unapprcciatod, lightly cs-
tcemcd, seldom addressed Ia the language
! Of affection, and yet returning smiles for
cold looks never complaining, and oh J.
had such an one blessed his dwelling and
/ he had not dreamed how priceless Jewel
/ he possessed Bitter was his self accusa-
| tion, hot and copious his tears suddenly
/ he paused before her portrait; the young
wife in the robes Of the bridal seemed so
joyous, yet subdued just as perfectly
happy as she had appeared on tho day he
could first call her his own Now, only
ore thought echoed and re-echood through
1 his brain /" should she dic-oh should
she die I"
For some moments he stood transfxcd,
striving to check the bursting sob that
was almost sitting him, when he felt d
slight pull at his coat and there stood lit
! tie Ellen, her eyes all moist, and her prct-
/ ty lips half parted papa" she half whis-
pcrcd, mayn't [ 90 up stairs and tell ma
ma you do love her dearly 2"
\ He caught her to his breast and claspcl
her with the warmth Of his new love close
i In his arms he kissed hor again and a.
gain. blessing his Nakor shat out of the
mouths Of babes and suckliurs He has
ordained praise" then releasing the de-
4 iightla child, he said, d" yes darling. vou
may Il You wish to-"
The child few up stairs, wliic her fl-
tbcr followed more slowly '.mama," She
screamed. bounding into the room. vou
won't CRY any morc.nor have the headache
now, father saws he loves YOU dearly: he
told nae so: he loves YOU dearly. nv own
mama"
The poor woman spranc to her feet:
size could not comprehend the scene she
was bcwiIdercd; hor fair checks flushed
and crew paidd hy turns she looked ttfst
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lll'Lo pray eF s.le 4 ice.lc'- clcIy il5s''' oF-
CT Slll1o she was DU1 TWO years oI'
'God bless my darling mother,
Ny darling father toe;
And may We love each other,
Is Christ's dear flock should DO"