The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-09-17


-hsdoS. on ~sts butt OF rough stones aud turf.
And abe did not err: TO- there sat Hermann and
te-'ed, saL vi fol led arm, and seemed TO be
gazing into the distant region towarc the noun
,sips. hia bs L to bis motter. Stealing softly up
she touched i'm on the shoulder; he turned quick
y ard are saw tears in bis eyre.
.Motfer," c'ied be with q start, "you have sur.
p,is4o me T. and Q noble-hearted youth hastily
SOM" said ibe estoLishsd mott er, chow strsoge!
rtver saw you do 80 before! Tell me what ais
you what drives you to cit alone here uodcr the
par .tnsf and What brings these tears into your
eyer
A. d the youth, recovering tis composure made
,eply: TrUls T. at mau has no cart In his brazen
b - m, ~bo csDpot now feel for the destitat,on of
home ess ssndercrs and little seose In his head,
not 10 he con -fned in these days about hts owa
villa e ado that OF bis fathcrlaud. What ga add
ita'd iris day has moved my hears; and l nov
cane iortn Ia gaze TN the broad aod glorious land
scspe that eesps around with it's fruitful lls;
TO see tie golden grain bending for the SICKLE ami
rcn crop OF MT that promises to hssp our store-
rooms fnll Bnt oh! row neav the enemy! Toe
90 oi ibe Rbioe protects us, it IL true; yet what,
e,as arr floods and m uhtsius to yon terrible IA
tiop, "b Oh "a rolling hitber like thunder storm
They Cd toget er the yonrh from all quartz e, as
well "a Tn. ole nea and press powerfully forw rd,
cIowo i0pi1ly toll"wing crowd; and the multitude
hes no tear OF DEATH All and shall q German
care u remain at home, and no 10, perohanca,
10 escape The calamity that threstens sli2
Dear mother, iell you, IL sorely vcxed me
fodey because my name was lately struck "a
Tire mn,tsr roll If tie cifizsus. j am su only
son, l. ], true. and tho cares Of the hoaseh old a'e
great, a, ,ur business important but soud It not
b better 20 Dtet ice enemy on tue borders t1au 70
vail for n iser, and seryitude here? Yea am re-
8 ly'6 and courage snd desire burn In nay inner.
~ 81 bost II 10 live and die for my fatheraod. nd
grye - otbe rthy example. Surely, il the
lowcT al ou- GrrmN youth were collected on the
borders, bound ny oath never TO yield to the fec,
ihty could not set their foot upon ous glorious
SOIL nor d. vour Toe fruits OF the land before our
eJea, Ior oder the men about. nor abuse the omea
aid 2ir's. Sec, mother, IN the very depths N my
soul sm determined 70 do immediately what Gems
TO me jusr and reasonable; for he who thinks long
does OF siwoys make the BEST choice. will not
rtuyu home aeain ! viii go straight into town.
ono 81. de- hs heart and this arm to the ser
VI Of nv country. Then let father saw, II mo-
feeling a hcp0r wells il my bosom, and do not
wieb 20 iise 10 the world ~
Then uj, it'd the kind, sensible mother shed.
