The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-07-21
A AorHER's HAST l-SrrkR.

cetions none can have forgotten the touching letter written 10 yoaag " l,mmie" Johnson few days hetose that fatal day t ~Ss ttum his mother. over whose humble home hroodcd the desclassoa of ;he impending fate oi her son, who. though blood-s,aincd criminal in the eyes cf the !aw, ~as not the less dear to her whose eyes had looked upon him for the last time.
 She had received his own letter, and writes: If could see you one ,inse more, how glad would be. " }a, - and who can depie; the agony the simple words cost their heAr,-brcken author .- ' My darling boy. the time IS close a, hand when you will know your doom" :. icu ask :me 10 fnsgne yoa." Ask such mother 10 forgive her son tha, mother who with streaming eyes replies: "Nes; my dear. II could take your place would do it. Who does not believe this N ho does s:c: feel that this poos woman would gladly have mounted the gallo~s tha, her darling boy might be saved and for what To plunge once moro into cume. Nha, ef ,ha, ,e hel Mas be no, her son. to whom she wrote ln her swee,. simple way [" The yard is tull oi roses and other dowcfs. l, would look good If you were here ha, he was no, there. Never was he Ia Dc there agaln. And though the suns lays catered the lis,le yard and S,.Ses! the swee; flowers with ther golden sheen though the birds ,wi,,ered and chrped ,n the trees though the eherries had npened the nites, eheines you ever saw she snies not iot momen, could thc demon oi anguish gnaw,ng al th,s loud mothers heaa he drven away. :" Hat. my dea,, 1 oAn no, enjoy anything. You a,e never ou, "i my mind' No wonder the young cum inal, though walking in the valley oi the shadow of death though already feeling ihe fatal moose tightening abou, h,s neck though listening to the tramp of armed men coming 10 bear him to ielon's iea,h no wonder even m that awful hour. he forgot his own doom and thought only oi her. who m her home. tar away. sat m the ashes oi srtei anattcrable. of a devotion unialhomahlc. and ~cpi and gtes ed and prayed as only a mother can weep and grleSc and pta, No wontiei that he cytn pleaded that her iasi icue, mlgh, he puH,ed, Una, the world might know how good and noble shc ~as, that ihe world mIght see her A she appeared ,o h,m. who>r eIani tootsteps had iea hun into crime. and ma> breaking her heart
 {" The children all sead then tete ie yon lahn IS good ba, tn wofk e.Ales and Nan have to work ali the tune lehn does all ihe blowing. Iydir talk>a gtea: tie eal about you. Maud gtosS seme i murderer though hc VAS. to tt1at befeti hou>-hu.I he was only the absent and los ea ane and III her Euet the mother could tl4as wIife She icH ih8i he vuttia hud tunsalatton n fheu htldlsh liirs tioua'e iefHembfan.e Slc Wid thtnA at al ,ais. and then add in ~atis gi-.ndl, eloquent n theu s,mpl ity ~nd hslcd wIlh icndefhe.s and ihe agony "i dee ep,af i want you ,o ~f4tr mc one ulnIr letter This may bc The las enc l tsn eeef sr,,c to ynu Hon'i forge, te pray llnn5e You know how ~cli foVc you and neNeI got tIed waiting sn faa w hen you sefr aek hou dnu'i kaa~ how bal felt when heard you vsa siek and l could not be with you Now. my darling boy. irus, ip t.nd and jon gfiese any more ahoa, me. Edy san's io ~tltc. Al Inc love io yoa fl'a' d iuaihef aa have Nut, Wy dcaf boy 4 you an.
 srtS hnr ot this ieiict has motsiened eyes ~,'h teaie, lsety lue ,ppeais ,o the .~eetcst symp4'htes sa human nature Il $ shc ..r, suhhnity 0i sfaei | ls the near spcattng %a one ~he did nai feel is ihls humble '.od. .ieauBg soman iel, ould Nti,e As sine sfotc n ,A l.. .l. t.. H.s. iondl, lnyed io thc one beuug ha least dese,ved 4 mothers i9se and prayers md ,ras
 ihcfe is no bitterness i.eiotc the dread d.spcnsation she bo~s n h0mtlly ohe does not mutmgi a, Inc h.FshBess oi iate She knoWs ihe bio~ to dsseend upon her besi beloved ia demanded by ouitaged lussi.c. tseo mother agony zen inc ternbie feslik4,lon that Il ls her son 1ho so s.ton ~ili fiji iclon grave. cannot ose her heart sgains, ,h& fact She appea aled for tirtnensy she felt could not be extended and when the cs' pc ted refusal came she ~Iih hrialsAn resisnai,on barred her head to thc s,Hns. 9be ouiei stand upright and turn her fa u inc [ ,od oi is.... and A ob ip hna shoe ptes ep's ssie had hnulbiy inl- io.~ed and sbose iose brought s,tengih And comfort m ihs i~fkes, hour pt her life
 No sefpon from the pulpii on ihis et! sh, sabbath morning will sink so deeply into inc heart A the gttefsns es of thfs poor. oi5s ufc woman, ~ho daily pfsYs fo he4sen iof mercy iof her soa this sofnan zhose life is an example of ,he iar'ade. fhe resignation. .be ennso- laiion possible ,o those Nhp ~4lk n ihe paths of riRhte9asne pnd whose trust k ln tod
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