St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1853-01-27
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I sl<slaced again IN his carriage on Wed
nesdsy. the lIth OF July. For the first
two stages he lay ,orPidiy upon his pill
laws, .ut as they descended The vale Of
Gala, the old, beloved scenes aroused
him he murmured, Gala Water;
Blckholme; Torwoodies 5" ana when
thew rounded the Hill at Lsdhope, and the
outline of The EilJon Mills arose before
him, his heart !eaPed up within him: and
when in a few more moments he saw the
towers of his own Abbotsford, he sprang
up and uttered cry OF JOY.
The river was in q flood, and, not being
able to cross the ford, they were forced
to take the longer road around by Mel
, rose bridge, and while wi;hin sight of his
home, ii took the strength both of Lock
hart and the doctor - keep him in the
carriage. Past the bridge, the road
loses sight Of Abbotsford for eoupls Of
miles. and during these he relapsed into
a state Of 'ornor; but when they reached
the bank that looks upon his home, mis-
excitement returned and became almost
ungoVornable.
L. III ~ fI,a
and helped to carry him into the dining.
| room, where ne sat half stupehed for a
moment, anu then. as his eve rested on
| his old friend, ha cried, " fla, Willie
! Laidlsw. O man, how often have |
thought Of you - Then his dogs came
round him and tawned upnn him, and
.ssted his hands, and the broken old
at there care ~ w Mc
sf ,'.n-s,sesI q. collectiS, d I
szssss, hYie fell asleep. ~'-F""es, by :.
l''y"fe next day he was better, and they
wheeled him in = BAH chair out into the
garden, surrounded By his grandchildren
and his dogs. The flowers and trees
which MS own hand had planted and
trained, seemed TO infuse new life into
him. and. when he had enjoyed them for
= while. he asked 10 he taken 20 his room
again. So they wheeled him for an hour
or SO about the great hall and library, he
saving more than once, "! have seen
much, but nothing ike my ain house;
give me one turn more. iIe vas very
gentle, and lay down again AZ soon az
his watchers thought that he had need OF
resi-.
Next morning, being still better, the
exercise was renewed, and after II, h5
SAT for a while in his great arm. chair
looking from the window out upon the
Tweed. He asked Mr.. Lockhart 10 read
10 him. From what book, Sir Wslter?
"Need YOU ask % said The cid man
there is bu, one" Then he listened
with gentle devotion 10 those sacred
words chronicled by the Beloved Disci.
pie. Let not your heart be troubled
ye believe in God, believe also in Me. in
nv Fathers house are many mansions
60 to prepare a place for you" When
he had heard he whole cha pier, he said
:. Well, thi. is great comfort; have
i followed you distinctly, and feel as If
are yet 10 be myself again"
VII reading - him some poems from, hi:
cid favorite, Crabbe, on the ,hird day, ]
was perceived that he had lost hi. mem
ory, even Of verse. Poems that he hac
known by heart, were now perfectly new
to him: and 50 on The following day
. But he remembered we'll all that wa
read TO him from the Bible, a. well a.
some little hymns from DR.. Waits. whici
: his liule grandson repeated, standing b,
, his knee. In the afternoon, it was oi
= Sunday, after Mr. Lockhart had read tn
; evening prayer Of the Episcopal Church
he bade him add the office for the vista
5 ton of the sick
, Monday found him very feeble, and h
remsined in bed : bat he revived o
y Tuesday, and was wheeled out into IA
sunstine eaee more. There be soOa fel
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