The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1889-01-30

=, sIlI take care q 2ini- l uieSe
hia tea Oh. dear be lDoaned, sudden
iy, pustiug BIS head doan on the desk.
What IS the uziter77
II am 20 hongry
What? shouted tle Old maa, start
ing up. Hungry bless my SOU. haven't
yeu enough 70 eatg That is really too
bad Of John. Wait. I'll take you home.
I'll adopt-Tll 90 and fetch -
lie pat oa bis hat and took up his
cane. @siop,~ said Harry. cslnly-
= There's lots 70 eat on the bed Do YOU
think ny papa would - away and leave
ule nothing % eat should think not ? -
The Judge SCI down and looked at
Harry quite sreeebless. The little boy
ya~ned and blinked his eyes sleepily.
Nv papa wouldn't do that, be said.
He brought the paper bag anu showed
his friend some bu;tsred rods and cold
chicken. Look here, you can have some
Fye got more than l want"
Thank you, l haze dined,s said the
Judge.
Harry 50 aown on the door, ate a 1T
tie, drank some milk and yawned again.
Il am 50 sleepy" he sAid. he PAL the
remains Of his cold supper in The closet
sAile the Judge watched him.
SHOULD yea s-.ind telling me what time
Il is2 Somebody has Papa's satch.'
Nearly ten
III wait up little longer perhaps
Papa VIII come soon ana you ean stay and
see him. if you want to-
Come here said the Judge; and
tie chiid climbed up on the old mans
knees. pat his face doaa beside the
pink nr0zsrose and closed his eyes. lie
saij with a liiile sign. Look mere,
old Harry. II you know my grand papa,
woat you tell him how hard poor papa
works. and ask him 10 forgive him.
4 wili, said the Judge; and tieehi.d
sell asleep.
Tie yellow cats dii not dare come 70
the window and annoy the little boy
while Ne w4s elaspel IN strong arms, but
they hoxled down in the court andtae
clothes tapped, the pois creakel and the
steam ihompsd and banged in the pipes
The ine old gentleman sat and held the
heavy little boy in his arms. and won-
dered at himself all the time
John coull not wish for a more elO-
quent advocate taan tins boy. marmnr-
Ell the Judge. strange, did nos think
he vas the sort of man to inspire affce-
ton in a ciild. Now am different. The
boy says he IS POOR. am glad Of it.
I'm glad Of it.
He looked ~ everything in the room
til ali the objects in it became indelibly
inipressed on BIS mind, and in particular
he remembered the face Of the miniature
iaiIs silver frame.
In the meantime, John was burryins
home FROM the office. If he had known
Who was waiting Tor him he would have
walked still faster: but be arrived Al
last The Old man heard him comiag
upstairs accompanied by a friend with
whom he stopped 70 talk IN the hall
The Judge listened impatieatly; heard
him say something about not waking
the boy, and then the friend departed
and John appeared at the door. Com
mandine, impstuogs, he stood there, his
coat flying open, out Of oerAth, stariag
at the figure ii the chair
Father he said. IN amazemenf.
The soene requires no explanation We
have al known Of dissensions in famil-
is, Of quarreles between fathers and
sons We have heard, occasionally, Of
rsccnciliations. The cause Of the quarrel
makes no diiferen generally there IS
no cause the result IN this case was
simply that Judge Gresham had not seen
his son sor many wears
Father and son they were; the naughty
eagle face and towering figure Of the old
Judge were copied faithfully in the form
and features OF the handsome young jour
naiisi who stool there, passing his hand
over his ewes as if he could not believe
the evidence Of his senses. He came in
slowly.
Let me take tue child away, won't
you. SIR? ne said. He IS awfully
heavy
The Judge fslt that he vas in an IN
digni6ed position, holding big hot child
who b7eathed heavily and whose checks
were smeared with ere.si and butter, anu
John relieved aim Of his burden, strobe
to the bed and laid Harry down on II,
covering hin with IN old aressin ggoRn-
The Judge stood up and shook OF from
his waistroAt the crumos which had been
deposited there with petals OF the wreck
ed nossrose. He cleared his throat and
prepared 4 little speech John waited to
hear it. and showed no emotion Of any
sort
@Ahem Is II your habit nay 1 ask.
sir. to leave yonr child here alone, at the
mercy Of any chance intruder. while you
are away pursuing your course of-Of
pleasure, sir, in the town.
In that way had the Judge been accus-
toned to address John when he got into
trouble at college This style Of speed
no longer irritated the son he listened
to the thunder and repliesl. gravely
1t srieves nle to be ioueed to leave
my boy, father
His tone was hangfty. There was
silence for a moment; both men had
much TO say neither Of them wished 70
begin to speak They looked at each
other. about The room, a. the child as he
lay under the tziiered coat, at the lone
miniature.
Well, said the old man at last have
you nothing to say TO me9 Have climb
ed these stairs and waited here patiently
for nothing
Thank you for coming. Father said
the proud son in stately manner bat
I wish you had come before" lie looked
at the picture, set by the bed 10 be wor-
SHIPPED.
Believe me, john exclsined the old
man, guailing before his sons stern
glance, did not know-I only heard
short time ago that your little son was
motherless."
If you had chosen you might have
known thot my poor wife died two years