Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-02-20

4 aui I'm 50 gl,I To b, put on wig $, f,
Q new | can help her"
b Will You give all your wages to you
t mother
. oh. yes, indeed sir; every cent, if i
r WAS ten dollars week
e Il see you are a good boy. Frank
| slid NJ. Hickntn, his heart still soften
: Ing; ''yorr wages shall he six dollars"
8 The boy struck his hands together viii
1 sudden joy. exelaiming.
: ''Oh. mother will be so glad!-so gladr'
As he went haci into the store, Mr.
= Hickman sat quietly in his chair. feeliu.
/ happier than he had for u long time
When the sun went down aud Frank
: came in to shut the windows of the count
iug-room Mr.. Hickman handed him Il seal
ed envelope. saying
lake this to your mother. 1t contains
thirty-six dollars. as your wages at :hree
dollars 4 week. fnr tweS sc weeks the time
you have bccn III my store. fell your
mother at you have been good, in
80 anu IAhN tdl tiNh NttS
Frank took the little package in silence;
his Iecilngs we're 81 much overcome 10y this
aidigodai good fortune, that he could not
speak us thanks But hS eyes told what
was IN his heart. AMI Sir. Hickman under
stood them.
ihere ale many ways to cItsh sunheams,
Ii we would Onl y set traps for them. Nay,
there Is no occasion to 90 to that trouble.
lke air Is full of sunbeaEls, and we have
only to Opcn the doors and windows of our
hearts, and they will enter in countless
multtudes But the doors md windows
of most peoples hearts are shut and bur
red as was the heart Os Mr Hickman
How are they to be opened? Just as the
doors and windows Ofh his heart were open
ed-by kindness to others.
When Mr.. Hickman took his way home
ward, his step was lighter and his feelings
more buoyant than they had been for a
long time Though conscious of this. and
OF the sense of pleasure that was new to
him, his thought did not 60 directly to the
Cause. Not that he had fcr-ot1on Frank
and his SIX mother, or the glad face that
looked into his when he told the by of his
generous decision in his favor; all this was
present to him though he had not vet con
nected the kind act and the pleasant feel
ing> in his consciousness as cause and
effect
There was 10 sound of pastcring feet on
the stairs as Mr. Hickman came in. lime
was when his first step in the passng.
awuke the echoes Mith laughing voires aud
the rain of eager footballs But that time
h id asscd long agp. came home 50
often III crld. rc,ei ant moud, that his
chiIdrcu had ce,-ed to lie glad at his re-
.ru anl n longer b,Iui.d i % meet him.
oiJting "u the >talr- were a iitCle aoy mi
elsi. OF the a-es g. ;jvc ANA six vgas As !
be- advanced alali. h ga s,lo. they .
ir'I;Ler stirred. uYr spoke. Eyr Smi.ea !
though their eyes wert fixed um his face
Ar. HIoknan stO7d still when lac came {
near TO where they were sitting. and 10, kei
1t them with a new feeling of tenderness ;
IL bis heart He held out his baud 20 :
sdch. and each laid hand Ia his but with ,
IN air of doubt rs t. whether this coale :
'censirn II the pirt OF their father was to I
De accepted as tcken OF love. A moment
lc stood holding their hands. then stonpina.
le drew an arm around each and lifted ,
hem To his breast
..Hasu't Eddie Il kiss for papa?'' said t
lr. Hickman, with SO much warmth in {
lis voice tsat the ittlc girl now understood t
h ali Was earnest. s
YES hundred kisses" answered Eddie, |
Ilngins her arms around her fathers neck, Q
tnd kissing him over and over again in !
hIIdlsh iUnduesS. !
At the head of the first landing, opened I
lac sittng-rOom into this sir. Hickman !
,tn.e with his two children in his arms
'Otu OF them hugglng and kissing him in d
Wild, h.Fpy way.
"Eloss iEe. what's the meaning Of all c
his. exclaimed Mrs Hickman. r.isiun Il
nd coming tvfSard; h,r .a-e glow with Il
udIen pleasure at sight and sound 50 T
ew, yet ali welcome in her heart
"The little rOgues are hugging and kiss :,
lg the very breath away from me. =" said =
lr Hickman, laughing and struggling = =
nth the children. 4 4
MIR. Hickman sat down with a child on =:
lch knee, and Mrs. Hi-kman came aud :,
TODD by him, with hand resting Oh his =
loulder. !
20, you must kiss him, too" said Eddie, y =
'okiug ut her mother
Mrs Hickman did nor wait for a second y, y
=.
The old pleasant SAGE of her husband h,
as again before her, and her heart was OF
aping with the old loving impulses. She oc
mt down and laid warm kiss on his tn
ps. which he felt as sweet glow through al
] his being. LC
That was an evening long to be remem- IN
,red in the household of Mr.. Hickman pl
e had caught sunbeam and brought it tn
'me with him. and light and warmth were iii
! around them All were happy; and or
r. Hickman. the hamiest of them all: tn
+ he had the sweet consciousness in his OF
a:t of having made aLother aud humber si'
me than this happy also. pa
le:
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A STREAK AHEAD OF NOAn-A dis i'm
tie once arose between two S.,tchman lin
med Campbell aud Mclean. upon the IN.
tiuIIitv Of tbair I rn5l;a,4 III I.,