The independent. (Harrisonburg, La.) 1853-18??, 1859-01-26
INTO THE SUNSHINE.
y wish father would come home

Il toacn OF }nui1tiat'on III MS voice answer
ed:
He'll be sorry, not angry. Father ncve
gets angry
For few moments the aunt looked at th.
boy half cnriou>ly. and let her yes fall ag,ir
on Tie book in her hand. The hov laid hn>eI
down on the sofa again AID hid his face from
sight
I That's father now lie started up afteu
the laps Of ten minutes. as the sound vf 4
bell reached his ear. aud went to the room,
door. lc stood there for little while. and
then came slow back, saying with disap-
pointed air
t IL isn't father 4: I wonder what keeps him
So late. O wish he would come
! on se"n ANXIOUS 10 get deeper into lrou-
hleS, remarked the aunt, who had only been
/ in the house for "a week. and who was not
very amiable or svmpa;hzins toward chill
tren. The boys faults had provoked her,
and she considered him a fit subject for pun :
lshnlent.
L believe, Aun, phebe, that you would
like TO see me whipped said the boy, little
warmly; but you won't
i must confess relied aunt phebe, that :!
think little whole>ome discipline of tina,
kind vou speak Of, would no, be out OF place
If YOU We're my child, AIN very sure you
would not escape"
4 am not your chi, I don't want to be-
Fathers good, and loves me-
II ynur '.;l er is So COOL, and loves Won so
well YOU mus. be very uuEratctui o' \ very
lncon-ld+ra,~ boy. His g",dn-,s don't see,n
to have helped you much
Hush. will v"u: ii ,cnIat-" the boy excl
ted 10 anger iy this uhkinIn..,. of speech.
'PI,rbcr 1t WAS the bows mother who s'ok.
now for the first Time and in ri uni.r,onc
added: You are wrong. Richard Is suffering
quite enough and you are doing him harm
rather than good
Again the he'll rang, and again the boy
left The sofa, aud went 10 the sitting room
door.
Its father /" and be went gliding down
stars.
All, Eichardr WIS the kindly greeting
as Mr. Gordon took the hand Of his boy
But what IS The ma,tes, my sons you don''
look happy
w ont YOU come in hcrer And Richard
drew his father into the library. Mr.. Gordon
sat down, still hoIling E'cha'd's hand.
"Iou are III trouble, my son. What has
happened"
The eyes Of Richard filed with tears AS he
looked into his father t,:-. Then he turn
ei away, and opening Lac door of the cabl !
net, brought ont the fragments of a broken
statue, which bad been sent home only the
l. H. H. t.f
his father. over whose countenanre came m
stantiy shadow OF regret.
w no did TINS my soh' WAS asked IN al
even voice.
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Richard was leaning against ms father r
Ihrn his aunt sa''! thus. Mr ''''"n "h'v