The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1852-01-10
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"Dear Walter" said Mrs. Gray, "New
Year is coming with its warm hearted
greetings and festal gatherings, to dig
the grave for old animosities, polish
brighter the chain of friendship, and
draw closer about the heart the cords of
love for home and kindred. 1t is very
sad TO think of the separation between
you and your only brother: Forget and
forgive said the sweet peace maker, as
she passed her arm caressingly about
her husbands neck"
"Pshaw! Emma said hel husband,
"women never go to the foundation of
any thing: you seem to forget the cause
of this alienation; you overlook the prov
ocation received; you forget the benefits
he has never acknowledged by one word
of gratitude, of which he has been the
recipient for long years; and then this
last ailIont; | will not bear t;' said Mr..
Gray, rising and pacing the floor in i'm
patience, mo, not from my own mother
son.
mo, do not forget" said Mrs. Gray
mildly, 81 know you are the injured
party, know he has abused your gener-
Gus kindness; so much the more magma
nimous in you to forgive. If there re-
main in him spark of the nobleness you
possess, 1t will be famed into a flame by
your generosity. Remember, you were
rocked in the same cradle, nursed at the
same breast, lulled to sleep by the same
nursery song, repeated your infant prayer
at the same knee. Any one can resent
an injury, dear Walter, it were Christ
like to turn the other Cheek"
Tears filled the eyes of the loving
husband; pressing his lips to her fore
head, he murmured, "you are an angel,
Mary-it shall be as you say"
In an elegant house at the upper end
of - street, a fine looking man in the
prime of life, was receiving with his
wife the customary New Years calls.
The warm temperature of the apart
ments, the fragrance ofhot house flowers,
cheated winter Of its leatless gloom.
Softly fell the skiIlfully arranged light
on the delicate work of the artist and
sculptor, lending archer glow tothe
cheek of beauty. The gay laugh, the
merry jest, the bright flashing eye, told
OF the enjoyment Of the hour. Through
the day the rooms had been crowded
with visitors, for the rich have many
friends, how. at late hour in the
evening, they sat alone, with the same
thought busy at their hearts, each aware
by sort of magnetism of what was
passing in the mind of the other, and
yet both were silent. 1t was late to eX-
pect other visitors, and they were about
4 to retire, when steps in the hall arrested
their attention, and in an instant Wal
ter Grey stood before his brother.
Extending his hand, and in a voice
trembling with emotion, he said, 81
shall sleep better to night, my brother,
to say, ga happy New Year 10 vou.'
Harry tightly graspcd the protfered
hand and said in husky voice, "May
God bless YOU, Walter, did not expect
this, nay more, did not deserve it,"
"Say no more" said Mr. Gray, wi
ping away TIE tears he had tried to con-
ceal, "let by-goncs be by-gones. God
forbid our children should grow up as
strangers to each other"
Dear reader, let not the coming New
Year find you with a bitter hatred rank
ling and fostering at your heart. al
are imperfect, "otlenccs will come;
but life is short, and the meak sufferer
on Calvary has said, 'Father forgive
them, they know not what they do, y
and hath not the same heavenly voice
spoken these words "Blessed are the
peace makers.-Ohre Branch.
EARTHQUAKE IN EUROPEAN TURKEY,
"A shock of an earthquake was felt
on the 10Th of October, at Berat, in
European Turkey. 1t threw down part
of the fortress, and 400 soldiers perish
ed IN the ruins. About 800 houses, a
Greek Church, and two mosques were
greatly injured. Eight hundred per-
sons were missing, but many of them
were supposed to have taken to flight
The upper part of mountain near the
town became detached, and was cast a
considerable distance; crater then
opened in the centre and vomited black
smoke and blocks of stone; this was fol.
lowed by sulphurous lava in a boiling
state which subsequently turned to pow
der. Fptid exhalations arose, which
corrupted the air. The villagers near
Berat also suffered greatly from the
earthquake.