St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-12-17
How He Kept His Pro1nise--A True
Story.
BY ROSE HARTwICK THORPE.

Story.
BY ROSE HARTWICK THORPE.
"My dear boy, promise me that you
viii care fer your poor mother and lit
tie Allie when | am gone. Oh, if |
could only see one bright ray of hope
in the future for them; but all is dark
ness and gloom"
Father, dear father" the boy who
bowed at the bedside, a very child in
years and sorrow, now drew his slender
form to its full height, his blue eyes
flashing with a noble resolve, and his
Uhole face quivering with emotion as he
spoke.
Il promise you, my father, that my
mother and little sister shall be first in
all my thoughts and plans for the fu-
ture, that | will care for and shield
them from poverty as lies in my power
to dO.'
"God bless you, my boy, and may
the Father of the fatherless be your
guide through all the dark years to
come. Call your mother and little AL
lie now, for the end is very near"
Standing there in the little room with
open windOw, Henry Hartly saw the
gray shadow of death creep over the
dear face of his father; heard the heart
breaking means of his mother, and the
piteous wall of his little sister; saw and
heard it all, without Quiver crossing
his pale Young face, or Il tear dimming
the brightness oi his eye. lie had wept
and sObhed in widest grief when told
that his father must die but now the
weight of Il solemn promise rested on
his youthful shoulders. holding back
the expression of childish sorrow, and
drying the fount of his tears.
After the funeral was over, and be-
fore the Sympathizing friends had dis
perSed to their several homes, as Henry
was passing through the sitting room,
the voice of his mothers sister reached
him. sue WAS saying to the lady who
sat near her, and although her tones
were low, they were not too low to
reach and wound the heart of the boy.
GLOW cold and unfceling Henry is
Why, he did not shed Il tear through it
ALL
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