The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1862-01-04
INTO the Sunshine,

hIsl i3LHer Qua come home.
The voice that said this had troubled
tone, aud the face ttAsoeoked up Was sad.
Your father will be very angry" said
on aunt, who was sitting in his room, read.
/ ing book eaf 10
! The 10y raised himself from the sofa.
! where he had been lying in tears for half
an hour, and with . touch Of indignation
IL his voice, said
He'll be sorry, not angry. Father
never gets angry Hsfia
For few moments the aunt looked IL
the 10y half curious!y, and let her eyes
fall again upon the book that was in her
hand The boy laid himself down upon
the sofa again, and hid his face from sight.
That's father now He started up,
alter the lapse OF nearly ten minutes as
the sound OF a bell reached his ears, and
for G little while, and then came very
slowly back, saying with disappointed
air:
1t isn't father. wonder what keeps
him so late? o, | do wish he would
GOMEZ i''i'4'
You seem very anxious to get deeper
into trouble" remarked the aunt. who
had only been in the house for a week,
and who was neither very amiable nor
very sympathizing toward children. The
boys fault had provoked her, and she con.
sidered him fit subject for punishment
Il believe aunt Phebe, that you would
like to see me whipped, said the boy, but
. you wont
! 4" must confess" replied aunt Phsbe,
that little wholesome discipline of the
kind you speak of would not be out of
place. Ii you was my child, you would
not escape"
:" am not your child and do not
wish TO be. Fathers good, and loves me"
If your father is so good, and loves you
50 veil, you must be q very ungrateful or
a very inconsiderate boy. His goodness
don. seem to have helped you much
" Hush, will youl' calculated the boy,
excited to anger BY this unkindness Of
speech. ,,ss
PAcbe" II was the boys mother who
spoke now, for the first time. In AZ
un,lertone she added -
You are wrong. Richard is suffering
quite enough, and you are doing him
harm"
Again the bell rang and again the boy
left the sofa, and wen. 10 the sitting foona
door
Its father" and wen. gliding down
the stairs
An, Richard = was the kindly greet
.r:. IS Mr.. Gordon took the hand Of his
boy. " But whats the matter; you don't
look happy" .51
Won you come in here :" and Rich.
ard drew lis father into the library Mr..
Gordon sat down. still holding Richards
hand
You aro n trouble; NY son. Whist
has happened p ...---. e.,
The eyes OF Richard flied with tears q,
, he looked into his fathers face. He tried
- answer, bat his lips quivered Then
. he turned away, and opening the door Of
the cabinet. brought out the statuette,
which had been sent home only the day
before, and sc. them On 4 table before his
father, over whose countenance came iu-
s:anliv Q shadow Of regret A
Who did ;lis, my son Z, vas asked in
an even voice
did it.
How i-<
- I,threw my bail in there, once-enly
once, in forEeilulDess. aa
The poor boys tones were husky and
treniulous little while Mr. Gordon sat,
controlling himself, and collecting his dis
iuIbed thoughts. Then he said cheef:
.ti,,y .-, :, ,i,.,.
What Is done, Richard, can't be helped.
: Pu. away the broken pieces. You hate
had trouble enough. ! can see-and 70.
/ proc. enough Tor your houshtlessness-ss
shall net add word to increase your
, pain
., father and the boy three his ar,ns
around his fathers neck; you are 20
. Aiud-so good
! Five minutes later. and Richard entered
/ TIE sitting room with Ills father. Aunt
Phebe looked up for .wo :hado~ed faces
-tut She did not see them. She was
puzzled.
" hat was very unfortunate, she said
+ 4 little while after Mr. Gordon came in.
( II was an exquisite work of art and it il
Iopeiessly ruined"
Richard was leaning against his father
when his auu. said this. Mr.. Gordon only
smiled, and drew his arm closely around
/ his boy. Mrs. Gordon threw upon her
sister l3oll Of warning but it wrs un-
needed. l
y think Richard was very naughty
boy"
We have settled all that, Phebe," was
the mild but firm answer of Mr.. Gordon |;
and it is one Of our rules in this house,
! to get into the sunshine as quick Is pos.
! slle'
! phcbe vas rebuked, while Richard,
! looked grateful, it may be little triw
I D-a-lts lCF MS aunt iai DCrhe UOWu
+ liinr rather too hard, for boys patti
/ TO endure.
Into the sunshine as quickly as possh
, Q is not that the better policy for o.
/ homes? Is it not true Christian philoso-
/ ply? It is selfishness that grows angry
! and rebels, because fault has been COM
! mitted Let US get the offender into the
sunshine as quickly as possible, SO that
( true thoughts and feelings may grow vig-
/ orous in its warmth. We retain anger,
not that anger may act as wholesome dis;
! c;p!ine, but because we are unwilling 70
/ forgive. Ah if we were always right with
ourselves, we would ostener be right with
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