Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-07-24
A story For Young Folks.
BY ALICE oAREs,


yellow walnus, and wild grapes, and to swing, for
we know OF nice swing In the woods, but we
were selfish and didn't want my little brother and
sister Ollie anil Albert, to go wilhus.
Many times Or'a @ayswe tiled 10 get away flofn
them, but they suspected nur motives, and kent
with us all The While. Now. we said we were 60.
ing IN to play In the garrett and asked Dleto g.
Ihe doll we had made out Of rsgs, with black
marks oil coal for It's eyes, and without arms or
egsi but Ollie sud she didn't know where il wus
and could moi find II unless could help her,
Then we said we knew where there were ri
pears, and asked Albert and Ollie If they didn't
want some-but they said no, not unless we would
90 with them to tletne. Albeit was two years
older than u ten, perhaps, al the time write OIL
ond Ollie was nearly seven, as meek aud sweet q
child as ever lived. She was never cross, and
never slruckme in her life. hut whatever want.
Ell her 10 d., she almost always dbl and IN pleas
ing me- seemed to please ,bsrsel The best. The
remembrance of oil this goodness makes my own
selfish conduct look so much theiwoIse.
can see her now Just as she used TO look, with
pale face and large black eyes TIM always
seemed mournfnl, and brown thin hair hanging
loose on be neck, for twas neither bfale'lSnor
curled.
remember the dress she wore that very day
pale blue calico that was almOs' out.grOwn, aud
the pink bingham bonnet that she held in heI
hand, Os she looked al us inquHingly, but said
nothing.
Albert was a sturdy Independent boy, good ma.
tuTed enough generally, b"t having Temper that
could be aroused.
lie would have liked very much 10 60 10 The
woods wittlus, for cousin Sally was alwny' full OF
fun, and lie delighted 10 be with her; but lie no
oner suspected We didn't wish him 10 10 with us,
than he called Ollie aside add said 10 her. "You
and | will 90 ami swing in the barn, and not stay
with folks thut don't wont u.s." s, Ollie putt
IL, Il In NIL
fully towards us, they went together TO the barn,
We felt quite ashamed when they were gone,
and were hall inclined 10 follow them, and play
together, and so he lrIrhils againi but Albert did
not Lnce look back VI seem 10 care wheIc we wentj
so we got our hOnnels, that we hOd Hidden under
some bu dock leaves, aud set OF for The woods,
laughing aud talking as though very Happy. Bul
we were not happy at ali--inLeed, lhlnk both
Of us ware ashamed aud sorry for what we had
done,
Il wrs in the TALL, aud already the yellow leaves
were dropping from the walnut tIeeSj the water
wos oil dried away from the runs, aud there was
only The harJ baked clay and the lOUse stones
wIere The silver water had been. The branches
Of the vii owS were almost bare, and the ma
pies had lEle and there lmb Of scnrlet OF orange
Along the edge Of The woods wlItIe the pretty
moses had been 50 blight oil The summer, tbeTe
were now dry leaves drIltug aud surf;ng in the
wind. We stopped 10 listen, for al lens! to me, II
never made 50 dITge like sound .t.
AS we waded though the dead leaves ana over
the mounds, which you have ell noticed II you
have been much in The woods, Sally said that In
dams were buried beneath lhemi and so we came
10 talk Of other dead people besides Indians ami
instead OF making merry we became sOlTowlul
enough. Often while we walked 10 and fro over
the mounds, looked toward the baTn-for It was
IN full v'ew-saw tie door open, and The cattle
standing about it, anu knew that Albert and Dill.
lie were there. ....sE
After while we went deeper into the woods,
and gathered grapes aud walnuts, and swung I'LL
we were tlrer'; but all The time we kept thinking
the woods would not be so lonesome II we weTe
all together; 50, long before the time we ! ed pro.
pused 10 do 50, We sci out for home, intending 10
70 straight 10 the barn and make amends for our
lad conduct in the morning. We were nearly
there, when, all al once, we heard cry MS II some
accident had Glanced. tried 10 run, but was so
much frIgl tened that could moi yet along at all
40 deorl" snld Sally, 40 denTl" and looking M, !
saw AlLert carrying Dill C toward the house, h,r
head falling backward, and her leet dragging, for
Albert was SO much frightened that he cOul not
carry her, and when he saw US he lei her fall on
the ground, and tLtn began 10 wiring his hands and
| cry. ....
! Poor little Dillic she had been walking on o
beam fifteen feet from The floor, and suddenly get
ting dizzy, had fallen. Her head wns bleeding,
and her fnce was white MS death. What suffer
woods, or il we Ind taken her with us, 1t would
not have been, Oh, how bitterly these IeproaCheS
came TO me
Ollie was carried home and laid on the bed, and
Doctor lgstan, our physician, sent for; we could
not tell how hndly She was hurt, nor whether she
would even live till The doctor Rol there. SIZE was
alive, we knew, and that was oil, for she lay still
and insensible.
Poor Albert, when he had helped 10 carry her
! hume, and tbeTs WAS nOthin! more for him 10 DO
went ont Of the louise 10 chop wood, not because
lie hod no feeling, but because he could not en-.
duTe 10 see suffering without the power OF doing
her any good. ......
When DR.. Brgstofr cnme he inquired how the
accident had happened; and then was so much
afraid that he would learn my guilt, though no one
knew il but myself tlat went out Of the house,
! and with a stick, dIgged in the ground for Ions
lime, having no object, and scarce knowing what
was DOING. ..
was told, when dared TO ask, that the Dr. said
Ollie was badly hurt, but there was possibility
. Of her getting we'll.
So Cousin Snllys visit turned out be very sud
one-we I'M de no effort 10 enjoy ourselves any
more. How could we, and poor Ollie lying so
sick
At supper time, said did not want any, and
would witch with her, When they were all gone
called her softly, folding her hands close INTO
mine, and kissed her over and cytr AS ! die So
she opened her eyes al d smiled, and putting her
arms around my neck held lie close 10 her iJr
momeRt-then The hands grew damp and Tell away,
great drops q sweat slond on her fureheadj her
lips grew white and tenihled, ran 10 the stairs
aud chilled.
Old Mrs. Henry, who had been sent for, went
close 10 The bed, and saying softly, don't CRY so,
laid her fngeIi On the sweet eyes that had LOOKED
tkeit last OH me, SO lovingly. Then SHE reached
the other hand and drew down her Ieet, and we all
| knew that she was dead.
The gross has grown over the grnve Of little Dill
| lie. long, long yeats. Many time have brought
violeis 10 plant about II, from the very woods
where Sally nmI went 10 play, and never without
! shedding the btereSt te0Ts.
All my lilr that memo'y has been like shadow,
following me nlout. o, il is q terrible thing 10
have done anything wrong 10 the dend NoIi'ine
Voice can hpToach US like Their mute lips; no
hands Smite us like those that are folded 10 the
hushGd bosom.
II you who Tend this story would avoid such me-
morics, he kind TO one Onother II is not long
that we are children togelheti II is not veiy long
that we live at all; and II we would make life
blessing instead Of uTse, we must 10 as we
would be- done by. DO,
This Is the great Tuie-the Iule that Is over