The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-05-21
WILLIE'S THIRD LETTER.
He @lrns Over a New Leaf and De
Gives to treat his Ma with Re-
SDeCt.


SpeCt.
Mstma has returned from Balti-
more Vwhere she has been to attend
the fIneral of her mother. When
ma c. me back home she had chang
ed sosmuch that I hardly knew her
at fil5t. She was dressed in deep
moryMing Her eyes were red and
swohSen and her face was so thin and
paleH could not keep the tears back.
Ma poticed this and when she bent
dor b and kissed me believed that
She (Hivined the cause of my tears.
Al4ng toward evening while ma was
sitting alone went up to her and
rutfaly arms around her neck and
Ssfd! IA, | feel sorry for you,
Then she placed her hands on the
sides of my face and looking at me
with her large dark eyes filled with
tears she said, "Willie, is it posi-
ble you partake of my eat sorrow"
My words lodged in my throat, but
| nodded my head in answer. Ma
kissed me again and again. 80,
Willie" she said, 81 fear we have
been strangers to each others feel
ings. In the future Will you per-
NIT me to show my love for you? |
will take you into my confidence
and read you a secret chapter from
my book of life. Your mother was
left an orphan at very tender age.
My father and your grandfather
were distant relations. Through
this relationship your mother was
given home in that of my own.
She and myself were constant COM
panions until the time of your
mothers marriage. About six
months before your mother died she
sent me an urgent request to visit
her. [ obeyed the summons and as
you know | remained in your home
for two weeks after her death.
During her illness she had often
commenced to speak on subject
which was extremely painful to me.
| had as often managed to change
thetopic which seemed uppermost
in her mind until at last | deemed
it best to hear her through. 'Lizzie,'
she said, please bolt the door, |
did so and returned to her bedside.
Il know the subject upon which |
wish to speak is both painful and
! ! 11elissne through. 'U6 on, saIu, /
shall listen patiently 4 shall not be
here very long. l am nearing the
end. You know that l will leave
nv two darling children without a
mothers care; you know what this
means to me. Will you be mother
to them?' l gave her every assur-
ance that | would, but this did not
seem to satisfy her. Then she SAID.
Lizzie, | fear you do not under
stand me; listen, you are widow
and childless, and after my deatl
| want you to take my children tt
YOUR home and in the future II
mutual feeling of love springs uE
+ between yourself and my dear hus
. band | would like YOU to I'LL M
, nlace as wife and mother i an
{ swered her in these words: Dea
sister, please be satisfied with tn
motherlv care | have promised t.
give your little ones and we vii
leave our heavenly father to guld
d me in the future. With all tn
# strength she could command wit
It her thin and almost Transporter
;e hand she clasped my own. 'On
word more, Lizzie. she said, IAN
then l will be ready to obey tn
Masters command. | have talke
this matter over with my HUSBAND
< .Tis WELL Willie, you know I'll
Of the rest. Now let me into Yo'
,e heart. | love you; | have every re-
V. son to love you. L love you II
an the love your mother gave me.
7 love YOU for the confidence she 7
d posed in me when on her death b'
i love you because of the love yo'
father bestowed upon me, and 10
to YOU because 1T is Gods will.
IS: After my ma had told me all
9, this | felt that had greatly wrong
ng her. | left her and went to 1
;3, room and prayed for forglyness, al
SO | PRAYED God to touch my he'
alf with love for my ma and to to tou
lso my lips with words of kindness
)5. Our home is happy one no
;he Ma does not lecture my pa a
ds. more, besides ma has consented
A. stay in the Park this summer.
overheard her tell pa a day or t
ago that since the election VIII
,m. was recently held in Loch Ly
nt that she was perfectly DISCUS
sed with politics. She said that
ms. would not have the newspapers
nm sweeten her like they did some
use ladies who attempted to vote
4 Il the Presidency of the U. ).
II A change has come over the re