Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-08-16
"A Light in THE WINDOW"
The story on Which the sons Was
Founded.

bly the persons who havenot one tl'hr
~ othnr heard the Sunday school
song, "A Light in the Window tn'
less lam mistaken il is founded upon
i story told upon tile little Island OF
Sylt. but which might easily Lave it'
exact counterpart on almost any
seashors where Il mothers hehft
beats with vearning love Tor her san
or son and keeps its fond promises
from night to night.
Among the simple fisher folks on
the island lived a woman and ier son
He was her only child, the pride OF
her hearta wen as the source Of con
slant dread, Tor the boy loved the
sea ms his fnther before had loved
it. and nothing gave him 50 much
pleasure AS 10 watch the incoming
tide tumble its curling waves over
the sands. No sooner was he strong
enough To WELD an oar and stes
i boat than he joined the men IN
their fishing expeditions.
The mother, with all her fears and
the fate Of long line 81 sailors ia her
mind yet would not hayeh had il other
wise Tor would have been deemed dis
honor among the hurdy coasters to
have kept the boy az home or sent
him safely al work Tor some farmer.
I Whatever the dangers they must br
faced for the sake ~ family pride
Had not the boy : grandfather he'n
II captain when lIr went away the last
time Had not hls father sailed his
oSn ship when be went down iu
great storm The child was thr lust
1lht. rIre, hut III must nur il-honor
il by tame and cbNuriiy SAFETY on
sbore 50 tile boy grr@ up, tall N
his Hgr straight rs mast Himbir
i MS tile heetrst and haulirst boat,
/ hlueeyrd, mir haired, true hearted. 4
i real son ~ the sru The trhegWeu
/ taught him the tricks ID bis erAit lu,
4 Ill be knew how 10 sull il boat, spllre
rope Or DO many tttic things
4 which Il sniior must know When,
4 ever ship was Id the oitng hr WStA
\ soon aboard learning tbs rigging
4 and how work Ha- performed upon
I her lleWu- great iag0ritc among
the lnnGshors folk. ana with tho
sailors. ANA wien ut last his l3th
ycarruWearuuul aud h. obtained thf,
consent ~ ht~ mother ~ 70 ID sna.
i be easily luuud good .hip ANA rftrs.
tain lhen tlicrr WINS parting nnd
4 tears shed by tho mother, whtlr IL
looked forward into The great Wide
world with nll the JOYOUS ragrrus4a
Y 81 q boy lint with her last blessing
y The widowed mother promised tnat
every night d light should bartt ia tirs
seward window ~ her rnttngu ID,
light him hUmrwarl aud IL allow
hHn that size still lived. awaiting Lis
return.
The ship satIesi SIX months pnsa.
ed and si!ur- dropped into ths Vii.
age and told how VII. had been auok .
en- and all wa we'll, nud tFc peirhbnr.
came tO the cottage and told tho
\ Pleasant news 20 the Whiting ruoths
who nightly trimmed tho candle M
y, and st y IN thc window 10 mako
q bright path up the sands Again
SIX months elnsped, and other anilnrs
arrived rom tur.oH lands. but tbav
hhd no news 70 tell az tho sIiir
great storm had happened ana shc
was overdue She might ytf 1nnl.
port, but--uud people sh61E tI,ir
hendS AMI cHrrlcd no tnlrs ID IN.
WIDOW whose caudlr burned brfgbtty
every night nnd Cn4t long strarrnrr.
OF hsht ont upon thu son Npntt.r
year passed but the sailors g1in,, ~
coming brought no news Of ths sl,t,,
ana we uelghbOrs WHISPERED pt,nri
ahu shook their heads whenever a,,,
spoke 81 the widow son. but n, nns
was cur'l enou III 10 rut the alendcr
threads which held the anchor ~ M
'"ep. ANA thus the light continued
% glow ont towards tia MA ~
every cleaning and burned stenli,.
through every night
Tears came and went The ct,a
lrei, who had played with tho snilor
iad had grown to 10 mon ma wo, ,,,,
her own head had been silyorod w,,i,
~, ,ier FORM was bowed, vet no ana
nared to cut the cables oi her 49,
render words cheefcd her and tnnaa \.
hands smoothc,l the wnv far bcr '' y.
she patiently waited Tor the bom ~
coming of her iair-hnired bov nn,,
every night the glow Of her c,n nIa
screamed out to seaward md folJ
at home. ' y Whiting
low many years did she wntcb ! !, ],
" want 90 not know. But one DIV
at eyentide, there was no rlan , 10y,
patch OF light ncross the snnds T,ss
WINDOW remained dark. and the ~ -
customed beacon failed the iIsb u,e e' NJ.
una When they wondered md ~ ~
70 the cottage they found tLot III ~.
mot soul had gone out 10 so o,'e
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