American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1860-02-16
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AST0RY FOR BOYS.

~Uucls. Please tell us a storyf" Ths old
man thus addressed, started as il be bad
hc,a salsnsa irom adfesm, and locking
! ar5pna q The yonag lAoes which we're ga
sine eseeTIy At Lin, he said pleasantly
"And w6N shall The story be abOuf '"Oh |
about Something that hapPeaed7to you
when you wass boy, uncls--a real. true
story; think that kinds always the ni
ces,;" said = sweet. gentle. looking little
girl. An expression Of sOrrow passed
over the old mans face: then.g after
pause, he said, well children. will tell
something that happened to me in my
youth: it was that which brought these
grey hairs before their tiue, and robbed
me of the joys Of youth forever. Bitter
as BE. rsyiviny Of these recolleotiona viii
be. YET shall not regret it, iT-snd, be
glanced AT a by about fourteen, who q
few minutes before had been engaged in a
dispute with his sister. and whose coun
tsnsnce still bore the marks ofiIl humor-,.
''ifthe remembrance oft. shall ever check
one angry word. OF stay one hssty deed
I oucs had a sister. A sweet loving
child; timid aud retiring, aud, Of most
yielding disposition. except where right
and wrong were concerned. aud then her
frnpess, ,Yss remarkable in one 90 young.
l loved her better than anything slsp in
the world though I was exoatly her oppo-
site. 10 al reapsots. Hesdstrong sud~im
petVouss irritable aud passiona,e. and ex-
tremely impatient Of any opposition while
myadearmolhsr lived It was all my deep
love for b could do to keep me even in
partial ,Esstraint; bat about three ysars be.
fore. she had died. leaving Lucy, myself
andsans infant brother under the care Of an
uncle Tbis uncle. though believe a
good-ma and sincerely Of doing his duty
towards Us. hsd yet but little inHuAucs O.
yer me, for, WAS, always more iuausocec
by love1than by harshnsss;and be was yer,
strict, anil his commands were not Away
easy 10 OBEY. az sLE
Like most boys, was fond Of fishing
and | had q fns opportunity for snjoy'n,
this pastin.s. Atthe foot OF my uncle
garden Was,avsry large pond. plsntifully
stoeksdfwith fish; here l was permitted 4
amuss myself at liberty. with but one re
striotion :, There vas . osrtain part Of III
pond where Lucy audi bad bssu forbid
drnto 90; my uuele bad marked it by put
ting few stakes on each end Of the place
He had never given me any reason 70
this, hut l supposed the water at thi
plscs was DEEPER, and that he was airai
to trust e.thera alone. This ID A vexe
ma exiramely, for boys about r. years oil
do uot like to havs'it supposed that the
can ot take cara of themselves. I had
however. Asyst, never dared to disobey.
Lucy wss generally my oompsnio
while fishing; no. that she liked Il. fc
sbe soWs ines betrayed an upwilngps,
to accompany me-. which compared wit
bersdelight 10 being with ma on ever
other ocdsson,aud her desire 10 please m,
might have sbowp, bad / RI hossn to see i
how much she disl'ked il. She was YER
iendn'heartsd; could not hear tS see tn
small 81 animal pain: and often. when
would require her help in taking the f.,
off the hook, | would see her hand uemb
thougb never pretended to notice IT,
One afternoon. II vas the 8th Of Apri
] took my rod a, usual. and called to IL
cy topnt on her bonnet and come. | thin
shc WAS not very well that day for al
hesiaied more Than usual. and a, last sal
timidly. "Woald you mind very mucl
Arthur. IL 1 didu'tgo with you 10 day?
laoEsiat her surpri issd "Why. Luc,
hsve'ycu anything particular to do 10 Il
house, that You oan't go?" NO" 81
rephedi "but u you won ldn't mind A
thur.1 &, Not mind2" interrupted, "wf
o. course on know want your help, l.
cy; 'bntifyou9,hooss to he i'll nalured
bout IT, ! don't care; you may stay
home. !" Aud turned abruptly avn
and walked Of. pretty sure, however. tn
Lucy would not he far behind mo. W
right. minute after, heard the paiisr
lulb feet upon the garden walk, and 81
wasuby, my side. An. how often in aft
years have | ysarhsd for The sound
those little feet. ln,f.r
We walked on In silence. and when '
arrived at the pond. | haiIed nv hook Al
threwfit into the water. But IL was a bl
day for fishing. as all bright. suushiI
dayssre. and after visiting long time,
grew tirsd and impatient | 81, cross al
irripsje;Angry with myself-Ongry, to
withs Lucy; Tor there 10 nothing irrita,
ons mbre against person. than a sense
having injured them. was exacIly
that state when. il temptation presented,
might not Wilhstand il. y y = y
Just atoul the middle cf the spot we b
been lorbildei and standing little VI
out in the water. was large tree. who
spread bravhes cast a dsep shadow all
,rouad IL | had often looked at this pla
with longing, il was so admirably adapt
,or fshing; hut had never yet serious
thought Of dsobeyiug my unOles oxprs
oommapds. Now, however. h | said
fore. Iva in no mood to Withstand tenn
alton, - paused bu. one moment. All
the idea presented i,self--lhe next. W
in the boundary stskes. Without stoppi
to think. threw the line. aud the ho
catching on one Of the branches Of /
tree the rod was jerked ont Of my hanc
and'to my horror. ! saE il hanging out
my Teseh.. l looked at II for moment
CONSERVATION. then an idea struck me.
Hastily feeling in my pockets. | pul
out ball Of twins; then picking up q etc
whiohllsy. ak my feet, l tied !, 10 The Z