Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-08-15


Stephen was anxious to see his neither.
His mother was anxious to see Stephen
The dutirul boy advertised It in tle public
prints, that he was on his way to sce his
mother. lie started from the city Of New
York to visit his mother, who resided in
the western section Of New York Slate
He naturally came to New Haven. Guilford
and Hartford on his way. and at The latter
place he was betrayed" into a speech
Still bent on the maternal pilgrimage he
goes towards Boston, attracted 10y q rela-
tive of his wife. 1t was a case Of relative
attraction. On his way. at Worcester.
some Judas betrayed" him into a speech.
At Boston, betrayed again. Now. how
ever, he started toward his mother. At
Albany, seeking to pass through there as a
private man. astonishcd at the magnificent
demonstration, the unexpected reception
(hke the one at Hartford). he was ..bc-
trayed' into 4 speech, in which he declared
he was On his wy to see his mother
From here pilgrim son reaches Saratoga.
Here he laws aside politics. thinks of his
long unseen neither whom he is about to
visit, and sinks into the genial pleasures of
the place. Previou! to this We ought To
mention, he wag betrayed" into a speech.
Full of thoughts Of his mother. he starts
in a northeast direction and lands at Rut.
land, the home of his youth. Owing to
the wholly unexpected arrival in that
place. so hallowcd. &c.-he-well-is ..be
ira CD into a speech. Full of pent-up
affection he can 10 longer restrain himself
but goes to Bellows Falls. Auid the bel
lowing of the Populaos and the sobs of
Stephen. he IL deceived. dcludcd. imposed
on-in fact. '~'betraycd' into a speech. He
flies to the north, he lands at White River
Junction. What a junction, what a con-
junction in point of fact was there . Ste
phcn was betrayed" into a speech. Cut
ting his fiial stick in a southeast direction
he informs u at Concord that heis visiting
New England to look upon the grave Of Il
relative. Sad Stephen. how skiilfully his
anxiety. to sec his mother is disguised
This statement was made in the course of
SOM extended remarks which. in point Of
fact. BETRAYED" piouS Kneas into a speech
at this very place. At Manchester, at
Nassau, at Providence, still sscking the
maternal embrace that still reccdei. he Is
still surprised and still betrayed" but
why repeat the sad details.
Stephen, Stephen. who seems unable to
cut his bread and cheese even. Is next seen.
at a clam-bakc at Rocky Point. far, far
from mother. relatives or graves: on this
strictly private tour to see his mother. Ste
phcn, we say, sinks the maternal for a sea
son, and allows n hundred and fifty bush
els of baked clans and thirty thousand
people to ..bctray' him into a speech-a
brief one Of an hour and a half
Look.at the map of New England
Where do You think Stephen Is now
Why, way down on the rocky end Of Rhode
Island, at Newport, kicking up his truant
heels by the great ocean, as much as to say
that. having travelled all over New England
on the strength Of her. he now-don't care
a brass farihin'" for his maternal.
And yet, by and by, when he gets recg-
p2rated and wants to start on another tour,
we shall hear his low. sweet voice minglimg
with the roar Of the surf down there by the
sounding sea, softly singing:
Wake, aud call me carly,
Call ne carly, mother dear"