The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-03-25

cdeu ioi uIc h'ic oiPhoh SiIl now; even
he Cbrist-child had forgotten her; and mo,
Of the little girls laughed at her becars'
,he had TO wear Nate Morton's cas-, a
clothes. 1t was very wrong, but Mrs n
ton did not check them, as she should h.
done; indeed, she sometimes rdiculet LIN.
herself, and the friendless one was Glad :
hide her head; so she did not 90 with ,ns
other children into the parlor. but ,em,;n.t
weeping in the schoolroom.
After awhile she hid her face uDoo
desk, and moaned aloud, "Motherl Mo,ba,-r
Then The room became suddenly very br;sb,
and she no longer felt cold and dreaN. h.
desks and chairs vanished, and in the ma
die Of the room stood large ChIistmssrss
covered with presents, and supported bv >,
beautiful child, with golden crown mon
its head. Lila claPPed her hands and ,bs
tears were all gone She looked Al ,bs
smiling child, and the pretty tree, and h.,
tened TO examine her presents. There var.
nice little dresses, dolls. and necklaces
Poor Lila was enchanted. She knelt dovn
TO thank the angeLchild, when a golden
cloud surrounded the tree, and she hes,d,b.
most beautiful music in the world so6lv
ringing about her-now near, and now r,
of-while the room seemed 10 be film,
with lovely beings, whose soft eyes besmAJ
kindly upon her; and they all appeared n
come from behind the golden cloud which
enveloPed the Christmas Tree.
(..ad.all,, A..
heavenly voice cried. "Lilla," Al The sam.
time, Lila saw her own dear MANN,
standing before her, with a starry croSpun-
on her brow. She sprang forward, and n.
spirit raised her earthly darling-the -linl.
pale lilla-and kissed her cheek. On
Mamma; dear, dear Mamma take me-
with you. do not leave poor Lila sgain
am 10 sad without YOU; nobody loves ne
here--nay not 60 with YOU and she bu.
RED heI head In her mothers bosom, and
wept aloud. ''Lilla," murmured the angel
my earthly child, weep no more, for owl,
at hand. Yet little while must We par
my cherished one, but no longer shal, thou
be friendless and sad; Tomorrow, the Gins
child shall bring thee a gift. and give theea
home. Then, weep no more, but be a,
thou hast been, meek and kind, and ,ie Az
-els who watch over thee will make thee
loved and happy. And forget nOG. thai God
is the orphans Faiher-heayen the orphans
home. Now, fare thee well. my chill"
| Lila no longer nestled 10 Ler bosom, bu.
knelt upon the floor, and the soft n5sic
again was heard; while the golden cloud
surrounded her mother, and the angels groUp-
ing round her, seemed to melt away Inl
thin air, murmuring all the while. in haf
mony with the music, "FaIe thee we'll and
weep no mOre-dear liltle Lila, weep II
more"
For moment, Lila was silent and
breathless; but the sound OF meuin5nl
reused her, and starting up, she found hes
self il the cold school room, her head lest
ing on the hard desk, while her schoOlmales
were running up stairs to bed. Ii was very
cold but her heart was 50 warm and glad.
she did not feel it, With a happy smile
upon her face, she crept To heI lone liuls
bed, and did not find it as hard and cold as
usual; but she could not sleep-she lay
thinking Of her mamma and the Chnsi.
child. and kept asking herself if il was
only dream-a beautiful dream, sent by
God to make her haPpy-and she wondered
if the Chnstchild would think Of her.
She was glad when the sun peeped INTO
her narrow window, with its Kind. bright
face, saying. "Are you up. lit,le girl, on this
merry Christmas morning. Gladly she
obeyed the summons. and, sPringing Oul Of
bed. cried, "A merry Christmas, Nh. Sun,
and quickly dressed herself, never thinking
Of Ka:e Morion's old clothes, she was 50
happy; and when she had prayed for God ;
blessing, she fastened down stairs, but
alas there was no one there TO return her
looks OF love; and if they wished her q
Merry Christmas. it was with so cold and
careless manner. that. chilled. and disaP-
pointed, she stole silently away.
| But, though large tears were in her eyes,
her heart was still happy At length ne
evening came. and the dancing had con-
menced. Carriage after carriage rolled 70
the door, bearing the parents Of the happy
children, laden with presents for Their dar-
lings, who looked sweet, in their white
dresses and wreaths Of flowers. Lila bad
no white dress, and no flowers; and she
! could not he p signing as she cTePt, unOb
served, into corner where she could not
, be seen. She smiled, however, to see them
I all so happy. "Oh. dear. if they Ohly
loved me-" she thought, "out | must not
think Of that; ], at least, can love them,
and she smiled again, Joyous IS any Of
them.
The dancing stopped for little while.
and another carriage rolled to the door
Every one wondered who it was, for all the
expected guests had arrived and the huls
boys at the windows said it was handsoms
chariot. AT length. a noble looking gen
tleman was ushered in, and all the con-
pany bowed and smiled; for they knew he
was the distinguished stranger who hsd lus
arrived from foreign lands; and Mrs. Nor
ton took up the fair little girl who clurg TO
| his hand, and welcomed her ioyously.
The gentleman looked eagerly round
among the children. who were gazing al
the richly dressed little girl, and said to
Mrs. Morton.
"Does not Lila R. attend YOU
school :"
Lila heard him, and sprsng bleathles'
from her corner. She forgot her shabby
clothes and all The fine ladies and gentle
men, and cried,