Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1868-02-12

CosTENTED DIsc0NTENT.

covet. some invisible power bears it fur
ther away, or destroys it forever!
Yonder ia mother. bending over tbs
cradle Of an only child, whom she loves
as only mothers can love. with an afec-
ton beautiful. sacrificing. enduring. eter.
nal as truth see how happiness is in'
terwoven with every lineament of her f,ce
what a holy light heams from her watch
Efal eyca, what rare SMILES wreathc her
lips, and fall in soft Kisses on her sum-
herring bale. I.e. 90 make each moment
year, and fo!low the coursc which these
two lives viii take through its infancy,
the mother watches over her treasure with
patient care. fosters and Doarishes the
yoaug bud tenderly aud trustfnlly, wraps
around it the warmth Of her great heart,
aud shelters i: from trouble and danger.
It grows beautiful space and elstwhile
the helpless babe is transformed into a
fir haired boy, whose innocent pratt'e
makcs music through all her being. aud
whose clinging dependence makes her firm
as adamant to resist every rude shock that
might hurt him sorcly Now must begin
the 'clGcation Of the child; the bud opens
the flower must be develJfed and cultivs
tei its whole future depends upon the
atmosphere whi,h slriou,ds it now, the
influences whi ch 1t brought to bear up
on it. What shal the boy heconc?
something.grcat, something noble some
thing above his fellows. man whom the
world shall delight to honor. the moth
er's heart answers, aud hencctorth She
has something tangible to work for--hcr
course is fixed
All unconscious of the splendid destiny
thus marped out for him, the little fellow
grows fairer and more beautiful day BY
day in the sunshine. aud better than all.
loves to speak no word so we'll as mothe' !!
All! if that mother might only be satlsh.
ed with Ibis, ii she might only forget her
ambitious hopes long enough to enjoy the
beautiful affection she has won But it
cannot be; far off in the chimeia of dreams
and ideals we call the future, she has
builded her a costly shrine ard waits i'm.
patiently to place her idol upon it. The
kisses and caresses Of the bright eyed lad i.
who comes with flushed checks from his
play to wind his arms about ber neck. are
very sweet to her. but still unsatlsticd
and longing, she reaches out into the fu-
ture, ana the slow years drag along with
too tardy footsteps--,oo far away is the
coveted blessing. But il is not long be-
fore early mohhood rests upon him; he is
gifted, noble, and good, aud his sturdy
young life is full OF rich premise Too
pure o crave the compauionship and ad-
ulatiou of the world. he shrinks hack from
it, aud would in hide lis head in his
mothers bosom. as he used ia the bygone
days of his childhood The mothcr's
heart yea'ns towarda her child, this .ffcc
tion is veey pvecioas 70 her. butt is
not enough; now she may dare to hape III
ca, nest, her dreans will beeoue rdai i,l;
no rude winds blow. 10 storm-clouds
irown. the fiuition is nigh. Once let tho
world ctme in contact with her sou. and
1t will instinciively bow ih homage before
him, for he wears the stamp Of geuius on
Lis forehead, aud the certificate of great
ness III al his bearing. Tt-day. she
wi! circle his neck with her tepder arms,
cover his dear face with kisses. aud
drink to iptoxicatiuh Ot the cup of afcc-
ton he holds to her lips; Tomorrow she
will give him to the woiIdl
but there IL q night bigeen. and in its
stillest hour one Of Death = subtlest angels
steals III where the young man sleels, and
presses a quick Hiss Upon his lips. The
crimson hue they wore iades into p.ls
purple the high forehead aid noble face
freeze into that stony Ahitencss, the
thought of which il hea,taehe; the
broad bosom ceases to rise and fall with
deep respirations; the clock that told the
hours of his existence ticks no more, and
the glorious sun that was to have risen to-
morrow upon bis greatness. will only shine
upon a marble like corpse. and 'ease
lumirus halo round the head Of the breath
less sleeper. who will not awake, when 'his
we'll loved mother calls his baine in agony
and washes his face With hot foods rep.
entant tears. Poor woman! Alas aud
alas the goal was so nearly reached--sc
neariy---and now your Shrine is shattered.
and the idol ~as never placed thereon
Suppose the young man had not died,
L - - -. AS.