Bismarck tribune., 1879-09-26

HALBERT AND HOB.
Here Is thing thst happened. Like Wild
Il avsd % ~ : Il a North England, therSll ID
lnaabiting one homestead, neither shovel nor
nm. nnt n%t, :, mind their birthright; father and
a..h son, ~ sn snch father! Nest widest by
daerees -,..4-.ss.-s..
aoetens az sWsv: vet, last Of their line. the wild
est and worst were these.
Criminals, thenf Why, no: they did not mur-
nnt rive them 3 word, they return q blow
od Halbsrt e young Hob:
Harsh and fierce of word, rough and savag OF
deed
Hated or feared the more-who knows-thei
genuine wild beast breed. ,. stl s3ig.
thus were they found BY the few sparse folk
Of the country-side; IT ,,;tas Fl
mt how Jared each with other? Fen beast
couch, hide by hide,
n growing grudged agreement: so fatner
The cloeelier up in their den because the lest
of their kind in the world. .,s
sill beast irkS beast on occasion. One Cnrlst-
na.,e father and son to wor1s-such words!
more cruel because the blow
70 crown each word was wanting, while taunt
matched gibe, and curse ,fs.s..
Competed With oath in wager, Ike pastime
In hell nay, worse:
For pastime turned to earnest, as up there
he sen At tie throat of the father, seized him
and held him fast, ~ 5lS} ss N r. Il iAAt =
Out of the house you gol' (there follow
hideous OATH se. 4
This oven where now we bake, too hot to
hold MS both1
II there's snow. outside, there's coolness: out
with you, bide . spell 9G. . sa9 =.
In the drift, and save the sexton the charge OF
aparish shell!' s
Nov, the old trunk was tough, wss selid as
stump Of oak
Untouched at the core by thousand years:
much less had its seventy broke
One whipcofd nerve In the muscly mass from
neck to shoulder blade
Of the mountainous man, whercon his child's
rash hand like = feather weighed.
Nevertheless at once did the mammoth shut
-Drop chin to breast drop hands to sides, stand
stitened-arms and thighs
All Of . piece struck mute, much as = sentry
Sea Il .
Patient to take the enemy's Are: his captain 80
commands.
Whereat the sons wrath few to fury at such
sheer scorn gfI.eiz IS Il
OF his puny strength by the giant elo thus act
ing the babe newborn.
And ~Neither will this turn serve!" yelled he,
Out with you! Trundle, llOgI a195 a. ~
II you cannot tramp trudge like man,
try all fours like dog"
otill the old man stood mute. 30, logwise-
down to the floor aa5.I2 ga !, IL
Pulled from his fire-side place, dragged on
from hearth to door
Was he pushed, a very log, staircas along
A certain turn in the steps was reached,
yard from the house door-silL
Then the father opened his eyes-eaeh spark
OF their rage extinct
Temples, late black, dead ad-blanched-rlgn
hand with left b md linked
He faced his son submissive; when slow the
accents came,
They were stran, civ mild though his sons
rash hand on his neck lay all the same,
~Halbert, on such night Of Christmas long
ago, #5s- fH -,
For such cause, with such a gesture, did I
drag-so- .
Nv father down thus far; but, softening here
hoard
A voice in nv heart, and stopped; you wait
for an outer word. s ..,nr --..s
For your own sake not mine, soften you too!
untrod at.9a
leave this last step we reach, nor brave the
finger of God? .
/ dare not pass its lifting; l did well, nor
blame
Nor praise YOU Istop here; Halbert do you
the same!"
etraightway the son relaxed his hold OF the
They mounted, side by side, to the room again;
no note ,la4 q. 49, 81
Took either Of each, no sign made each to
either; last . IA .,4eg 5
As first, in abso ute silence, their Caritmas-
night they PASSED.
At dawn, the father sat on, dead, in the self
With an outburst blackening still the old bad
but the t son crouchcd all a-tremble like any
lamb ne w-weaned. ;.eli taaa q
When he went to the burial, some ones staff
he borrowed -tottered and leaned.
But his lips we're loose, not locked-kept NUT
tering, mumbling. There!
At his cursing and swearing!" the youngsters
cried. but the elders thought, I'm prayer"
A boy threw stones; he picked them up Ind
stored them in his vest. pre-
30 tottered, muttered, mumbled he; till he
died, perhaps found rest
as there reason in nature for those hard
heartsw o Lear, ss {6a
That reason out OF nature must turn them
soft, seems clear!
S5ts Robert Bto,sntng
How Pottridge Spoiled His Luck.
Mr.. Thomas Pottridge, Of smallbor-