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-The Project Gutenberg eBook of Gray Hairs Made Happy, by Anonymous
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-Title: Gray Hairs Made Happy
- An interesting story for children
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-*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK GRAY HAIRS MADE HAPPY ***
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- Gray Hairs made happy.
-
- AN INTERESTING STORY
- FOR CHILDREN.
-
-
- [Illustration]
-
-
- Providence:
- H. H. BROWN, PRINTER.
- .........
- 1831.
-
-
-
-
-[Illustration]
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-Youth has its pleasures, and age has its cares.
-
-
-[Illustration]
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- GRAY HAIRS MADE HAPPY.
-
-
-Opposite to the house in which Mary’s parents lived, was a little
-opening, ornamented with a grass plot, and overshaded by a venerable
-tree, commanding an extensive view before it. On this delightful spot,
-Mary used frequently to sit in her little chair, while employed in
-knitting stockings for her mamma.
-
-As she was one day thus employed, she saw a poor old man advancing very
-slowly towards her. His hair was as white as silver, and his back bent
-with age; he supported himself by a stick, and seemed to walk with
-great difficulty. “Poor man,” said Mary, looking at him most tenderly,
-“he seems to be very much in pain, and perhaps is very poor, which are
-two dreadful evils.”
-
-She also saw a number of boys, who were following close behind this
-poor old man. They passed jokes upon his thread-bare coat, which had
-very long skirts and short sleeves, contrary to the fashion of those
-days. His hat, which was quite rusty, did not escape their notice; his
-cheeks were hollow and his body thin. These wicked boys no sooner saw
-him, than they all burst out a laughing. A stone lay in his way, which
-he did not perceive, and over it he stumbled, and had liked to have
-fallen. This afforded them sport, and they laughed loudly; but it gave
-great pain to the poor old man, who uttered a deep sigh.
-
-[Illustration: It is very wicked for children to ridicule aged persons.
-See II. Kings ii, 23.]
-
-“I once was as young as you are,” said he to the boys, “but I did not
-laugh at the infirmities of age, as you do. The day will come in which
-you will be old yourselves, and every day is bringing you forward to
-that period. You will then be sensible of the impropriety of your
-present conduct.” Having thus spoken, he endeavored to hobble on
-again, and made a second stumble, when in struggling to save himself
-from falling, he dropped his cane, and down he fell. On this the wicked
-boys renewed their laugh, and highly enjoyed his misfortune.
-
-Mary, who had seen every thing that had passed, could not help pitying
-the old man’s situation, and therefore putting down her stocking on the
-chair, ran towards him, picked up the cane and gave it him, and then
-taking hold of his other arm, as if she had been as strong as a woman,
-advised him to lean upon her, and not mind any thing the boys might say
-to him.
-
-The poor old man looking at her very earnestly, ‘Sweet child,’ said he,
-‘how good you are! This kindness makes me in a moment forget all the
-ill behavior of those naughty boys. May you ever be happy.’ They then
-walked on together; but the boys being probably made ashamed of their
-conduct by the behavior of Mary, followed the old man no further.
-
-While the boys were turning about, one of them fell down also, and all
-the rest began laughing, as they had before done to the old man. He was
-very angry with them on that account, and as soon as he got up, ran
-after his companions, pelting them with stones. He instantly became
-convinced, how unjust it was to laugh at the distresses of another,
-and formed a resolution for the future, never to laugh at any person’s
-pain. He followed the old man he had been laughing at, though at some
-distance, wishing for an opportunity to do him some favor, by way of
-atonement, for what he had done.
-
-The good old man, in the mean time, by the kind assistance of Mary,
-proceeded with slow but sure steps. She asked him to stop and rest
-himself a little, and told him, that her house was that before him.
-“Pray stay,” said she, “and sit a little under that large tree. My
-parents, indeed, are not at home, and therefore you will not be so well
-treated; yet it will be a little rest to you.”
-
-The old man accepted Mary’s offer. She brought him out a chair, and
-then fetched some bread and cheese and good small beer, which was all
-the pretty maid could get at. He thanked her very kindly, and then
-entered into conversation with her.
-
-“I find, my dear,” said he, “you have parents. I doubt not but you
-love them, and they love you. They must be very happy, and may they
-always continue to be so.”
-
-“And pray, good old man,” said Mary, “I suppose you have got children.”
-“I had a son,” replied he, “who lived in London, loved me tenderly,
-and frequently came to see me; but alas! he is now dead, and I am left
-disconsolate. His widow, indeed, is rich; but she assumes the character
-of the lady, and thinks it beneath her to inquire whether I be dead or
-living, as she does not wish it to be known, that her husband’s father
-is a peasant.”
