Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1853-03-10
THE RuSAwAr's nEruas.

How is il There vas big tree used q
stand Al tAe esrner j and where iaCarver's
cottage Il
T6see days axs l landed 81 Portsmouth.
II was On my birth-day Fer zen long years
have been sailing about on the sea, aa1
wandering shout o. land Hsu things
come ever mel l am man news butfsr
81 that. eeala sit down and cry like !
| child as
1t seams but q yesterday since | ran 1.
way from home. II was the Tsrss dayss
work that ever did get up il the d srS
ing at sunrise while my father and mother
!. were asleep Many and many 1 tima mad
i bees unkind 70 my dear mosher, ana IN.
4 datiful 70 my father, and the day before he
had tsld ms how wrong / Was. He spoke
kindly and in sorrew, but my pride would
net hear t. it. II thought / would leave
home. What is It that makes nc. trsmbls
SO newt ~ 3tss
Ny father eoughed Is | crept along By
bis deer, aud thoaght I hesrd my mother
speak to him 50 / stood 4 msuient With
my bundle in myThaaa, holding my brpath.s
He ceughed again TLavs seemed 10 hsar
that cough in every quarter Of the world
When had unlocked the door, my heAri
failed me for my sister had Kissed me over
night, aud told mo she. had sem sthihe 10 tellS
me in tho morning. knew what IL was,
she had been kidding me pair III earters
y give me on my N|fth day Itataed back,
opened the door ether little rscm, and leok.
III at herr but my tears fell on she bed.
clothes, and Was afraid II wouldswako her
Half blinded, CROPPED down stairs.
just as had gently slcaea tho desr, ths
easement ratified above ny head Locked
up and there way my neither She spoke
to mo, and when did net answer, she Dried
out loud to uis That cry has rung 10 ny
cars ever since ay Ia my very dreams 4
As hurried away Gilt, supposed, 20
Cain felt when he hAd murdered bis brother
My father my mother, and my sister had
boon kind 10 me buT1I hAa bssa unlisdse
them, andiA leaving them thus, Lftlf as3R
wsrc mardcftag them all sff
Had beea~A robbef. gould not hays
felt moro guilty. But what do | say llist
for9 ! was robbfng them 81. their pace ---
! was stealing that from chem but iii 4
won't OIthatl conld bring back that hpurl
Tho hills lsok as purple as They did when
II used 70 climb up them Therocks Afe
cawing among the high elm trees By the
church wonder whether they are the
samc recksl There's sAivering comes ever
me IS get nearer homo. Hsnea Ifssi
there Is no home for me, HI
Here Is Tho corner 0f the hedge, and ~
old seat !; but father j. not sitting there IT,
There Is the patch Of ground thas my sistsr
my msther is mot looking cut Of il now
! That cry that cry III H4
l see how it is There are nonesf than
here, or things would not look as they do
4 Father would not letIthe weeds grow in this
fashion, nor the thatch fall 10, an MY moth
or and my sister neyor stuffed that straw
through the broken panes.s ffs<s I'll. II .l
III rap at the door anyhow. How hsl-
low it ssunds2 Nobody stirs. ALL Is as
silent as the grave Itllpsep in .sths win.
dow It's an empty house, that's clear
Ten long years How could expect it IL
be otherwise i can bear hard work, and
hunger and thirst but can bear this /
The eEderberry is in blossom as it was
when ran away, and the woodbine is 81
fresh as ever, running up to tho windsw
that my mother opened to- call after mes
could call after her now, loud enough ID b
heard mile, if ! theught she would hsaf
mig #46
It's Of no use stopping here / II cross
the church yard, and seeAif the clerk lives
where be did bat he WON'T know me- NV
cheek was like the rose wien went away /,
bit the sun has madeit Of another eslorl--
How narrow the path is between the grass |
it used to be wider, at least / thsught a.
| no matter The old sun. dial, / see,iE stand
ing there yet III. llvs1l,
The last time I was in that church, my
f.ai. - M II. -
{" NJ y son, hear the Instruction Of Wy father,
aud forsake not TIE law Of thy nsothes n
/ Prov Is O, what 4 Curse do ne bring DIP.
"a Us when we despise Gods Holy Weird /
Ny uncle lies under the yev-trse there
and lie had graye-stone. Here tits. IEs
written all over now, quite to tho bstton
In. memory Of Humphrey Hayofsfs. -
| But whatis the name under7 fsIWaltel
Iilaycroftlf MY father my father And
Mary bis wife" o my msthert ard are
yOu both ssnei 4Gsd's hand IL. htaYy .sr
me | ID feel i. IL niy heart and Issull
And there's aaothcr~ name yet, aue III
freshly cut Esther IIaydfsfl, .hsig dAugh
ter aged 24s Ny father my mother
4 and niy sisieri why did not tie SEA sval
Low ne Up whcnI was wrecked dssefv.
4 ed il What Is tho world 10 me npw I
feel, bitterly feel, .he sin Of dispBcaepse
the words esme home 10 me new 4 y hg W.
that meckrth 1t bis father, and despiseth 4
obey his mother, the ravens Of the vaasy
shall pick II out. and the youDg eagles shall
eat IL" Prov. Xxx, M III
But yet raeoilcct hew my dear father
and mother used 10 point Us 10 sae Lamb d
/ God which takesh away the sin ofthe world
i :, There is no refuge besides said my moth
! cr !. Christ is able aud willing to eaVe.e-
paid but little attention to these words
once may never forget them nov
BURIED ALIVE sii d LoUs RES
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Ga the Sill. Instant. ali McCanneIsvills Afeseal
csaa'y, oato. Thomas Garter descended y mean