The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-12-07
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One day little Walter M-got very an
CRY with the servant, and was kicking and
striking her with all his force, when his
mother suddenly opened the door. She ear
ried him in her arrus to her own room. and
when his angry sobs had ceased, told him
the following story which is a dreadful warn
ing to children to check bad and furious
temper:
Lord and Lady--were very great and
rich people They had only one child, and
it was daughter They were very, very
fond of this child, and she was in truth,
very fine little creature, very lively and at
fectionate, and exceedingly beautiful but
like you, Walter, she had "a bad, bad temper;
like you she got into transports of rage
when anything vexei her, and, like you,
would turn at or strike whoever provoked
her; like you, after every fit of rage, she
was grieved and ashamed Of herself and re-
solved never to do SO again; but at the ne xt
temptation, all was forgotten, and she was
as angry as ever.
when she was just yonr age, her mother
had a little son a sweet little, tender baby.
Her father and mother were glad-and little
tsveine would have been glad too, bat the
servant 70 .lishly and vic EDDY leased nd
irritated her, by telling her that iather and
mother wouii not care Tor her now; all
their love and pleasure would he this little
brother and they would never mind her
Poor Eveline burst into n passion OF tears,
and cried bitterly. = GU are a wicked We
man TO say 50 mother viii always love me
know she will and I'll 90 this minute and
ask her, so ! will; and she darted out of
the nursery, and Gew to her mother room,
the servant in the nursery calling after her,
Come, came, miss; y0n need not 90 to your
mothers room; she went see you now.
',Eveline burst open the door of her moth
err room, but was immediately caught hold
of by strange woman she had never seen
before MY dear. said the woman, you
cannot be allowed to see your mother just
now She would have said more; she would
have told Eyeline that the reason she could
not see her mother was because she was
very sick, and must not be disturbed Bat
Eveline was to angry to listen; she scream
ed and kicked at the woman; who, hndlng
her so unreasonable, lifted her by force out
of The room and carried her into the nursery
put her down, and told the servant there, as
she was going away, that she must prevent
miss coming TO her mother room.
"Eveline heard this and it added to her
rage; and then this wicked servant burst
out laughing, and said, 4 told you that, miss;
you see your mother don't love you now
The poor child became mad with fury; she
darted at the cradle where lay the poor, lit
tie innocent newborn babe. The maid
whose duty it was to watch over it was lying
asleep upon tie chair. and I Walter just
as you did TO Mary just now, she struck it
with all her force-s.ruck it on the little,
tender head 1t gave one feeble struggling
cry, and brcathed no more e.
why, mother, mother" cried Walter.
bursting into tears, why did it breath no
more r
at Was dead-killed by its own sister,
replica his mother.
20, Mother, mother! what a dreadful, |
what wicked little girl! ., mother am
not so wicked as She | never Killed little |
babyf' sobbed Walter, as he hid his face in
his mothers bosom, and threw his arms
around her neck
My dear child,' said Mrs, solemnly, |
how dare you say you are not SO wicked as
Eyeiine You are more wicked, and but |
for the goodness OF Co. to you, might have |
been as miserable. Were YOU not in a |
great rage when | came to the nursery as
she was +? Were you not striking Mary I
with all your force, not one blow, but repeat
ed blows? and had Mary been like the OBJ
ject of Evelines rage, little baby, you
would have killed her. 1t was only because
she was bigger and stronger than yourself
that you did not actually do 20
The editor OF the London Literary Gazette
in noticing the following story, mentions
ais belief Of its being pelectly true. "The
unfortunate child, says he, was Anna,
Countess of Livingston. She was also Coun-
ess of Crawford; and, in her own right,
Ter son succeeded to the earldom of Enrol
/ was smoothing-iron which, in her par
'xism of rage sine snatched up and flung Into
he infants cradle A sad chance directed
be blow, and the baby was murdered. No
ther child was ever born to the family, the
oor girl grew up fully informed of the fatal
eed BIZ which she had attained so many
eplorable honors. sic was most amiable
nd highly esteemed. but in all her life was
ever known to smile. When very young
he married the unfortunate William, Earl
I Observation-Disclosures in TAG, who,
whatever might be the motives Of his loyalty
ms king, was most disloyal to his wife,
'eing as bad a husband as it is possible 10
onceive Notwithstanding this, his excel
enf, unhappy lady hurried 10 London and /,
aade every possible effort to obtain his par |
on. Tier want Of success is known"-
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