The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-10-20
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HOME SCENES.
BIZ T. s. ARTHUR.

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and irregularity, rob me of all my peace, and
make the house bedlam, instead of a quiet
home Toni she spoke sharply to a bright |
little fellow, who was pounding away with a /
wooden hammer on a chair, and making
most intolerable din;-"stop that noise, this
instant! And you Em,' not word more from
your lips. If you can't live in peace with your
sister, I'll separate you. Dye hearl Hush
this instanth' t -s.-g
"Then make Julia give me my pincushion.
She's got it in her pocket.n
.sIt's no such thing: haven't retorted Julia. |
aYou have. saw
al tell YOU I havn't!n
"Will you hush?" The face of Mrs. Lyon
was fred red; and she stamped upon the floor
as she spoke.
81 want nv pincushion. Make Julia give |
me my pincushion.,'
Irritated beyond control. Mrs Lyon caught |
Julia by the arm; and sthrusting her hand in |
her pocket. drew out a thimble. a piece of lace
and a pen-knife. ap
believe me?e
This impertinence was more than the mother
could endure: and acting from her indignant
impulses, she boxed the ears ofJulia soundly:
conscious, at the same time, that Emily was
chiefly to blame for all the trouble bv a wrong
accusation of her sister. she turned upop her
also administering an eonaI nunshment- Friph-
tened by all this. the Younger children whose
Iincessant noise for tha last bour had contr;bn-
ted to the overthrow of their mothers temner
became suddenly nuiet and skull<ed away into
Icorners-and the baby. that was seated on the
floor between two pillows. curved her nniver-
ling lips and glanced fearfllvur at the distorted
face in which she had been used to see the love
light that made her heaven. so
| A deep quiet followed this burst of passion
like the hush which succeeds the storm Alas
for the eviltraces that were left behind! Alas,
for the repulsiye image oftbat mother dapuer.
reotyped in ansinstant on the memory of her
lchiIdran. and never to- he efFaced How many
times in after wears, will not a sigh leave their
bosoms. as that painful rejection M looks ~ ont
upon them from amid the dearer remembrances
Of childhood. .15..I - -g.-.szI]79
| A woman ofgood impulses. but with scarcelv
any selfcontrol. was Mrs. Lyon. She Inved
her children. and desired their good. That
they showed so little forhearance. one with the
other manifested so little fraternal affection,
prieyed her deeniv. 3 t, -s-la-.s 6ee5 ff.ssssl :
"My7 whole life is made unbappv hv ;tl,, she
would saw, ,seWhat is to be done? II is dread
full to think, of family growing up in disrord
and disunion. Sister at variance with sister:
and brother lifting his hand AGAINST hrotber ),
AS was usual after an ebullitiop of nass;on
Mrs. Lyon. deeply depressed in spirits as we'll
as discouraged retired from her family to prieve
1 and weep. Lifting the frightened baby from
the floor. she drew its head tenderly against
her bosom; and leaving the nursery. sought
the quiet of her own room. There. in renen-
tance and humiliation she recalled the stormy
scene through which she had lust passed: and
instead of meeting the troI,hle among berchil-
dran with . o,,;et DISCRIMINATION -
NJ xyaan;nc co1mness s,,ccaadad Still che
was nernIexed in mind as well as pr;eyed at
| her own want Of selfcontrol. What was to be
dome with her children? How we're thew to
| he governed arioht2 Painfully did she feel
her own nnfitness for the task Rv this time
tho hob ,,,as oSIoa, and The ,notbar seJt come
tb;no oS +bo+ +rsna,;l naaca that everv traa
~notSor I Lnor,s ,vhen : vpTno baba ;s slsmher.
| ino ~, her bosom, hoolr law on a sbelfnear
nS I s;tt;,, oed NJ I1o-
y, oa,,scoS of tha CT cbed Ont ber band
e. the voI1,nna She ona,,ed + without fael;no
an, ;r,toras+ ~ ;ts contants. b,t che had rad
81, fa,1, sontances ,vhr +h;s srreSt-
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aAu r;oht erorar,,,,or,t of .b;ldrer beo;ps
1r;th salf 7,.roSnr,'ar,+ --'-'--
Tho 1yords sea,nad x,r;t+en for her. and tbe
truth a~nressed - - vas elevated Instantly into
[r,e~co,t;op Sba so1v II in the clearest I;gbt
pnTeo and cIosod tha boolr and bowed her head in
sad aclnovIedoment [ M Of he own errors Thus
Sor soTaat;me sba had baen sitting when the
of ,To;cas fror, beioxg o,ra1g moro and
-ao-a d;s,;ne+ snd Che was aroused to tha ya;n-
Al fsct that % ,,S,al when left alone tbe chill
dro-, ,orI;re, anoone, Themselves Various
noises as of nonnfing on and throwing about