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Widow and Mother

           

           ThenewswhichthatfamousGazettebroughttotheOsbornesgaveadreadfulshocktothefamilyanditschief.Thegirlsindulgedunrestrainedintheirgrief.Thegloom-strickenoldfatherwasstillmorebornedownbyhisfateandsorrow.Hestrovetothinkthatajudgmentwasontheboyforhisdisobedience.Hedarednotownthattheseverityofthesentencefrightenedhim,andthatitsfulfilmenthadcometoosoonuponhiscurses.Sometimesashudderingterrorstruckhim,asifhehadbeentheauthorofthedoomwhichhehadcalleddownonhisson.Therewasachancebeforeofreconciliation.Theboy’swifemighthavedied;orhemighthavecomebackandsaid,FatherIhavesinned.Buttherewasnohopenow.Hestoodontheothersideofthegulfimpassable,hauntinghisparentwithsadeyes.Herememberedthemoncebeforesoinafever,wheneveryonethoughttheladwasdying,andhelayonhisbedspeechless,andgazingwithadreadfulgloom.GoodGod!howthefatherclungtothedoctorthen,andwithwhatasickeninganxietyhefollowedhim:whataweightofgriefwasoffhismindwhen,afterthecrisisofthefever,theladrecovered,andlookedathisfatheroncemorewitheyesthatrecognisedhim.Butnowtherewasnohelporcure,orchanceofreconcilement:aboveall,therewerenohumblewordstosoothevanityoutragedandfurious,orbringtoitsnaturalflowthepoisoned,angryblood.

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