The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-01-25
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ItoNoRENG HIS MOTHER.

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ther' is the first commandment
with promise. Filial devotion is.
one of the noblest sentiments
which can animate the human.
breast. It is ereditable to the
young and the middle-aged. In
bis iinimitable manner, Mr.. Bur-
dette, of the Darlington HaRkeye,
pleasingly portrays scene at a
railroad station, where great,
uarm-hearted German comes to say
.Geod-bye' to his mother before
she starts fer the West:
We we're at a railroad junction
one night last week waiting few
hours for q train in the waiting
room, in the only rockiug-chair,
trying to talk a browu=eyed boy
to sleep, who talks a great deal
when he wants to keep awake.
Presently freight train arrived,
and beautiful, little old woman
came In, escorted By q greas big
Germans and they talked in Ger
man. he giving her, evidently, lots
OF information about the foate she
was going, and telling her about
her tickets and her baggage check,
and occasionally patting her on the
arm. At FIRST our United States
baby, who did mol understand
German, was ticGled to hear them
talk, ami he 'spiekered' at the
peculiar sound Of the language
that was being spoken. The great
big man put his hand up to the
good old lady's cheek, and said
something encouraging, and a
grea; big tear came to her eye,
and she looked as happy as a
queen. The little brown eyes of
the boy opened pretty big, and
his face sobered down from its
laugh, and be said: Papa, it is
his nother!!' We knew it was,
but how should a foar-year-old
sleepy baby, that couldn under
staal German, tell that the lady
was the big mans mother and
Se asked him how he knew, and
he said !: 'Oh, the big man was so
kind to her The big man hustled
out, we gave the rockiug-chair to
the little old mother; and present
y the man came in with bag
gage man, and to him he spoke
English he said: This is my
mother, and she does not speak
English, She is going TO Ioaa,
and | have got to go back on the
next train, but I want you to at
tend to her baggage, and see her
on tie right car, the rear car, With
a goad seat near the center and
tell the conductor she is my mo-
ti,ef. And here's J. dollar for
ycu, and | will DO as much for
your mother some time. Tie
baggage man grasped the dollar.
with one hand, glasped the big
ma.r $ haad with the other, and
lnoked at the little woman with
an expression that showed that be
had. :. mother too, aud We almost
knca the cid lady Vas well treated.
Then Se put the sleeping mind
reae;rr on bench and went out on
the latform and got acquainted
with the big German, and he
talked of horse trading, buying
and selling, and everything that
showed that he was a live business
man, ready for any speculation,
fron, buying a yearling colt to u
crop Of hops or. barley, and that
his life was very busy one, and
ut times full of hard work, disap-
poin!n.eut, and bard roads; but
with all of his hurry and excite
meMt, he Was kind to his mother,
and We loved him just little, and
when, after a few minutes talk
about business, he said: You
must excuse ne. | must 60 in
the depot and see if my mother
wants anything, We felt like taking
his fat red hand and kissing it.
Oh, the love Of mother is the same
in any language, and it is good in
all languages.
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