Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1834-10-11

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tss eosvsssd, viii great simplicity
I3heb homs, Dir, guess-but nam don'
tksSw whsss be-l can't End out TN
lwey hooe ever % loag.'
sWhat! ny child have you stsayed and
80 lett Co0e - that 60wsy ksol: witt
IoeIGod has seae No to preserve YOU
In. Ceos and I viii e,ve you soms
Ioiee biscuit, and bit of meat. You an
|wssk and worn, bat { vill take care o
(yes.' The poor insorent's soul busss IN
To nDod Of gntefal tears, not sttendet
With thst hysessic aAeetion which she bed
lately sulsred. She derived great relic
from weeping, and prepared 10 follow hss
new beesls<tos, bus Tie excitement 81
had expegisocsd, acting on her sensitive,
ldsliests, sn1 exhausted frame bod sha'
49, svesy sssss 80 es04osssly pssssEsr
ted her strungth. She was unable 70 walk,
|but the kiad and gensssus Bearghan car
Ieied her = the hank Of the river, whore be
|had Delt his little store, and judiciously
RECALLED her with spare and gradual por'
|tioos Of food.
Az soon q she was moderately 10
fseshed, her srsles answers to bis inqui.
|ries informed him that her name vs. Ly-
de Harper; her parents live near Hast'a
Mills; she bad been sent with dinner "a
|her father, who was making shingles lit
|tle way IN the woods; bat missed the right
track, GOT bswildersd and wandered =
STRAY. when I knew was lost she
|said, 'Ol was very friehtened-I scream
led and ran about, and threw away faith
|es's dinner II apPears thst she walked
The FIRST night until she sank down, near
|ly supplied with fatigue. The traveller
ssked il 80 was not afraid when II grew
|dask, - she WAS all alone and lost in The
wood: to which she replied, 4 vas kind
Of frightened all the time; but when laid
down, said my prayers, that mann learnt
mo and then l wsnt frightened.' so
you remember the Prayerr 'OI doss,
cir; il =, viii lay mo down in peace,
and take my rest; for il Il thou, Lord, on
Nv that aaakest ne dwell m safety; and
into thy hands commend my sp,nt, my
eoul and my body; for thou hast redeem
"a NJ, O Lord, thou God Of truth! A.
men!
Mr.. Bsarehen next began to CONSIDER
how he child wss 10 b brought along.
He was sixteea miles past her tatber's,
ard bic busioess woald not allow hin 70
geturn; he was about twelve miles from
Trswh and no house between. Tie
. contssSanco bv me1uS q HI blanket,
and carried her forward on hrs hack.
The delightful consciousness Of perform
ing good sc:ion buoysd up hss spirits
and nerved his frame, and be beguiled
The rigor Of his laborioUs task, by toe pratt
lie Of his little founding, who had become
moro sPrighsly and Tree.
A. b journsyed along, he Inquired II
she had ooeu any wild beasts in the
woods; aud che answered eNo, l didn't
only once-two black dogs were coming
to me-they wers nqf Mr.. Burpe's dogs
they stops, and one stood up on ito hind
fest-they didn't bark, but ruined away
again. Our traveller smiled II the
child's simplicity, while she continued to
ssy-'O cir, last night-O when ] woke
in the middle Of the night, o how glad l
vas! thought l was close to homo, for !
hsard the cattle trampli"g shout me. ]
e6uldnt eco nothing: mons Of them had
bells-and when called Star and Bright.
they lay still. o I was glad, and my
heart vas light, and bcatln9-l lay very
still, too, to listen, and % ! Just dropa a.
wav aslsep sgain. Wasn't it pity, they
we're oil gone in the morning." sProvi-
dsnce seems u have defended you m an
especial manner, my child, against hid
den dangers and death, said the trav
eller.
Having carried his helpless charge I'M
Ill daylight was gone, bic fatigue vas in
creased BY the difficulty Of walking On
~ almost trackless road in The dark, ard
Tie mooa did not riss until near ten o.
lsagth b arrived 1t . dsser-
ted log hut, within two miles Of Tfews
and almost exhausted b. determined to
make short stopPage 70 recruit. Hsrs
- ihosghs to leave tie child, wrapped sP
IN his blanket, whilst he should hurry on,
and ssad hack immediats relief He
struck . light, Partook q some refresh
msoas With her, but fIuod great difficulty
il getting her 70 consent to remain -
hind. Alter be bad prepared . pretty
comfortable bed for her, and placed her
in it. be at down to watch
until shs should fall asleep. The moon
bad Just risen, and before he started, BE
gently approached the child, to iind If she
wore perfectly composed; 10 held the
light towards her, she oPensd her blue
Iyes full upon hsm, averted her head and
,obbsd. No: exclaimed The traveller,
by al that's sacred, swear | will not
|eave you behindr He Forthwith slung
Ais ana and his gun, resumed his former
raised l,tsie Lydia from Aer