The Morning herald., 1877-10-26

ty. honestly obtained, ks considered the. .lit.
tie lad--should b veil no'nriahed and 70
specially dretaed. sad, happily, fc,spd .
teacher who was capable Of we'd sduostne
him, dumb though Edmund va, aad wiz
for charges which Barnard. BY dint ae g$esa
sef-dsnial managed to defsay. made 4 sai
little hero very tolerabls sca,olae.
A Edmund grew older. his prstsetos
began to reflect a. to how he might cam
something more than the ners pittanoe
bsyond which hs might never hope b ob-
tain 70 long - 10 remained whore he thsn
WAS. ...
He must do something more for his boy
Edmund than he had been able hitherto b
accomplish for himself 70. one day, he bsds
farewell to the village in which hs had beea
born, and which b never before Aaf quit
ted; and with Edmund BY his side and
holding his hand, went forth into wider
world to seek for bettsr fortune. not for
his own sake. but for the boy Who was \
hundred times more precious TO him than
himself.
Day aftsr day. with Edmund by his side.
he travelled on from place to place, always
on foot, and seeking employment At every
town or village At which he and his dear
boy arrived, but never obtaining it,, .
John Barnard had thought that he had
but to leave his poor and petty native place
to better his boys condition. since it was Of
Edmund only that he thought; but too soon
he came to know the sad error under which
he had labored, the wretched mistake he
had committed.
It was not much money he had brought
with him from his native village; and 80,
obtaining no employment, he soon saw him
self reduced to almost his last shilling. and
had resolved 10 return as speedily as posi-
BILE to the home he had left With such high
hopes, when suddenly. illness seized upon
him-grisf and anxiety had caused it-and
ere many days he WAS in his gravs-s pau
peFs graxe-for to the poor-house had he
been taken, and by the parish was brave,
nohle-heMted Jaln Barnard buried.
And hs had not died despaaringly, but
eomfortsd, and with hope for the future sf
his adorsd boy. for In his last hours, he
said. . vision had come to him from Hsav-
on thst great happinsD vas in STORE for
Edmund, and that, though not himself per-
mitted to remain on earth 10 witness>it. yet
had it been promiaod 10 him that from On
high he should behoid II.
As one stunned, q bevildered BY hide.
GUS dream, was Arthur, when hfs bad quit
ted his bsnsfaetor; aud when good Jthn
Barnard vas lai0 within his grave. he
sought to throw himself upon the coffin
nd to be sntenbed with the maa who had
Hen to him tbe only father he bad ever
known. r.
Taken back 10 Tie posp-houaa, is Dad
escaped from IL time after time 10 4y sad
east himself weeping ard moaning, On tass
grave vhsss hy ths only being Yho On
eaEth, ~ tAs poor hid Believed, had evan
cared foF and bvsA him.
They tod him a* The poos- house tint, for
awhile, 1t least, hs n,,,st Gs 70 Anre to his
fathers grave. 1t was cat f comRasalsa
for tho poor boys su3eRiass and bitter
agony they told him That; but AAnaAA,
do Whist thsy would, was SWAY aeaan, No
more to return 10 he poor-housa f6r, vAaa
he'saw The people approaching wAo wesA
have Carried hin baet TO it, he fed hzte the
wood. where he vas fssAd by Asgsret.
and having for days refused all food, q
last sank down, and fast wss periahing with
cold and hunger, but that Providence sext
Margaret Burford to bis aid would soon
have rejoined, az was his wish, him without
whom Al was desohtion and despair