Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1849-08-25
MISCELLANEOUS.
CHILDREN.
ny MRS. HARRIET DEAcHEE STOWE.
~ little child shall lead them"

liners shop, and there / saw hale,
hearty, well Drowned young fellow from
the country, with his longCart whip and
lion shag coat, holding up some matter,
and turning it about in his great first
And what do you suppose it was? A
baby's bonnet! A little soft blue satin
hood, with ran's down border, white
rs the new fallen snow, with frill of rich
blonde around the edge.
BY his side stood a pretty woman,
holding with no small pride the baby
for evidently it was baby. Any one
could read that fact in every glance, as
they looked at each other, and at the lit
tic head, and then at the large blue uncon-
scious eyes and fat dimpled checks of
the little one. 1t was evident that neith-
er of them had ever seen baby like
that before.
But, really, Nary" said the young
man, els not three dollars very high?"
Mary very prudently said nothing, but
taking the hood, tied it on the little head,
and held up the little baby. The man
looked and grigned, and without another
"Siup oOhu MCttI IllC tuICC lull
that the last weeks butter came to,) and
MS they walked out of the shop it is hard
to say which looked most delighted with
the bargain.
Another day, as l passed carriage
factory, | saw young mechanic at work
ona wheel. The rough body of car
riagc stood beside him, and there wrap
ped up snugly, all hooded and cloaked,
sat dark eyed girl, about year old,
playing with a great shaggy dog. AS 1
stopped, the man looked up from his
work, and turned admiyingly to his little
companion, as much as to say See what
l have got here!"
yes" thought l, "and if the lady
ever gets glance from admiiing swains
as sincere as that, she will bc lucky"
All, these little children! little witchesl
pretty even in all their thoughts and alb
surdities! See, for example, yonder lit
tie naughty fellow.in fit; he has shaken
his long curls over his deep blie eyes;
the fair brow is bentn ftown; the rose
leaf is pushed up ininfnite defiance, and
the white shoulders thrust forward Can
any but child look so pretty even in
their naughtiness?
Then cones the instant change; flash
ing smiles and tears, rs the good comes
back all in a rush, and you are over
whelmed with protestations, promises,
and kisses. They are irresistible, too,
these little ones? They pull away the
scholars pen, tumble about his paper,
make somersets over his bookq, and what
can you do? They tear up newspapers,
litter the carpets, break, pull, and upset,
and then jabber unintelligible English
in self-defence, and what can you do for
yourself?
eff had child" says the precise
man, you should see!" He does have
child, and his child tears up his papers,
tumbles over his things, and pulls his
nose like all other children; and what has
the precise man to say for himself p
Nothingi He is like every body else: "a
little child shall lead him."
Poor little children, they bring and
teach us human beings more good than
they get in return. How often does the
infant, with its soft check and helpless
hand, awaken another from worldliness
and egotism to a world of n new and
higher feeling. How often does the
mother repay this by doing her best to
wipe off, even before the time, the dew
and fresh simplicity of childhood, and
make her daughter, too soon woman of
the world, as she has been.
The hardened heart of the worldly
man is touched by the guiltless tones and
simple caresses of his son; but he repays
it in time by imparting to his boy all the
crooked tricks and hard ways and care
less maxinis which have undone himself.
Z" Go to the Jail, the pcnitentiary. and
find there .he wretch most sullen, brutal,
and hardeucd--then look at your infant
son.
Such as he is to yon, such to some
mother was this man That hard hand
was soft and deli,.ate--thaG rough voice
was tender and lisping; fono eyes follow
ed as he played, and he 4 as rocked and
nursed as something holy. There was a
time, too, when his heat, soft and un-
worn, might have p|ouldcd to question
ings of his Maker, and been sealed with
the seal of Heaven. But harsh hands
seized It, and all is over with him forever.
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