Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1858-09-23
gtlecte1 Miscella1ly,
I WISH you WE'RE DEAD.

"Jewish you were dead p They were
thoughtless words, uttered in thoughtless
manner; but no sooner spoken than regret
ted. A bright-eyed child of six summers,
whose countenance was the emblem of inno-
cence and beauty, had been pleading, in a
low, soft tone, for the mother to remain at
home It was weary and sick, and longed
to be cradled in the arms of her who had
given it being. But the woman of fashion,
arrayed in her silken robes, and with jewels
gllttering on her arms and neck, and impa-
tient to display the same, had only brushed
it aside with, Such a torment! uplague
me to death p and those neyer-to-bc- forgot
ten words
I wish you were deadp
The little eyes, which moment before
had been kindled with hnna- drannAd- and
No cry was heard. but when again
they raised. with a sad despairing glance at
the form of the departing mother, the pear
ly drops were glistening beneath the tender
lashes and trickling down the paid cheeks.
And while she who had pronounced those
unintentional harsh words. and who already
experienced the keenest self-reproaches for
the course she had pursued, was being ra-
.pidly whirled away to a scene of unrivalled
splendor, the little sufferer has allowed it
self to be undressed and placed upon the
lonely couch, where it lay down to fulfill its
mothers unmeant wish-to die
It was late, very late that night. when
the giddy devotee ofsthe folly and show of
life returned to her princely home As the
carriage drove up to the door,. she perceiv-
ed light passing to and fro before the win
fdows. With terrible f,rebodings, and with
out stopping to bid adieu to the friends who
had been her companions of the evening,
|sprang out of the coach on to the walk, and
hastily ascending the marble steps flew by
the servants she dared not question and
soon entered thesroom where lay what was,
after all, her darling Eddie. So
Her husband and the physician stood be-
side the bed. The former glanced reproach-
fully at her as, with a frantic movement,
she came up beside him and leaned over.
But she saw him not. Her eyes were bent
upon the little form stretched upon the lit
tie couch, which, in It's unconscious delirium
moaned.
.sNo. no. ma, you don't mean that, do
you /? You don't want Eddie to die ?'' u
NO. darling no.! Oh, God forbid p
!! she cried, in bitter anguish, as throwing of
| her gilded trappings, she knelt down and
pressed her lips to those Of the sufferer.
Must I die, ma? Must go and leave
you ?" pursued the child in agony. ,ess :.
No, dear, dear, Eddie . She could not
Idesist saying, I should be mad if you left
me. Oh in pity" !" she cried, turning to
the man of science, tell me he. is not dan
gerous. - 80 -.
"A gloomy shake Of the head was the only
reply. The fever had fastened upon the
very yitals. s,.sss - 1. i.
s.Oh Heaven! have mercy" she groaned
| in terrible anguish, as to her conscience.
stricken mind came back those fearful words
she had uttered SO lightly awhile before, and
felt that,they were about to be realized -..I
wish you were dead r. 49, ~.
on don't want me to be laid IN the
1cold, damp ground. and never see you
again; do you ma p continued the delirious
child, after slight pause, during which a
portion of medicine just administered, had
been. struggling to take effect and never
look at the green grass,or bright sunshine
/ do you ma 2,
No, ne Oh! Eddie, dear Eddie p
almost shrieked the unhappy mother look
| up, dosyou net know me Eddie p she ask
T ed, ,sin as calm and soothing tone as she
could assume.
For a moment the eyes, with their wild,
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