The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-07-22

seemed to take q heavens hue from its heav-
emily nourishment. The iced was not merely
scattered, but planted. Re not only read the
Gospel, but believed, ant took it all quite in
earnest. Was it child in him. He was
but child; and I" of 6 sh are the kingdom
of heaven" BE was y. fond of exhibiting
himself to strangers, az = prodigy of piety,
or, indeed, of any kind but when he was
quite alone with his m ,ther or Clara, long
before the Greek days, md when he was still
almost baby, he wouls both hear and ask
questions which were nc always easy to an
swer, on everyday princi les. IN
"But, mamma, why d. MT we and papa go
about and do good, tool We could go in the
coach"
"Poor mamma is too 4. ak and sick, darling
and papa is busy; and Rsrman is only little
child but by and by, if ha lives to grow up, he
must try to be as much Ike the Saviour as a
msre'man can be; and nrs- he shall have a dol
lar-bill to give papa to p in the contribution
box, next Sunday, for tn; poor people"
"No thank you, dear /. .mma, you shall give
that yourself; but think had better let papa
put in my dear little g-d one for me, that
Neddy gave me to buy ose-bush; bee use it
would be more like the Z DOR widow, wouldn't
hf And 80 the Saviou-, might like it better
than my giving him yo-1 money. He's rich
enough already, you kno because he is Gods
son and his Father hasa ot all the silver in the
stars, and gold in the moon, and all the
diamonds and rubies dosA in the black mines
underground in my sto y'book, and all the
pearls and treasures dow IN the bottom of the
great high gurgGng sea. But he only wants to
see whether we care NOR : about him than we
do about keeping anythir-- else we've got and
if we do, he'll like us ju I. as he did the poor
widow" &c. And then Gamma would smile
and 60 off into doze; assl the little pale crea
ture would sit, and thn:s and watch her be-
tween his dark ringlets, " IA countenance as
pure bright, and solemn as that with which
his angel might at the sar a moment have been
beholding the face of his sther in heaven.
As we have seen, onec!eeling which lay at
the root of Mrs. Arden's lode of education
and which covered up, in the eye of her con-
science, the love of sef.irdulgence which was
her immediate mOtive-xAs her solicitude for
Herman's spiritual welfa :, They were in all
probability to enjoy little Gre of one another's
society on earth. She insult insure to hersef
his society in heaven. ms ort, she was afraid
to trust him in the worldS1,a which his Maker
had appointed his probatln. Her mistake was
probably q much rarer, serhaps safer one
than that of virtually grating the freedom of
a city, without precautions reservation, or over.
sight, to the incautious, susceptible, chameleon
soul of child. Still there were great dangers
attending it; and an obvious one was, that her
son, when he became hisewn master, as sooner
or later, if he lived, he must, would, seeing his
conspicuous inferiority in some things to other
boys or young men, for very shame become
shameless and initiate them ever in the wild
ness and wickedness which, being too often the
brand, is too often mistaken for the stamp of
hardihood. Even if he .,caped this, how was
her dollhouse sensitive plant ever to endure
hardness as becometh soldier of Christi She
might reasonably have anticipated, to be sure,
that, by one or two years more of her manage
ment, she should have 80 enervated his ply steal
frame, as forever to cut him off from the dan
gers and duties of active life but
"Lhomme propose,
Et Deu dis posen
When Herman was twelve years old, after
three days and nights of watching and terrible
anxiety, which he endured with an agonized
selfcontrol which, in him, surprised all who
witnessed it-during which he was never once
undressed, and slept only by snatches beside her
on her death.bed-he saw his mother breathe |
her last, and was carried in Edwards arms from
her chamber, in fits. II was midnight. He
went from one swoon tosanother till morning, |
but was we'll enough en- the day after the
funeral to be brought deSn stairs between his
brother and sister, and laid on the sofa in the |
drawing room. He was very gentle and sub.
missive towards them Sat his grief, though |
borne patiently and silently seemed too heavy
for his little strength to rally under and, in the
course of the following week. Clara, while re- |
arranging the chamber which his mother had |
occupied, thought she heard something from
Sally, in the dressing -roota, about "tbe child"
and "not long for this woid." Sally was sum-
moned With unusual haste and emphasis.
"Nurse, what was that you were saying |
ABOUT uttio herm6n
ola, Miss Clary, did t speak-not to you, |
l would say. l was onlSa talkin' to Bridget |
about somethin' or mother. ask pardon for |
disturbin' you, I'm sure. ! didn't know as you
was here" j
"Nurse, did you say he was going to die2p
swell, Miss Clary, I'd rather not undertake to
remember exackly-if it's ell the same to you
the very words as wss'a sayin' on jest that
minute. My memory's &, item dreadful poor
an faint best never to undertake to tell nobody |
nothin' 'thout you knows n. It's appinted to |
all on us sometime or mother to die, as the
minister says-not till bumbye hope, cause
the best on US amt hardly good enough yet"
"Nurse," returned Miss Clara, evading ghost
ly counsel, and drawing il er grlish fgure up
to it's full height, tive ut eight precisely in
ter little high-heeled bo5ss,l " little Herman
shall not die. l shall see about it." Words
OF power, as Nurse knew. Clara very rarelk
undertook to "see about anything but when
she did, it was usually stea, to, and we'll.
ala, we'll, Miss Cary, dear, s'pose then be
Won't. There |! Don't yoarcryI Don't you cryl
Bed eyes is very pretty Tor the rabbits; but
blue ones is the incest for you" III I
Just after the street-lamo o. were lighted tba.
afternoon, and one minute after the chaise of
the family physician. Dr.. Rsoaie, deposited him
ct his door, which was opposite to Mr.. Arden's,
the Doctors bell rang sharply; q light. ou;ck.