The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1861-04-10

fed and unhappy. His wife hsd been to the
city with her youngest child, and she had
many pleasant things to tell him, and Pur-
chsses to show, but 1t was with difficulty
he replIedao her remsrks. He soon retired
to the, pSfl0r, threw himself into bis srm
chair, and took up the evening paper. EI.
len sat down to the piano, and ran her 6n-
gers lightly over the keys; Nelson -Was oc-
cupied with his book, and the younger chill
dren sat upon the carpet playing with their
toys. r,e, B.
Eddie, you naughty bcy, let my house
alone called out Harry, in a cross voice,
and he cstghs up a little bailding-Block and
threw II at his brother,
The block did not hit, Eddie, but. hslt=
grleved and halfapgryl he bega a 40 crss and
say bad, nsughty Harry -
M, Harlow, started, and big first impulse
was TO puniskHarry instantly and severely,
but Ellen, the peucemaker, was before.him,
and he wisely resumed his seat in silenca.
Don't cry, little Eddie said the sisters
gentle voice. ,.,,#
'Harry's cross boy sobbed tho child.
i don't care; he knocked my block
house't - $50 .
Harry said Ellen, 'last night when you
cried Sweet Echo what did The echo say
| in reply' .-.e
why, Sweet E:ho,' said the child,
With sudden interest. You know il said the
words we did.
i you had called out in loud, eros s,
voice. Naughty Echo, stop talking to me, :
what would it have said!'
'Stop talking to mel said Harry, laugh
ing. -l.,.-. ..,.., r.-. ,., .,.t-t
s'Ard if you had said Dear Echo, love
you,' would it not have said in the same
tone, Il love your' ST..
'Yes.' s''
Now the little brothers stood close by the
side OF Ellen, looking eagerly into her face.
A. the anger was quenched in their young
hearts.
IDid you moi know. Harry, we all have
an echo in our hearts! When dear mother
speaks to US so kindly and sweetly bow we
love her: and If we don't reply in thewords,
we do In the same tone. And when you
speak unkindIy to little Eddie, how quick
he pouts, and says Naughty Harry! It is
the little echo in his heart answering you.
Now, il you had not been ongry, but had
said, please Eddie, don't throw my block
down. he would have stepped one side very
quickly. Are you not sorry you made him
angry, and tried TO hurt HING
Harry looEed upon the beautiful face OF
Eddie, which was smiling now, though there
was the glitter Of teurs upon his Iashes, and
with q gush of love and penitence, he fang
his arms ob2ut him, and Rugged and kissed
him heartily.
Mr.. Harlow Witnessed this cceno will
misty eyes. Ellen had unconsciousiy gver
him the key to his dependency. In tht
eoho-ch amber Of his heart he heard repeat
ing and repeating the words and tie deed
OF the dIy. Impatient and ex,ctng, be hat
evoked like spirit in all about him. Es
pecially did he recall his intercourse will
Andrew Chase, and he pictured the boy
with angry aud injured feelings, sitting ii
his widowed mothers home, which though
he thought 1t humble; was indeed fer poore
than his fancy painted.
'Ah, met he murmured regretfully, wojil
I had done otherwise!'
1t is strange mysterious thing. thi
Echo, the voice of memory. Some one ha
suid that 'We have only the present, tn
past is buried, and the future is yet unborr
1t is scarcely thus, for the memories Of th
4 past, end the hopes of the future, give CO!
oriDg TO-, and permeate with their spirit tt
: present. One day, of calm and elevate
happiness is q joy forever, for other do!
J.. will borrow serenity from the light of
q memory. Often look, q motion an int
dent seemingly most trivial, will awake
a rccolleetons of words and deeds OF lol
# ago. Perchance we deemit forgotten, b
N 10, the thoughts, the language, the acts
to other days have come back to US, and Ec
h. repeats and repeats the re(rain.a
IN And as our lives ara in part moulded
a. those around us. and theg are continna
70 awaking RESPONSES Of pleasure or pain
/ our being so, We in turn, by all the inf
ences going out from whatwe do or say, .
: helping 10 make melody or discord III
hearts OF, others.
" Thoughts like these passed through
H. mind of Mr.. Harlow, and he sighed aga
I. Would that had done otherwise
foI Mrs. Harlow, who had been troubl
,e with some household task, now entered
/ rooms 9o7apM iaaa / a8aa &&9i E8
Q, ibid Inot hear angry voices a little wh
as ago I! she said ~ hope my boys have !
g; Ebeen quaTeling? n lsat cags d ID s,s
in Harry was unkind to Eddie,' said ELL
'but he lis sorry and they have made 1t
n up again. t'e1' % -, 4. ( .,.- =
Mrs. Harlow took Eddie upon her |
W. and gszsd upon him with great tenderne
,dtl la1'Harry mustibs very kind to his darl
ill little brother, she said, Ia a voice treu
1 ious viii, ,fee1ing he could not have b
ed Iunkind. bad be known how nearly we
i him to doy.' >. .", .ast
de Fn.Whse was it, mother; what <hapPe