The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1852-02-26
EBBNSBURG, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY rs, 1852.


hall, into the old, familiar room mot with the
jaunty, college step,-not with any presumption
on your drawing manhood, ,---oh, nO,-nothinS OF
thisl @ e
Quietly, meekly, feeling your whole heart
shattered and your mind feeble as boys, and
your purposes nothing, and worse than nothing
with only one proud feeling, you fling your
arm around the form Of that gentle sister,-the
pride of protector the feeling-''I will care
for you now, dear Nelly !"--that is oil. And
even that proud it is, brings weakness.
You sit down together upon the lounge; Nelly
buries her face in her hands, sobbing.
Dear Nelly" and your clasps her more
fondly. ~
There is a cricket in the corner Of the room,
chipping very loudly. 1t seems as if nothing
else were living-only Nelly, Clarence, and noisy
cricket Your eye falls on the chair where she
used to sit; it is drawn up with the. same care
as ever, beside the fire. 81 g
al am so glad to see you, Clarence said
Nelly, recovering herself; and there is sweet,
sad smile And sitting there beside you,
she tells you Of it ali of the day, and Of the
hopr;--and how she looked--and Of her last
prayer, and how hsppy she was.
''And did she leave no message fer me,
Nelly?" l-1l.-a szTelasF--
. Not TO forget US, Clarence; but you conld
mott" -..- d. .
"Thauk you, Nelly; and was there nothing
else?
"Yes, Clarence 80 meet her one day? ?''
You only press her hand.
Presently your father comes in. He grcets
you with far more than his usual cordiality.
lie keeps your hand long time, looking quietly
in your face, as If he were reading traces of
some resemblance, that had never struck him
before.
The father is one of those calm, impassive
men, who shows little upon the surface, and
whose feelings you have always thought cold.
But now, there is a tremuousness in his tones
that you never remember observing before. He
seems conscious of il himself, and forbears talk
ing. He goes to his old seat, ard after gazing
1t yor Hide willie stsadiaess -
at first, leans forward and buries his face in his
hands. t --- ~ -e--
From that very moment, you feel sympathy,
and a love for him, that yoa have never known
till then And in after years, when suffering or
trial came over you, and when your thoughts
fly, to refuge, to that shattered Home, you
will recall that STOPPING image Of the father
with his head bowed, and from t;mc TO time
trembling convulsively With gricf,-antl felt that
there remains yet By the household fires Q heart
Of kindred love, and OF kinarcd sorrow 20 -
Nelly steals away from you gently, and step
ping across the room, lays her hand upon lis
shoulder, with touch that says, as lplainly as
words could say it eve are here fathert'''
Ard he rorses himself, ,-passea his arm around
her,-z!ooks oherlin her face fondly ,--dransahel
to him. and prints kiss upon her forehead.-A
Nelly. must lose each other now more
than ever" Ills -r --zGy5L -fL Eu-- C+Gi Hz54
Neny's lips trcnlbled, but she cannot ans y er
! a tear or two stealing down her cheek. =.zzarg
! You approach them; and your father ia se
. your hand again, with tirA grasp,--looks
/ You thoushtfu!y, !y,-droPs his eyes upon tn . fIe
and for a moment there is a pause ;-.sWe arr
/ quite alone, now, my boyi"
| IT is a broken Iieme > o1T Il