The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-09-11

and weak herself, came up to my bed,
and wanted to give me some medicine
She gave me simple. preparation, drew
up the clothes snugly about me, and hay
ing kissed me, she said &C.
abe careful, Charles, for 'twould be
painful indeed TO have you sick. God
keep and bless you. Good night VI
Oh, how those last words rang in my
ears. What would my mother say-how
would she feel-if she knew her son was
a-M9f! 1t wasa long while before /
could give the ve4d shape or form, BUTT
came at last. 1 could not keep it back
Thief! thief! rang in my soul till an ag-
ony was upon me SO intense that all 9TH
er conceptions Of pain were as nothing.
The night passed awayin sleepless phan-
tom making restlessness and when the
morning came | arose and walked out be-
fore my mother or sister were up. I did
not return until breakfast time, and then
[ had so overcome all outward signs of
my distress that little remark was made
upon it. But the worm was gnawing at
my heart. #@aaSi q g
That forenoon | went with my sister to
meeting. and as Ientered the little church
l met the gaze of MIR. Evered. ewateh-
ed me sharply, and saw marks of pain
on his face. After the services were over
| saw him, in convers alton with the tailor.
l noticed how earnestly they spoke-and
oneeI saw the tailor point his finger to-
wards me, % een oa
I felt sure, then, that all was discover
ed. aa a nssd tas "A 81 al7.3s 3
g" For mercy sake, Charles, what is the
matter ?''' cried Lucy, as she caught my
ARM a1aar 4 rs. gns
Hes faintl he's faint % I heard
a low, tremulous voice, and in turning, ]
saw Julia Eyered. She was frightened,
and at thatmoment came the conviction
that she loved me. But that other
thought came with it, and [ knew that
she would ere long despise me.
Sick and faint, I hurried away, and tc
all the anxious inquiries of Lucy, | only
replied that | was not well. Oh, how
miserable l felt, for l knew my employer
had detected the theft. His gaze at me
in church was proof enough but his con.
versation with the tailor made it sure
That afternoon l dared not go to church
and my mother worried over ine. If she
would only have let me alone. I nigh
have been less miserable; but she cluns
| close to me, and 1 had to lie to her-tht
first falsehood ever spoke to that nobl,
woman. aaEaA 5aa9
Another night of restless agony, an(
then | came to the severest part of ALL
| must meet my employer. 1t was lat
when I descended to the kitchen, and
found my mother as pale and death!y a
death itself. For moment forgot NJ,
own pain and fastened to ner side Sh
gazcd up into my face with SUI ch a loo
as hope I may never see again.
Z" Don't ask me any questions, Charles
but go at once to the store,,'' she said
Mr.. Evered wants you Immediately"
could not ask question: could no
speak. Without breakfast without wait
ing to see Lucy started from. th
house. People whom I met gazed at m
sharply, and once I heard the word THE
pronounced. Oh, Evered had told th
story ofmy crime. How could he? Nc
no, twas the tailor who had told it, fo
my employer would never have done il
Yeti was known. ] stopped, and sud
denly the thought of flight occurred t
me. Why had ! not thought of it before
Why should I stay longer where shame
and shame only, -cou Id be mine +? / turn
ed to flee, and just then my sister cam
rushing after me, with her hair foatin
wildly on the morning air, and her fac
as pale as death.
"Oh,. Charles p she uttered, "com
with me at once. Come, come, our lnC
ther is DYING ao. .5aa ls4ee
My sister seized my hand and by fore
dragged me away. I reached my hom
| knew not how, for my reason had a
most left me. 'o Into the little bed-roo
) Lucy dragged me, and there lay my M
ther stark and cold. Sic
"Oh, Charles, you have killed her!
i sobbed Lucy, as she threw herself upc
the bed. "She could not stand your di
! grace! - zN
One moment I gazed upon that pa
cold form, and then a wild, unearthly c
broke from my lips. plunged mad
> forward upon the bed.
"Charles Charles - l =
e I started up, I felt heavy hand u
$ on my shoulder, and again my name W
called.
What is the matter? Come, rou
up. For mercy's sake, what ails you
c 1t was Evered who spoke. l was 81
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