Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1862-04-15
E.EAE FATHER, LzEE son.
BY T. :. ARTHUR.

Nv friend has spoken an impatient word
to ms little SOD, and | saw the child = face
stained by the hot blood of anger. Ny
friend saw the stain, also. What did be
do? Repent of his impotence, and heal
the hurt In his child by gentler word p
NJ. But lie grew more impatient, and
calling loudly to the boy, SAID, in warn
ing tone:
Take care, sir!'
Take care Of what? Why lest pcnish-
ment follow.
You ask as to the child's !auIt that pun
ishmcnt should be threatened. There was
none lie bad, in passing near a table ia
the room where / sat, talking with his ia
Their, accidentally touched book lying on
the edge causing ITS fall. The noise Jared
on bis fathers sensitive eare. Naturally
irritable, he smote the child with III imFa
tiont word and the chiid's spirit answered
10 the har sh rebuke ia hot face and Fash.
ing eyes,
Take care, sirv repeated my friend,
seeing that his admonition had produced
no effect on the boys reused spirit, smart
Jog under an uudeserved blow.
The stain grew redder on cheeks ana
brow; the lips more firmly shut. l saw
defiance in the child's face.
WAY don't you pick up that book,
sir?'
There was no sign of obedience.
Did you hear mo?' almost fe7cely de-
mauded the father.
/ shuddered inwardly, but dared not
interfere between my hot-tempered friend
and his equally hot tempered child.
Pick up that book, say
Tee child did not stir
/ Il shall not speak again said my friend
/ in suppressed voice. One minute passed
in dumb silence then rising, with 6iliber
/ alton, he approached the boy, whose face
had become pale, but not weak or fearful
and grasped one of his arms tightly. Time
was still given for him to lift the book f; but
be was too angry to yield. l held my
/ breath painfully, taking a long inspiration
| as my friend swept from the room, drag
ging the boy after him. He was gone for
/ nearly ten minutes, and then came back,
/ flushed, NERVOUS and excited, saying as be
sat down opposite me
I'm out IF heart with that boyp
| lie looked sadly discOuraged-I did not
answer. After sitting for few moments,
| he added
! Such n temper-such wiilr ] never
| saw anything ike it,
But ! answered nothing. What could
say in approval of my friends conduct?-
NV silence was on the side of his own I'M
| easy convictions, and he felt it to be SO.
What am | to do with the child 2 he
asked interrogatiDg my unspoken thoughts
| To give up to him-to let will and passion
have their sway-can only end in moral
ruin. lie must come under the yoke, Ii
| it not so?'
obedience is essential l answered.
so thiuk-obediencea at all hazards
did not give assent to this extreme
proposition.
AT all hazards be replied. with increas
ed force.
at may be WE'LL said, 'to look ct the
condition of obedience before exactiug the
! full measure of obligation.
i am not sure that understand you,
said nv friend.
Obedience may be impossible
WAS it impossible for John to lift that
book from the foorY
Perhaps / said.
'Perhapsp My friend looked somewhat
| astoDished.
He shook his head doubtfully.
A condition may render the easiest ac-
ton difficult of performance, that man
will look death in the face aud yet not lift