The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1871-02-04
Wrhtfn Tor the ADVOOA
A MOTHERS SIN,

Dying
TIE faint odOr Of a thousand flower
borne through the open window, touched
Iightig the fevered face, The wasted form
Of tba sufferer, who lay upon bis dying bed
All througb the long summer night, Edna
Land3r had watched BY the bedside Of be-
sick sther, and only now, when she fell
that the sudden reaction from sOmnOlen
state of quielude to vital energy, was bu
an ssakening to sensbility before death
did she give way to passionate grief, feeling
TOO khenly that another hour would find be-
fsthe less.
Ff4 away from the busy towns, from tbs
tumuit and strife Of city life, had Nj. Ian
IOr ) fOught lis only daughter, hOping 4
ind 10 the solitude of her company sOms
SURGE use from the terrible sorrow which wa'
cou>''mng Lis soul, the grief which had
,appll his mind until be was but SHADOW
IF hi5 former self But be had come tC
lie klowly consumption, with its attendant
insid bus evils had begun its fatal work, ,"DC
tbe power Of vitality had lost all other thar
lrressflute, nlckerlng action.
Dsrth set upon his heart, and be seemed
70 se1 dimly the bloOd-red banner Of sOmt
phantom army waving upon a distant battle
ield "A spasm Of internal agony crossed
The Elle, baggaTd features, and broken
heart took it, fight to another wOrld than
bis. The pearly gates Of light opened tC
the gloriOus view Of The sufferer, just as the
cloudA of SORROW and misery dropped q
lark mantle over the heart Of the bereaveC
orphan.
Atil far iBtO the night, and until the dull
gray tsst was stresked with the first tain
pre- ui3DitiOn Of morn, Edna LrndOr sat with
bowe4 head and broken teart by the corpse
s z4Irs'ie5s svse sFs:4 dgll t4stt
alone IA the world.
A.Dne mo, no the memory Of bel
f4thet's misery, of her mothers sin, of heI
own Are,cbedness, were ever with her. The
'houst ttht Of that terrible morning, four sbOr'
yearsl before, when the fondest dream Of be-
sniliag girlbOcd was blighted by The
knosj ledge Of her mothers INCONSISTENCY, O.
the terrible wrong inflicted on ber father by
tie .aomp4DOn Of bis bosom, seemed to in
feDs;;fy a thousand times her sorrow, and
With an apsthetic abandon Of grivf, no per
has .iver yet expressed Alright she finally
4rols and mechanically fulfilled the las
dutS devolving upon h'r TO perform for tbs
inah.mate clay Of her beIoveparent
hDd as Sbe quietly attended to the ar
rsDsement Of the room, the observance o
eacn duty, the performance Of every nee
ess4ty act was attended with thoughts o
RaidOlph Kingsbury, the man viii whom
& vas said her mother had fed, and eveI
,m d the solemn thoughts which CONNECTED
the hseIves with ber father death The yOuDj
girss mind was filed with bitter memorie
Of him, and she bent her head but did DO
LoS her heart to the divine injunction
\" Vengeance is mine, saith the Lord; vii
repay
The red sunset had faded out the sc
au gray and cold under the twilight sky
alp, the evening breeze VAS chill. Chang
in Ebe sky and sea and land, told Of comlII
u,tht, and Edna Landor sbivering slighh
a Ahe rising wind, turned With a sigh froI
ih., high cliff from which she bad been ga1
nj out over the broad expanse OF watel
apl directed her steps down the rocky pat
es!dDg to The little lamlet below, WbeI
l;Jring the two years intervening, since Dc
E43her's death she bad found occupation an
support as a school teacher.
Ii was one Of the rockiest portion Of
Eastern coast, and the little village with /
6,w houses and rough fishermen beld lit
~ inherit her or wesn her heart from
asooding sadness, yet she preferred it to ii
ba~y, noisy city, and accepting her preseH
q T. as her destiny she patiently performs
Avery duty devolving upon her, and bt
slime general favOrte With the uDCOu
,;habitamts Of Linden She had hesrl not
zig of her mother or OF Randolph KING
lry, but u be fierce burniDgs hicL posses
her soul at times when memory faithful
r. -oduced the sutfering~ Of her noble fat
old her tb1t her calmness Of mud bid
en ,aldering volcano OF wrath and reveng
RI iy to bur forth in floods Of wrath 81
Ingesnce at any time But lately I
sbfttr nature Of The woman had develop
lself, ann tne voice of Phillip MarstOn b
con to itself the power to nerve her he'
o stronger hope, and the glance Of his e
with the deep love-lght beaming forth b
brought joy and peace to her longing spIr
1t was be who came to meet her as >
n inferred the httle hamlet and directed /
Steps toward the cottage where shr reside
Ills manly open face Was sglow with plea
IRE, his wine-broWn eyes cleaning into /,
rankly, as it to read the thoughts viii
allied her mind.
Il We shall have a storm tonight, :"
said, walking By b side and watching
/ flushed face with an eager look II spa
I,ome ships of EIalbO Head as | rC
lown here. God grant they be not eau
off th, cliffs tonight"
III was SO absorbed in watching
ibreakers that bad not noticed the sk
answered Edna, Tor the first time scam
trbe horizon with her gaze. "Yonder d
~ red clouds do look suggestive of storm
4 The Young man, as they nearcd the h''
!. where Edna had found place OF abe
since her advent here, leaned on the &
5 iud seemed loth to part With her, He'
II identity wished to say something TO her,
NJ some forbidding lOOk in her face dete