Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1853-07-14
Not Il word sir; 90 to bfd!'
Il only want TO say, father, that

81 only want to say, father, that
With peremAttory stamp and I'M.
perative wave Of his hand toward the
door, and a lrqYn upon his brow, die
the father, without other speech, again
close the doorl9f explanation or ex-
bostulation.
4 When his boy had gone supperless
and sad to his bed, the father sal rest
less and uneasy while supper W vhs be
ing prepared, and, at tea-table, ate
but little. His wife saw the real
cause, or the additional cause of his
emotion, and interpos ed the remark
i thinS,$my dear, you ought at
lN,st to have heard what Henry had
to say. My heart ached for him
when he turned away, with his eyes
full Of tears. Henry is a good boy,
after all, If he does .sometimest do
wrong He is a tenHer hearted af-
tectlonate ~. He always wa 81
And hefewithal the watei stood
in the eyes Of that forgiving rh bother,
eve en as it S TODD in the eyes Of Mercy,
ia 'the house of the Interpret er, as
Recorded by Runyan.
After tea the evening pap Fr was
.ta ken up; but there was 10 ne ws and
nd thing Of interest for that IA ther in
/ I'll L Journal of that evening He
SAT- for some time in an evl IDENTIFY
pdinful reyerie, and then rose and rel
paired to his bed chamber As he
PASSED tie bedroom where his little
bpy slept, he thonght he would look
IN upon him before retiring to rest.
He crept to his low cot and bent
over him. A big tear had stolen
down the boys cheek and rested up
on it; but he was sleeping calmly
and sweetly. The father deeply re-
gretted his harshness as he gazed
upon his son; he felt also the 'sense
Of duty" yet in the night, talking
the matter over with the lids moth
er, he resolved and promised, instead
Of punishment as he had threatened,
to- make amends. to the boys ag-
grieved spirit iii the morning, for
the manner in which he had repelled
all explanation of his ollende
But that morning never Dame to
the poor child in health. II e avole
next morning wi tn a raging fever on
his brain. and wild with |delirium.
In foriy>eight hours he wa s in the
shroud lie knew neither bis father
nor his mother, when they were first
called to his bedside, nor at any mo-
ment afterward Waiting: watching
for one token Of recognit ION, hour
after hour, in speeohlcss agPhyi did
that unhappy father bend over the
couch of his dying SON.. Once, in
deed, he thought he saw a sml lie Of.
recognition light up his dying eye,
a1G leaned eagerly ward, for he
would have given worlds to have
one kind word ih his ear,
and have been answered; but that
CLEAN of apparent intelligenfe passed
quickly away, and was sucdeeded by
the cold unmeaning glare, and the
Wild tossing of the teverdd limbs,
which lasted until death came to his
relief.
Two days afterward the undertaken
came with the coffin, and his son, a.
olay mate of the deceased b@y, bring
ng the low stools ON which it was TO
stand in the entry hall,
II was with Henry s'rid the lad,
when he got into the wa Ter We
we're playing down at Loh hg-wharf,
Henry Frank, M(mforl, and |; and
he tide was out very low; ;nd there
,as Il beam run ont from Il Ic wharf;
nd Charles got out on it to get a
sh line and hook that hung over
here the WATERWAYS deer; and the
rst thing We saw, he bad slipped off,
nd Was struggling in the waterl--
Ienry threw off lis cap ana jumped
lear from the wharf into tile water,
nd after a great dead of harI ] work !
OF Charles out; and they Va ded up !
trough the mud TO where the wharf !
as not SO wet aud slippery; and
len l helped them to climb Up the
de. Charles told Henry not to say +
lything about it, for, if heIdfd, his \
ther would never let him 81 near !
le water again. Henry vas very +
'rry; and all the way going home, n
, kept saying: ,,
"What will father say when he
es me tonight? wi sh We had
1t gone to the whari?' {