The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-11-25
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The FataI blow.
One day little Walter Nj got verv
angry with the servant, and was kicking and
striking her with oil his force, when his
mother suddenly opened the door. She car.
rled him in her arms TO her own room, and
when bis angry sobs had ceased, told him
the following story, y hich is q dreadful warn
ING to children to check bad and furious
temper:
"Lorl and Lady --- were very great
and rich people. They had only one child,
and II WAS daughter. They were very,
very fond Of this child, and she was, in
truth, avery fine little creature, very lively
and affectionate, and exceedingly beautiful
but, like you, Walter, she had bad, bad
temper /; like you, she got into transports of
rage when anything yexed her, and, like you,
would urn 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 be so bad again but, at the
next temptation, all was forgotten, and she
was as angry as ever.
''When she was just your age, her mother
had little SOFA sweet, sweet little, tender
baby. Her father and mother were glad
and little Evelnc would have been glad too,
but the servant very foolishly and wckedly
leased and irritated her, by telling her that
father and mother would not care for her
now; all their love and pleasure would be
this little brother, and they would never
mind her. Poor EveIine burst into passion
OF tears, and cried bitterly. sYon are a
wicked woman to say 40 mother will always
love me; know she will, and Pll 20 this
very moment and ask her, so | will = and
she darted out of the nursery, and flew to
her mothers room, the servant in the nursery
calling after her, Come, come, miss you
nccdn'. 60 to your mothers room she won't
see you now
"Eveine burst open the door OF her
mothers room, but VAS Immediately caught
hold or by strange woman she had never
seon 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 Eveline that the reason she
could not see her mother was because she
was very sick, and must not be disturbed
But Lveline was too angry to listen she
screamed and kicked at the woman ; who,
finding her so unreasonable, lifted her BY
force out OF the room, and carried her into
the nursery, put her down, and told the SER
want there, as she WIS gong away, that sshe
must prevent miss coming TO her mothers
ROOM
"Eseline heard this, and it added TO her
rage; and then this wicked servant burst out
laughing, and said, q told you that. miss I;
you see your mother don't love you now p
The poor child became mad with fury; she
darted at the cradle where lay the poor, lit
tic innocent, newborn baby. The maid
whose duty 1t was TO watch over it was lying
asleep upon her chair; aud o, Walter, Wall
ter just as you did to Mary just now, she
struck it with all her force struck it on the
little, tender head. |, gave one feeble struc-
CLING cry, and breathed no more"
why, mother, nother,' cried Walter,
bursting into tears, ''1hy did it breathe no
more ",
1T Was dead--killel by its own sister ~
replied his mother.
80, mother, mother what a dreadful,
what wicked little girl q, mother, am
not so wicked as she; never killed little
baby'' sobbed Walter, as he hid his face
IN his mothers bosom, and threw his arms
around her neck.
My dear child" said Mrs. -, SOL
EMMY, show dare you say you are not so
wicked as Eveline ? You are more wicked ,
and but for the goodness Of God to you,
might have been as miserable. We're YOU
DOT IN as great a rage when came to the
nursery as she was? We're you not striking
Mary with all your force, not one blow, but
repeated blows? and had Mary been, like the
object OF Eveline's rage, little baby, you
would have killed her. Ii was only because
shs was bigger and stronger than yourself
that you did not actually do 500
he editor of the London Literary Gazette
IN noticing the foregoing story, mentions his
belief OF its being perfectly true. "Thc on
fortunate child,o SAYS he, sswas Anna.
Countess Of Livingston. She was also
Countess OF Crawford; and, in her own
right, her son succeeded to the earldom OF
Enrol. II was u smoothing iron which, in
hor paroxysin Of rage she snatched up and
flung into the infants cradle. A sad chance
directed the blow, and tho baby was muir
dered. No other child Was ever born to the
family, and the poor girl grew up fully in
formed Of the fatal deed by which she had
attained 80 many deplorable honors. She
was most amiabe and highly esteemed, bu, in
ali her life was never known to smile. When
very young she married the unfortunate
William. Earl Of kilnarnook -beh eaded ia
lI46-who, whatever might be the motives
Of his loyalty 70 ais king, was most disloyal
TO his wife, being as bad q husband ns il 10
possible to conceive. Notwithstanding this,
his excellent, unhappy lady hurried to Lon
don, and made every possible effort to obtain
his pardon. Her want Of success 10 known
Il Sargent's School Monthly.
s-I-~---r---
The Iiernait >imrad OF virginia..
HIS Game.
Wilburn Waters, the hermit Of Pond Noun
tain, in the White Top region Of Virginia,
has killed four bears within the last three
weeks, one Of them exceedingly large. The
Abingdon Virginian says OF this singular
man:
'For more than twenty years he has lived
alone 10 tho solitude Of that vast mountain
region, devoting his time to hunting and
stock raising. Ito claims, we believe, to be
half breed Of the catawbn tribe, and 10 4
man of great physical power. He own.
about 1000 acres Of land, and raises and selli
large numbers Of cattle and hogs, and takes
vast quantities Of wild honey. Although hi
lives entirely alone, the lstch-string Of hi
cabin ia always out, and nothing seems to b,
more grateful TO his feelings than the dis,
pensation OF his inequalities. But, poor
| man, ne now has no iatch-string or cabip.-
During few days. absence four weeks ago
he returned to find his home bank Of ashes
and all that his house contained consumed
When We were there last week, he had bull