The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1854-01-11
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"Hase yot got Laby?"
.I-, But there is no such JOY now for that
mothers heart. Yet that is the same
father'--faIlen, trampled, dying, and she
-s rushed TO the ruscue. f........
.a. Two police officers hear him to the
.'s sidewalk and lft him, Efeless ms he !.
upon haud-cart. How the idle crowd
lnSh and j"stls each other to get sight
cf the wounded man. What for: TO
'dm mister to his wants; to gNe,ir ncel be
soWething to minister to his relief? No
sv5Io crafty curiosity morbid, idle curios.
ity. .e7 sa...r. .... ..-........, .
How this woman pushes aud struggle.
TO break tho circle, crying, "Let me in, let
me in; let me see him." How little the
crowd heed her. They think it is curios.
iiyrthat impeh her, as it docs them.
sqlyes, - -.,.....' '''. '' ..
tp Whssaont she say, "Itis NY husLanlt
( and thensthey would give lssr room, or
thesoilicers would make them.
SS"u WIS sweet WOr@ once; IL Is
hittor one now; vet il must be spoken
for they arc about to bear him away to
the HOSPITAL. Whether dead or alive she
Knows not, aud She rusIles n,adly forward.
Sei2ing the policeman, with a cry e. No,
no; not there, MT there; take him home
E--I will take are al him-uobody can
take care OF him so well as | can. Oh.
let me take him hoIre! Do let INC take
him home" What could she do with
linn in her enc room, the home Of herself
aud children. She could not stay to nurse
him day after day, for then her trade
would BE lost; somebody else would take
her stand; there would be no income, all
would be outgo. and all would soon bs
gs exhausted; nothing 10 Lny Lgead, nothing
~ to pay rent, aud then out must 20 the
whole, sick or weIii they must go in the
street il they fail to meet that dreaded
periodical-the rent day. There is no
heIr for it. All this is sLrst Iy considered,
and there is mo other way; he must 90 to
the hospital es'.1sIs
Then will follow and nurse him
there -
There spoke the wife, as, ever since that
holy name was known, the wife has spoken
o. g--zeans sspeak alone. .5 ~.
~ How can she got s a.
Something cliugs to her dress and
pulls her back, She looks around upon
little boy and girI--it is the hot-con
: girl, Just driven from the banking-hou.o
steps shrec squares Jelo&. a'e-'7
ha Mether mother, do speak 10 US; tits
Blu aud me. Is father dead, What
killed himlp as h-ai
Raml She did not say 40. She only
thought. She thought, too, of her help
3 less children, and what would they do
~ Il she wehtto take care Of their father.
Another hand clihgs to her Dress and
looks up with such an appealing look and
So yASs:
o8es. Don't SO, mother; they will take care
ofhther, Don't leave us.
She looked upon her sickiy bow! and
thonght ofthe night he was born. Why !
=, does shests and turn ronndf Did some
one puberty the bairl No, IL was only :
fancy. A sort ofmagnetic influence, lin
ked with thought Thattwings deci,led
l'er. That twinge decided lis fate, aud
2 saved her childreus lives. She vent
bone with them, and tired nature slept
q an spite Of mental agony At four o'clock
s tic bolls rupg for fire; twas long before
- shecoulI wake sufficiently to count tho
eight strokes which told Il was IN her dis. I
nsct. Dreamily uttcouscious Of dangar /
Iaovcs not till she. heafs ctaSA, and I
teesa iighttbfoagh the small rear win
=. gov when she springs mp, opens the
'soeg, looks ont 10 the direction Of the