Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-08-23

-rso5e Hehad black eyes, long lashes, red cheeks
lard hairgImoht black, aud almost eugly.--He
- wore crimson plaid jacket. with full troWsers
=" buttoned on. Had a habit of whistllng and
@ sTiked 70 ask Questions Wee accompanied
10 hilths q snian biack dog. It is long time
Il EiiRoahe ldisappsaFed. have avery pleasant
~ .hesss end much company gqests Say, G
ia l6uch Of an orderly putt away look ncthinga
- siB619dandeEfDot no dirt. - l'ot o. q y =
fSvi 4 BUf my eyes are aching for the sight of
bsa ttTnb down card houses 81. wooden sheep,
~ and cattle of popguns, bows and arrows,
es vShIps, TOPS. go-caEtsy bl0eksand tFunpery.
4snt to see boafs q Eeglne; ana kisss = ma
Sas and paste split on the kitchen tablet want
-tosf5 see chairs and tables turned the wrong way
.saesbont IssGant 70 see caniy making and corn
.,S popping; and to find .jackkniyes and fshhoOks
ssooHg s my nusIin soess 'hings Sseo % ifes
-ye5 FhSy say-2isAh iyoti nave IeisaFe-lnothing
to disturb yous what heaps ofseEing you have
kiraa fQr.,, Bat long to-be asked for a bit of
string or an old newspaper; for q cent to buy
slate psncil or peasntIts. j want 10 be cOaxed
fora pieee 'ofnew cioti for jfbs or mainsails.
-. little faga, and bags to hold marbles; want
to be followed by little feet all over the house;
pFAeased -for listle bit of dough for cake; or
- to bake pie in. saucer Yet these tn ings
They say --'tAh you are not tied at home
HoW dsIigiited always to be at liberty to go to
=. concerts, lectures and parties; no confinement
Il for y0u.ssssaaasaa isosbsa hss sfsizarF '.
But l. want confinement: / want to listen
~ for the school bed, morning; to give the last
= haaty spEash and. brush, and then to watch
-esi from window nimble feet bounding to
aFa6ehoCl. Fwant frequent rents TO mend and
q 44o replace lost bretons i want to obliterate
sfsglpud stains fruit atains. and paint of all col
ls goEs Isaat TO be sitting By little crib of eve
rings when weary little feet are at rest, and
y prakfling voices are hnshed, and mothers may
dog their iuIlabys, and tell over the Oft re-
peated stories. They don't know their hap
pineas then5ethose mothers. l. didn't--All 1
- -. these things were confinement once
Go - g s9ssfo p s-s4 o. . q o
manly figure stands before me now.--He |
iE-uow taller than ], has thick black whiskers,
and wears a frsekscpatss tlspmed shirt and era
g. brings Latin and Greek in iIsvcotHtenAnce--
and busts ofthe cld philOsophsg for the sitting
= room. He calls me mother. but / am rather !
= unwilling to own him. 5I-ssesr 1- se .-l-ls
He stoutIy declares he ia my boy and SAYS |
be will proveit. He brings me small pair /
of trowsers, with gay stripes at the eide, and I
asks me if did't make theulrfaF him when he !
Joined the boys militia. He says he is the
= very boy, too, that made the bonfire near the /
barn, so that came very near having fire |
Ia earnest. He brings a. little boat to show
& the red stripes on the sail lit was the end of
. the pieceJ and the name on the stertI--"Lucy l
TAW1-a little girl of the neighborhoOd, who,
sAbeeause of her curls and pretty round face,
was the chosen fRYorite oflny little boy. Her
eurig were long since cut off, and she has
grown to be tall handsome girl How the
red comes to his face when he shows me the
ra nains the boat. Oh see il plain as If
lit were written In book. My little one Is lost.
and my big one will soon be Oh if he were
a little tired boy in long white night gown.
lyiHg in acrib, with me sitting 10y, holding his
hand in mine pushing his curlS back from his
.6Bshsasis watch ing his eyelitls drop, aud listen
ing to his deep breath. --.-.s-
III I had only my little boy again, how patient
ss1wonnd be- how much L could hear and how
s7llttic il would fset Knd ssod can never
haye4s him back agaih! but there are still
riany mothers who havnt yet lost their
little boy. I wonder if they arc Living their
best days. chat now is the time to reallyi
enjoy their hildren / think If had been
more to my little boy, might have been
moro to my grown up