Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1860-11-07

es for change, neglecting your duties to
your husband, every day widening the
cnasm between you ignoring the Claims
; OF your children, leaving to the influence
and teachings of an ignorant, perhaps
wicked foreigner, the minds and hearts
committed to you TO form not only for
ms lie. but for another forgetting that
the years thus lost are never to be recein.
ed. You are fiattered and sought after
"hen you 60 into society, spoken of ev-
eryWhere as the brilliant Mrs. w hart on,
while you carry with you constantly a
heavy, burdened heart"
How do you know"
ii know that it cannot be otherwise
Our dear mother 100 carefully educated
your conscience to suffer it 10 be silent
when her child neglects her duty. | wono
der rot tina. you are wretched o my sis.
ter, lay aside this foolish pride this unwi,.
llngness to own yourself in fault, follow
the dictates of your conscience. follow
what know must be the pleadings of
your heart, if you will but allow it to
speak seek reconciliation with your hus.
band at any cost, and be a true wife and
mother once more"
| INV iiolC - never nave been"
Begin then these Lew duties you will
soon md then delightful. Return whence
you have wandered seek patience, for,
bearance, strength, and wisdom, where in
your childhood you were taught to seek
Tor every blessing, The shadow of the
cross mot shadow of darkness, but as a
ray OF glory, shall rest on every cross that
you are compelled to take up, and will
brighten every care. Be faithful to Your
duty, and it may be given you to win your
husband to walk with you in the heaven.
ly way, as we'll as on your life path"
at sounds well and pleasant; you have
stirred within me feelings and wishes, Ma
ry, that thought were dead and buried
But cannot, know not how to begin"
Begin by acknowledging to your hus
band that you were wrong. | am sure he
will meet YOU half way"
II wish | could do so, but it is impossi-
| ble."
Nothing is impossible to an earnest
! and true heart, Carrie You know where
! 10 find strength. | will seek it there
for you-!vou must seek it also for your
self"
II
"What dear, pretty Mamma you are
now," said little Charlie Wharton II
| like you great deal better than Lucille
] am so glad she is gone"
"And so am /, " sal his sister Carrie.
"now we have such nice times here in
your pretty room, Mamma. o! dear. it
was so miserable up :here in the nursery.
| Lucille was so cross she used to strike us.
and she beat Charlie one dav, because he
| fn1I hfr Ia 10 1a el
| little baby Mary when she cried: and
that h, believed she gave her poison out
OF the bottle" %
"Well, believe she did, Mamma; I
used to see her giving some black stuff to
baby Mary that made her sleep ever so
hard and Lucille used to 20 away after
she put us to bed, and she used to tell us
that if we made any noise while she was
gone, or told any one that she was away,
she would be sure to kill us or sell us away
to the Jews, and they would carry us away
in their old clothes bags"
Gard its all so nice now, Mamma. Pa.
pa don't look grave and sad as he used to
and you never serd Charlie and me away
to play any more. o it's SO nice to play
here, do love you So"
81 just say your the incest and prettiest
Mamma that a fellow ever had. Lucille
used to say you were cross, but you aint now
one bit. When Aunt Mary was here, Lu.
ellie said she was mean spy, and she ha-
ted her. But think Aunt Mary's real
nice, we've had glorious times ever since
she came love her sight too"
"You may well love aunt Mary, Charlie
dear said his mother fondly stroking
the golden curly head that lay upon her
| lap, 'she is the best friend that you and
your mother ever had"
"And ], too, acknowledged Aunt Mary
by the same title" said Mr. Wharton, who
entered during Charles last speech cal
ways love her my boy, she has laid us all
under a great debt OF love and gratitude
such as we now owe to no one but our
God"
Then turning to his wife he said, 81
have good news for you Carrie. George
was in at my Office TO day. He brought
back the girls from Savannah, Mabel as
well rs ever and your sister sends pres
sing invitation for us to come out to Fern
Dale for week. 1t will do you good, so
you had better let Nannette pack up for
you Tomorrow morning, and so about
noon."
"And will you 90, dear Ed ward ?"
"To be sure will, do iot mean to rid
you ofmy presence very soon, you will
have to keep me now for better or for
worse"
always for better, now, dear husband,
thank God" l..
LIFE AND DEATH-Life and death what
awful words yet how lightly they drop
from the lips. We utter them as if we
had not constantly before us the solemn
warning, that in the midst OF life we are