Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-04-09
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kept team IN lFOuL az tAe |aWt. lie. il
with q disinterested alr as
the parting scene was enacted, and i
thus: 'if it's all right i
what's the use making Il fuss" while .
in spite of all a blg tear dropped upon i
his lapel He thought it was all wrong j
for him to deprived of the only sister +
he had eyer known. yet he dared not
assert his selishness. She had solaced
him when lonely, kept him out OF bad
boys company. when at nome from
school had helped him with his lessons.
She really had made him at seventeen
all he was How could he wish her any
thing but her hearts happiness. choose
it in whatever way she might.
Mother, we are doomed to many
changes, it seems." said the Squire to
his wife,
"Yes. and it is hard to tell what next"
WAS her response.
"!, being the guardian OF Timothy, Of !
course will have the control of his
money and estate until he is Of age
"What' What do you meanl"
"'rruth is stranger thar Iictlon.
Mother. The olil man is dead. and
from his effects we learned he was
none other than John i. Blake, Tins
father, from an old diary found in his
satrhel between the lining and the
leather. We got Il disconnected history
oithis life since he left at the beginning
of the war Phe money in his posses
sion is hack pension, on the receipt of
which, he seems to have started home.
From the examination of his body we
draw the fact that his enc great fault
clung to him. i'm pairing his vital organs
this, with his army disability. made
, him powerless to resist fhis shock and
exposure"
y "Wonderful, Ii | could haye only
t told him that took his only little son
e from his dying wife. and how much
e we loved him." she said, her mothers
d heart full of sympathy, just Us she
$ would have all the worlds toward he
y own darling just gone fcaashaT ~seltesr
&c ing love. Neye: until nov had 'iimo
'e thy Blake k.oWn anything of his faith
1t er's real character anu lie. Time hi'
II nearly etfaced himfrom the memory o
d hts neighbors. believing hln dad the!
II had buried hig sad record vito the on
el whose life he had blighted, and it hat
o. slept, now resurrected, only TO cast
Us shadow so dark ard continuous. hi
y young huoyant spirit never escaped it
ri gloom.
ie Tins school life from home begin
~, ra with it, the pressure of the ouTsld
es world breaks upon the restraint o
S. home influences: all the natural ter
~ denotes ilriS one by one, asserting
~ mastery he had never experienced bt
Sc fore These forming habits and taste
at tosu;t his newly y-madetriendsi increase
le his expenses at !, ruinous rate, MI:
lo appropriations and extravaganza lea
is him to turn his steps to i; new countl
no for adventure and fortune.
re AS is characteristic OF him, whatevt
lst he does IS without reserve, wheth.
nd money~nnaking, speculation or pleas'l'
~ IL, seeking. Up aud down on thb WaY'
at of fortune-now down in the trough !
an adversity, now up on the crest OF pro
'ae Its perlty
NE The clouds, piled in massive whit
/ ness tloa. cd through the June sky,
was prison day The superinteJlde
of the Flower Mission accompanied
nd the Us started out on their mission
OF love and pity. They were Hot ), ait
so gether unexpected or unwelcomea. 7
me tong corridors OF the prison had
nd sounded with soft Voices. s;.teaching &C
lty pei, temperance and of.,sthe judgeme
M to come. Kind hands had scatte
NJ these tiowers, innocent tokens Of Go'
''''' mercy and love; but never before n
7eii their songs, seemed so like the. echf
:, - of the past,as they lad on this d;
wy The pale-iaced. silent man, before l
81 moved, hid his eyes away from t
VI light and noaaetl piteonsly. y II
VI oI- days and he would be released, but :
'uV- =. had as leave stay there rs to go out
~, a cold, friendless world he said III
.lio sponse to a timed voice that address
:, i,',' him.
ion $50 80 this IM. G. y. .oom,' sne $;
heI"some one there will help ,ou. T
haps papa. He helps men who are I
ntv der the bonds of strong drink.
vas "What is his>name?" u ray OF nc
Fri lightingup his wan face.
IN He went, and found his early |
''9 long-los friends. Percy and Narci
ms. Burke firm and true, surong enough
an help him to a better but brief life
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