The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1870-11-03

he and, Eddie went over to Josie
Gray's.' think
What she thought never knew
for at that moment Eddie rushed in
breathless, screaming Mother
motherl Harry Loring is drowned
We were sliding on tho mill pond
and there was hole 10 the ice with
snow on it, aud Harry didn't sec it
and"
d" Hush, Eddie 7" said his mother
looking at him fearfully. Here i
Mrs. Loring !"
There was great silence in the
room, broken only bv the blithc, sweet
voice Of canary, and the pur OF q
maltease cat. Presently Mrs. Porter
camc toward me, and placed her hand
softly upon my shoulder, saying
Ella my poor child y
never moved. but sat with nv
wide open eyes upon an awful pic
turc. A cold gray, afternoon, a pond,
little boys playing upon it, one little
figure, well known to me, suddenly
disappearing through the treachcrous
ice, down, down, the sweet little hands
graspiug at cruel weeds, the sweet
mouth full Of water. And those
wicked sinful words ringing through
my ears, - don't care where you 90
so long as you keep out of my sight y
There was mist before my eyes, a
ringing of my ears. | remembered
leaving the house with q feeling of go-
Ing where my Harry was. Then
came a horrible sense Of the earth Civ.
ing way under my feet and knew no
more.
A pleasant feeling of warmth, lan-
guild sense pcrvading my system,
opened my eyes aud glanced around
the room. A strange woman by the
fire at the foot of my bed my hus-
band, with his hands over his eyes.
tried to think where | was, and what
happened, but in vain. Then my at
tention was arrested by little figure
in red flannel night dress, cuddled
up in q big chair-my Harry Then
il all dashed across my mind. sat
straigh up in bed, with faint
"why !"
What is it ?" said l ieeb'y.
you must not talk lie down. Oh
darling, darling !" and the strong man
wept like u child, aud the little figure
came and jumped on my bed, aud put
ting his arms around my neck, cried
too. And |, puzzled to know what it
meant, cried also. The strange fig
urc came forcward aud took Harry
away, saying,i' Be careful, Mr.. Lor-
ing: everything now depends VI on
quiet
"Tcll me all now, said I. 81 must
know | had horrible feeling. q
Harold! | dreamed Harry was
drowned !"
His face gacw white. He was
near death George Gray got him
out of,he pond Gray sent down to
he office for me went after DIR.
Hooper, aud came right up. There
was but a spark Of life left, but we
succeeded at last.
"Hov many days was it, Harold ?"
said |.
"Sevcn weeks ago yesterday" said
he smiling.
"Seven weeks said |. Impossi-
bio !"
"You have been very sick with
brain fever, Ella. You were very near
death /; for days We desparcd Of ever
seeing you conscious again. You
would say, Harry Is drowned and
| made him drown himself" Last
night DR.. Hooper said the crisis was
at hand if you lived through the
night you would get we'll. Oh, Ella,
am so thankful you were spared to
me -
al have been so weak and sinful,
Harold" said and then told him all
not keeping back anything.
He heard me through, stroking my
hair in gentle fashion. When l fn-
ished, he said (:
1T has taught you lesson, Ella
dear" Aud that was all
soon recovered. For long time
| could not bear Harry out of my
sight. 1t seemed as if ] could not do
enough - atone for my wicked con-
duct. The thoughts make me shud-
der now-ifit had been that Harry had
never come back to me, and that the
last words he heard from his mothcr's 8
lips were so unkind. / have had three
children since then, and not one OF
them has heard a cross hasty word
from me. Often times my patience
is sorely tried, but one thought Of that
horrible death to which Harry came
so near driv : the demon away.
Mothers, bear patiently with these
inocent little ones. Are there not
many whose eyes resting upon this
simp , story fill with bitter tears at
the recollection Of the rnkind words,
and even blcws, q little children laid
away for ever
Who.would not give all their worldly
possessions, yes, years o. their lives,
to recall those haaty words that made
their child's lip quiver pitifully and
he clear eyes dim with tears All
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