Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1853-02-26
5elsttco articles.
The Child's Story,
ny CHARLES pIorESs.


very short when he got halt way through,
lie travelled along rather dark path for
some little time, without meeting nDyihlng, !
until OF last he came 70 q heuuliul child
SO be said TO the child, . What do you heref"
Aud the child said, al am am always at
play. Come and play with me!'
So, he played with that child, the whole
hay lonr, and they were merry. The sky
was SO lug, the sun WAS so bright, the wa
der was 90 eparking. the leaves were so
greeD the flowers were so lovely, aud they
heard such singing birds and saw so many
hntterfleS, that everything was beautiful
This was in fine weather. When it rnined,
they loved to watch the FILLING drops, aud 10
smell the fresh scents. When il blew, it was
delightful to listen 70 the wind, and fancy
whnt il said, as it came rushing from It's home
where was that, they wondered whist
jing and howling, aud driving the clouds he
fore il, bending the trees, rulnbing ia the
chipinicp, Sinking the nuse, and mailing The
SEQ roar in fury. iuf,whon it showed, ,tbat wns
best of all; for they liked nothing so we'll as
10 lapk up at the white flakes falling fast and
thick, like down from the breasts of millions
of white birds; and to see how smooth and
deep ihe drilt was and to listen TO the hush
Ipon the paths and ronds.
They had plenty of the finest toys in the
world and the most astonishing picture
hooks; all about scimtars and slappers, and
and turbars, aud dwarfs and giants, and ge-
mis- and larios, and blue-heards and bean
stnlks, and rirhes and caverns and forests
mud Valentines and Orsons; aud all new
and al true.
But, one day, Of sudden, the traveller
lost the child. lie called to him over and
over again, but got no answer. So, no went
upon his rund, and went on for n little while
without meeting anything, until nj last he
snmc to handsome boy. So, he said TO
the boy "Whnt do you here" Aud the
Joy said, I" am always learning. Come aud
learn with me-"
So he learned with that boy about Jupiter
mud Jppo, and the Greeks and the Romans,
nnU dont't know what, and learned more
than could tell-or he either, for he s"on
forgot great deal of il. But they were not
always learning; they had the merriest games
that ever were played. They rowed upon
The river in summer, and skated OF the
ice in winter; they were active nioot, aud
nctve on horseback; at cricket, aud all
games at ball at prisoners bnse, hare aud
hounds, follow my leader, and more spots
than can think Of; nobody could bent them.
They had holidays, too, and Twelfth cakes,
md parties where they danced all night till
midnight, and real theaters where they saw
palaces OF real gold aud silver rise out OF
the real earth, and saw ali the wonders Of
the world at once. As to my friends, they
had such dear friends, and so many Of them
that want tile time TO reckon them up
They were ai young, like the handsome boy,
and were meyer TO be strange to one another
nil their lives through.
Sill, one day, in the mids; Of all these
4 4, lN,s sl hnxO ha nnI
lost the child, and after calling on him in
vain, Went on upon his journey. So he
went for little while without seeing any,
until nj last he came to young man. So,
he said to the young man, "Whnt do you
here: 2" And the young man snid, am
ALWAYS i'm love. Come and love with me"
So, he went away with that young man,
anil presently they came to one Of the prct-
fest rirls TINT ever was seen-just like Fanny
in the corner there--nnd she hah eyes like
Fanny. and hair like Fanny, and dimples
like Fnnny's, and she laughed and colored
inst ms Fanny does while | am talking about
her. So, the young man fell in love direct
Iy-iust ms Somebody ] won't mention, the
first time he came here, did with Fanny
Well. lie was teasch snmelimes-iust ms
Somebody used TO be hy Fanny and they
nunrreIled sonetimcs-inst ms Somclody and
Fanny used to quarrel; and they made II up
and sat in the dark, and wrote letters every
dny. md never were happy nsunder anf
,yere always looking out for one another nnl
nretetendinc not to, and were engaged q
Ehrist,nns time, and sat close TO one nnnlc
by the FIRE, and were going to he nlarrle!
rery soon-all exactly like Somebody iwon'
mention, and Fanny!
But. the traveller lost them ono day, ms u
cf his fripnIa mud ptfn
railing ~ them 10 come back, which the
never did went on upon his journey. S
he went on for n little while without seem
nnythinq, nn, ut last he came to n middle
nced gentleman, "What are you doing here
And his answer was, 6 am always bus
Come aud he busy with me"
So, then he begau TO he very busy viii IN
veptlemap, and they went on through u
wood ,ngcther. The whole journey WI
through wood, only it had been open M
preen at first, like wood in spring; NJ
now beran TO he thick and dark, like
wood in summer; aome at tho little 're'
thnt had como out enrIlesi, were even l'lr
Inc brown. The gentlemen was not n'nl
hut Ind a lady of about the same ago W.
him. who wns his wife and they had Oh
,lren, ulo yere with them too, pr they
went on together through the wood, cuii'
down jhe trees, nnd nhH'nga pam V'I"u
iho hrnnrilrs md the fnllen leaves, aud G.
wing burdens, and working hard.
Sometimes, they came 10 n long green
enue that opened into deeper woods Il
ibey would hear a very distant voice CRY.
I Father, father, am another child D
for me!' And presently they would Sc
gerry little figure, growing larger as u ca
along, running TO join them Wnen u ca
,n cro,yIpI rOunu II and kIS.
and welcomed it; and then they all went
j6geiheri
Sometimes they came TO several aVeh
Mt ppce, and then they all stood s'lll' ana
az the children said, "Faller a,h sh'nl