Pictures from English literature . omuch of the sentiment is suggested oftentimes by a few brief words, and solittle is to be found that is not necessary to the progress of the tale, that it isdifficult to abbreviate it—impossible to give it in apter language, even inthe form of prose. The tale is one of humble rural life; the incidents arefew ; the actors only four—indeed, we may say but three. Farmer Allan hasa son William, and a niece Dora—the child of a brother who parted from himin anger, and died in foreign lands. Allan reared the girl, and she was fair tolook on, and thrifty ; and the o
Pictures from English literature . omuch of the sentiment is suggested oftentimes by a few brief words, and solittle is to be found that is not necessary to the progress of the tale, that it isdifficult to abbreviate it—impossible to give it in apter language, even inthe form of prose. The tale is one of humble rural life; the incidents arefew ; the actors only four—indeed, we may say but three. Farmer Allan hasa son William, and a niece Dora—the child of a brother who parted from himin anger, and died in foreign lands. Allan reared the girl, and she was fair tolook on, and thrifty ; and the old man, as he looked at them, would say tohimself, Ill make them man and wife. Doras heart yearned towardsWilliam, but he thought not of her. Then upon a day Allan called William and said to him— My son :1 married late, but I would wish to seeMy grandchild on my knees before I die :And I have set my heart upon a match. Then he told him how he had reared Dora, and had longed for years tosee them married. But William said—. Dora i6i I cannot marry Dora ; by my life, I will not i) I » Angary that his will should be ....tin-aid, the father gives his son a monthto think over the matter, with the threat that if he disobeys he shall nevermore darken his doors. This makes the young man dislike Dora, and behaveharshly to her. But she bears all meekly. William leaves his fathers house,and half in love, half spite, marries Mary Morrison. The old man forbidsDora to speak to William or his wife on pain of dismissal, and Dora promises,being weak. William dies heart-broken and poor, though Dora aided himby stealth, and leaves a boy. Then Dora comes to Mary and says— You know there has not been for these five yearsSo full a harvest : let me take the boy,And I will set him in my uncles eyeAmong the wheat ; that when his heart is gladOf the full harvest, he may see the boy,And bless him for the sake of him thats gone. And Dora took the child, and went her wayAcross the wh
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