Snow-Bound — John Greenleaf Whittier

In youth the elder John had fought his way through the wilderness of New Hampshire into Canada, bartering with the Indians and trappers, and many a thrilling tale of adventure he must have had to tell that little group around the fire. He was a devout member of the Society of Friends, a leader In the affairs of Haverhill, and in all things a just man. His mind, however, was cast In a different mould from that of his poetic son; It was to the gentle Quaker mother that the youthful John went for sympathy In his literary aspirations, and there he found all the appreciation and encouragement that his shy, retiring nature demanded. For fifty years this good mother helped and guided and counseled her son, and, for that matter every one else who crossed her path and was in need of help and council, all who knew her esteeming her as one of the salntllest and loveliest of women. The uncle Innocent of books was Moses Whittler. 9.
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