New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-04-02

husbands dismissal
He's of to the Lone Tree sobbed the poor
woman 4 seen hun pass, as he thowt unbe-
knownst. Go arteI him. my boy, and strive II ye
Gamma save q bit o money to keen us from elem.
ming. How ever is us to get through, WI n0wt
coming in but thy little bit O wager God bless
thee
The lad trudged on, tired as he was, with all his
might to the little public The Lone Tree was now
surrounded by fields and old hedgerOw timber but
the name must have come down from the time
when the hi lside was an Open uninclosed treeiess
common. sign of the Od-world story often at
tached to such primitive houses OF shelter. Esan
had found the settle by the Dgle fire pleasant ana
cheerful in the wet evening and had comtortapIy
forgotten wife and children and AL his troubles,
when suddenly his face heightened for the door
opened. he looked up. and i'll came Roger, out OF
breath and his face in glow from having run so
far and so fast
Daddy he painted, the pig have got in tn
water and he'll be drowndcd, If sc donna come
quick, and he SIGH toertly young un., lie Iaa I'M
agined this device on the road, knowing that no
moral levers could be brought to bear on MS
fathers hardened selGshness. .
''Tis very hard growled Esau; and me that
niveI gets no good out o my life not at a. What
do tn pig mind AS if We couldna sort him yeIsen
and the weather caZety, and the WIND so whine,
for to worrit me like this here rs good rLsim
should gle thee aud 10 mistake, ithstead o heark-
eniug to thy Jaw
At last, however, like the unjust judge, worn ont
with his sons InsisIance-tor Roger had VIII as
we'll as his father to get shut o the lad he
went with him. as he said. ,
we mum 20 by the upper road, cried the LAD
anxOusy, as his father turned down toward tDe
''Tis the highest way, and we'll go Wonder, or we
wOnna 90 at ALL replied Esau with drunken per,
versity. 1t was no use to struggle with him, ana
it ISN'T not to say dark and for a. it's so mneky
the rains stayed, and that's marcy and tax IL
the Hoods begun to go down so we'll just stump
along sad the boy cheeriuly
When they reached the river, however, the
fIcsbet, delayed by the winding OF the stream had
not yet subsidized, and the rushing water, Euddy
and troubled, and spreading beyond even ITS usuaI
landmarks COnCd most uninyitlng; the early part
however, w3s shallow. and II they could Ieach
the planks all would be well.
Ye nun lust carry me daddy; twill he morn
over my he; L, said little Roger, scramblng on his
fathers back who waded stupldIy on Ill Il hai'
awake state through the yeasty waves -,
Mind where we're going, daddy cried the boy
anXIousy a. Esan slipped heavily over me broken
ground beneath them. Max for the planks, Iight
over there right over there lie called he chung
for deaI life round his fathers neck who went
swayiug from side to side. utterly unable to guide
his own way in his confusion. Ills hand was en- ne
first Of the uprghts of the bridge. however, when
with violent lurch, he went down almost on ms
knees Roger lost his hold. utterng bitter cry as
his head hit the post and went under water. Esaq
clutchrd nstinctiycy after the bow. aud succeeded
in Getting his arm round him. while he clung WIT
tho other to the post He then plunged slowly on
holding to the planks and keeping his grlp on ms
SON. carving him like a sheep under his arm TOO
dazed even 10 LIT the lads head out OF the water or
to help him on to the bridge. He struggled on man,
fully nevertheless. though the river was stu
breast high reached the other side. and was sit
ting under an Old pollard IN IA half stupefed state
Will Roger lying across his knees, when Gilbert at
length perceived the pair under the shadow. $3.50
why Lsau, what's ever the matterf why
didna We answer! What arc yo dong there :!
Then rs he stopped over him. Why, tn lads faint
or stark and his face all over slush. do believe
he's drOWndcd right oil
NAY, he's none dead repeated the carter daily.
L carried him over all right. but we slipped, MN
and me- and his head went under. He'll come 10
fast enOw. | KEEP fast hold on him, that's what L
did: tor what could do better Hes all right.
Not If We sit there doing nOthlnS To- MN, NUT
tered Gilbert angrily, rs he took the bO} up III ms
arms and carried him, as fast as he could. to me
turnpike house. the nearest dwelling TO DC IOuhu
aon. that lonely road.
They tried every means in their power to revive
the little lad, but IN vain he was too FAR gone, the
blow on bis mead had stunned HIM, and the water
had stihcd him, and they could not bring bin TO-
"a drunken rascal, is not fit 10 live, and Is TOO
bad to drown! said the woman OF the mouse mag
nantly looking askance ut Esau who sat by the
boys head, scarcely attempting anything l" helP
those who were doing their utmost for his child
but looking mt him and repeating slowly:
L KEEP hold on him, did. He's all right,
And to think that It's him that does nothing 1or
little IN. as is his mothers right hand as hur
wonderful world, it is sighed the woman.
Ell. my little lad" added Gilbert, sOfrowfully
bending over the small body. And art thou gone
so soon before us I IT'S scrattlng world we 1--we
in and no mistake Maybe God mighty doing
the best for thee lie could to TAX thee to Hlssen
but thOult be sore missed at home, and shall want
thv pleasant face ND and down the farmsiead
scores o times. There's many man thinks no cnd
OF hsscn as might ha gone and no one trouble
arter him. not tenth part what they'll do tOr thee
ny lad God bless thee"
it was a simple funeral dirge, bat worth living
for.