St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-01-29
Il Story for Parents OHIu.


Il story for Parents OnIy.
The following narrative from Il oen
tlcman in Boston. is true in every par
tcular, and ought to leave an indeliol,
impression upon the bind of every ON,
who reads ii, he they parents or not.
y few weeks before he wrote. he had
buried his eldest son, Il fne. manly littl,
fellow Of some eight wears of aye. VIII,
had never, he said, known Il dav'- lines,
until that which finally removed him
hence. TO he here no more His death
occurred under circumstances which were
peculiarly painful to lis parents.
y younger brother. delicate. ~ickly
child from its birth, the next in ace to
INN. had been down for nearly Il fort
night with an epidemic fever. In con-
sequence OF the nature of the disease, cv-
Try prccaution had been adopted that
prudence suggested TO guard the other
members of the family against it. But
.: this one, the fathers eldest, he said he
lad little tr fear, 50 ru"grd was he. and
- generally hearty. Sill. however. hr
kept Il vi9i.ant eye upon him, and esrcc-
tally forbade his going into the pools and
docks near hi school. which it wa, his
custom sometimes to visit; tor he was
but boy, and boys will he boys. and We
ought more frequently to think that it j.
ileir nUeJc TO hc.
One evening this unhappy father came
home wearled with a lone day hard Ia
h"r, and veXed at some dl~appointmcmt>
wtlc!' had >onred his naturally kind di--
position. and rendered INN peculiarly
.i,ceptl"ie to the smallest annoyance.
" ME ne was slttln! 10y the ilre IN th~
unhappy moo" oi m'hd' his wife entered
'Ae ROOM ana -;Ad;
'ieiliF HtS luSl come IN, and he Is
perfect lr!silt. lie l. covered from head
:" loot with dock mud' and Is A. wet As
Il drowned raj.
W mere l. he asked the father
@'eihlH'
lie Is S''iNerli'9 over 'h' Aitcheh hre.
ne wa, airaid TO come up here when the
"iri tom nm you had come.
i ell Jane 10 tell MN to come here
ihi" instant was the bret reply to tins
information.
Presently Inc poor boy entered, halt
perl>hed with alright ami cold. Ills Ia
iiier slance' "' his sad Pil@ht, reproachrd
ann bitterly Will ms dISobedltncr. spoke
ot the punishment which awaited hlm IN
'hr morning. as the PENALTY OF ms offence
ANA III Il n"rSh voice cohcluded with:
Now, SIR, 90 10 your hed.
hn'' la'i'gr' sa'd 'he little teilow'
want 10 'e'l you
>o' N"iu' S'I' 90 |" a.
ohly "aii'cl 10 say, lather' tha'-
" l'l percihp'"ly stamp an lmPera'
tive wave OF ms hand toward the door,
ana Il lroWn upon his brow, "ld that Ia
ther, without Other speech, again close
The door against explanation or eApoStu-
!a'l"n.
W hen the boy had gone supperle-S and
sad TO his bed, the father Sat restless and
uneasy while supper was bcimg prepared.
and at the tea table ate but little, lis
wife saw the real cause OF his emotion,
and remarked:
Il think, my dear, you ought AT least
to have heard what Henry had to say,
Ny heart ached tor HIM when he turned
away with his eyes full of tears. Henry
: a good boy after all, ii he does some
times do wrong lie Is klnd-hcart"d,
atfectionate boy. lie always was.
And therewithal the water stood IN
the eyes oi that tender-hear. ed mother
even as 1t stood in the eyes OF Mercy IN
the house OF the Interpreter, as recorded
by Huny"n.
Alter tea the evening paper was iaNeh
mp; but there was 10 news for that Ia
ih'r that evening. lie sat i1r some TIME
IA an evidently painful revere, ami t'en
arose and repaired to his bed chainp,r.
AS he passed the bed room where hiS
ii'He BOY slept he thought he would HOOK
IN upon INN before retiring to rest lie
went to iHs low cot and bent over ham.