Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1858-06-03
THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 3, 1858.


on Saturday afternoon when the inna,s,
we're absent
The perpetrstors Of the deed. were. how.
svsr, discovered 10 be party Of the school
boys among the rest, wAs Ellsworth.
The rest Of the scholars privately solicited
aud obtained tho school teachers pardon
but the deacon who was shocked at tLisevi
aenoe OF his sou : want Of principle, insisted
that be should make n public confession Of
hn fault before the assembled school
In vain Ellsworth explained aud eptre,t.
ed. His father Eas inyulnerable, and the
boys proud spirit mutinied.
'EHsuOrth, Eilssorth, whore are you -,
mgr There came down the garden walk
"a eagsf qsITsring voice, iLst nla toe boy
start, and turn round eagerly as be stood Al
;he garden gate, while the light Of the rising
day VAS flushing the gray mountains in the
ea" with rose colored hues A moment
later, snail light figure crowned With gold
co haIT, and large shaWl thrown over its
night dress, stcod by the boys side
Why, Nellie bow could you. you n take
cold, IN your bare feet out among the dev,i
Il can't help 1t Ellsworth. wasatear
swollen face that looked up wi.tfully n, the
boys You zee, hGynt slept any hardly
ali night thinking about YOU aud go va.
mp looking out of the window, aud saw sou
going down the walk
Well Nellie, pushing back the taugled
, hAir, aud looking at her fondiy, 'you see
can't DO what father says Ia ast, ~ IN 60
ing OF
%, Ellsworth what will uncle say r.
cried the child, betwixt her shiyeriug and
weeping what will uncle sAyi Hou long
will you be gous1
i dont know, evAsively Il shall not be
lack to day, though Now, good bye, Nellie
There was sob ia his throat a. be leaued
forward aud kissed the sweet fase, that had
only seen dozen summsrs aud be ~ss
gone.
Go aud call EllsWorth TO breakfast will
youf said the deacon, some tWo hours
later.
He isn't up stairs. uncle Aud then, Gs
The two sat down TO theirs, Ellen briefly re
lated all that had trsospircd
The deacon - face grew dark as she pro
seeded 'Hs tbipks TO elude the eonfgsston
add friehten me, by running of a day or
two, be said he will dod he is mistAkeu.'
So that day and the next passed, and the
deacon said nsthing more, but Ellen. who
was bis adopted child and the orphan daugh
ter of his wifes most intimate friends
noticed tbat be began to lsok restless, Aud
TO start auIiOusly at tho sound OF football,
but still Ellsworth came not
At last . st-ict search vas Instituted aud
At was discovered that ElisWOrtk bad gone
TO sea, in chip bound for some part of the
western coast Of Asia on u three years yoy
age
Il hope be will come back better boy
than when he left, was the dsseOus solitary
commentary but in long nights Ellep used
TO hear him walking res,iessly up aud down
bis room and his black hair bcgaa TO DO
tbiekly scattered with grey.
butthe worst vas nOt yet come Ons No
Vember night when the wiB ls clam mored aud
stormed 6erociy among the Oh apple trees
10 the gsfdsu, Deacon Grant aud Ellen sat
by !ho Ere in the old itchen ~beu the for.
bor removed the wrapper from his weekly
newspaper, aud the frat passage met bis
eye was one that told him how the ship
the oOe in which Ellsworth sailed, had been
wrecked OF tie eoasGAaI every SOIL ou board
had perished
Then tbs voice Of the father woke up in
the heart Of Deacon Grant. lie staggered
towards Ellen With q Wild fearful cry. NV
boy my boy it was more than has proud
spirit could bear -, Eilswortb aad he
sank down senseless aud his head fell into
the lsp Of the frightened child
After this Dsscon Grsnt was q changed
mao ! did not know witch was the most
70 blame, the father or son, ia the sight II
God who judgeth righteously
But equslly 90 the heart of macy parent
and many child, the message has iis warn.
ing