Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1853-07-14

uoile with IL. lie answered af once
that he had not seen it. Aftel, re
newed search for it, l charged him
in the face Of his declaration, Will
Having taken, mislaid orlost if. LII
! looked me earnestly in the face, an(
-said:
No I didn't take it, father
| then took him up in my lap, Ell
larsed upon the Nervousness of tell
lngtan untruth; told him that | dit
not care so much about the pen; and
IN short by the manner III which
reasoned with him, offered him re.
ward for the conlession-the reward
be it understood q dear one to him)
Of Standing firm in his tather's love
and regard. The tears had " .elIed
up into his eyes, and he see med
about TO 'tell me the whole trq qtb,'
when my eye caught the end of the
pen protrudIng from d Hortlolio, where
| myself had placed i'll in returning
a Sheet of manuscript to one of the
compartm ments. All Il bis may seem
a mere tfihe to you 4 4nd perhaps it
is; yet ! shall remembf + it for long
time.
But | desire now to narrate to
you Il circumstance. " hich happened
in the family of Il fl fend and cor
respondent of mine ilR the city of
Boston, some ten yea IS ago, The his
tory of which viii COM amend itsdlf to
the heart of every father and me other
who has any sympathy with, or dflec-
ton fdr their children. That it is
entirely true you may be well assured.
| was convinced Of this when / OPEN
ed the letter from L. II. 3. WHICH
it, and in the detail Of
tie c vent which was subsequently
III iliS HUI lHS.
A few weeks before he wrote, he
had buried his eldest son, a fine, man
~ little fellow, Of some eighteen
years of age, who had never, he said,
known a day Stiffness until that which
finally removed him hence to be here
no mo re- His death occurred under
circunl stances which were peculiarly
painful to his parents. A younger
brothd i, a delicate, sickly child from
its birth. the next in age to him.,
had been down for nearly. fortnight.
with an epidemic fever In conse-
queuce Of the7nature Of the disease,
every precauti6n had been adopted.
that prudence suggested to guard.
the other members of the family
against it. But of this one, the
fathers eldest, he, said he had lii tie
to fear, so rugged was he, and so
generally healthy. Still, however,
he kept vigilant eye upon him, and.
forbade his going into the
pools and docks near his chool,
which it was lis custom sometimes
to visit; for he was but a boy, and
'boys wU be boys 4 nd we ought
more frequently TO Think that it isl
their nature to be. Oflall unnd dral
things, a reproach almost to CHI Ildish
rankness a nd innocence, save me
rom .5oJ-diao." But to the story. /.
One eve ming this unhappy ilther
;ame home, vearied with a long days |.
abor, and vexed at some little dis
Ippointme4 IS which had soured his
naturally kind disposition, and rem
Iered him peculiarly susceptible to
he smalle st annoyance. While be
gas sitting lby the fire, in this unlIap-
" mood of mind, bis vile entered
he apartm ent and said: h
"Henry has just come in, and he
5 perfect fright He is covered
rom head TO foot with dock-mud,
nd is as " ct as drowned ratP
sWhere is he?" asked the father
ternly.
'IIe is S hiyering over the kitchen
re. He V as airai d to come up here,
hen the girl told him you had CONG
ome?' Ht'
"Tell Jane to tell him to come here ;
lis instandl' was the brief reply to {
lis inform4 alton.
Presently the poor boy entered, '
slf perishe d with alright and cold+
lis father glanced at his sad plight, 6
him bitterly with his dis !;
)edienee. poke Of the punishment t
hich await led him in the morning,
the pena lty of his offence; and, in 5
harsh yoid de. concluded with /
Now, 81 /, go to your bedl'
"But, fat her, said the little fellow, $
want to Iell YOU . Il