Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1858-10-28

love and fear The father now attracted Iom )
attention to the same spot, and babe him drive
that way. See see said he Hetr grarc :
A snaw drift likely, replied Tom. keer
m thy heart, nun well soon sec what 1t Is
Get along, Top>y Gee! gee gee lass
As they neared the place, every one ler-
ceiyed, mound of snow, presenting exactly
the appearance of a graves; and to complete
the resemblance there stood hradStone.
.On, on = said the father. - o Tum driye
on, How slowly we get along ?
At last they stopped = the EmountebahK
pushed aside the hands extended to assist hlln,
leapcd wildly out of the cart, and stood Tor a
moment silently contemplating their grave
Joe took the spade, and began removing the
tall white heap that locked 50 like headStones
In little while, they removed away quan'F
~ of snow, the top Of a large drum became
visible at sight of this, the mountebankS 5
face was alternately flushed and pale, pale and
flushed Keen anxiety marked the counter
ances OF the whole party, and all eyes were SO
intentlv fixed on joe operations, that none had
observed recent addition 20 their number 1t
was women-young fair, and of an interest
ing appearance. Presentiment, deStiny'S grim
shadow, had whispered TO her the sad tale OF
her chiIdren's lucklsS fate and leaving the
two younger ones TO the care OF nelghbor
she had set out for Eglinthorpc, resolved to
know the worst Softly she went up to the
mountebank, gazed mournfnlly upon his alter
ed countenance illness and anxiety had
done their work-and pressing his hand at-
fectionateIy, she said Husband - The ilfect
of the one word was truly magical. The
unhappy man whose eyes were burning with
fever and whose pent-up grief was driving him
to the very verge of insanity, was now reliev-
ed bv copious food of tears. Gently, gent
ly' cried he, as Joe began to dig away the
snowy mound which it was now certain covered
his children gently Don't disfgure my
pretty darlings'
Joe threw the spade down, tenderly drew
away with his hands the remainder of the snow
and revealed to the eXpectant parents the life
less forms of their dear offspring There they
lay, as in tranquil sleep. AIfy's right arm
encircled his little brothers neck; his left hand
graspcd firmly the collar Of the old coat in
which they were envelopcd, and it was evident
that to the last the loving boy had strvcn to
pull the garment tightly round NIidgkinS to
TO shield him from the cold.
Dead, dead 4! cried poor father, with a
kTOdU VI dHHulAi hilch IT,
Mother fell on her knees beside her little
ones, and covering her face with her hands,
wept bitterly. The doctor lost not momen:
in parleying, but STOPPING down. began chatting
Alfys frozen limbs. Joe = said he abruptly
the wine look sharp There's hope yet
What sweet music was in that simple SEN
tence music that stayed the torrent of moth
er's tears and caused fathers countenanCe to
beam with hope. Half-a-dozen pair of willing
hands were soon employed in using every
means suggested hy the doctor for The re-
suscitaton of the young sufferers. Happily
their earnest endeavOrs were crowned with
success; for anon, Alfy half opened his eyes
and on seeing his father bending anxiously over
him, he said-somewhat indistinctly as one
speaks in dream Father have you come
to fetch us &"
Yes, my Iove-yes, replied father.
But where's Midgkins 2 murmured Ally
/ thought | had my arms round him
Your brothers quite Safe interrupted the
doctor; but, no more talking now wait till
you're stronger
Look he's breathing freely, and moves his
hands, said mother, referring to Mdgkins-
to whom she aud Yorkshire Tom had been
hilCOIlHS llieil Cdlc anu dlleHliUU. 4 he UOc-
tor now gave orders that the boys should be
wrapped up in the horSe-clothS, and desiring
their parents to get into the vehicle, he placed
the little one in their arms, and whispered to
Tom to drive on, as fast as he could, for that
much remained to be done before he could
prononce the young invalids out of danger
Moreover, he dreaded the effects of the keen
morning air on the frame Of the mountebank,
shaken as it had been by the excitement of
recent events. Arrived at the Travellers Rest
every means that kindneS and experience
prompted was put into requsiton for the be
hoof of the distressed family-warm baths,
good beds in short, all that her house afford
cd, Mrs. Dawson freely placed at the doctors
disposal for their advantage, and was reward
ed by his declaring, on the following day, that
all his patients now required was plenty of
kitchen rhysic, second by good nursing.
The two important adjuncts to the phys-
clans skill were not wanting on the present oc-
casion, for the kind landlady was indefatigable
in her superintendence of brothS and jellieS for
the invalids; and as for nursing, why mother
was there. The consequence was, that in a
few days the doctor discontinued his visits
There is tide in the affairs of men, which
taken at the food leads OH to fortune So
said Shakespeare. With the subjects Of our
tale this tide" had now set in, and that
which all their professional talent had failed
to achieve, accident gained for them-notoriety
the very life of public professors in whatsoever
department they may be. The newspapers
that week published accounts of the hair
breadth scape of the children; men who make
scanty livelihood by bawiing through the
streets rectals of the various casualties that
are daily befaling their feowcreatures, were
heard in the very town retailing the substance
of the foregoing narrative, with sundry ad-
ditions, alterations, and moral observations -
The mountebank, as Byron phases it, awoke