Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1862-01-23
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his cheek, and the fire dance in bis eyes, at q
very small provocatiOn But his was gen
erous passion he would stand boldly up for
oe as well as friend, # he thought an unjust
ction or suspicion fell upon him or her..
How be loved pets Horses, dogs, birds
everything living claimed love and protec-
tiou from him yet would not have been his
faVorite horse, if the spirit of Wilfulness or tenn
per came upon me. He would be MASTER
and when witnessed, as sometimes did, o.
struggle between his horse and hm---heard the
cruel blows decend, and saw the fury and de-
termination to conquer swelling his every vein
and muscle, i have stolen away, awed and aor-
rowful What if were to thWart him p
would he turn on me But no | that could
never be- | would do his bidding would
work, obey, humble roy own proud nature, sub
due its every desire to have his lips smile on
me, and keep his love unchanged. He should
never turn on me- for would never thwart nor
anger him. ..ua
Hessy and were ffteen--Julian, seventeen
we went on living in the present--the hap
py, beautiful present careless (being young)
we seldom looked beyond. But Julian must
go out into the world--nor waste his youth
buried in an out-oft the-way village, with sim
pie hearted uncle and aunt and two girls. He
had another uncle--hiS mothers brother
merchant in LOHdou--whO took fancy to
the boy, aud offered him stool in his count
ing house; he would take him without any pre-.
MUM, and treat him as a son, for bis dead
sisters sake; and when competent, he might
even make him junior partner. tie must
live of course, in LondOu--spend the whole
bright day in dusty, 6 loomy room, sitting on
high chair, with a pen behind his ear (that
was the picture he and drew, and eternalIy
counting up hundreds, thousands, and tens of
thousands. 1t was a capital offer for one who
/ had neither money nor Iaterest to push him
on; and father aud mother held many discus
/ Sious with their nephew on the advantages thus
as it were thrown literally il bis way which
he had nothing to do but pick up and say,
! d" Thank you"
But such as the elders might diiate on these
worldly goods, We youngsters formed differ
ent opinion, and spoke out our opinions freely.
Julian vowed he'd never settle down to snch
/ life. He'd rather die frst!" Never We
all agreed upon the point, that is, we three
and Nurse Her daring to be cooped up air
| tight in q city fog! Was it for this she had
/ nursed, watched, and fostered his body and
! mind? HIS beautiful agile limbs, indeed, to
/ be crossed for eight or nine hours day under
q stool! His beautiful merry eyes to be dark
ened by the shadow and endless maze of fig
ures and business OF counting-houSe. She
knew clerks were starved; she never saw one
that hadn't as thin look as the bill-hook he
hung his accounts upon, and fingers as long
and bony as the scratch steel-pen he rested so
| knowingly behind his ear How we loved the
old nurse, though she did put away everything
out of its place, and then declare" Alb, Miss,
it isn't | who have set eyes on it this blessed
month and more!" We kissed and hugged her;
and though Julian was less demOnstrative in
/ his notions of city life, yet he would turn to
/ the wind 0w, away from US, and brush his sleeve
across his misty eyes, now for the first time
cIouded
The end of it was that Jalian consented,
with On assumed Indifference that surpried us
all; and up he went TO London, laden with
blessings from the old home.
/ Where now were the pleasures and joys of
bouutTy rambles All gone. We no longer
aounded over the broad sunny fields, singing
cs we went the glad songs of childhood; no
longer came home laden with the spoils of our
searches down river banks, through wooded
paths, and over rugged hills. We walked
quietly and indiferently along the smoothest
roads, we did not start to chase the butterfly,
nor clap our hands at the timid squirrels that
leaped from tree to tree. The servants said
the life had gone out of the old house, the sap
from the old trees; while Hessy and / left our
outdoor pleasures and found new occupation in
reading, working, and-fretting We did
more of the latter than of aught else; and even
father and mother, | believe, were inwardly
sorry they had pressed the matter so far; they
did not know how dear he had become to them.
The first three weeks we heard regularly
from him, but the letters said little " Z Uncle
was well; the weather gloomy; he hoped Natty
and Hessy were WELL and took care of Ponto
(his pet dog) He hoped the sun shOne at
OakGeld--it didn't condeScend to do so in
Lion Street; but there was plenty of gas, a
very fair substitute" And then he got letters
from my parents--earnest letters, full of hints
as to bis good fortune, and how he would be
rich man if he would but tame down his
spirit-how glad they were to hear that be
got on comfortably with bis uncle, and was
reconciIed to city atmosphere!
The fourth week the postman came with
letters in neat, untidy, formed and Uniformed
hands-but no letter from Lion Street He
night be unwell or, more likely, business
was pressing and time short. We all said
nothing was more likely than letter had gone
astray, and we should have the pleasure of
receiving two next week. Yet we did wish
the dear letter had reached its destination on
the day it was due 1t was October, and the
days were beginning to be cold, the nights stor-
my my old winter fears were returning grad
ually, as the recesses in the long corridors be-
came more gloomy in the twilight, and the
wind knocked about the ivy before my win
dow-panes. We had spent the Sunday in our
new way. We had not taken our usual ram