Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1861-07-05

De knew as ltCle OF ltS contents an hour
afterwards as then. t'a5
On the next morning, with a prayer on
her lips for strength and patience, Mrs.
Lawrence left the pillow where sleep had
been sweet for at least portion of the
night. Already the voice of her waking
children admonished her that duty must
begin. Through many wakeful hours
had she reviewed the past, admitted its
errors, and resolved to do differently in
the time to come, and now the time was
at hand. An angry cry from one of the
children sent shiver along her nerves,
and gave her heart quick throb She
understood its meaning. Johnny her old.
est boy, had wilfully annoyed his sister
Usually, on such occasions, which were of
daily, and sometimes of almost hourly
occurrence, the mother would come down
like storm on the offender, and she felt
impelled to do so now. But, conscious of
her own disturbed state, and aware that,
if she gave away to her feelings, all self
control was gone, she stood still for lit
tie while, to collect her thoughts, and
then went, with slow steps and a arepressed
manner, into the room occupied by the
children.
"What is the trouble here?" she asked,
but in voice so strange to them under
the circumstances that they all grew 81
lent, and looked at her in mute inquiry
What is it, Johnny?" There was nc
threat of punishment, no anger no excite.
ment in the mothers tones, but tender
concern, that was almost sad.
There it is" said the boy, drawing
his hand from behind him, and reaching
a dolls head to Lydia. He had just
snatched it from her. 81 was only il
fun" .4.a Il s,..r .
"Do you think that the right kind o.
fun, Johnny % asked Mrs. Lawrence, il
a calm, serious voice. Then she added
Come Lydia want you to dress quickly
this morning. You're almost always lat
in getting ready.
There was something SO unusual in thu
way their mother spoke to them, that thu
children moved to the work of dressing
themselves with an alacrity and goot
temper that surprised Mrs. Lawrence. Ii
lacing one of his shoes, Johnny broke th
tie, when word of impatience fell from
her lips. On the very last occasion of ;
similar accident angrily spoken, "Ther
it is again, you careless boy | believ,
you break your shoe-string on purpose 7
OF course, such speech did not in any
way improve Johnny's temper Nov
with that impatient word, his eyes wen
up to the face of his mother, half fearful
ly, half deprecatingly. He had felt tn
pleasant warmth of her SUMMER mood, anC
did not wish it changed. 1t was crate
full to his young heart. The old impuls
stirred the mothers feelings at the sount
of the breaking cord; but she was in tn
better way, and not easily to be pushet
aside. 1t was surely worth an effort t.
keep her feet therein. So. forcing bacl
the wave of passion, she said, kindly;
: els it broken so badly that we mus
: throw it away?" And STOPPING to exam
inc the cord, she answered her own ques
tion in cheerful way: 80, no; kno
here will make it all right. Shall til
iGfor youY' 4ja M a suu5o
80. no, mother, | can do it myself,
replied Johnny, in bright, brave voice
and he bent over the shoe with the earn
estness of a right purpose. -,iaiE
: ag" Don't pull quite 50 hard, dear" saie
7 Mrs. Lawrence, as she saw Johnny, begil
the work of lacing his boot again after tn
tie was mended. MI - lGws ao, iy
: (" No, mama, I'll take care" "ia e
How quickly kind, thoughtful dealinl
with this impulsiye, self willed child ha'
. wrought a change in his temper; and hi
: mother in seeing the effect, saw the caus
! also-and she felt both encouragement
and rebuke. What had wrought this al
most magical change? 1t was self disci
: plinel She perceived and acknowledge
/, the truth. Getting power over herscl
Q was the first and greatest difficulty. Tha