Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1857-04-29
VOL. A. NO. 26.


How can you say he is changed II said
my mother, gently. To be sure be looks
Older and graver and more ike msn than
when he went away-but lis eyes ard smilo
are the same rs ever. 1t is that heavy beard
that changes him. He is my boy etill.''
Aye, mother" 1 answered sadly. g an
your boy still"
God help me! at that moment felt ike
boy, and.it would have been blessed relief
to have wept upon her bosom. as had done
in my infancy. But kept down the beating
of nay heart and the. tremor Of nv lin. and
answered quietly, as [ looked in his full hand
some face
You have changed. too. Frank. but 1
think for the better -
Oh yes-thank you for the compliment. ~
he answered with hearty laugh NV wife
tells NE / grow bandsomer every day."
His wife could [ hear that name and
keep silent still ? And have you seen my
little girl !'' he added lifting the infant 10 Lis
arms and kissing her crimson check
. tell you. Harry, there is not another
one like her in the United States. Don't vo1,
think she looks very much as her mother used
to Z"
Very muc,i," faltered
Halo :" cried Frank, with suddeppes,
that made NE start Violently Il have for.
gotten to Introduce you TO mG wife believe
you and she used to be playnsates in your
young day-eh, Harry r aud lie stamped me-
on the back. For the sake of old times.
and because you were not at the wedding.
will give you leave to kiss her once-Lut mind.
old fellow. you are n ,ver to repeat the cere-
mony. Come-here she is. aud for o,ice [
will see how you will manage those ferocious
moustaches of yours, in the operation
iie pushed Lizzie laughing and blushiug.
towards me a CLEAN of light and hope.
almost too dazzling to bear, came over me,
and cried cut before | thought:
Nor Mary ~
1t must have betrayed inT secret 20 every
one ia the room. Bot nothing was said
even Frank, in general SO obtuse, was this
time silent. ] kissed the fair check of the
young wife, and hurried to the silent fpure
looking out Of the window
9 Mary-Mary Moere," [ said in low
eager voice. . Have you alone no welcome
to give to the wapdererr'
She turned and laid her hand in mine. spi
murmured hurriedly-
g am glad to see you here, Harry"
Simple words-and yet how blest thew made
me- l would not have yielded up that mo-
ment for an emperor's crown For there was
the happy home group and the dear home fire.
side, and there sweet Mary. The eyes had
dreamed of by day and BY night were falling
before the ardent gaze of raine-and the
sweet face | had so longed and prayed to see.
was there before me more beautiful, more
womanly, and more loving than before! |
never knew the meaning Of happiness till tfas
moment came
Many years have passed since that bappy
night, and the hair that was dark and glossy
then, is fast turning gray. am growing to
be an old man and can look back to long
aud happy, well spent life. And vet sweet
as 1t has been, | would not recall single day
itr the love that made MY manhood so bright.
shines also upon me in my white hairs. An
old man. Can this be so 4? At heart I am
ss young as ever. And Mary. with her bright
hair parted smoothly from brow that has a
slight turrow upon it, is still the Mary of nv
early days To nc she can rover grow oid.
nor change. The heart that held her in in
fancy and sheltered her piously in the flush
and beauty of womanhood can never cast her
out till life shall cease to warm it Nor even
then-for love still lives in HEAVEN.