Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1852-01-01

came to me she was little demure thing not
a beatty, but so comely and so tidy, that she
was pretty resting place for the eye of the
old or the young. She was as great con-
trast to the othet girls in the workshop as
white is to black. She Just sat in one corner
and minded her work, and TOOK no part in
the Cabling. You know what parcel of
girls are ma am digging away from morning to
night, like forty thousand chimney swallows.
Lucy was very different; she made herself
neat and tidy in the morning; and did not
lose half an hour at noon when the ''prentice
boys" were coming to dinner, twitchng out
curl papers and furbelowing her hair. The
boys and girls used to have their jokes about
her, and called her the little parson; but she
only preached in her actions, and that is
what | call practical preaching maam; she
was little master workman at the needle
| never had match for her since began the
business; but (you know there's always a
bm in this life,) she gave me great offence.
She crossed me where conld not bear to be
contradicted.
"Not intentionally, am sure"
| "You shall hear ma'am. | have an only
son--John Rosa fine, fresh-looliing, good
natured, industrious lad, | set my heart on
his marrying his cousin Amy Bruce. She is
the daughter of my youngest sister, and had
q pretty fortune i'll hand, enough to set John
up in any business he fancied. There was
no reason in the world why he should not
| like Amy.
Il had kept my wishes to myself, because
broken colt that will not mind spur or bit.
l never mistrustcd that any thing was going
wrong till one day heard the girls making
a great wonderment about Canary bird that
they found when they went in the morning
into the workshop, in q cage hanging over
Lucy's seat; and then remembered that John
asked me for five dollars the day before, and
when | asked what he wanted ii for, he look
ed sheepish and made no answer.
thought it prudent before matters went
any further to tell John my wishes about his
cousin Amy. My wishes ma am have al
ways made a law to my children. To be
sure, | have taken care, for the most that
they should be reasonable. | am little
wliul, | own it; and children obey your pa
rontS, is the law of both scripture and ma
ture. So told John did not hint any sus-
picions about Lucy, but told him this
marriage with his cousin he would have
no objection to as had long set my heart
upon it and that he must set about it without
delay on peril of my displeasure. He was
was determined, and believed that he would
obey me. a few evenings after l saw a
light in the workshop after the usual
time. went to inquire into it. Ihad on my
slippers and my steps made little or no sound.
The upper part of the door was set with
glass. I saw Lucy finishing pair of gloves
,, my son was standing by her. II appears
they were for him, and he insisted upon her
trying them on her hand. Hers poor thing,
seemed TO tremble. The glove would not
60 ON, but ii came off, and their hands met
without glo'rS and nice fit they were.
burst in upon them. | asked John if this
was his obedience TO me- and told Lucy tc
quit my service Immediately. Now the
whole matter is past, | must do join
Justice to say, he stood by her Ikea man.
{ He had gwen his heart, and promised hi'
I hand 10 Lucy, and she owned she loved hin
Z him who was not worthy of her love-
y He said too, something of my being kinc
c father, and a kind mar, and would not be
) lieve that the first case OF my doing a wron,
>, NOui' DS W tilC vi pli"ii Sili NhoAl loHl
dence had placed under our roof. Ma'am
T. you will wonder that hardened my hear
Is to all this, know that anger is sort of mad
1t ness, and so it is; and besides; there is moth
il ing makes us so deaf to reason and trl
'c feeling as the strong sense that we are will
y fully doing wrong. | was harsh, and Joh
N lost his temper, and poor Lucy cried, IN
Is Is was too frightened 10 speak; indeed my tell
ID ing Lucy she should not be another day i
my house, and John, that if he did not ODE
me, my curse should be upon him.
ht The next morning they had both cleare
nj out, and everybody though they had gon
m off to get married, and so believed till tn;
night, when John came in like distracte
w man, and said he had been all day seekin
Lucy in vain-that the friend she had in II
city knew nothing of her-and when al
swcred $50 much the better" he accuse
no me or cruelty and then followed high word
A. such as should never pass between fathC
and son; il ended in my turning him fro
en- the door, | do not wonder you turn away
but hear. Saturday night, three days alte
he John come home an altered man. He w;
cv as humble as if he had only been wrong.-
He begged pardon, and promised 10 obey n
&C. in all things but marrying Amy Bruce,
give up Lucy, father" said he, 'but cam
he marry anybody else" forgave him fro
ID, the bottom of my heart. | forgave him---al
longed to ask him to forgive me-but
S.. have not come to that yet. | asked hi
H. what had brought him back to duty. He p
in my hands letter he had received fro
IL, Lucy. She had persevered in not soeil
him-but letter, ladies'! If ministe
elf could SO speak to the heart there would
he no sin in the world. She had deserved
,er suffer for carrying matters so far without n
ul- knowledge. She spoke of me as the kinde
of fathers, and the kindest masters. Th
yer she sdoke of the duty a child owed pare