Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-03-25

, till | thought could never stop. had
} argued that tbevision was sent in mer.
, cy, in order that / might fill every houi
of her life with pleasure, and might
, take all the sweetness a baby may give
} to its mother; but my devotion to her,
! the ever-present thought of her, the
laying away, the boarding In my heart
OF all her words and ways-ah me! ah
mel it is like absorbing her being into
mine, like making her life my life.
Once l was thankful for the warning;
now it shadows my whole life. IWould
that had been dealt with after the
usual plan that God had hid the fu-
ture from me!
"June 8, zS78.-This is Tommy's
birthday. have not selected any pres
ent for him; could not take Lucy out
yesterday, and would not leave her.
Marc is to get something for him; he is
easily pleased Patience, poor Tommy
In eight months and thee weeks it will
be your turn.
81 had pang to-day. Baby was
sleeping beside me, when l heard a cry
from Tommy. hurried out to him,
but found there was nothing tine matter
except that he had climbed to thJ gate
post and could not get down. When [
returned to Lucy the poor dear was sit
ting up crying for me, and much fright
ened. For the first time in her life she
had walked without finding me. Her
cry smote me like cry from the
! grave" .~.-. ~h b-thlt
" October 2, z878.-I come from a
terrible hour, l must try to forgive
Marc, for he has never accepted the
vision as a reyelation-has never be-
lieEed that it was anything buta dream.
He has always opposed my course with
baby, and he pains me by using her as
headOes Tommy, making no difference
except for her age. She is now Sob
bing in her sleep from her fathers dis
leiplineg %@ Nae "wgElg @ ga9a .
. This is the storyof thatpainful hour:
The, children had each an orange,
Lucy ate hers, and then snatched at
Tommy's, and cried for it. The baby
cries sm0te upon the mothers heart
and unneryed her. In an excited way,
eagerly intent on soothing Lucy, she
fibegah cooking Tommy to give his
orange to his sister. Tommy refused,
and h6mother was about to force it
from him when.Marc interposed, speak
ing quietly and firmly. Il Mabel, you
must moi, do that he said. ".Yoq
would injure both children; you would
cultivate baby's sel6shness, and you
would confuse Tommy's ideas of JUS
tice and weaken his faith in you"
|tg"O," cried the mother with pa
thetic beseechment, chow can you
speak about her in this gCofd-blooded
way, when in six months we are to see
her dead?" ".-
s'I do not believe this" said Marc;
but even if | did know that she was
to die in six months should want the
child rightly disciplined. think her
fate in the next world will be influenced
by her training in this"
"Pm glad she's going to be beaded"
said Tommy, who vividly realized that
the baby was a discomfort in his life
d" And you'll be covered up in q big
hole" he added, turning to his sister.
"I won't! / won't!' cried Lucy in
passionate protest. 81 won't be tov-
cred in a bid hole; will me mammaP"
Tears were. running down the moth
er's face. 81 would die for you, my
heart, my life!' cried the poor soul,
)" but can not help you" e
Meanwhile. the little Lucy in child |
ish rage spit in Tommy face and threw
a china doll into it. Marc picked up
the little passion-swollen girl, went in
to the next room and locked himself in
with her.
ftHe is going to punish her" thought
the alarmed mother, 'EItis sacrilege! |
Hers is sacred fesh-it is angels |
deshh He'will punish her, and then
Whenlshe is gone he viii brsak his
heart over il"
She went swiftly to the door, as one
would fly to avert disaster. She begged |
to be let in; she ordered the door
opened. He made no reply. III warn
you, Mare she said, "that if you
strike her | will never forgive it.
I. She heard the little Lucy passionate
ly crying: " Mamma! mamma! wants
my mamma! l wants my mamma! |
wants her so hard! Papa, Lucy loves
so bad! I loves my mamma SO
badw
And then she heard with burning
heart Marc's reply: g You must stay
in here, away from tnannias because
you spitin Iomtny s&faee and strack
Tommy. You must stay in here, away
from mamma, till you stop crying.
stay in here till you are good. When
you stop. crying you may 60 to mamma.
There, noW.be good -stop cryingP3l n
UIh Bpiteof his tender tone Iabers
heart was resentful. Tommy had fol-
lowed her to the door, and was now
pulling at her skirts and hand. Almost
she put him. away, a. ,.-. #,
9%1 wants Tommy s lorsnge; lucy
likes um so bad" pleaded the sobbing
baby. i
mo, you can't have Tommy 81 Or
ange; you had one" said the father. l.
8I|YYe es, she may hayeib papadl Tom
my called through the keyhole, He had
been habituated to giving up Ito.her, i
and had begun to learn a little of the
self denial! G9yit Il
Mabel felt sudden heart-warming
toward her b0V;shB reached out for the