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Saunders Fyfe,
Their pure souls had fled , even as if the road to Heaven had been through atween ane anither ' s pale blae lips . It was a sad but holy sight to see twa forms , which had sae lately been the earthly dwelling places o ' immortal speerits , lying close thegifher , as still , cauld , an' lifeless , as if they had been marble images that ne ' er were blest wi' a puff o' mortal breath . The same cauld hand o' death that passed ower the brow o' the ane had been mingled in the bluid o' the ither ; an' a sair an' heavy trial
it was to see them baith ta ' en to the kirk-yard under a coffin-lid . " But oor cup o' sorrow was na' yet fu ' , for the very next year , my son—my only son—Willie , wha was the pride o' my heart , fell on the red field o' Waterloo , covered wi' what the world ca ' s glory ancl honour ; but , alas J alas . ' what was the glory an' honour o' puir AA ' illie ' s death to his mother or me either , who wadna hae g i ' en ae hour o' his young life for a' the glory an' honour that was baith lost and won in that great an' bluitly conflict o' the nations ; after which I had but ae link left to bind me to life ; an' noo that it is broken , alas ! I care nae hoo sune I ' m ta ' en fra this earth to where the Lord wull .
" Ihe bereavements with which I hae been afflicted cam' sair an ' fast on the back o' ane anither ; an' when my first born fell coffinless intill a foreign grave , amang strangers , my heart had nae langer ony thing to do wi' either hope or happiness . A' things were changed in my e ' e but Alarion ; she alone seemed immoveable in her mind , as she had been in her tender affection towards me . Even the face o' nature itsel ' lookit dowie ancl sorrowfu ' , ancl in my sinfu' and corrupt heart there was a strong hankering against the decrees o' Divine Providence , for which sin I ' m now punished wi' a rod that is far heavier than I am able to bear .
" The angle o death passed in quick succession ower the hail o' my house ; an' noo , he is at this moment o' time waving his terrible twaedged sword o' destruction aboon my ain devoted head ; an' I trust he will smite in mercy , rather than spare a life that is nae langer usefu ' , an ' therefore nae langer worth the possessing . " Lang ere times grew sae tight wi' the farmer I was rendered listless , heartless , an' hopeless , which , nae doubt , lent a strong hand to help me wi
ahint ' my rent , an' brought on ither difficulties , for which their was nae remedy , an' sae it behooved me to flit . Things had -come this far , when on the Lord ' s Day , an' on the very door o' his holy tabernacle , Marion Logan lived to read ' Roup of Farm Stocking , at Foxcroft ;' but her e ' e already grown dim wi' sorrow , cauld see nae mair , an ' for the first time in my life I turned frae the house o' God , whan my head was under the lintel , ancl my foot upon the threshold . Wi' sair ado I got Alarion hame , an' helpit her into the bed , oot o' which she ne ' er again sought to rise , for her kind heart was fairly , an' forever , bro—bro—broken !"
It was at tins part ofthe narrative that the old man ' s voice faltered , as lie shifted his position , when his eye became troubled , and occasionally fixed upon vacancy ; his lip quivered , and his whole frame shook in the agitation of his forlorn heart , until he fairly sobbed aloud , and hung his aged head in the mournful bitterness of hopeless grief . A train of dire misfortunes , rendered still more insupportable by deep domestic arTh ' ctfon , had reduced him , from a state of ease and comparative
affluence , to the solitary outcast which now appeared before me . The withering hand of time had blighted and destroyed tlie happy contentment of his youth , and , at the eleventh hour of his life , he was a pennyless , friendless , and homeless wanderer on the earth .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Saunders Fyfe,
Their pure souls had fled , even as if the road to Heaven had been through atween ane anither ' s pale blae lips . It was a sad but holy sight to see twa forms , which had sae lately been the earthly dwelling places o ' immortal speerits , lying close thegifher , as still , cauld , an' lifeless , as if they had been marble images that ne ' er were blest wi' a puff o' mortal breath . The same cauld hand o' death that passed ower the brow o' the ane had been mingled in the bluid o' the ither ; an' a sair an' heavy trial
it was to see them baith ta ' en to the kirk-yard under a coffin-lid . " But oor cup o' sorrow was na' yet fu ' , for the very next year , my son—my only son—Willie , wha was the pride o' my heart , fell on the red field o' Waterloo , covered wi' what the world ca ' s glory ancl honour ; but , alas J alas . ' what was the glory an' honour o' puir AA ' illie ' s death to his mother or me either , who wadna hae g i ' en ae hour o' his young life for a' the glory an' honour that was baith lost and won in that great an' bluitly conflict o' the nations ; after which I had but ae link left to bind me to life ; an' noo that it is broken , alas ! I care nae hoo sune I ' m ta ' en fra this earth to where the Lord wull .
" Ihe bereavements with which I hae been afflicted cam' sair an ' fast on the back o' ane anither ; an' when my first born fell coffinless intill a foreign grave , amang strangers , my heart had nae langer ony thing to do wi' either hope or happiness . A' things were changed in my e ' e but Alarion ; she alone seemed immoveable in her mind , as she had been in her tender affection towards me . Even the face o' nature itsel ' lookit dowie ancl sorrowfu ' , ancl in my sinfu' and corrupt heart there was a strong hankering against the decrees o' Divine Providence , for which sin I ' m now punished wi' a rod that is far heavier than I am able to bear .
" The angle o death passed in quick succession ower the hail o' my house ; an' noo , he is at this moment o' time waving his terrible twaedged sword o' destruction aboon my ain devoted head ; an' I trust he will smite in mercy , rather than spare a life that is nae langer usefu ' , an ' therefore nae langer worth the possessing . " Lang ere times grew sae tight wi' the farmer I was rendered listless , heartless , an' hopeless , which , nae doubt , lent a strong hand to help me wi
ahint ' my rent , an' brought on ither difficulties , for which their was nae remedy , an' sae it behooved me to flit . Things had -come this far , when on the Lord ' s Day , an' on the very door o' his holy tabernacle , Marion Logan lived to read ' Roup of Farm Stocking , at Foxcroft ;' but her e ' e already grown dim wi' sorrow , cauld see nae mair , an ' for the first time in my life I turned frae the house o' God , whan my head was under the lintel , ancl my foot upon the threshold . Wi' sair ado I got Alarion hame , an' helpit her into the bed , oot o' which she ne ' er again sought to rise , for her kind heart was fairly , an' forever , bro—bro—broken !"
It was at tins part ofthe narrative that the old man ' s voice faltered , as lie shifted his position , when his eye became troubled , and occasionally fixed upon vacancy ; his lip quivered , and his whole frame shook in the agitation of his forlorn heart , until he fairly sobbed aloud , and hung his aged head in the mournful bitterness of hopeless grief . A train of dire misfortunes , rendered still more insupportable by deep domestic arTh ' ctfon , had reduced him , from a state of ease and comparative
affluence , to the solitary outcast which now appeared before me . The withering hand of time had blighted and destroyed tlie happy contentment of his youth , and , at the eleventh hour of his life , he was a pennyless , friendless , and homeless wanderer on the earth .