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THE BROTHER'S SACRIFICE. 397
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" Who Would Ever Have Supposed That Brit...
baby might soon have been turned into hatred by such obvious defied overflowing injustice all . effo But with rtsto the love estrang , child and e -heart his them affection . of He the gave for fatherless his up young every boy j -brother uvenile was
soul the privilege child when to preferred Bri Gasp tta , ar interfered , before and nothing in him his . p behalf leased It : even him as vexed sometimes better his than generous she to did see .
should Many a have punishment been the he cul received prit ; and and m silentl any mi , a ht y trouble bore have , when the he took Gaspar less on to
his own shoulders , that " the bairn " g its bear reward * This for great as and Gasper disinterested grew up he affection learned did to not appreciate go without his
noble brother , , and to return his love with as much fervour , if not It so was stedfastl " gall y and and wormwood unselfishly " . to James Farquar to see the
the boys bonds get on which so well united together them , and , for he he would saw in fain Magnie have ' s loosened growing
influence the downfall of his own power to guide Gaspar . Sometimes he was successful in his attempts to make a quarrel ,
and tearful the hasty it was word a of triump the uttered elder h indeed by which the to younger the told mean of brother the -spirited wounded _^ and man to feelings to see hear the
within . eye On such occasions , Magnie never retorted , he would go seldom quietl failed y away in for sending a short Gaspar time , and to seek Britta fo 's coaxing iveness ; entreaties then the
rg social Thus two would th impulsive ey return grew up together from read boy to the s to alik house men e to , , and as resent good it was and friends well forg as for ive ever the to .
bate or lovethat Gaspar he had , his y steady strong brother ever near , himHad he , been left to his father alonethe lad would soon
have . fallenfor he was easily led by those he , loved ; but whenever Magnie his ! was foot , hel neared d out the to prevent edge of the his fallin preci Britt p g ice . , In the shed the firm solitude tears hand of of of
gratitude the night and would joy for poor her down promising -trodden sons , so a attached to each otherand so dutiful to their neglected mother . Her husband ' s
thoug seeming , ht of indifferen her boys ce , and or unkindness beheld them fell treading unheeded the path when of she life reckles
worked careful with dissipation stead h and ar , y d the prudent upri and little g with ht steps in farm a good all . continued household Notwithstanding will . They to matters thrive had never , James , for and Britta expressed ' the lads was s -
a-wish to leave , their home , thougji numbers of the young men and of Greenlan the M island agnie d whalers _^ seemed were . volunteering Of little cours disposed e Gaspar for the for followed navy a roving , or Magn sailing life _ieis , so in bent thafc the ,
Britta fondly imagined she would have both her sons always
The Brother's Sacrifice. 397
THE BROTHER ' S SACRIFICE . 397
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Aug. 1, 1864, page 397, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01081864/page/37/
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