Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-06-30

gentleman to let me take the trip. /
amt ungrateful, i amt. I'll give her
one good letter, anyhow. Why, by the
way you talk should suppose you never
had mother, and if You had that you
didn't know how to treat her. i hate a
man who don't love his mother and isn't
willing to sacrifice himself for her. All
can do for her now is to write to her
and write such letters as will interest
her, and the dear old girl is going to get
them, if the paper and ink holds out,
and they are going to be good ones, too.
have got 10 he good deal of a sailor
and if 1t were not for leaving you, which
couldn't do. believe | should take one
of these ships myself. l know all about
starboard and pOrt-port used to be lar
board, and can tell the stern from the
bow. On ship you don't say 81 will go
down stairs" but you say 81 will go be-
low" One would think that had been
born on the sea, and was true child of
the ocean.
Owing to my strictly temperate habits
at home, and my absolute abstemious-
ness on the ship, have escaped the ter
rors of sea sickness. As you taught me,
true happiness can only be found in yir-
tue The wicked young man from New
York has been sick half the time, as
young man who keeps bottle in his room
should be.
The nice wooden stockings you knit
for me have been a great comfort, and
all | regret is, am afraid have not
enough of them to last me until L get
home.
fThe young villain had purchased in
New York an assortment of the most
picturesque hosiery procurable, which
he was wearing with low cut shoes. The
wooden stockings he gave to his room
steward.
The tracts you put in my Valise have
read over and over again, and, have lent
them since to the passengers who prefer
serious reading to trashy novels and lit
erature of that kind. What time have
to spare for other reading have deyot-
ed to books of travel so that | may see
Europe intelligently.
BY the way" he stopped to say, "are
the Argyle rOJms in London actually
closed, and is the Mabille in Paris as
lively as it used to be? Great Cesar!
won't make it lively for them!"
In another day we shall land in Liv-
erpool, and then | shall be only five
hours from London. l long to reach
London, for do so desire to hear Spur
geon, and attend the Exeter Hall meet
ings, as you desired me. But as we shall
reach London on Tuesday, | shall be
compelled to wait till the following sun
day, five long days.
Please, MA, have pa send me draft
at my address at London at once. | find
the expense of travel much greater than
l supposed, and l fear l shall not have
enough. Your affectionate son,
LEMUEL.
"fhere," said Lemuel as he sealed the
letter, shat is what | call good letter.
The old lady will read it over and oyer
to herself, and then she will read it to
all the neighbors. 1t will do her heap
of good. Bye-bye. The boys are wait
ing for me in the smoking ROOM"
And stopping at the bar to take a
drink-the liberality Of English measure
was not too great for him-he was, a
minute after. absorbed in the mysteries
of poker, and was ''raking in" the money
of the others at lively rate.
And the letter went to the good old
mother, and probably did her good. And
she, doubtless, worried the old gentleman
till he sent the graceless fellow a remit
tance. Boys can always be sure of their
mothers-would that mothers could
only be half as sure of their boys.