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332 HIGIIT OK, WRONG.
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how young cribing could sister my I father requiring expect ' were s d a ying to ? blessing be I state did directed , not if my I and mother forsook watched of the ' s them broken future over , hel , health for asked pless , him an my h d dependent as they speak thoug
, I would have waited for him all my life , contented with knowing been be him myself so the sinful distant to restrain be for , the a fulfilment t a object of daug an of hter engagement hang his to choice ing wish , too , , it of hastened , was upon which too event ; the selfi but fu s sh in it lfilment to sp would impose ite of mi have this g on ht
had reserve cherished , hope whispered for so many he years would , and not , beyond so easil the y surrender sadness and what grief he
of the present , a distant prospect of happiness seemed opening upon me . h to
agitate 661 did and not depress tell her my mother without of the this knowled letter ; ge there that was I ht had enoug refused be in
my duced earl to y love recall on her determination account , or . the Tndeed fear that had I she mig been yet deprived - of me thenI know my not what she would have done ; always delicate
and incapable , of much fatigue , she was now utterly exhausted , and relied upon me for everything . My poor father , too * half and childish
and unconscious as he had become , clung to me more more as forth lethargy he neared from once his the end more eyes ; so , and ere long when it vacant obeyed at the and the last unmeaning summons , his soul him , awaking to call it depart was sweet his from , looked dear its to
be tenderly gazed upon and blessed , to hear me daughter and consoler . declined ' * Very that shortl I succeeded y after his in death persuading , my mother her ' s to health place so herself perceptibl under y
the result entreaties care of long of to a do pnysician watching so , saying , and althoug that confinement her h she ailments , had and hitherto that were with but resisted rest the and natura all time my l
him the she doctor would out of 's graduall her opinion room y was recover at the unfavorable same . From time ; the strictl he told first y enj me day oining so he when was the I consulted necessity followed ,
of keeping up her courage , , and tranquiHising her mind , as the sole involved illness chance " They of of bring this onl to y descri who ing her about have p droop tion watched her , can day recovery comprehend after beside day . some wasting the beloved agony away sufferer thi visibl s mandate y in , her aii
face more cheerful : pale see , her not features to let her more suspect drawn that , , and I desponded yet be compelled , to amuse to
appear , before her by those lively anxious conversation inquiring ! All eyes this , which decep grew tion troubled to be carried if a shade on
of sadnessor the trace of tears , were ever discernible in mine ! Physicians , little know what it costs to obey their injunctions in
such "I cases used . to divine what was passing in her thoughts , when often Aliceher
for hours together she would silently watch , youngest
332 Higiit Ok, Wrong.
332 HIGIIT OK , WRONG .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), July 1, 1859, page 332, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01071859/page/44/
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