Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1875-01-28
TINE LOVE WHICH CAME TOO LATE.

heart and tender spirit. Her nature was mon
ansctionate and oonAding she war Away
longing for sympathy, always wishing to low
and be loved; she would havo done anything 10
anybody who would have been kind to her. bu
ale waa unfortunately placed and we grieve Il
say that but little love fell to Nsllies share. sh,
had bad q dear father and.mother, who hat
loved her no much that they thought nothin,
was too much 10 do that could be done for thei
own little one. She hHd been papz's pet ami
mAmma's poppet while she had them, and haa
never been spoiled ahe was one Of those rare
dsrlings who can bear spelling; but deatl,
snatched away the mother after few hours i'll.
ness ono day, and in the COURSE Of twelve months
afterward the father married again, and soor
after that no died and 70 papAs pet and man
mas poppet found herself . poor desolate Or
phan In tins cold, wide world.
Did not the new stepm0ther then love Nellie
and be kind to hsr2 We fear not. She was
bard woman, oh, 30 different TO Nele's own
dear mother. She looked upon Nellie a. Z
txo0ble !; something that Was In her way, thai
burdsned her, and she seemed to have nc
thought Of winning the love Of the doar little
ona Yet tho child was yearning for it
She watched, oh, how eagerly she watched,
have rejotoed, and how glad the little heart
would havs been n tho now mother, after the
fathers death, would have taken her to her
bosom and pressed her to her heart, and given
ber few loving kisses but they did not come,
and Nellie, after Watching for tiom in vain day
after day, and hungering, almost famishing for
love, would retire up stairs, and sit down on a
box In q desolate room, striving to keep back
The love and to still the sorrow which a8itated
her little bosom, and made her eyes dark with
grief.
But the stepmother was not cruel to Nellie ;
she gave her food to cat, and clothes to wear af-
heart and this was what Nellie wanted. Size did
not know what she was doing, We believe,
in Withholding . mothers love from her.
and she had no conception what the poor
little desolate heart felt, and how It
would guAh for her, and overfiowed At the
hrst symptom OF tenderness, Such love vould
have made the mother rich indeed. for love nuch
u Nellle's is priceless, The wealth of the In
see it, iid not know II. still iess aid she know
what priceless boon she was throwing away.
One day Nellie bauan to droon and sickau
Bile wAs greatly attached to 4 little bow. the son
Of nsigRbor, who had been i'll with scarlet To-
vee, and waa Just recovering. He came ont OF
the house and looked in at Mrs. Bunu's door, for
that wAasths name Of Nellie's stepnother, and
Nellie sssing him ran out to kiss him Tor her
mother was not It home and Nellie was all alone
in the house 20 the child took the Injection, and
before many days ind passed wan yery III.
Dsy after day psrsed and NeIIis conld not cat
her food tue bread and butter and the not yery
tsmptiug dinners wero left almost untonched.
Mr.. Bum putting chem away with a careless
remsrt;
GYnn I'll, a. H,,,o t.. .,,,,.. ,u ,uo.,,
fast" ~ The case might be-. until one morning
vI,en shA conI nat "; y" ,arns;vs III ,S.. NaI,ias
w. xsrv 1 NJ H'u'u no' 'A e' perceive 'hAt Ne"e
UMy head .cbes an and T am an s;ck " said
NOR littla Malta .;nhiu1 ao,~n ,,,,,,, tho ho,,
s0sin sst.r vs;,, .t,an,SS, ~ ~. upon '''o D'"
II SO Won arc yery | poprly" said Mrs. Bupp.
looLino bs.d A. Nsiiio = Vor h.vs ,,n. maa',,
taik,nS !" thst Ett,a No., .r. A.. 10 M ov ,. o' p"
w. ss;d Mali. ~ 40 N.Y., ,,"a ao ~ IT,,
minutes. vhan Won vsrs ont = E f.w V %sys " .go -"
"Then Il "a vsrv nsuuhtv t, of vo" ny = sa;3 Mru
Bum. "for he bss Ind fsyar. va and r ror ali ''
knov von have r.n.lt !, ~ INN fmSaoI ,aoi
sure Won have. Thsre IL no and To % mv traube Le0
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aecis sns;, Al. ., ..,a ,..,. N.uo u,,, u,;..,,
look. ~ 'N -'''' '''''' "''1 " "''"''
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.sv Ynn iopst .vt -, " H. a. un,, A""''
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inc h., hs;- ~ ~,.a,s NJ la a.,;l"s Was l., oo
s,o,.na .d TJ snI .u :. .t, s"o mie Su
@Y..s. s.S. .Gonsu ss III, - ..o o'Aa' NeAAo
Whss AZ .n,, srv;"a S"r 3, ..;a ,ho sto,-
,.hsr - v you ;i Giys aor ,, sa,u 'hI s.ap, Yep,
mo.1eI eiyime VIII ..s aake you wolse. ~ you
WI. ;M 20 ~ ws, lve @ over % erytg ana oe s'''i'
.;n aoa want 70 gee wen, sala nt.,s Meme,
doctor dpS '0"" ''D A''a p''"Se "'" '''oh 'n'
mot want to get well = said Mrs. Aunn' In
Milf. -, .-,..
- ~ os.I ,.1 Neme' .ao s'oA' sops n''ti''s "aS
"uM soS S"vnuS 'soI. - , II.
Iho coiu, hard woman wAs moved Whac
% WOMAN wouio noG oe sne sttempted 70 drS
NeHS = Ieala. Wouid hke 70 go 70 inother,
saad Neihe, ~ soon q sue eouid speak.
a.. 1our own mother Is dead, sAld MRS. Bum.
I'm your mother now, am not
Nono sIook lor n9aa. ny motheE ls III
nesven, sno sAla. want 70 20 20 her
want Jesus 70 seho Ior me. Mother loves mo
tnon8n sne is up there.
mrs bunns neart smote her: Inc cMid nad
poeh sAlown uPon net csIe, oesoiato ahG Pc
reeved, oondded to her by the great God. There
nad DSSn bread for tne chiid 70 cat, II she could
81: There had also been shelter, but there
had peen no nome Tor her, no place III loving
heart. Pity Tor the little one took possesslon OF
ner sue wouid 20 very kina 10 nor Tor the iu-
ture, AND would love the child and show her that
she WAS loved. She was beginning To repent,
but the repentance came to late. 1t could not
AVIAN much now.
will get you some boiled bread and milk,
said Mrs. Bum, suddenly remembering how lit
tie the child had oaten for days. "It will be
moe and SOFT for your poor little throat Moth
er win soon bring IT. up to you, and You will try
70 eat II won't you T.
On please don't don't speak 80 kindly to
me, said Nellie ~ can't bear it, It's 30 like
my dear mother IN heaven, when Was her pet,
And sho was here Nellie sobbed afresh.
=, We Me Hprohenslpio 70 MIS- Duhn
. thick veil had been taken from before her
oyes, and revealed everything. Little Nellie, that
pure. sweet blossom, had carried about with her he