Clearfield Republican

Gen. Havelock upon Family Discipline.

The following from one who enjoyed much personal communion with the deceased General, will be regarded as an illustration of the man's character not without significance. During his stay in England, the narrator of this anecdote went one evening to the house of the colonel, in compliance with an invitation. In the course of conversation Mrs. Havelock turned suddenly to her husband and said— "By the way, my dear, where is Harry?" referring to her son whom she had not seen during the whole afternoon. The colonel started to his feet. "Well, poor fellow, he is standing on London bridge, and in this cold, too; I told him to wait for me there at 12 o'clock to-day and in the pressure of business at --. I quite forgot the appointment." The father and son were to have met at 12 at noon, and it was now after seven o'clock in the evening. Yet the father seemed to have no doubt that Harry would not move from his post till he appeared. The colonel at once rose, ordered a cab to be called, and as he went forth to deliver his son from his weary watch on London bridge, he turned to his visitor, saying: "You see, sir, that's the discipline of a soldier's family." In the course of an hour the colonel returned with poor Harry, who although he seemed somewhat affected with the cold watch, and glad to see the fire in the comfortable parlor at home, seemed to have passed through the little afternoon's experience with the greatest good humor, and the feeling that all was right.—Edinburgh Daily Express.