Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1860-11-29

1T can't be possible, Anne?
sIt is even as I have said,

you surprise me greatly. Mrs Gsylart
ian excellent woman. A little tquiek ape
impuls,e--her natural peculiarly, as ,
broodin2 reserve is yours-but, ss you hav.
sale, kind hearted and generous in her feel
ings 1t isn't right for you 70 have tbes.
feelings toward her. You should put then
awsy as evil things.
Il have not argued for u right, Edward.
was replied. Il am not speaking of ,hi.
matter in any self-jostiication. NY only
purpose in calling II up from its uneasy rest.
ing. place in my memory, 10 that Il may
serve as lesson to you. II is no liqh,
thing, depend upon it, to mar, In any way
the beauty Of cbild's mind; to fix upon /,
deformed Impressions Of yourself, that may
lie there. and separate between you and him
forever afterward. Such things have been
and such things may be again.
Your own sin gular case has led you to
magnify ms matter, kHts. fChildren's
minds are, for the most part, like sanc on
he sea.shore! you tread upon It to-day, and
to morrow the waves have obliterated every
sign Of the impression
IF one child in q hundred nay be hurt by
harsh words, thouk kh,essly spoken, then /,
were wei. o be guarded les.tshis weak soul
be iniared,' replied the wifes,s'And why.
after all, speak harshly, Is Il not better to
govern ourselves! Take the lease in point
for instance Suppose you had leaned from
The window, just now, and said kindly, Not
quite so loud, my DEAR would not the objec,
you wished to gain have been as certainly
realizedp
perhaps so'
'Assuredly SO and nothing ould have been
hurt. Now, fear that the boy will carry
through life hard impression toward you,
and that will be bad for him, and, it may be
bad for you, in Isome future time. There
he sits, on his fathers door step. still. lie
has scarcely moved since wShave bee n talk
ing His hands lie idly 10 his lap, his chin
Is drawn down; can almost see the. shad-
dows on his face. Depend upon it, Edward
he is brooding over your harsh rebuke just
now. The merry heart has left him for a
time. You hnve, unwittingly, dimmed the
brightness of his young spirit
why, Anns! Are you trying to make
me feel unhappy
20 no--nn; not unhappy. but simply to
comprehend the truth. Blows always hurt
-hand-blows or word bows. Let us re-
msmber this, and remember, also ,tba, blows
ven with the same impulse hurt in differ
ent degrees, according to the sensitiveness
to pain of those against whom they are di-
rected. AID there is, also, another thing
that we should remember; it is this: There
is more power in kind words, gently spoken
than IN angcy -impulses,Nno a:citsr how
strongly thrown out. To the fist the spirit
yields in cheerful acquiescence; against the
second, it arouses itself in blind opposition.
| need not argue the point. You see it as
clearly as do.
The husband sat for some time, with a
:ountenance more thoughtful than when the
conversation began. He di1 not feel quite
as comfortable as in the beginning. His
eyes went ont from the window, and rested
on the little boy, who sat on doorstep
nearly opposite. Then he leaned out and
called 10 him. The boy started, and looked
over, little sideways.
Here, my little boy!'
But the child did net stir.
Come! want for q minute
But, the call was in vain. The child
turned his face away, and pretended not to
hear. 49,
There was third and louder culI, when
the child arose quickly, and went into the
house, shutting the door after him with so
quick and strong hapd that the noise came
with jar across The street.
1T is as leared,' said the lady, 'he will
not forget