The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-02-02

and clasped the boys in his arms
kissing him, and hugging him, lik'
a girl with a new doll.
"Oh, Teddy, Teddy, Teddy" HI
said: Il wish my tongue had beer
torn out by the roots before | ha(
said such a thing; but | didn'
mean it, Teddy. You never though
| meant, did you? Why, Teddy
| wouldn't lose you for all the world
my little play fellow, my brother
1t isn't right for me to complain tC
you of mother, and when | have
just told you how it happened thai
/ said those cruel words-that
didn't mean, didn't ever mean, you
know for a moment, Teddy-ther
you must forget all about it. / had
told mother that | wanted to make
a man of you, and that it was time
you went 10 school; and then she
said l was cruel to you, and that
didn't care for you, and lectured
and scolded me all the afternoon
and then | forgot myself-which ]
ought not to have done, for | know
it is only her love that makes hel
over-anxious = and l said those
hateful words, that | never, ,nevel
meant, Teddy"
Il thought you never could mean
it, Charles" said the little fellow.
lie had borne up with wonderful
stoicism till now, but the overwhel-
ming sense of relief was too much
for him, and he began to weep and
sob convulsiyely. Shortly, he sprang
up and clasped his brothers neck,
saying:
''Ill go to school, Charlie, and III
do Just what you like, and you'll see
if won't make a man, I'll win the
Greek and Latin prizes, too, if |
can; but you know | am not very
clever, Charlie. so you must not be
disappointed, if don't do that all
at once, viii you?"
'Ill trust you, Teddy, my boy, to
do the best you can, and none of us
can do more than that, | shall miss
you sorely, Teddy, but therell be
Jolly long holidays, you know, and
we shall have pleasant times togeth-
er then. And now come on and
let's see how you'll guard your wick
ct. If you don't do me credit as a
cricketer, III sit on you"
The poor lady's heart was very
sore when her boy had gone, and
she felt hersef alone. and many and
dread were the misgivings that
darkened her mind. And Charles,
too, felt himself alone.
Mrs. Pemberton's married life had
been outwardly calm and unevent-
ful but she was out of sympathy
with her husband, man of easy,
iovial temperature, who scarcely no.
ticed her coldness, and never troub-
led himself about it; and she had
sought consolation in religion. She
had fallen under the influence of
certain meek persons, who held that
'tthe world" and things of the world
were forbidden to them. When her
husband died, leaving her only a
life interest in a moderate property,
and making his eldest son sole guar
dian of the boy, she had made some
efforts to win over Charles to her
views; but his honest, healthy ma
ture, was absolutely impervious to
these narrow notions; he was ac-
cordlng to the iargon of her sect,
'giving up to q reprobate mind,
and day by day the icy crust of re-
serve in which she lived became
thicker and denser; and it was rem
dered more hard by the feeling of
bitterness inspired by the provis-
ions of her husbands will. Charles
felt all this acutely. He tried to be
and he was a good son, but all at
tempts at filial confidence were re-
pulsed. The kind of fatalism which
She had accepted made her bow with
resignation to the will which had
decreed the eternal perdition of her
elder son. in common with that of
the overwhelming majority of the
human race; but with something
of inconsistency she prayed with
passionate earnestness that her
young son might be given to her,
and might be gathered in the folds
of the elect.
The boy throve in school. His
health, now that he was freed from
coddling, improved rapid
". As was to be expected he did
full Justice to his brothers diligent
coaching in athletics, and what no
one had expected he developed a
wonderful faculty for mathematics.
Nothing could be more satisfacto-
ry than the reports of his conduct
and progress and nothing brighter
and more beautiful than the lads
healthy condolences with his broth
er in his happy holidays, when he
his school life and the
young hopes and ambition kindling
within him.
When the term of Teddy's school
life was drawn to a close the head
master of the school strongly urged
that he should go to Cambridge (;
and the Lad himself. pleased with
the idea, was encouraged in his de-
sire by the fact that the dearest of
his school friends had Just entered
there.
But this was an extention of the
education course which had not
been cotemplated. By the viii of
his father, only a very moderate
sum had been assigned for the boys
educational, and this had already
been doubled by Charles out of his
own limited means, in order that he
might have the advantage of a SUI
perior school. If he went to the
university, the funds must come
entirely from his elder brother, who
would have to deny himself in many
ways so as to arrange matters. And
it was especially hard to do at this
time, for the opportunity had just
occurred of purchasing on advanta-
geous terms some fields On which he
had long looked with an eye of ra-
tional desire.
Mrs. Pemberton had been look
Ing forward with hurry desire to