Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1860-12-14
:" 1t can't be possible, Annie!'
" 1t is even as | have said"

E" lou astonlsh me greatly. Mrs. Gay-
lard is an excellent woman. A little
quick and impulsive-her nature pecul-
iarity, as a brooding reserve is yours
but, as you have said, kind hearted and
generous in her feelings. 1t isn't right
for you to have these feelings toward her.
You should put them away as evil things"
II have not argued for the right, Ed
ward, y was replied. 81 am not speaking
of this matter in any self-justifcation.
}, My only purpose is calling it up from its
uneasy resting-place in my memory, is
that it may serve as lesson to you. 1t
is no light thing, depend upon it to mar,
in any way, the beauty off child's mind ;
to fix upon it deformed impressions of
yourself, that may lie there, and separate
), between you and him forever afterward.
: Such things have been, and may be eagain. "
Your own singular case has led you to
magnify this matter, Annie. Children
} minds are, for the most part, like sand on
the sea-shore; you tread upon it to-day
and tomorrow the waves have obliterated
every sign of the impression"
, If one child in hundred may be
: hurt by harsh words, thoughtlessly spoken,
| then it were well to be guarded lest this
, weak soul be injured" replied the wife
: "And why, after all, speak harshly? Is
it not better to govern ourselves? Take
l the case in point for instance Suppose
| you had leaned out of the window, just now
and said kindly. "Not quite so loud my
DEAR" would not the object you wished tc
gain have been as certainly realised %
perhaps So"
7 Assuredly so, and nothing could have
been hurt. Now fear that the boy will
carry through life hard impression to-
: ward you, and that will be bad for him.
and, may be, bad for you, in some future
time. There he sits on his fathers door
} step sill He has scarcely moved since
t we have been talking. His hands lie idly
7 in his lap. his chin is drawn down; car
t almost see the shadows on his face, De.
:. pend upon it, Edward, he is brooding ovel
your harsh rebuke just now. The merry
heart has left him for time. You have
unwittingly, dimmed the brightness of his
! young spirit"
\ "Why, Annie! Are you trying to
make me feel unhappy"
| 80 no-no; not unhappy, but simply
! to comprehend the truth. Blows always
hurt-hand- blows or word blows. Let us
remember this, and remember, also, that
blows given with the same impulse hurt
in different degrees, according to the sen.
: sitiveness to pain of those against whom
4 they are directed. And there is, also
another thing that we sh uld remember
it is this There is mere power in kind
4 words, gently spoken, than in angry i'm.
, pulses, no matter how strongly thrown
out. To the first the spirit yields in
cheerful acquiescence; against the sec.
} ond, it arouses itself in blind opposition
, | need not argue this point. You see it as
c clearly as do" ,..s.r
/, The husband sat for some time with q
e countenance more thoughtful than when
t the conversation began. He did not feel
Q quite as comfortable as in the beginning
His eyes went out from the window, and
rested on the little boy, who sat on q
doorstep nearly opposite. Then he lean.
. ed out and called to him. The boy start.
ed, and looked over, little sideways.
Here, my little boy p
But the child did not stir.
7 Come j want you for minute. :
But the call was in vain. The child
turned his face away, and pretended not
to hear. as .,..|.. ,n
There was a third and louder CALL when
the child arose quickly, and went into the
house, shutting the door after him with
so quick and strong a hand that the noise
, came with jar across the street m
!. 1t is as feared" said the lady, f" he
/ will forget" a ,ssmh iae b sf.gra
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