The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1857-02-20

came up and told her that grandpa was going
away that he had got his trunk 10 the door,
She started for the sitting room at once. in the
hall she stopped, for the door was ajar. and she
heard her fathers voice. Il was IN a pained
tone, and it struck to her soul at once.
''No. no, Albert" she heard the old man say,
II cannot remain here; had intended to make
my home with Abby, for she IS nv oldest iv-
ing but ! cannot bear it. Nearly every day
my heart is made 10 ache bY thp harsh, unbind
words ! hear spoken 10 oar little ones. Oh +!
such good, kind, sweet children and ! love
them 81 But Abby will not listen even to
rne. Once might have horne il but now,
when my heart is lonely and from recent br-
reavenrrnt, l cannot bear il. viii come 10
you, and YOU shall have the cid share Of
love. And fear she is not always kind 10
you"
''f!as Lydia told you 50 ~ asked Albert.
''LYdia q uttered Mr.. Gorham in SURPRISE
"She told ne! All, you don't know her, if
You think 50. No, no, she has only told ne
what good and faithful wite Abby was. Bat
J can SEE as my presence grows more common,
the restraint wears of, and Abby begins 10 show
me- The face she often keeps for home. IsPeak
this to YOU Albert, because ] ould uol he 10
you. But-bur-I viii see YOU again. ] will
see YOU and Abby again -
Abby listened 10 him no longer With a
wildly beating, bursting heart, she FASTENED to
her room, and threw herself upon her bed, and
there size lay for a long time. When hri bus
band came uP, she was Sich, and when be asked
her what be could do for her, she said Sbp would
be left 10 herself In a moment, hr nistrustgd
that she had beard some part Of her fathers re-
MARKS, and left her.
One day, little Nellie looked pale and sick,
and cried great deal " iih pain. It was the
youngest-lhe s:ba5v" Abby was fractions.
bot she did not speak as ha:shlv as usual She
had tried 10 reform since her father left, week
before bet She allowed spirit OF anger 10 come
INTO her sopI on account OF the course he bad
pursued, 50 her rial did not amount to much
When Aibsri came home, the child was worse,
and by this timp it had become So sick that the
mother was sorry that she had been 50 harsh
through the day.
Mr.. Leemau went for the doctor, and when
that man came, be said Nellie had the scarlet
fever. All ni-a! the little ore suffered much.
and IFS cheeks aud brow seemed on FIRE. On
The next day she grew weaker and sicktr then
Abby feared that she might die. Oh, what a
thought
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care Of the little Nellie. She dressed it sweet
", comhed It's golden hair back, and when she .
placed II IN the catiln, She spread new and fra
grant flowers all around II. She had done all I
his when Abby entered.
The sisters were alone by the dead child.
The bereaved mother gazed awhile upon the
oveIy face Of The little sleeper. and then she
arned 10 her sister.
We will not tell the thoughts which dwelt
IN Abby Leeman's mind upon this occasion nor