Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-05-16

as he rode away.
Can words picture the burning sense of
wrong and wild desire for revenge that
ragged within my heart was but child.
scarce ten years old, when that sharp blow
fell upon my face, butt feel it still, as
though the spirit of evil had lurked within
the blow. Mad from disgrace and smart
ing with pain, 1 sought my mother. Her
quick eye caught the mark, and holding
me in her arms to sooths me, she said.
what is it, my SOM"
Her motherly sympathy Gained my
wrath and 1 wept.
Tell me all, my son," she said, with
loving accent in her voice, that is still
sounding in my ears.
AS soon as / could speak l told her what
I had seen and that had asked father to
help the poor people She held me still
nearer to her heart, as though to make
amends for fathers cruelty.
Never mind, my son, she said, when
you are man you can try and remedy the
--evils you have seen ana will continue to
see for many years TO come"
80 mother, why are people driven from
homer" / cried, between the sobs that still
s,shook my frame.
"They are sent away because they can
mot pay the rent"
"What is rent3"
at is money that men promise to pay for
the use of land"
But why do people have to pay for the
Hand they work."
Because q few men own the laad and
the many must work it.
But they will freeze &c DEATH" l said,
my mind returning to the little children,
barefooted and almost naked in the bitter
cold.
1--WE can do nothing to help them" said
my mother "I have often tried, but it al
ways vexed your father
4 was the only son of Lord Waverland,
who owned large estate in the south
west part of Ireland, near the beautiful
lake Killarney. My father was cold,
proud man, who never loved anyone but
himself. Ny mother was an heiress when
he married her. He soon gained posses
sion of her wealth, for she was of loving,
trusting nature, and having made him her
ideal, she was slow to realize that she was
little more TO him than the lowest servant
in his house.
Iremained at home under the direct in
huence of my mother until was sixteen
years of age She had givento me and my
baby sister all the tender love of her noble
heart. From her had learned lessons of
temperance and virtue, and as holy rever-
enee for the Bible. How pleasant to my
memory are the hours we passed reading
and talking together of the lessons taught
in The sacred Word, or the troubles of our
people. The scenes that firstccalled my at
teRtian tdiheir sufferings had Gbecome an
every day occurrence, and from my moth
er's teachings had learned to feel more
aeutely thar ever the injuries done them.
Often from my childish purse had re-
lieved wants nd suffering, but / never in
terfened in Lord Waveriands business
again His first cruel blow had lefta life
long inpressien
The only way my father had ever cared
for me was in fitting me for country gen.
tleman. Undei his direction had taken
lessons in shooting until was ane of the
best shots for miles around. / could ride
as well and fearlessly as any of his noble
guests at dhe foxaiunts. / could swim and
dive in the beautiful Killarney as easily as
the great white swans that had keen my
playmates. And 1 could drive four in
hand with tao coach man himself For all
these things my father would pat me on
the shoulder and exclaim with pride;
you do credit TO the old family of Waiver
landp'
/ was nearly six fest tall, with good
thare Of activity and strength, with blue
eyes, a fair, full face aud open brow, shad-
ed by dark brown hair. by great delight
was in riding. The gIad free sense that
came with being I'm the saddle seemed
part of my very nature.
The country around was wild and noun
famous in some directions, in others we
could see the beautiful lake. / often rode
over the moor, which spread awny in the
distance without house or track, nothing
but the tufts Of purple and black heather,
till the mountains far away seemed TO roll
up toward the sky in folds and peaks, lined
by sflyery thrcad-like cataracts, too dis +
tant to be heard.
My companions were few, for had
loved solitude better than society But
there was one family with whom we were