Litchfield enquirer., 1856-01-10
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Will Graham. .s-s
Il was during one Of the warm summer
months, when on a visit in the country.
that became acquainted with . young lad,
who was spending his vacation in the fami-
" / was visiting, and the first thing i heard
on my arrival was -" We have such q
troublesome boy here. There's no living
nests, the chickens of their roost the old
gander he chases round. until the poor
creature Is too weak to stand alone he
tics the calf to the trees, pumps on the
ducks; II wouldn't hurt the ducks r.
pump q little water on them. 3 Nothing
woall please them more. =. Indeed" said
grandfather, "there . no peace where
Will Grahamis. u ~ -
was somewhat alarmed for my own
safety, after hearing 50 much said of this
young incorrigiblc. Nor had long T.
wait for some freak of his, for the neg,
morning, when walking through the orch
ard, there swas1a great cry amongst the
children, whoscame running towards the
house. Will had thrown them of the see.
saw-such crying. sobbing and tears. He
soon made his appearance amongst them.
enchanting" Any body hart! any body
hurt Confound the old see.saw, ., he CON
tinued. ~ was just standing upon it,
trying to make ballast, when we all came
down together" ss
"But," said l. you must be very care
ful do not be SO miscellaneous you have
frightened Us sadly trying to make bal
last. when We all came down together.
:. But, said 1, ..you must be more care
ful; do not be 30 mischievous; yau have
frightened try to be quiet; don't 30 30 rude
have made up my mind" said Win,
ITO DO AZ bad a. ever can--every body
hates me, and runs mo down; il any thing
10 wrong, Will Graham dad it; in fact, I IN
blamed for every thing. i we not got .
single friend about the place" .ss,s'.f i
Will" continued. !" behave yourself
like gentleman. and withstand your friend.
How long win you remain I" he eager
~ inquired. II II DO glad enough to have
some one take my part; you u sec if I
am as bad as they make mo out +"
Will Graham Was in his tenth year he
was u brave, active, noble fellow. { and full
Of life. yot thoughtless and nisohievous.
It was hard to curb = nature like bis. yet
be was generous and good natured 10 fault
One day we were in the barn, watching
the girls milking the cows. Suddenly.
there was showered down upon US some
half dozen grey kittens--over went the
milk pails---the cows ran off down the
meadow. and oil was confusion and terror.
Wills apology from the hay-loft was, that
"he wished us to see how the kittens could
scamper round, with their eyes Shut He
was sorry for the mishap he had no bad
intention; it was his theug htlsss manner Of
doing things that caused so much mischief,
not that he was really d bad boy.
After this, he tried hard to govern him
self. but Il was not long before his forbcar.
ance was greatly taxed. A young lad.
sosne three or four years older, struck him
a blow in the face, without the least provo
cation. @ p 49, >
tsaw the occurrence, and With feeling
Of tadignation, expected to see the blow re-
turned, but instead, Will quietly replied
with tears in his eyes, /" Frank, you would
mot do that again to me, would you r.
How my heart oycrdowed with kindness
for that boy was trying to teach him.
and already he had taught me ono Of the
greatest lessons Of forbearance. -
Il was the first instance IN which had
Witnessed kind words returned for a blow.
And. little readers. love that naughty,
miscellaneous boy, Will Graham, as much,
or more, perhaps. than you love your own
little sister or brother. IS s.ss sssss
But lot me Impress it upon you to be
kind and forbearing towards each other ;
and always endeavor to return kind words
for blows. If you should be 50 unfortunate
% TO receive them. asa as sas
a. There has always been a class Of
low, grcvelling reptiles in community, whu
style themselves critics. Without one
spark Of genius themselves, and too blind
~ discover aud appreciate it in others, they
etrike their envenomcd fanes into the yerv
life-blood Of the gifted, the PROMISING and
tho unsoph.sticated. aItswas to such d ma
ignspt creature. that poor JOHN Keats,
tho aminbl8 author Of = Endymiou" and
other splendid Poems, fell q victim. in ear-
y youth. And the lanented Henry Kirke
White. enc of the finest geuiuses thai
England ever produced. received q sblow
from one Of those oontemptihle creatures.
from which he never fully recovered. Itis
well fcr Lord Byron, that be bad snsrve
enough TO pay them "a. IN their own scain,
snd castigate them with whip of scorpi-
cns. We.dcspisc the whale race Of dem.
- - would nest Of wrie0linr .scrnanfs.
Wherever Ne disccser inkj|c atisns 81 ren.
ius, tits our duty ID ealc6uracc them i M
II ID wiso cxlGbita them. q wantonlv ma.
liened. - ara bound 81 every b r;neiple n
hSnos 81 defend him and thislws .ssared.
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