The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-06-16

ing 70 coax him TO eat the handful Of grass
she had Plucked for him-Cossie's dear liz.
ue white face looking all the while IS calm
ter. M 80.
However, the lamb was bound, and sof-
withstsnding The cries Of the children Dick
Brown put him on his wheelbarrow, end
started away with him: its father, who had
added another dollar TO the price Of the
lsmo, following him at short distanec,-
Mrs. Sianwood wiped away the tears, which
as soon astbe BUTCHERS back was turned,
gushed from her eyes, and calling the ehil-
dren into the house, tried 10 explsIn 10
them why II was necessary that their little
companion should be sold; aud she Out in
the hand Of Willie q piece Of silver, telling
him 10 go to the bakers and get q nice loaf
Of bread for their breakfast; bot the child
put back the bit In his mothers lap; he
could not eat bread bought with thaf mon
ey' and Stephen repeated his brothers
words.
The mother offered the money TO susy,
bot the little girl only put ber apron TO her
face and sobbed aloud.
"My children, do yOn not love met" said
Mrs. StanwOod, 10 voice OF agony.
"No, we don't love you, you wicked moth.
err" exclaimed Harry, looking boldly in her
face, "and my father don't love you, eitherl
He won't come home to see you any more."
and the other children were silent, only
Nettie, still holding the grass in her apron,
was trying to coax Willie to run after the
butcher, and get back Cossie.
The children had never before disobeyed
their mother, and her heart sank under this
new grief. "Melciful heaTsnp' she ex.
claimed, "surely the night Of sorrow is now
at its deepest gloom; when will the morning
come!" and she took from the shelf, where
1t had long lain unopened. the family Bible.
In her bitter grief she had forgotten till
now. the book from which her husband had
always read to his family in the morning -
It had been placed on the breakfast table
the day after be had left home, but was re-
turned again &c the shelf, unopened, and
had not since been removed. But every
other support was now taken away, and
hrs. Stanwood looked again 10 that which,
alone, is unfailing. As she opened the
book, two papers fell from it. One contain.
ed bank bills to the amount, so the enYeloo
said. of one hundred dollars; and the other
was letter addressed to herself By her hus-
band, dated the evening before he had left
his home.
The lady opened the letter and read the
closing lines, and then, putting in Willie's
hand the money she had received from the
butcher,she said-"Run, run to Mr.. Brown,
and give him this, and ask him to please let
you have the lamb again."
Willie took the money and ran out ofthe
house, but little Susy waited TO kiss her
mother before she could follow the other
children, all Of whom had started alter the
lamb, Harry calling, at the top ofhis voice
-"Butcher boy. butcher boy. bring back my
Cossiel"
Mrs. Stanwood, with the tears of ioy
streaming over her face, sat down to read
her letter. Itran as follows;
"MY DEAR MARV,-I am about to leave
you Tor brief spuce, and have just been in
your room to tell you Of my contemplated
journey, and my reasons of taking 1t; but
you are sleeping SO calmly und peacefully,
and you so much need the rest of which our
little one has deprived you many nights, that
cannot wake you to grief. So sleep on,
my darling. and gather strength for the NOR
row. You should have been made acquant.
ed with my plans ere now, but / bad not
expected, until an hour since, to Commence
my journey for two weeks TO come, and /
knew the thoughts Of my absence would so
much distress you, that wished TO delay as
long as possible the infiiction of this plan.
Do not grieye too much, Mary, my absence
will be short. You have heard me speak of
q bachelor uncle in England, bat have
never told ytu Of his situation of life, nor OF
the intentions he once cherished towards
ms. My uncle, whose name bear, is pos
sessed of immense wealth, acquired by him
self, but not early enough in life TO ensure
him the attachment of the other object he
had promised himself he would acouire-a
connection with the nobility; and when con.
vinced that he could not form the alliance
he desired, he adopted me, an orphan of ff-
teen, as his son and heir, and designed to
make of me the link between himself and
greatness. knew not what were the IN
tentions Of my uncle towards me till after
had seen you, Mary! and when told him
fofthe--, but it is no matter in what terms
| described you 10 him, he was not well
pleased.
The old gentleman probably saw farther
into my heart than | was myself seeing,and
he desired me to think no more o you; he
was about TO introduce me TO young lady,
between whom and myself, her father and
my uncle had planned marriage. lowed
my unclo much, but not the sacrifice Of
lifetime of happiness; and whenI again
saw you, asked you to become my wife. II
is to see this uncle that ] am now going to
England. .sr
ave have been happy, Mary in no stu
alton could we be more satisfied with each
other than we have been; bit am panied to
see you toll, as you are now compelled 10,
and our children should have other adVan-
tages than we can afford themj aud am
now going to my uncle to tell him what
kind, dear wife you have been to me, and
what beautiful children have been given TO
US. feel assured that he will receive me
kindly; but il he does not, we can still live,
though this journey will cost me all I'VE have
yet acquired. have recently been pre-
pairing myselfto engagein pursuit which
will bring US better income than we have
hitherto received; so do not be discouraged,
Mary, when tell you that our cottage is
sold! Iwas obliged to part with il to raise
the sum OF money that ] needed. One
hundred dollars leave with you; so do not |
need anything in my absence, and be hap
py when am gone. Ihave been again in
your room, Mary bot you are still quietly |
sleeping, Do not think me unkind, when
you read this, that did not wake you to
say Farewell:I i cannot break your slumbers!
You will learn in the morning that am
eOne,when you placeth Bible on the break |
fast table.
Farewell, my darling Mary; keep Up