The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1873-10-01
been reading a1oudlat the eatable, my wife
spoke up ffpm the depths Of. mother heart.

spoke up from the depths of. mothers heart.
Il wonder if the boy will go over there, and
he hasn't . decent suit of clothes with him.
Doctor. you sit down this minute, and write
to him not to- do it, anyway lunlesslhe gets
himself fixed W. some i I,leoked over at
Annie, and said, "Pshaw wife, if, the girl,
cares much about him., clothes won't make
any difference, and il it is clothes she wants,
we don't want her besides Ned's got a hand 1
some face and looks well enough he'll man.
age that, you needn't worry" How quick
~ a mother takes everything in. And l must
confess shook little in my own boots, for !
have vague idea girls do like to see their
gentlemen friends in raiment suited to q
gentleman. But the next letter from Canada,
and its superior advantages, set our minds to
rest on the important question of clothes, 4
A few weeks ago took trip. to my old
home in the East. 1t had been many years
since / had seen my boyhood' s home, SO long
indeed, that in many fine old families fused
to know almost as did my OWN
/ was not recognized while there, ]
received h letter from little Ruth King, |
earnestly invitingm to come and make them
visit, with a postcsrip from Mrs. King,
earnestly making the Invitation still strong
err. How they knew was so near them, that
big boy of mine at Ann Arbor can only tell
| made up my mind Iwould accept, and a few
flayspfter wcl,t apd was received with co.,
tliaity that w:is4ned me through and made me
believe more strongly than ever before that
hnma aiaturelis good Aenes nature, most of
it anyway, and Canada nature good deal
like the rest. Mrs. King did have the silver
puffs, under the snowy cap, and theg pure
womaaly faee1 knew she must have Mr..
King was q severely honest Englishman, and
Mary the Oldest daughter very much like him
z Lam open face and good consultation, thor
oughly energetic in her ways, she saw the
.issStcezof a thing as wen as the GOODNESS Of
it. A character you could always tie to, that
is, if you manted to. / thought saw glim-
iner of light. and why Johnston King had
left his home. and wandered SO far away from
it, wandered more than In a literal sense, be-
cause father had been unkind in his justice.
It seems almost wrong, sometimes, that a Just
father and an impetuous son are not allowed
to understand each other Ruth was like her
mother with quiet winning ways, and % low
inglhappy face, 4 deep heart, and akclear
heads and found 'out, quiteableto hold her
own whenaattacked.l A face tliati made you
feel instinctively that G still waters run deep
est gs leh se4 as
AS went into the pleasant home parlor,
bright fire burned in the CRATE, and just above
the mantle, in a heavy gilt frame. hung a
painting of the boy had laid in his coffin so
far from his home. An ivory, vine was
wreathed around it, and twas hung I'M such
a way that tconltl be seen from every part
of the room. A strong sweet face with some
thing of both Mary and Ruth in it.. | stop
ped before it as I entered, and knew that
the mother stood beside me, though did not
turn my head. e Tho sisters were near me, al
so, and the father, little apart with his head
bowed and his hands folded behind him. AS
turned toward the mother, she took the
hand | held out to her. spoke not q word !;
there was no word to speak,, but we under
staid few days and had q most, delightful
visit. The evening came away happened
to be in the parlor alone, when Ruth came in
softly and stood beside me. put my arm
around her, and drew her to me, running my
hand through her long, light curls, over her
fair, white forehead. She turned her face
toward me, And she was one, the beauty
of whose eyes, were evcrmore a sweet sur
prise" As l looted at her, Il tlesearchingly,
/ fear, a soft flush came into her face, and the
wrinkles fl her eyes grew brighter, as she
said, almost in whisper :,g'.Wcll, do you
think viii do ?''
Since my return home / have written to
Ned of my visit, and the pleasure itgaye me-
that little Ruth was all expected from the
inlook into her character her lettcrsfhad Civ
en- me. And now suppose, from little signs
have discovered, there win be wedding
somewhere in her Majesty's dominions the
coming summer, and shall have q daughter
to brighten the old doctors home.
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