M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1855-10-25
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lLL IMElY NAENING.
A THRALk.o STORY.

MY father, sher al absence of three
u wears, returned To the house so
uear 10 lam. he had made his last
vo, age, aud reloicrd 10 nave reached 4
hsttu oi fes rom the prr'Is vi lhr
SEA. Burng hls absence, hsd groN u
ho,n rn'p +hG psb, ot nv moth.
.e'o ior ! ~is ttt youngrsl, } into =
rOush, VoI,'Ss Ia. sOsttohg bos h"f
genl,, IDiC- nU longer IestlaiNed mri
ohG ~, often iilul ard sometimes
IClsuttUwnt. though' II lrdl, atr1
manly surenoritt to be independent @.
a y mans influence. My 'lstherS
lt,GrG nas a iUItunate circumstance ior
ne. he soon perceived The SpirIt 0i
lhsuGVlulndiiUn siIrrrd III me. "a"
hy hls manLer tl,sl " diSples>ed hIn,
eth"ugn IOrs ttw days he ss,d moth
,us 10 nip about It. o.. H
Il Was nn afternoon in Odooer
huguE AID golden, that ny s'lrtr tolt
NE t. get ny hat , and take a y alk Wlil
mm. We turned ,oND.a lane INTO
Tie uler htlu--a a iayorIte pleygrout
,oi tht rhhulsh III the heighborhOud
dier talt,ug thteHuiIy on dEtfen
wr,ts tCi Nhllt, mS father asttU tut
II ctserleG thol huge snaGo~, thro"'
" = mass oi roths Thar stopu IN tl'
uhcst Vi lne held. J replied that
Idld, st % .raua
My father oNnfG this land, " safe
br; "n Was ny pIa! ground when
bog. l nat rock stood there hen. It
NE IL is a Leat on and whenever | lOct
at il, | recall darkspot in my lie
an event so painful to dwell upon tia
II 1t was poi warning | should no
speak OF II. Listen then nv dear Toy
aud learn wisdom from your l'ther' :
enoIs.
Ms lalher died when | was mer'
cbItu. | was the pn'} son. M moth
er was gentle lcvhg woman, devoted
10 her cmluleD. aud beloved b, every
bOdj. | remember her pale heamlln
latt-htt sN ett aiieclIonate snrlIe-ht
klnu anu lehoer VOICE. ] was uevc
atat rom her and she, iea'lug that
was becoming too much ba'n, sea
lac TO high school ia the village,
Alter assUCIaung ior time F" il'i Fud
boys lost in a measure ms 'tmheS
lol my hone, aud my reyerenre 10
my mother; anu II became more Ar
more eff, uII Tor her to restrain my IN
peluUus nature. | thought 1t indicate
"a ihuugnt OF ranlitiesS to J'eid o ut
anIhorIty, OF to appear peliten' al'h'
| kneN that my conducI palned net
The epIthe! that most dreaded VI
giTi-bOy. | could not bear to hear
SAID b, my companions that was ne
to my mothers apron strings. Fro
quiet home loving child, | soon b.
came a Wild, bulsterous boy. My pot
mother USED every persuasion to II
duce me to seek happiness within ii
precints OF home. She exerttd le
Sell to make Ter iireside attractive, al
my sister following her seli-sacrIhcif
i exdmre, sought to plan entlcing gam
aau uIlrGsiOnS ior ny en'erlal nlent.-
saw all tbis but do not heed 1t.
ltuaAs.n afternoon ike tins, as
was about leaving the dining room
spend m, intermlssIoni between u
morning aud evening school ID U
street, and, as usual, my mother Ia
her hard upon my shoulder and Sa
~ muddy and firmly, IN, son, l wa
" a ou to Gene. with me" l would IA
lebeIeo, but there was something
: her manner that awed me. She ?
on her bonhet aud said to me, ~
viii take " ak togerher." Io,lo
ed her ~ silence, aud as Passtd
Of lie dooi, i otsetud Que OF q
Nc dide lttmI Ianions, skulking about I
lejhouse and kne " hea VAS uanlng'
ne. He sneered as Invent past III
Nj, pride Vas wounded TO the qult
he was a very bad boy, but Icing s.
!, eril ,tals oloer di5n my sell he ex
nc cls, d great lEfpaehoe oyarate:s9d II
/. litY I'd my mQllfrlo d sllSlb,y9tIIlssS ~
reached the spot. where 8e nov slaI