The Arkansaw traveler. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1882-1???, 1883-04-07
BENEATH MORNING olosixs.


kHftkC& sAAA Na& t0s3utEf tNN& IA WHICH HNE0
a quiet. genseel old bachelor. my fathers
hong time tssend. my own l.te-long fs1end
and saentos. whose well-s,ccked library
vas open 10 me always, and under whose
morning glory shadows read and
dreamed the hours away. he was goae
all day TO his store. and his old nurse and
hoase-keeper. NANNY Lucy" regarded
me no more than she did the spiders he
meath the vines. OF the husnea,ns-b,uix
that fitted IN green and golden dress
above them. Out IN iron. spseAd the
uim garden. boriesed With mAgnclias
and Ch.nA-asterx pr,aces' feathers and
bachelors buttons. uisi-tashioned aI.,ang
flowers nov, as their owner VAS then
aGong men.
+ One morning there came a note from
my venerable friend requesting me to
come down before he len fos his store
he wished 10 sec me On some paftle alAs
business My father had not yet usen
ttcm his morning slambes. but burned
the breakfast. xcoldcd the servants. and
assumed such airs cf importance ON the
reception ri this. my hrs, note Tor wa>
hule g,ri not vet eleven years nj Agel.
that all laughed a, my airs VI import
ance.
Ms breakias, oses. burned da~n. and
he me, me a, the DOOR, nth h.S grave.
courteous boa. and led sae To the e,,ai.
DIM hall, eselalmInK. a. he vent. that hi.
deaf ,nanEest brother bad been sent
from his cold mothers home 10 cat sam-
mcr tand. IL tfS II the change would help
+ the disease trnln which he suffered eea.
sumption
Fosi iemmls. he said tenlesls. E"
am afraid has days arc numbered. and
~ant you. nv dear. Ia help me To- soo,he
those thai Yet remain. read and talk Z,
hun. antase and heer him a. only little
book worm lake yata tan. | must he away
,nu, h at the uae. but y,,u shalt have all
the ncs books that come out and there n
tho library IN srle,i tsoiu " III YOU help
INC. lie,sie
~.s shy and umid with mos, person.
j baI ~th thus kind t',ead. whose tender
ness has been so great since he held nae
IN has atms. and sos'thcd nIy butter gtiei
the laug night through. when my mother
lay dying. WAS frank and fearless an
With m, osn dear father
es. al | an do | slIl you kno~
how ! love IL read aloud. said and
then he blessed and thanked rue. aud We
sat, beneath the green Wealth II morning
glory leaves lie VAS yeush. not yet
n,neseen. pale. una,,i ~ tive miserable
beyond anything | had ever seen bu,
the great. hollos eyes we're kind. the
smile sweet a. sunshine that fitted o'eI
hts van face.
M my task began. read Ia hun
told ham 81 my families, and finally. aftet
4 e.. 49,.
ashamed II whas | called my ssfshley
writing tor near ten weeks my iabos of
howe was performed and, child A. ~as.
l think ali the instinct oi motherhood
rcignsd In my heart aud laugh, me hos
best To soo,he his suffering and console
has SORROW.
Whenever the day vas clear he sal he
meath the morning CLONES. and when al
las, too weak to walk. and h,s brrsiiet lfe.
manned mosi OF the time ~i,h him. he
would take him up In his ssfaag 2sms
and carry hun out TO Sit beneath the s,nes
Al last he died before the fros,s had
come We stood around his bed. and ~
the hit kesing lamp of life burned io~, he
lay with closed eyes IN silence long and
unbroken. Suddenly he pot out has hand.
n. II feeling for something. and hla
brother asked, What Is Il. Jennie p
F." LATHE DAVID. he sad ga,p,ngiy. ffa so
he had ever called me and sfeps from
; my place and laid my Anglers round his
own Now. DAVID. reeitc II now you
know you sid you would" he ssid fcehiy.
and choking bark my sobs for h.n. re
cited a. beat ! could ia my srsfs. the
grand and solemn psalm Though !
pass through the dark valley III the
shadow II death shall fear no evil, fos
Thou arr With nae" that psalm winch hss
soo,hed and sheefed many poor fearful
mortal when entering the dark valley tina,
leads, none know where but eve IL was
finished the hngers ~ my o~n wese
puis~i~ss. and the others were beneath
the bowed faee Of his brother
When ss~ him for the last time ]
laid IN the coffin. JUS, before II was sealed
~ to send 20 hls mother, cluster IL
- aries and bIse and white morning
xlorica.
Years had passed by, and IN another
porch IN far distant state sat under
morning 4 losies AGAIN. ~i,h Taiey and
h,s gifted mosher, While around W
crowded group Of handsome boys and
girls, issteaing 20 our stories and poems.
our tales and songs. tall. one by one. they
would creep s-sy and ~e three would
hnger there uaiii the round morn. peep
ing beneath ths ~es'efn edge II the pot
TOO. ould tell "a hat se had talked until
,he e wee. see ssna hours ayant the sSal
~ eAsh year anne, 10 tine season ut the
morning glof e., nay slssi vas paid e
meath ihos~ vines saw him last. lie
died = soldiers death, and there beneath
shose summer vines hiss mother dreams
III her glorious son while here. beneath
my Own. eiosr my eyes and again he
nses before fae 30 all his beauty and
stcngth. and hear his masse4i voice ~
he talks ol the day. To come. In brave
and royal heart, ~hy shos,ld ~s not re-
,oiee that thy life elosed ~h~n shs hope
81 suseess ~zs strong within thee ere
the darkness ~ defeat had fallen on the
caos< ys,a loved, 90 the shadows of dess-
l&,ion lay oser tire land Somewhere,