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An old-fashioned Card-party — The Clergyman’s verses — The Story of the Convict’s Return

           

           ‘Andnowtheboastedcoldnessandindifferenceoftheyoungmanweretestedindeed;andtheretributionthatfellheavilyuponhimnearlydrovehimmad.Adaypassedawayandhismotherwasnotthere;anotherflewby,andshecamenotnearhim;athirdeveningarrived,andyethehadnotseenher—andinfour-and-twentyhourshewastobeseparatedfromher,perhapsforever.Oh!howthelong-forgottenthoughtsofformerdaysrusheduponhismind,ashealmostranupanddownthenarrowyard—asifintelligencewouldarrivethesoonerforhishurrying—andhowbitterlyasenseofhishelplessnessanddesolationrusheduponhim,whenheheardthetruth!Hismother,theonlyparenthehadeverknown,layill—itmightbe,dying—withinonemileofthegroundhestoodon;werehefreeandunfettered,afewminuteswouldplacehimbyherside.Herushedtothegate,andgraspingtheironrailswiththeenergyofdesperation,shookittillitrangagain,andthrewhimselfagainstthethickwallasiftoforceapassagethroughthestone;butthestrongbuildingmockedhisfeebleefforts,andhebeathishandstogetherandweptlikeachild.

           ‘Iborethemother’sforgivenessandblessingtohersoninprison;andIcarriedthesolemnassuranceofrepentance,andhisferventsupplicationforpardon,tohersick-bed.

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