Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1869-10-20

TILE san Francisco kcrcld has the fol-
. lowing touching incident:
About haIf-past @ o'clock last evening
a sad and pitifuI scene was witnessed
by a number Of persons on one of oW
public streets Although many who
witnessed it were not themselves quite
free from the effects Of drink, still they
looked upon the scene with sorrow and
regret, and must have felt Inundated at
the distant relation they bore to the in
dividu2I who formed the object Of their
attraction. y man, apparently about
thirty-tjve years of age, staggered ont
Of a saloon, accompanied by boy about
eight years Old The hoy hcIdhis father
/ by the hand, and as the father stag
gered from the door steps and was
apparently about to ral, the son eau
tionsly placed one hand against him and
moved back. The father having avoid
ed the fall, which seemed almost fnevit-
able, walked a few steps, when lie stop
ped and was about to speak, when the
cheld said
Mother waiting for you
Mothers waiting for me. then let her
wait: that's ALL answered the father,
a+ he pushed the boy from him.
The lad again returned to his post,
and taking hold of the skirt of his faith
er's coat, walked guiltiIy a few steps
further, now eyemg the father closely,
and then turning his head downward,
as If absorbed in thought. Again the
father stopped, and again the boys sup
plicatious to GO home Were renewed:
but the father looked sternly and coldly
on that child, staggered, and as he re-
covered himself, ordered him TO leave.
Get away you young rufIiun, was the
reply; Fcave me and go to your moth
err; will not 30 home"
The hoy, undismaycd by the howIing
tone i'm which those words were spoken,
still supplicated his father to go home.
when mother sent me to find you
she was crying You were out so long
that she knew not what had become of
you, and was afraid you were lost. She
viii be crying till We 90 home. Come,
father, come home But that fathers
heart, which atanOther time would have
Ieapcd with joy at the very appearance
of his child, would have yielded to any
request from him, was hardened. AIcO-
hol haL Niacllcnod il, had made it cal
Iau>.anG thcresnonsct to the chiId'spray-
or was am assault Iywhich the little crea-
ture was thrown to the middle of the
street. Now, viii you go home to your
mothcr?' was the triumphant phrase of
this monster, as he saw his son sprawl
iuG ON the street.
The boy. mdauutcJ, again returned .
10 his task, and with tears i'm his eyes
he implorcd his father to go home. He
complained not of his treatment. he
showed moi the least signs of being hurt
or annoyed, hul with the smile, and a
tear i'm his eyes, sent appeal after appeal
60 thc drunken ears of his father. AM
noycd Hv the boys Uuccasiug supplica- .
lions, the father started to walk at "a rap .
i'll pace, i'm hope of leaving him behind; F.
huJ that child, faithful TO instruction of
his mother, followed closely ON his tath- .
cr- steps until hc arrived at the door Of .
his house, whittier he was led by an un- .
accountable providence.
The chi,J~ work was done, and as he .
saw his father enter, stood with auNi-
OTIS look and compressed lips at some /
diSlaUco from tbo door, until hr saw him