Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1858-01-29
PARIS, ME-,
speaking. 1t was little Mary who wa, with

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her.
81 know | am going to die, Mary, for |
can feel it all through INC aud want you
to have all my little plnything.-all except
some Of my picture books, which must
give to Gcorsie."
but YOU won't die, Ellen. o, you
won, will you 80 moan,d the weeping sister,
conyulsively. go, who will love mcaiicr
YOU are gomez"
Perhaps mamma viii love YOU then"
remarked Ellen. IL think she loves me
now since am sick, for shs is very kind.
But when am dead She won't have mc TO
pesier her any morc. But love mamma,
lor she has always taken care OF me; and
perhaps II had no, bccn - naughty she
would not have wished me dead. hut you
YOU will be good 70 her, WON'T you. Mary"
90, YOU won't die. Ellen No. YOU
must not. Mamma wants YOU 10 live, for
| have seen her cry, when she was afaid
YOU would die.
Perhaps she would weep when | dicl, :"
returned the sick, slowly and mournhlly,
" but she woull-wonli ---"
"wha,. Ellcn?'
Would not have 50 many to plague her
when I ava gone. when am dead, YOU
tell her how love her, won't you?'
/ Bu, little Mary could not answer, and
the mother could not hear any more II she
bad.
With bursting heart, the stricken woman
crcrt away % her own room and threw her
I'D! upon her bed. After while she began
to r,arct upon the past, anl IS the memory
of those scenes between herself and Elem
came bclor, her, ,hc wa. dumb with amaze
msnt.
In the truth Of her soul she saw how L.
siiimate were N, feeling, che little one had
expressed ono by one she recalled the cold
harsh sentence, she had spoken, and then
sh, could -ge the imrIorins looks which had
rested upon those gentle features as her an
ser found vent
Down upon her knees The stricken mother
knelt, aud at length her prayer went forth.
80 God Of mercy save my child"
Aud then she prayed that she nigh, have
strength 90 fulfill the vow she hai made.
Sho PRAYED Ion. nnI s-ruc-tiy AMI when
she aru,, she wcut 70 her chld's room and
iound the little sufferer aslccpand Mary sit
ting by her silc. The crisis passed and the
doctor arl Ela would live. when the
fruit hung rip, upon th, trce., and the
gram looked yellow IN the field, Ellen
Greene walked out with her mother. When
the leave. up5n toe trees began TO turn yel.
low and flll upon the ground, she was
,iron. again aul when snow came and the
merry bell, began tl tinsle and jingle she
took her accustomed sat In ,he old ,chool
To1m.
ono ily, when Mr.. Green ~, alone in
her room, she ank into a deep. ahslrbins
rrycrir, ani she wondered ir this great
chang was an herself Now the hirmony
ofhom, was never disturbed, anl she often
clt tear, OF gratitude start 20 her eyes when
she saw how quickly her children .prans 10
o,..y her, and gt.hs did not threaten them,
nor dil 81, ever order them. She only ask
81 them kindly 20 help her, and her blows
were al ki,.o-. aud bar rroNus all smiles.
But she finally Acknowledged that the
chang, was ia hrr new paih Of home duty.
Mr. Greene now had happy home. and
be- loved it. H.. children no longer camo
to him for the love they could not find else
where but rather dil they come bringing
with them thc love of the mother. and shed
itlikc warm sunlight OF Heaven about him.
Tie wire had uo more complaints to make,
and Georeic's little tongue learned now 10
lisp only sweet words and innocent rra,,le,
Mr.. Green often ,huldsrs when she call.
{, mind the narrow chance her first born
ran olno, remaining with her on earth, but
a. the frt emotions OF fear pass away, 'h,
remembers tba great Lesson she thereby
learned, and she cannot bat thank God that
even ia 80 severe "a manner her eyes wer,
opened 20 the terrible danger she was wcay'
ing abon, the household.