The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1861-03-06
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-. = -. ....f VIENNA W EDNE
The boz sllss Or dEIeL flo.h Of pIs..

The boz stSf Quick flush Of pleas.
ure and surptissrR vent over er'hiafsce.
q did not expeest,. sirs" he said, gate
fully. "YOt are 90 tery good"
"Your mother i not well, l hear" said
Mr.. Hickman
"Frank'' eyes glisteSed as be answered
mo, sirj she e been sick for good while;
and I'm % glad to be put on wages for now
l can help her,"
"willyOu give all your wages to your
motherl" "a sss 'a
"oh, yes, indeed sir; every cent, IL it was
ten dollars week."
ri see you are a good boy, Frank" said
Mr.. Hickman, his heart still sOftening; /;
"your wages shall be six dollars"
The boy struck his hands together with
sudden isg exclaimiDg. s'I
"0hs1 11atheE.xill heso glad.--@so gladp'
AS he went backinto the store, Mr.. Hick.
man sat quietly in his chair, feeling happier
than he had for long time.
When the sun went down aud Frank
came in TO Shut the windows of the count
ing. room Mr. Hickman handed him sealed
envelope, saying;
"Take this to your mother. II contains
thirty. six dollars, as ycur wages, at three
dollars week, for twelve weeks, the time
you have been in ny store. Tell your
mother that you have Seen good, industri.
GUS boy, and have earned the money"
Frank took the littls package in silence;
his feelings were so much overcome by this
additional good fortune. that he could no,
speak his thanks. But his eyes told what
was in his heart. Mr.. Hickman UNDER
stood them. -teRpE
:, N. -y's conditaYs to catch suubeams,
no, five hundred rp + '.., them ,1n,,'s Nay
The air is fdk y pbeams, and we have
only to open the I It's and windows of our
hearts, and they will enter in countless null
titudes. But the doors ana windows of mos,
peoples hearts are shut and barred as was
the heart of Mr.. Hickman. How are they
to be opened! Just as the doors and win
dows Of his heart were opened-by kindness
to others. b., - ...
When Mr.. Hickmon took his way hone-
ward, his step was lighter and his feelings
more buoyant than they had been for long
time. Though conscious of this, and Of the
sense of pleasure that was new to him, his
thought did not go directly to the cause.--
Not that he had forgotten Frank and his sick
mother, or the glad face that looked into his
when he told the boy of his generous decis.
ion in his favor; all this was present to him
though he had not yet connected the kind
act and the pleasant feelings in his con,
sciousness as cause and effect.
There was no sound Of patteriDg feet on
the stairs as Mr.. Hickman came in. Time
was when his first step in the passage awoke
the echoes with laughing voices and the rain
of eager footballs. But that time had passed
long ago. He came home SO often in o
cold, repellant mood. that his children had
ceased to be glad at his return, and no longer
bounded to meet him Sitting on the stairs
were little boy land girl, OF the ages of five
and six years. he advanced along the
passage. theyFo fr. stirred, nor smiled
'' the ,no house Sc, l. r. he came near
"a ReIeiaqsa uo 'OO Of tenderness in his
heart. He helds, dhis hand to each, and
each laid hand in bis, but with an air Of
doubt as to whether this condescension on
the part of their father was 10 be accepted
as token of love. A moment he stood
holding their hands, then STOPPING, he drew
an arm around each and lifted them to his
breast:
"Hasn't Eddie kiss for papa!" said Mr.
Hickman, with so much warmth in his voice
that the little girl now understood that al
was earnest.
eyes hundred kisses" answered Eddie
finging her arms around her fathers neck
and kissing him over and over again in child
ish fondness.
At the head of the fret landing, opened
the sitting. room, Into this Mr.. Hickman
came with his two children in his arms, both
Of them hugging and kissing him in wild,
happy way.
"BIess me, what's the meaning ofall thisF
exclaimed Mrs. Hickman, raising and COM
ing forward; her face glow with sudden
pleasure at sight and sound go new, yet
all welcome in her heart.
"The little rogues are bugging and kiss
ing the very breath away from me-" said
Mr.. Hickman, Laughihg and struggling with
the children.
Mr.. Hickman sat down with child on
each knee, and Mrs. Hickman came and
stood by him, With hand resting on his
shoulder.
"Oh, you must kiss him, too," said Eddie
looking al her mother.
Mrs. Hickman did not wait for second
invitation. ~fen
gossuo~-e,..&a dark 5 Of her hueband wa,
beam Of light upon the lock-; ~ ~ ,esuint
ID bunch Of Keys s9i impulses. She ben
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