The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1864-03-16
Mabel Lynn, pressing clos, to h.s cousins

/ side.
IL believe you, Mabel. darling, you know
am nearly sixteen Aud the hoy proull
raised his head. We'll this very morning
mother ordered me to take mean, cringiu,
note Of apology, to Master Jones; an hpol
ogy for an ollcnsc never was guilty oC
it would have hoou disgrace to have ot
tcrcl it, told mother this but she bc
IicVcd me in the wrong, and urged. until a
last she looked and talked moro like llcnd
than woman"
"Ncdl Nod w
"llcar me, Mabel she ordered me from
her housc and shall not dlrlcu her door.
again. stopped 10 tell you this, aud hi,
littlc Allie aud yourself goodbye"
horo are YOU going, Ned ?-.arc yo,
uoVCr coming back ayaiu?' gaSpcd Mabel
/ eagerly clutching her Cousins arm.
! Don't ask mo where | am going. Dom
ask me when | am coming back. | can
tell you, Mabel, darling; hut promise al
ways to love ard remember mo"
Always. always" returned the ar
/ ulghtcd girl; and thon suhs chukcd hcr
voice, and, buryiug her face in her SAN
! bonnet, she cried paSSouatcly When n
last sho checked her grief. her cousin re-
minded her Of Allie; he hado her dry hcI
NNll
| did Mabel Lynn mploro her cousin TO tel
her where he had resolved to go--iu val,
! did she try to soften his hOyish wratl
against his mother. Edward Eirkham wa,
firm, and, ere they reached Allie, eho hat
ceased to plead.
Goodbye, my sweet Allie I" said I'll
| ward, tondly kissing his little sister; ant
| then, turning to Mabel Lynn, he kissed he,
trembling lip, and pulling his cap over hi,
eyes, to hide the tears, he turned away.
Nod, why do You bid us goodbye
Amt You coming homo for dinner ?" asked
Allie, in surprise.
mo, darling, mo-" and Edward hurried
| away towards tho woods. Allie Kirkhan
| looked after her brother, in mute amaze
mcnt, and, for II moment, seemed lost il
| thought; hut directly bright butterfly
Sprang w before, and tho gay,hoarlcd Iii
tlo girl forgot NCd's "quccr behavior" il
her merry chase. Mabel Lynn was sad and
silent all That morning she said nothing tC
Allie, of Edwards strange determination
although it sorcly troubled her. Edward
klrIiham did not come homo for dinner. and
| when evening shades darkencd the village
he was still absent Mrs Kirkham grew
uneasy; the little girls were frightened
and, when second day had nearly worn
away and Edward Camc not, she began tc
think II was something moro than one OF
Ncd's mad freaks" Fro q third dav ncctcd
by, the villagers went forth to seek Edward
krkham. Mrs. Kirkham's paasien had
now gone, and her heart cccmcd Mrung al
most to anguish. Nor until The fourth dav
did any light break out rs to the disappear.
ance of Edward. A mournfu clue was
then furnished to the mystery. The Jacket
of Edward Kirkham was found floating
upon the waters of tho "Bhc Stream,
and, on the baul, near ly, lay his handkcr
chief and school satohol his footprints
wore IN the soft earth, close down to the
| streams edge. Blue Stream" was drag
gcd, but the poor boy could not bo found
thero was but little doubt that he had been
carried down, and lost in wider cxpansc
of water. Mrs. Kirkham now fcarfully ro
allied the truth of her sons threat, and for
four weeks, was like one bcrctt of sense
Suddenly, whom she rcgaiucd her stern
calm composurc, and, after listening with
whitcneG check, to Mabel Iynn's tale for
badc that her sons name shuGld cvur he
mentioned to her again, The villagers re.
spectcd her grief. and Edward Eirhhan
was remembered 10y them, only in oilcucc
and fearful whispers at their own lircsilcs.
Mrs. kiriham felt that she had provoked
that storm of passion i'm which her urnul
yet nobIc-hemtol hoy, had rushed into
eternity, and, with this conviction, she was
miserable. Mabel Lynn and Allie often
spoke to each other of Edward, and, as
months few by, their pale faces told how
truly they yet moumod for Poor Ned"