Sharp County record., 1890-04-03

ewes from htOPlHC' -,-:o+;or1 anV
oood not bear the eEer"cla'lon !it oa4 tbe
1onror Go and sleep. l VIII pu' aa5
5yIo sofonso Of a marble slab between Jyn
usi't, s5 tbot bov's outrages, Go no" WHY t,o
a anu ,'ior,od 'Hg cease from troubling ana Vlo
Il, orv are at rcst?' At the GePar'a+U
=. ,,,Sh mothers let the music De al an an,
%,orn ~ instead of dirge' Nhlie So4
na sn( i bcar no sound, yet there are AZ
sbis moment tens of thousands u p"a p.a.
Sntoi sn rearts breaking. All care wa va
.aI,on 9H,or with the boys schooling all goou
In,"o1s 'Inrn given, and the equipment Ior
= = sobcr and earnest and useful nc WAS |''o
sroyided, but it has all gone anu 'i,G nc
ptCt tlo,iss con has become the heaylneS ol
bis mother 81, ,..to,
a.Mucb of the poignancy at the parental ,.l15t,
Nsrief arises from the ingratitude oi SUI" .l.
bobavior. What an undertaking II 10 ~
conduct family through the ailments
.nd oxnosures of early life! Talk ABOUT
Sbo skill demanded of sea captain
commanding a ship across the OCEAN ,
Tbnt renpires less skill than to naVl-
cate 4 voting soul in safety across tue
! mfantile and boyhood years Inc S.sN -
rnssos that assault, the temptations
hat entrap. the anxieties that are eA-
cited, Young man, you will never Aho"
tryhat your mother has suffered Tor you
yor b.ii1 never knoH how your IRther
MAS toilcd for you: You have been IL
ali their thoughts, in all their plainlS'''
in all their prayers, from the une
vour first breath was drawn TO tnl9
moments respiration. What they
I,could do for your health, what they
could do for your happiness, W hat they
Ecould do for your mind, what they coulu |
do for your soul, have been absorbing
orostions. TO earn livelihood for you
has not always been an easy thing loF
-vour father. By what fatigues OF body
and what disturbances Of mind, and long
wears of struggle, in which sometimes
the losses we're greater than the gains
he cot bread for you, paying for it in the
I cvpat of his own brow, and the req
drops of his own hearts blood! lie looks
older than he ought to look at his years.
for it has been work, work, work Many
time he felt like giving up the battle'
but then he looked at your helpleSSnesS
and the helplessness Of the household,
and then he nerved himself up anew
and said: ,.
oBy the help of God I will not stop;
nv children must have home ana
education and advantages, and com
Portable starting in the world, and l
Fmust get little something ahead; SO
that if am taken away these helpless
ones will not be turned out on the cold
charities Of the world. -.
Yes, your father has been good frlenl
to you lie has never told any one, and
he never will tell any one, of the sacrl-
fees he has made for you. And he is
ready to keep right on until that
fe,and that has been toiling for you al
r,aese years shall come the very numb
/ E.ieak his heart. But you are doing It,
Yes, you are. You have driven the
dagger clear in up to the hilt.
And your mother-I warrant she has
never told you much about the nights
when you were down with scarlet fever,
or diphtheria, and she slept not a wink,
or falling into drowsiness, your first cry
awakened her, and brought the words:
"What is it, my dear?" Oh, if the old
rocking chair could speak! Oh, if the
cradle could only tell its story of years.
And when you got better, and were fret
full and hard to please, as is usual in
convalescence, she kept her patience SC
well, and were as kind as you were un'
reasonable and cross. Oh, miduights OF
motherly watching, how can you keep
silence? Speak out and tell that wan,
dering young man the story he SO much
needs to hear.
BY and by, l wonder what has become
of our old cradle in which all of us chill.
dren were rocked. / must ask my sister
when | see her next time. We were &
large family, and that old cradle was
going good many years. | remember
lust how it looked 1t was old fash
ioned and had no tapestry. Its two
sides and canopy all of plain wood, but
there was great deal of sound sleep,
ing in that cradle, and many aches
and pains were sOothed by it as
it moved to and fro by day and night
Most vividly l remember that the
rockers, which came out from under the
cradle, were on the top and side very
smooth, so smooth that they actually
glistened. They must have been worr
smooth by foot that long ago ceased
its journey. How tired the foot thaf
pressed it must sometimes have got
But it did rot stop for that. 1t wen
right on and rocked for Phebe the frs
and for Dewitt the last. And it was {
cradle like that, or perhaps o
modern make and richly uphol
stored, in which your mother rocked
you. Can it be that for all that care
and devotion you are paying her back
with harsh words, or neglects, or ;
wicked life? Then must tell you tina
you are the foolish son who is tbt
heaviness of his mother" Better g
home and kiss her and ask her forgive
ness. Kiss her on the lips that have sc
often prayed for you. Kiss her on thu
forehead that so often ached for you
! Kiss her on the eveS that have SO nfte1