The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1857-11-12

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Mt once, but an earnest, pleading glanc,
} from David, decided him to remain .-
Hastily passing round the bed to where
the father sat with his face buried in hi,
hands, seemingly sturdied, and heart
broken by this sudden affliction, he
Cousin Sire, let by-gones be by
cones. have been hasty, stubborn
and wilful. My temper has led me on
to say and do thousand things that
were wrong have felt to-day that this
is no way to live. Our quarrel has las
ted long enough, Il am sorry to say
that | begun it,--and now let us drop it
and be friends -
1t was sore trial to the old mans
heart and these words were not spoken
without an effort, for pride whispered
that he might be repulsed before them
all; but it was mistaken for Sire Ben.
ton grasped bis hand and said, almost
with tears
This is too much-s-too much, Mos
es. If you were hasty, | have been OBJ
stinate and deaf to all reason and ev-
en- to-day, when you were saving my.
child's life, | was planning means to an-
noy you. 1t is too much-I do not de-
serve it Moses.
Say no moro about it, Sire. Say no
more about it. l will 90 home now and
send Ned over to see alter your cattle.
| guess lIetty had better stay and help
Annie take care Of David until niyht,
when Ned and | will come over and
watch with him. HANNAH he contin
ued, in reply to word from David
well, Hannah let it be then, though | |
much doubt whether she is as good ii
nurse as her mother
The reconciliation between the old
men was perfect Every day Barker
called TO see David, and he often watch
ed over him with care and tenderness
strongly at variance with his usual coarse
rough manners and at the earnest re-
quest Of David and his mother, he con
sented that Hannah should become his
constant nurse.
But when he heard that the gossips
Of the village were discussing the pro
priety of this step, and indulging in il
ustrated remarks, his hasty temper again
burst forth. He declared that although
ne did not care snap for all they said
yet biz daughter should have right to
watch over David, and even the most
precise old tattler among them could not
question, for she should be his wife with
n twcnty-iour hours.
The mothers were struck dumb at.the
dca of marriage under such circumstan-
ces, and, when they rcgained the use of
their tongues, made objections iuumera-
bic ; but David, after long convcrsa-
ton with Hannah, seconded her fathers Z
Not that he entertained |
much, if any hope Of recovery. for the
physician had frankly stated his danger
rom the first, but he yearncd to keep {
Ter with him to the last besides he felt !
hat in all the future differences that !
night arise between their parent, she
nust be the ministcring angel; and he Z
Dndy faucied that, as his widow, her }
nhuencc at least with his own father, i
7ould be more efficient. .... G
We might tell of that sad and solemn o
'eddIng, of the long weary days and I
nonths during which the young wife J
'atched over her husband with u devo- Y
lon that might hayo won him from she u
rave, of the burst of glad tears with u
'hich she received the first decided in u
nation of hope from the careful physi- !,
n,-of his slow return TO health dur q
x the summer months, of a winter
assci at the genial South, from which I
hey returned with minds enlarged by c
bScrvation and intercourse with socic-
Y, and hearts still more dcvotcdly uui- u
ID. /
All, there are many pleasant things
, speak of in this world, but We have
Ut time nor space to- note them here. y
We can only say, that the old foot path s
las no longer overgrown with daisies
nj clover,--lhe gates were repaired,
nd the mothers again called pleasantly 1
0 each other across the meadow Tue '