Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1852-11-25
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Come here. sir!. .paid strong, athletic man, Is
y slezed delicate looking lad by the shoulder.
i tou We Deen cen IN the water again, sir Hay'nt "a,
'Yesfather, but grshsa fael RI ''saaia
NO Itts! hev'ntI forbidden it-heyH' ia, t;ssT
'Yes, sir, was =
NO reply, sitl' and the blows fell like a hail
torn about the child s head and shoulders sa't
Nota tear fell from Harry's eve, but his face b
as deadly pale and his lips firmly compressed, as II
rose and q looked ' at his father with unAineh
go to your room, sir, and stay there till YOU
ent for Rmassr that spirit of yours, before Of
ou are many days oder.' "a ri ,.,,I f,,I e,.,,,, ~
Ten minutes after, HarTys door opened, and,
lls mother glided gently in. Shewas d fragile,
ellcate woman, with mournful blue eyes, I6ndie
emples sartngly transparent Sldsaying heIilhand 4
forehead. " " =
Ther0sk. was touched, and the water gdshed T
pttn.l Dear motherh said the weeping 10y. cue b
tWhy didn't you tell your father that you plun-'G
iIatel '.i'"'t1 II - - 'a'
tDidhe giDe me a ehance2' said Harry, spring
lag to his feetwit flashing eve 'Did'nt he i
vice bid me be silent, when1 tried TO. explan9EB
lother, he's tyrant to you md mel, =. ~
Harry, he is my husband and your fatherp
hHeS, and am sorry for it. What have 1 evet -
ad but blows and harsh wordsH Look at your y
ale cheeks and sunkeneyes. motherl Irstoo hads,i
say he's tyTant, mother' said the boy with .
lenched fist and set teeth, tand lift were not for
ou, would have been leagueS off long ago: And
here is Nellie, too, poor sick, child! What goodgq
'il all her medicine do her? She trembles like a..
eat, when she hears his d}' df}o'ottstep say its q
Harry! Ia soft hand waslaid on tho impetuolis.ei
oyS lps,) for my sake .o4gp iedi Yea %it1
wen, 1t rs only for your Sake-youB and poor -
'ellle's-or should be on the sea somewhere-s,
nywhere but hereP i''''e 5A- 20 p 1851 5'-'i
Late that night Mary IN hnVSG ihe1-fF
e, before retiring to rest. God be thanked heea
|! leeps,' she murmured, she shaded her lamp
rom his face. Then kneeling at his bedside, she
| 'rayed for patience and wisdom TO bear nncom-
Ilanngly the heavy cross under which her steps
we're talterlng and thenShe prayed for him.F tp4
.No, no, not thntH said Harry springng from his
iIillow and throwing his arms about her neck; q
an forgive him what he has done to me; but .
!tever will what he has made yom suffer; don't
lipray fornIM; at least don't let me hear itn
| Mary Lee was too wise to expostllate.3 She
new her boy was spirit sore under the sense ofIerd
cent injustice; she lay down beside him, and =
iseShng her fearful cheek against his, repeated IN
ow, sweet voice the story of tie crucfxion---e
II Father, forgive them, they know notwhatatheyis
o. fell upon his troubled ear He, yielded to that
| loly spell.
l. 'tWILE! he sobbed. Mother, You are angel;
land lever 1get to heaven II will be your hand
| that has led me therep -t aaf slapt. ~
\ There was hurrying to and fro in Robert Lees
house, that night. II was a heavy hand that
dealt those heavy blows on that young heddi 9at
| The passionate fathers repentance came tool
late-came With the word that his boy must deb ~
Il BE Kind to her, said Harry, as his head dropped
on his mothers shoulder.
1t wasa dearly bought ltssonl Beside that lifei5
less corpse Robert Lee renewed his marriage yowi75
and now, when the hot blood of anger arises TO his
temples, and the hasty word springs tc his lip, the
pale face of the dead rises between him and the Of
Tender, and an angel voice whispers-itPEACE- ne
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