Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1860-08-24
@ The Young Mothers Lesson.
20 ..sg B4 It's. ARTHUR. ..r.,,, Iii


s'o The Youns Mothers Lesson. af91aa
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I sn,bsa Irrom Arthurs Home Maga.ine.l 5s aa ~
I "You look sober, Bella What's the mat
tery' 57aH I~-a5i115.tsEo9 aaa as Gsiis
!, The remark and question came from Aunt
Rachel, who had called to spend an afternoon,
and take tea with her niece. ,a7ow sjf g1'
!, II feel sober. just at this time, Aunt."a' 3.
/, mo unusual cause for uncomfortable feel
ings,, hops" said Aunt Rachel, the pleas
ant light which had come into her face be
ginning gradually to fade away isss95a re
"Oh, no; nothing unusual It's the old
story with me. There are very few days,
now, in which am not disturbed or made
to feel unhappy eSHuT OF sni'ns'g noEi
"Why, Bella This is strange news. Dis
turbed, and made to feel unhappy every day |!
You pain me by such an acknowledgement =
What has gone wrong with your Sgad@s.lo
"Nothing wrong with myself, Aunt" was
replied; "but that oldest boy of mine il
growing SO self willed, disobedient, and un-
goScrnable,c that I'm half in despair about
-him."i}fw sssgT- sy0af aTt ~ ieHa 20 3s
4 Pm sorry for that, Bella. Perhaps YOU
have indulged and humored him too much.n
d II think not. From thu vlry beginning
have made it a rule to repress, as faf. as law
in my power, everything disortlerly and evil;
to require strict obedience to my word on
pain of certain punishment. No, Aunt, I do
not think the fault lies at my door. Edward
has strange disposition. don't know what
to make of him, sometimes. He seems bent
on doing the thing | interdict. Only halfan
hour ago found him in the library; with a
handsome book lying open upon the floor,
marking some of the fine illustrations with q
pencil Once before had punished him for
this very thing, and here it was again!' u {
! 'sAnd you punished him again pr q.
g 81 did; and seseray.' E3sGq u4-te1fe53i a
"Where is he?" 91fljs.il ia,& lsi7' gts9.. Ga|
"Shut in room by himself" iap4ss ID
"Overhead ?'F tiffg aE .5lgaa aaE 81
Yes; that's him pounding on the floor
now. just hear what noise he is making!
And itisn'tte ten minutes since threatened
to whip him if he did it again. ."oEasy sag 9,i
Bella went hastily from the room, and CO.
ing half way up stairs, called, in a sharp,
commanding voice. gglfaE1s 20 ,slaj f1a
You Edward !' 'TJaHea sdJ 10 st@sT3Gi ls
The hammering ceased in an instant ,bniiss
Z NV hat did | say to You about that noise,
little while ago ?" dsidT dseo1 d5 10 tssis'i
No answer. y1tg Aada sdF trsMgyd
Edward!' There was no Kindness, no
softness, no mother-love in the voice that
uttered the name. . Do you hear, sir'i,i.''l.
Still no isponse. .H.fe3@ 81 Y*,i0g ldJ sltd
",Why don't you answer me ?'' sIa rA3iidl
The mother was growing excited. sAs % ~
Edward; if you don't answer me, tn
punish you severeiyl' yrjIa1a sti't e 4ss5"
A sulky muttcring now come from the
. '.fDon't let me hear that noise again, sir,
or youll be sorry for itf' fnsssst !.
"Can't Come 6dt, mother I'm tired Of
staying here" ~ "a
No, sir; you can't come out, YOU marty
boyy' !, - . u
with sudden wildncss Of manner, 81 if he
had grown desperate; and he ratified the lock,
and kicked passionately against the door 11i /
This was more than tn. excited mother
could endure. Springing up stairs she un-
locked thu door, and entered the prison-room.
Aunt Rachel sighed as she heard rapidly
falling strokes, and the cries of Edward. 80
"You see," said Bella, aas she returned,
with a flushed face and angry looking eyes,
to the sitting-room,Gs' what troublelEl've got
before me-" :sTfDiioi ~ Eg5W sh0tT9g iagg1
Aunt Rachel did not reply. ..... sf
"Fye never seen just such child" the
young mother continued "and don't know
what is going to become Of him. He prefers
wrong to right aalways-and recognizes
authority only for the sake Of disobedience.
If. in sending him from the room in oonse-
quencc Of some misdemeanor, tell him to
60 up stairs, he will, almost surely, 90 down 4
if have said godown, he will go up. AL
ways, he is desirous to gain the interdscted
object. lis marvellous, this perversion Of
his mind. q You don't know how II tdistfesses.
me. Therel just listen.z He's pounding
on the floor again, as u 1.-Two. And what Is
more. he Will keep at it, In spite Of threat or
punishment Nov, what aIn / to do with
sucha boy, AUNT Rachel I've tried every.
thing, but it's Of no USE" & ygsia aa5 ~
"Suppose, Bella, you let him come down.
and sec me. Maybe, that win get him out
Of his present unhappy state Of mind. 49, |
But, aunt" objected the mother, don't
you see that he would then consider himself
as having triurnphed "ss fsy9H a,,fT ss'l'3
."Pm not sure he would think anything
about IL. He would come into better state
of mind than the one that is now ruling him 4
and this, it seems to me. would be somsth;ng
gained. 1t is in the sunshine that affections
grow, not in storm and darkness" tFs
Bella sat rejecting for some time. She did
not like the thought Of yielding to her rebel
lious child, in the smallest degpee.s Pride
and love of rule, Influenced her as much as
Z sense OF duty perhaps little more.a Ia
giving up, she felt that she must experience
4 deUfee of hurmiliatiOn.1 < 4sto fs-8 aT8a sVf
Forgive him, this time eor my sake,''
argued Aunt Rschel |" / shall not enjoy my
visit IL he Is under puaishanent allitAs 1ltsr-s
noon."ap@i sias sf iss9aIsfs0 AZ iss Haa svces
Altar further sdsb1te With hsrssle the
lnother left the roomssn wentup 70 hfsim-i
prisoned boy. po He was pounding ontNs f3oor
when she turned theakey and eNtSvs0. sai es'
Edwardw she spoke stefuly.