Herald of the times, and Rhode Islander. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1846-1849, 1846-05-07
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UNSEEN THREAD:
A Romance Of the City.
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BY u. HASTINGS wEfp.
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MEETING TIE FIRST.
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cent houses ON either side as she pass
ed up broadway. Much she wondered
why a portion of her fellow creatures
should inhabit places As these, while her
mother was one Of the many tenants
in single house, in a narrow filthy
and crowded street. She saw The we'll
dressed children "f The sffluent as they
were l,d forth for their morning walks,
attended by careful servants and guard
ed from all possibility Of harm and even
of nvenience, and she hall envicd
their lot, while she more than half pi,ied
their helplessncss.
Still as our liule philosopher we ghed all
the circumstances, she was content
aud more ; she was happy. With
hgat step and lighter heart she skip
ped along the pavement. licr mild
blue eyes danced in careless glec, whilo
the shadows of ihe morning sun play ed
on her face, radiant with pleasure aud
rosy with health. Her light auburn
hair escaped in natural and abundant
curls over her shoulders, und her free
and graceful form, untrammeled by fash
ion and unlrozen by etiquette, swayed
and played in all the unstudied grace Of
hearty, healthy freedom.
Just then her ear caught mos, un-
musical and unmelodious uiterance.-
Turning to discover whence 80 lamenta-
BILE an outcy proceeded, she saw a
stout lad Of her own age, ten or there
abouts, rubbing his eyes and crying
most phcously. She stopped to inquire
into The difficulty.
Il cant find john was the little mans
reply.
We'll you are great one' said Lau-
ra, laughing. Just keep on this way
and John can, help finding you, If he is
on this continent
lhe hoy made NO other answer than
to resume his lame ni aiions in key even
louder and ferccr than before he was
interrupted. And this, thought Laura,
is one Of the rich children whom | was
envying just now She despised his
lie! plessness from the bottom of her heart.
Give her the address Of any human be-
ing in the city, and she could find him
without difficulty, however intricate the
search-and here was little boy who
was in despair in Broadway
! 'What is your name p she asked.
Little Georgy.'
Little Georgy. ] mus, say you are
big enough Of your age, at any rate
hose child are you''
Pm fathers boy.
Indeed! Well, who is your fatherp
'Why, he's--he's-he's PAP And
here followed symphony Of believing.
Where does your Pa live, my lille
prodigy"
He lives home
He does, does hep
/ Not n word more definite or satisfncto-
ry could the little woman obtain from
the hel pless wandcrer. Laura pro-
nounced him the 'dumbest' young gea-
ileman she had ever met and il her
vernacular was no, quite so refined as il
might have been, she had certainly
better knowledge of the uses OF life than
if her grammar had teen cultivated at
the expense Of common sense. AZ length
John, the servant, arrived, in almost as
much trbulation as his wandering charge.
Laura skipped away glad to be delivered
Of the troublesome duty Of consolation
which she had undertaken John did
not 80 much ns thank her and, when
he reached home, anticipated any story
which 'Georgy' night have cho~n To
tell. by stating that, while he turned his
head Iusl for u single instant, some low
creatures spirited the dear lnlc fellow
away, bu, he rebound him before They
had time to strip of hts clothes. Grorgy's
n mother examined the lad Who bud passed
through perlls 80 terrible, and finding
Il that nobody Ind cut oif hts culs To sell
to the jewellers, "r stolen his p"rke'-
handkerchief, rei'iced with trembling Mt
The Imminent, dangers escaped, aud warn
led John that no must be more careful. -
Happy little Laura meanwhile ian homo,
all unconscious Of wha, gorgons, hydras
aud chimeras dire her sunny face had
furnished The hint.
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