The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1866-01-12

shiyered glass, and then, witbouta trusting
my lips TO anything went ont for thendas
tpGn and brush. sIiwas glad thatgI had con
trolled myself 1t is smyexperiencOt that scold.
ing almost always doesh land eySn1 where
! it works correction Of bad habits ! am GER
tain that a different way would have been
better. was quite self possessed when
returned. AS stopped to gather up the bro
ken fragments of glasH, Johnaeamo up close
to me. ! did not speak to nor look at him.
Edward had drawn back 70 distaos part OF
the sssSiiently the work Of collecting
the pieces Of glass went on, John standing
near me all the time. Itwrs done, and I was
about rising, when l felt his arm across my
shoulder. a
"Im so sorry,P he said, In penitent
voice, laying his face down agsinst mine,
which had turned toward him Il was
wrong to touch II; know, but thought I
would be 50 careful. cant tell what made
it slip out Of my hand. /" 't'-'a'@ saaa-
p "Accidehts are almost sure to happen to
u.s. my SON, I answered, gently, but serious
ly, when wears not doing what is jussright.
Let this disaster stand asa lesson for the fu-
ure.p '-A
"a Yoh shall take my money and buy new
case, dear mother, he answered, ia a spirit Of
manly justice that was grateful to my ears
"If this little experisnee will make you
more careful Of doing right2aI returned,
none of us will very deeply regret the acct
dent, 1905 9-8 W FiHgul lgo d. " i.yM
so "IIs put his arms around my neck and
kissed me. kissed him in return, anditheh
went out, thanking my God in my heart that
he had helped me to self coatrol in a noment
OF trial, when passion would have buFtmg
boy. % Ei 5qae Aasid . s7aa i9.3.. .al4td
mot long afterward, ! heard the boys tslk-
ing together Edward said 'Ifithad been
my mother, she would have scoided at me
till was mad enough to break everything in
thehouSs. Why didn't your mother Oeold
your i'.to7gae ' % fashYo gaiadsogos
"Because she lOves me, and kuows that
ssoldiue wouldn't make me half so sorry as |
am. '5eatF bde s3asB ia9I ge % ''ss
"l wish that my mothor loved me, said
Edward in tone of voice So sad and long
ing that it Brought tears to my syesp,a s6i
Tho mother of Edward caught her breath
at thiss q Her lips moved az If she we're about
to speak; but she represSed what was.iA her
thoughts, and kept silent. .ssgat
"'of course your mother foves you, an
swered john" So the friend eontinaed.--
"But Edward said, No Pm sure she doesn't
love ms'0l ovai "a ,paiJS89s7lda gdr
tf'Why do you sayihat7" questionsdJohn.
q @flf she loved me, she wouldn't DO always
Scolding me and hurting me with hard words,
no matter what IdOE o, JOhp, IL ] Lad such
a mothernsyOu, I'd be the happieSt boy alive
I'd do anything for hsrpp gnats3af9q
Thers was a silence for some tifue.e Il was
broken by tbs friendTw who said Forgive me
FOR having told sOn this The wounds Of
friend are better than the kisses Of an enc
my. Forgive what Hay seem an exaltAtiOn
Of myteif aboyo yoa He who knows my
heart knows that'in 1t there is no pride OF
superiority. HeknowS how weak ] am, bow
oitGn I fall short, how often passion gets the
better Of reason how near Il was to bearing |
me down yesterday. Il was 10 His strength |
tha. ovsrcams, and helped my boy instead
Of hurting him. 10 His strength you may |
overcome also, and win the love Of child |
Whose heart Is athirst for your love, as iS the
dropping flower athirst for dew ana roin."
The mother Of Edward bowed her face inio
her hands. For little while her body shook
with hSlf-ebOked sobs, Then she looked up
at her friend. Her yss we're vet, her face
pale, her lips curved with pain and grief
"You are not burt with mei",
gNOs hO, ? she ansgered, " not with you,
but With myself What have been doing
WhR. madness has possessed met know
that love begsiS lOVc--that in Mrs. HowitRs
beautiful words, It has reader will than fear,
know also that hardness begstS hardness
that driving "a more difficult, and far leas cer-
tain, than leading. And yet, knowing thisd
have sought TO rule my children BY passion
and fofce--lo drive instead Of leading them
into The right waySi No, no, I l'Am suOt hurt
With you For all this plain speaking, which
so much needed, thank you from the bot.
.om Of my heart hit q not better with
both me and ny ebildfen IN future, Il viii
lot be your fault, But Il shall be be.terp
Aud Il was better. How quickly all was
hanged under the new order tof home Eova
'rumsnil Love aud kiudpeis found swim
5bedsncs where anger and barShnsss had
met obsitueilon, Sunshine dropped in through
! hundred places which had been closely
,arrsd against It's sweet inabeneesi and Bd-
vard, wondering :. the plsa,an, change,
rev nearer to bis mother, aud felt that shs
eVed hipai iisuiron 4e.s A. b. ra5s
oloys ligwsst 70 allhsartil Ys rho'houid
i've Of ,i,s treasures, see 70 u tbsi your hludi
all not IN iis dispsaaasiOnr i Aal signA ps-
owe, which are nsTsF mistaken
I yOu would win loys, look Al The Sign.
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