The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1845-09-13
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feelings oi Cow er when he prayed iOr
= lodge IN some vas, wilderness, 'whel e
umor Of oppression and deceit might
never reach him. huI breathing This
prayer, 'Father,l tr4y nol thou should t
tS@e me out Of the world, bu, give. The
'oWer to remedy some Of the evils
About half way on my road TO school
stood bIsck'mlh's shop, MIR. Kobouro
was almost always a, his forge, aud i
tr'qnehtly paused to admire the strength
OF mat brswny as II welded the heavy
hammer with the ease o: child hand
"ng his playIhings. Moreover his fine
aod manly counlenence. so indicative
OF benev Oience, WAS well worth stop
plog 10 look at, | always wanted to
catch glance Of him in a cloudy dav
III seemed 50 ike gIeam Of su Iighi.
tie was fall OF humor too, aud those
age bIne eyes looked olien ss if foil
OF merlmeul. lie was one Of those
happy Characters that IN Ike lhe mos, of
IIe's blessings the lest of it's trou-
oles. - lie walked lDte lame.
and | seldom think of his gait bur I re-
lc'll the circumstances th4, caused its
peculiarity. By some accident he cat
oil TWO OF his toes upon hisrighl :oo,.-
Thinking Dr.. Parker, a sufgeon who
lrved som, or eigh, nlles distant Coz, d
mend them az ei' dshe ould men
: broken gfldlron, he wrapped them u,
Itsrelully and lad The IN ou glt,le SIZE
n his shop. Win some diff .ully n,
,ound up his ioo', made ready ms nor e
md buggy AID started oil fnII speed fpr
he Doctor. When arrived, he mlda
iUown his err 'nd, aud the kind phvSl.
clan, bidding h,m be seated, proceeded
to examine th3 mulilaied memhrr I'm
do Il c bssl canfIr you SAID n, wh.re
are The toes? the II ck.mith ieit IN
one pocket they were nor thert: in The
the tley were not hen bursting into,
old lugn he * al nAd--F ilh. I've
eft them on the shell, all mic " packed
Jap. Never mind, it's not worm while
10 return for them; do up my foot d
good as you Gao and PIl 90 hone.
This evening as returned home, step.
IpeI INTO his shop n 81 me erraud relllnI
o an iron tube 6eIo ging to tie Caemjc,,
room. Lille Jane had just G. with some
Eitchen nIls that mad be N meaGed.
Her eyes wee led and swollen she look
ed sick and pale and her step was feeble.
She aV led me and said uhing lo her.
lfler doing my erIanl, NIibourne looked
It me momen', and IN The SCOT aud dust
dpon his face, and left their trace those ex,
,,C ,.,.
isral mirth, bu! two ledrs had forced their
" through upon his che k. There was
pause and then, as il githeiIng courage
h said. Il believe | must speak and
t1IHk have no! mistaken you u | say ,on
will hot beIray me- That poor child must
removed from vi. ons .he s diving bv
inches. ! would complain To the select
men Of he town; but suppose aolhjnl can
be proved against HE family, sni should
only lose my credit, aud nay 1uoi less oo--
for wilson Is the richest and most iuhueC-
,i,l man in The village. Aaa he is 30 pe-
r rious, and his wife so CXlcuag Cat 40
help will stay win them. and uow t3ev
ave managed 10 have ihs b ID bound 10
lhem, and there is no way OF laang her
from Il EN-. Oar ministers VI, has tried
IN vain 10 pr Icure her, but Mrs wilson
ssys he uoW getting old enolgh 10 NV
her way iI she shall not plrS wi h ner.
'Canuol you do something" said he, i'm.
and added, Il love her parens
,nd for her fathers sake would be willing
t. run some risk myself, II repIled,-
perhaps Mrs. Wilson can Ne induced To
lreal her more kndiy,' 'D1 see that
nar Of roui' add'd he, well, hy the aid Of
fire and the strength of nv IN can FASH
Ton and moulf il in any shape please: but
pat thai woman's heart into my rlrge, or on
my anvil and | might work like slaye,vct
7, would be a hard hear, still wei Mr..
KiIbourne, perhaps something can be done
al least viii Try for love the child
Ga nv return, the same letter that had
received the evening before lay upon the
lahle, It was from beloved ; IS er and |
sat down to read it again.
1--WE have lost she says, 'nnr dear babe,
our only chGd-i AN very lonely aud shall
lccompany mv husbani in his npxl 70 age
to Europe. lie has bus ness in HlvIes
which will delain hun some months
Here. rLen, was a chance ror little jane.
- Wlv could mt my sister take her as
,ompanlop!--s has no eh,lIren. aud
means sutlicenG 4 will be an amusement
10 lrain 50 gende dlsposliop, But how
Ia biog j, about kuew not, Was eyi.
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