Blue hen's chicken. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1848-1854, 1851-10-03

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= gu are very good slr,bui II you &C uld hel
poor lAihtf aHd mother, Should be so happy
~ lhey ats deserving Will Gone,
VIII GO TO Your father and mother, and wi Sc
II anything can be done 70 assist them. ~
is your name!
'Adelia, Sin
, What is your fathers hrsinessl
lie wrote, before he was sick, for tho pa
ners and magazines, but l have heard moth'
say he was soldier and an officer
e Hay, soldier! Child YOU ale still cold
; and he nnbutt-ned his large cape from his coa
and wrapped ii r1und her.
'I'hank ycu. Yes, sir, he was a soldier, (,
} he has often told us stories OF the brave Ge
Jackson, wto was his commander
Hay! child! Jackson his general, and h
suffering! II he lives, he shall not suffer long
t 10 escape the bullets Of the indian rifles an
= return with whole scalp only TO die Of starvs
;lon! by the Eternal il is too bad. Com
'hlld,' and he caught up the little Aiela /
his arms with vehemeace that strlled III
= poor girl. Heaven grant, ho said 4 may nc
be too lae.' He ihen pressed onward as
puTsuer would follow his reifealing foe, and $
, rarid were his strides he soon reached the mis-
eraole dwelling pointed out by Aden as he
, home. The door was unb irred aud Offered n
; resistance to the entrance oil the visitor
: Guided by Adeii, he ascended the worn slat;
ing stairway to their apartneni.-Sohly open
ling the door, what scene was presented TO hi
| view. The dim lamp instead Of dispeling thu
darkness. made the gloom more ghosily indis
tnct, but the he'd upon which laid the fevere,
lorm' was more clearly seen. The lanP~seem
60 70 nave exhausted i's rays on the features 0
she pa'e, ''lr watcher, when thongh c'oudet
ioy ln'ehse snnerlpg' pore the stamp OF an In
Ne'lole' ihoHgh nellcaie beauty, which sadness
am .r Woe cou'u mol eject
~ ~ cr'aNlha ~ ille door caused her 10 star
wnu'y AslohlshHeut thrilled through every
ven
her ia AdAlia' Nhom she had LETT, as she
hnugh' ~ iIir SIDE sci Arf broilier now IN coni-
pany wliH stranger al ihls la'o hour ui tue
ai4H'' wnl'e 'he snowy garments gnl KY in
'9Le"u Nn 'y' 9' ne Mother piit 'ht 'ht'e
u"ush'eI must nave been wanderer in the
Storm 10 wonder ihai she WAS speschle5s-
s. w2nu.t " talsssrnx a'Host he'p'es Mo
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n'uy, : "'Ro nor c'Nle as a'uTilds in'rprr
AT tls laie hour J have come where seffpw
u.s. 70 symPaih'se. II want exisss--lq reris' T
~ n'i -, s'''nIe' 1, edhIer, iaf@ship anu
Nun'i''s hdnks 10 'his noo'e-heailed lllte
do good. From he, l,lrn.I ,iot van hl,~-
band has been soldier. mi as spcb fsssa Il =
"'"' VI sy'hp",hy eN'Sllng between aTi ihtfe-
from me your conf lenra far bv A.. fs,ern,,
as am man and a soldiAr vyitl ,ogo,nt'as, ,,,s'
serve yon.' y - ~ RI ~
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t'ease"S' "'ailN .Ies' "afHs cannoi ex-
piatsa S,, fnro "e of s'si."ae awe you iae ea
I'"'su 'o',,l " iny nuSuann Is ieposins IN SUM
H.. Lug IL ne n,s e'J 'yeu 'or many nights.
"v "au ~ Ilos,pe"re r nls ordered tSs; steep
den,i ~ ne,"'.,u' nen Iuu are ysal pfoY-
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