The Ohio union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1849-1854, 1853-10-19

trighteD you, Alice be continued as he
saw how the little girl tfsmbled. ,.,5
So she M. on her bonnet and cloak,
and Ben touk her in his arms as if she had
been bird, yhile The little inv thing mes.
tied down TO his shoulders, as he wen,
stumbling through the snow, saying gay
pleasant things, that made the shy little
girl laugh; and when, at length, he opened
her mothers cottage door, he.siQod her on
the floor, sayiDg-sfhere! Mrs. May,
brought 4 lice hone. lest she should get
buried in q snow bark; she's such wea.
y iime !pmg = anu before MIS- May
sOula 'hank DIM, pc was p'ol s'gh'.
Whal brave, GLORIOUS snoy.sIormi' was
moVgh' Ehe boyssbaill great snow
nouse' .d'pPlng the chunks Of snow in The
s's' !" na'us" i" ''e.al n WY lngp' lis'
,onsF' s"u ,"oy y, to'.su iasge % snnviRaps
lof yran:"' WI ~. !. = wss w !, n,gner Inan .he
school mouse. Inef soineu oIa'e'y' cu'
'he brightest lace ana P;3asaS'ss. voice
among mem was ben Don,s' oS'n ''ueS
~ Hey mad down MI! and tnUSssh '''e
larSe ouyS ana girls sad Alice May .was
100 ll'ue ana cowardly 10 loin them, be.
cause she iel' ieariui sometimes, yet Ben
no'' he'u ner IN his arms and away they
"V"' 'ne''ny '''any one O' 'ne resi-
Du' Inc "inter began TO wane, and now
ana men sol'' m'ld day would come that
iesseneu 'he pyramid and snow house ma.
'etia''y' "ouch Pily, they SAID, and
wished Wlnler would last alyays; but
'hefe was one iI'le wren'llke voice that
prayed lor violels and blue birds.
The pyramid iumbled down, the snow
house grew thinner and thinner, and the
boys tested about lis being in a decline.
till one day j, disappeared-raded away
like so many of their childish homes.
The glad Spring came with i,s lark,
and daisies, and one deligh,(u dav the
children went a Mayiny. Kate Ashley
was queen, and brilliant queen she was
too, but Ben Bolt gathered white yiolets.
and braided them in the so(, curls of Alice.
and told her she was sweeter and dearer
than thousand MAY queens like Kate
Child, as she was, bis words made the
sunshine brighter, and len, enchanlmcn, to
the atmosphere of her existence.
Then the lonr lime dave anna oro;,
cling ,he green earth with co,oral of
roses and m,L;r, !, roA,Ja", ,";'t w
rsme, and in lhe warm noon,;Jo hon, ,ho
children strolled to ,he f,o, IF Tho b;lI
and, clustering ,ope,bcr ,oId oyer ,he;r
! childish homes ot lHe fpnre. some were
lu,eI by ambi,ion; some d,eamcd of ouiel
country renose, br ,Ln,a ,ras ors -
eye kindled and young face flushed with
enthusiasm, as he spoke of the sparkling
blue waters, apd The brave ships hal breast
ed them so gallanliy.
Ben Bolt was going to sea. Cap,ain
Shirley, generous, whole.soued being
as ever lsod The deck, was to take him un.
der his protection the next five years.
There were exclamalions of surprise and
sorrow from the children, old haun,s were
visited and revisited; they sal down in
the shade of the old sycamore, and listen.
ed to the musical mnfmur Of the brook,
and The dreamy hum of "Applelon's mill"
exchanged keepsakes, and promised al.
ways 10 remember the merry, brave. heart.
ed boy, whose hume would be the wide
blue ocean.
Alice NAV seldom ioincd Them. She
was so delicate and lnIid, and the thought
S( Ben's departure filled her eyes with
tears, so she would steal awav alone. fear.
full of the ridiuule Of her harder com- .
ions. rH"
But ona nich, ron .,mon ". M,,,,
ecc;.i,:- n bij ,bem aooIhra !" 'v'i ,,;.", wy
lbv ,6e uinJow w.,ch;n, ~. ,,,r. "'' ''ou' ,''""
dering wha, m,Jo ,hno, ne Wv % 1,~t'' @ wy"
think inc Of ,bo % ,oors ,ho, @ IT,, % ui%."e.o
as ben ,old over h;s horss =" ;a.S,,,,9. nci 80
She ccuId no,.rar, wi,h ~ L;, ~!
she woIknd ,hrnmrh ,ta ~ r,'' ' "''t' :, ;,
and s,o,J hss;Jo 10 w no,, ,o I..t; I"o' ~, 1a'r
Golden ,crownoJ ,"na 'U"N's 'Ne
I,,L,. and n,Laa 80 ~, " "e 'r'o" mum
how larse che w"nlJ " ho "v' "n IIe' w; @ "sa'
,bo, he wond M, gars - =, V" " 'I b.. .',a'' ,;,,'
Alice then. az no Io"Lsd b,oI J"I 1;,'e; "e. 'y.'
sbe laid soC, hror,, on., Ja'% -, IL, "nse''"sy
ing 81 baye ten, !, ,or w 90" -" ,h;s b;s I'"o' [ Ias
fine Ran. ovor s;noo ~ ~ "'' nIs' -o,'
me 6ome ,Lrorch ,ho o "Oo,' VS.! !g' V'""s"
member,n WV '"'" S0 'Vp ''
IIo ,E,J .o,,o,,t .,
siono,e hurst nt or;sr he SUI u,o"aeI @ ,h ~" ,, pas
Girl 10 his bosom and the bravo Nv ho,.,aI rt
5oy sobbed The farewell he con,I GnT ~
words (nr ''0 ""' Nv
Bu five ve,rs oro M, .,u,r., ,;c, ,;,,.