The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1855-02-07
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EsOh IIheavenB furgiSe mel, exclaimed the
lady, raising her fearful eyes, atand have |
suffered a friend Sf my own Ben to sleep
upon this chair. while | myself rested upon
asoft lbedP', sLgcr adi Is gnirsqo adi 1oi y6i
ssMrs. Franklin then told her unknown
guest that though he had been absent. from
hereyer since he was a, child. she could not
fail to know him among a Thousand strange
faces; for thers was natural feeling In the
breast of every mother, which she knew
would enable her, without The possibility
Of a mistake, TO recognize her son in any
disguise he might assume. sla9 sdi nj iasia
Franklin doubted, land oolvleaye' to dis.
putes his mothers. proposition on itheipSwer
u natural feeling, He said he had tried
thips, SainstqrI feeling" in his, own mother
and found it deficient in the power she as
eribed to it's s7glsisgeI Bis4g8sk eft
-'"And did your mother,i' inquired She ''not
know you! Or i she did not seem TO know
you, was, there. not, in her kindness to you,
an evidence that she saw something I'M your
appearance whirh1was dear to- her, SO that
she could not resist treating you with par
ticplar tenderness and affections"
s;""No,, indeed AZ replied franklin; 'tshe
neither knew ma Yor iii .bn t.Aok -, ,,,:,L
the least symptom of kindness. Z She 6uld
have turned me out of doors but for the in
terposition,of strangers, She could hardly
be persuaded TO allow me te sit at her ta-
BILE. I knew Lwas in my mothers house,
and had claim upon her hospitality; and
therefore, you may suppose when she per-
emptorily commanded me to leave the house,
! was in no hurry 70 obey.'"' ,,s.r..,~s ~
Surely" interrupted his mother, 1"she
could not have treated you so unmotherIy
without some cause."' 10 i1au9 am5z4uS
''"I gave her none,'' replied the Doctor. .-
"She would tell you herself, I had always
been a dutiful lson-that she doated upon me,
and that when ! came TO- her house as
stranger my behavior was serupuIously cor
rect and respectful. 1t was stormy night,
and I had been absent 50 long that I had be-
come, a stranger in the place. l told my
mother this, andyet So little was she inAu-
enced by 'thatanatural feeling of which you
speak, that she absolutely refused me bed,
and would hardly suffer what sheIcalled my
presumption in taking Q, seat at the table,
But this was not the worst; no sooner was
the supper ended, than! my good mother told
me, with an air OF solemn earnestness, that
must leave her house."s ''' .".'iH.'* 7'is
Franklin then proceeded to describe the
scene. at the front door-the snow drift that
came SO opporlunely into the entry-his ap-
peal to her "natural feeling" of mother
her unnatural and unfeeling rejection of his
PFFapyerr--and, finally, her very reluctant COM
pliance with the solicitations of other per-
sons in his behalf--that he was permitted to
sleep on a chair! .ia"'as -''". : j." nr.z
Every word of this touching recital went
home to the heart of Mrs. Franklin, who
could not fail to perceive that it was true
narrative Of the events Of the preceding
night in her own house; and while she EN-
deavored to escape from the selfrreproach
that she had acted the part of an unfeeling
mothers she could not easily resist the con-,
vfetioir that the stranger, who became more
apd Ydd more interesting to her as he proceeded
in his discourse, was indeed her swn SOM,
But whentshei observed the tender 1expres
sivehessof his eyessas he feeiingly recapit-
ulated the circumstances Under which she
attempted to turn him. .shelterless into the
street, her maternal conviction overcame all
doubt, tand she threw herselfiin
to his arms gexelainYing- tit' gDa2f3 ott
mt mist beAit must bei nay ,o@h dear
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