ding silent tfars, which came sotsly int, her eyes
Son, whni has wrought this great haage In your
clap siuon that you do not sUeak to your mother
openly and freely you are wont to do, aud tsll
Der since ely what your wishes are! II y stranger
bad bes you talking inst now he would have
prsissd your resolution very noble. deceived by
your wo de ard manners. Yet ! have only fault
to find; for, see know you better. You a~ con-
cea'lng your heart, and have thoughts altogether
diti' rent know i. is not the orud no the trun1-
pet tbat calls yon, nor desire to appear 10 reei
mtntals before the young girls for it Is your des-
tiny, bold al d brave though you be, to look well
af'er the honse and peaceahly TIL the ground Tell
me Nhtp, frankly, what forces you to this res0
luton 7"
EsrI estIy the son reulied: "You are wrong, mo-
tbsr. al days are not slike. Youth ripens into
manhood oftn rirGns better for action In solitude
than IL the rush OF Wild tumu tuons life. tnat has
Iuips many young fellow. Alc although here
tofpe have been quiet and backward, yet 10 my
bosom heart IL beating that hates injustice and
labor a'so has clothed my arms aud feet vita
f'ra Myth. Everything, feel, is tvue care boldly
affirm II. And vet you blsme me not witoout rea-
sob, 0 mother: ard have caught me uasripg words
the threatening danger taat calls mo from my
fathers bouse, nor the lefty idea OF being help 20
my faih4rlnnd and a terror 20 the Zoe. They were
OIL, words spakc, to hide from you the feelings
cberisb vain wishes in my bosom, my life may
ress in yaip. For k5ow very well, the individual
ipi1!se. yea 30 Tihees Himself. when oil do nos
htIve for the coed ofthe whole
" Only 60 on said tho sensible mother, a. tell
every Il iDa, tho greatest well the least, for
meu 9'e passionate, ard al1aye run 70 extremes,
and q ptradictloD el,5 puts tncm Out Of EyJ1nri
hut woman ~ ekiiul II Sevising q molly, ana
every tepg therefore, why you arc violently aei
tait d ss ressr - you btforc and wh? the blood
bolle II your veins and telra III year e.es to oYcr
flowing"
Tbs . tho good youih gave free yent % his sorrow
ans sent, wcpt loud, on tie boom Of Ills m,ther
o. q spoke thus, u subdued tuuo "Fathe 4
spetch 20 Gay wotid I'D ne 80 ely. lnaeed,
never deserved i, now nor ever For it wa9
fa,IJ my delight 10 honor my parents, aud
nobody seamec TO nc noto prUGf nt ard wiser
tran they WIZ beg0t me- aod guided me caro-
fully tbTcush the dark eeasoa of childhood.
Much have suffered s.as M p.aynates when sncy
take revtpge by stroke or blow: but when they
mace fnD II fother az he camc out Of urch with
sober, thoughtful step; when they laughed at the
bond Of hs cap ~ the flowers on I'll Il very dress
"a n NOT q n
bled up ny hst and in 9 fiCrce regc. fell on then
and struck bin6ly right and left without looking
whcr. They yelled. with bloody noses, and were
scarcely able TO escape my angry strides and blows
Ano 50 grew up in order to suffer much rom
father, who would very often take me to tack in
stead Of others, when he wae vt1ed at the last sit
ting Of the Council; and then hsd TO pay for all
the wrapg Cling and trickery Of his colleagues. You
have often p.led me yourself for Ienc ured great
deal having always in mird the heartfelt honor due
to the kiDdDeas OF parents, who only aim at in
cressin1 their goods and fortune for us, and even
deny Themselves many t'ipgs, so as to lay up for
their children. But oh Il is not saving, to enjoy
IL afterw sJds, that can make one happy nor il 1t
adding house to house and acre to re, as goodly
ard the sons euow old with him, without pleasure
oday and wish care for the morrow. You may
look down and tell me how glorious and fair the
rich d. Ids lie yonder, and the vineyard and garden
raraeof property: but see only the back part Of
the house, where in the gable the win low Of my
little room under the roof Iecrs out, and think Of
the times when used to watch for the moon there
mapy plight. and many morning for the s1n-s
few hours of healthful sleep were enough for me.
Oh! they seem to me so lonely; the chamber, the
ysrj, and the garden, the glorious field, that
stretches over the bill all lies before me so dcsoIate.
have no wife"
Il en- Tire hind, sensible mother answered: "Son,
yen cspn lot wish to lead bride to her chamber,
that tie piaht may become to you beautiful half
Of your life aud the labor OF the day freer aud
lighter more than your father and mother wish 1t.
We have always cosxed, nay, EVEN urged you TO
choose sweeiaesrt. But Il y known to ME, and
N, heart DOW says it: Il the right hour does Mt
then The choosing Is far OF, snd the fear OF taking
o false step mostly prevails ! must tell you, my
son: so believe, you have choaen. for your hear.
il morn than usualy sensitive. Own it fraptly, Tor
exile. whom you have chosen"