-
-Mary was much affected, and could hardly believe that such cruel people
-existed. “Ah! certain I am,” said she, “that my dear mother would not
-behave so cruelly.” He then rose and thanked Mary with a blessing; but
-she was determined not to leave him, till she had accompanied him a
-little way further.
-
-As they walked on, they saw the little boy who had been following them;
-for he run on some way before, and was then sitting on the grass. When
-they looked upon him he cast his eyes downwards, got up after they had
-passed, and followed them again. Mary observed him, but said nothing.
-
-She asked the old man if he lived alone. “No, little lady,” answered
-he, “I have a cottage on the other side of that meadow, seated in the
-middle of a little garden, with an orchard and a small field. An old
-neighbor, whose cottage fell down through age, lives with me, and
-cultivates my ground. He is an honest man, and I am perfectly easy in
-his society; but the loss of my son still bears hard upon me, nor have
-I the happiness to see any of his children, who must by this time have
-forgotten me.”
-
-These complaints touched the heart of Mary, who told him that she and
-her mother would come and see him. The sensibility and kindness of
-this little girl, served only to aggravate his grief, by bringing to
-his mind the loss he had sustained in his son. Tears came in his eyes,
-when he pulled out his handkerchief to wipe them; and instead of again
-putting it into his pocket, in the agitation of his mind, it slipped
-aside, and fell unnoticed by him or Mary.
-
-The little boy who followed them, saw the handkerchief fall, ran to
-pick it up, and gave it to the old man, saying, “Here, good old man,
-you dropped your handkerchief and here it is.”――“Thank you heartily, my
-little friend,” said the old man. “Here is a good natured lad, who does
-not ridicule old age, nor laugh at the afflictions that attend it. You
-will certainly become an honest man. Come both of you to my habitation,
-and I will give you some milk.” They had no sooner reached the old
-man’s cottage, than he brought out some milk, and the best bread he
-had, which though coarse, was good. They all sat down upon the grass,
-and made a comfortable repast. However, Mary began to be afraid her
-parents might come home, and be uneasy at her absence; and the little
-boy was sorry to go, but was sadly afraid, should he stay, of being
-scolded by his mother.
-
-“This mother of your’s,” said the old man, “must be very cross to scold
-you.”
-
-“She is not always so,” replied the boy; “but though she loves me, she
-makes me fear her.”
-
-“And your father?” “Oh, I scarcely knew him, he having been dead these
-four years.”――“Dead these four years!” interrupted the old man, and
-fixing his eyes attentively on the boy. “Is it possible that I have
-some recollection of your features? Can it be little Lemuel!”――“Yes,
-yes, Lemuel is my name.”
-
-For a few moments the old man stood motionless, and with an altered
-voice, his eyes swimming with tears, cried out, “My dear Lemuel, you
-do not recollect your grandfather! Embrace me! You have got the very
-features of my son! My dearest child, you was not thinking of me! My
-son affectionately loved me, and his son will love me also. My old age
-will not be so miserable as I expected, and the evening of my life will
-not pass without some joy. I shall depart in peace!――But I forget that
-by detaining you, I may expose you to your mother’s anger. Go, my dear
-child, for I do not wish that my joy should cost you tears. Go, love
-your mother, and obey her commands, even though you should not come and
-see me. Come and see me if you can; but do not disobey or tell a story
-on any account.”
-
-He then turned to Mary, and said, though he then did not wish her to
-stay, for fear of offending her parents, yet he hoped she would come
-again. He then dismissed them, giving them a hearty blessing, and the
-two children walked away hand in hand.
-
-Mary got home safe before her parents, who were not long after her,
-when she told them every thing that had passed, which furnished an
-agreeable conversation for the evening.
-
-The next day, they all went to see the good old man, and afterwards
-frequently repeated their visits. Lemuel also came to see his
-grandfather, who was rejoiced to hear him speak, and to receive his
-affectionate caresses. Lemuel, on his side, was equally rejoiced,
-excepting when he did not meet with Mary; for then he went home
-sorrowful and sad.
-
-The nearer Lemuel arrived to manhood, the more his affections for Mary
-increased; and accordingly, when he was old enough to marry, he would
-think of no other woman, though she was not rich. The old man lived to
-see them married and happy, and then finally closed his eyes in peace.
-
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- Transcriber’s Notes:
-
- ――Punctuation and spelling inaccuracies were silently corrected.
-
- ――Archaic and variable spelling have been preserved.
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