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180 A MARTYRDOM.
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for My her lad to y went do . " back Be faithful and kissed , " she him said again , land —a left most him unwonted and closed thin the g
door . marvellousl The next y morning close , far passed more heavil like August y * The than day May was . unusuall I was languid y hot ,
she in inspecting and my finds slack head what in than that my sharp long bu ordinary siness m words orning , . while I she , fear say my uses ing I lad had ! to " y , and myself on many the sundry , impatient contrary " How other many , was thoug forward faults mo hts re
, feelings How often , with have heavy I thoug thoug ht hts of unto those the murmurings future whi since ch were ! somehow worse . ,
they have form known the that bitterest the mother part of had my recollections a weary of th strugg at day le . for I mi grace ght many
that close- same drawn morning blinds ! We The were noon still was sitting so sultry round , that the tabl we dined e after with
din-. nerwhen the door quietly opened : Master Arthur entered , and sat down , among us in silence . He seemed like one out of breath ,
heated , and yet one who meditated some mighty matter . I marvelled he did not pay his respects to his honoured mother before , a thing could _^ I
had never seen him , or any of the family , fail in . I not His mother explain seemed it to myself surprised , but thoug somehow h silent I gazed and looked at him at with him awe with .
, inquiring hrase in his eyes mind . The for what dear he child had appeared to . At to last be his searching countenance some say
knelt p cleared and ; he kissed rose her with hand resolution . " Dear , and mother , going I have over done to his your mother bid- ,
ding . By the blessing of the Lord , he is , quite safe . " The lady thing what smiled then yet so lay ? g " ladl He on y her , began and son was ' s with mind about a , she sort to in speak of quired solemnity , , when " Well , perceiving and , my tenderness dear child some- , ,
- has kissing will been support her , prepared hand : again we for could : everything _" Dear not expect mother from that , the I this know first expedition ; your I know noble should that mind God be
completed without you danger . If the Saint could be put in safety , that was everything . And though I managed that , thank God ! I was the
in whole not the so . quick len They "— but then chased the with me soldiers a all sudden the got way burst sight ; they thr of me o gained wing and himself upon understood me upon so fast his
mother g , and hiding his face in her lap— , " Oh , mother , it is all over I I am to be shot , now , directly ! But the officer was very good in
letting no one me coul go on d tell five it minutes you as I before could to ! They prepare are you all had , at mother hand first , , heard for mother I knew him ; I
have stup sudden idl onl y y as ash five it were white minutes , with : an to < _J a Jive at feint last . " smile leaning His still mother forward on her li to ps him : then said turned with
a a Alas choked ! voice lad y , would " What she , wh coul at , d , my never son more ? I cannot have heard hear , ! at Master all . " poor y
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180 A Martyrdom.
180 A MARTYRDOM .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), May 1, 1858, page 180, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01051858/page/36/
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