Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1854-04-28
OLD SERIES. VOL. 81, NO. %.

his cr,cs arrested attention. aud ono ahd all
ordered him TO return.
"Go hack home. Charlie. ton can't go,
you ar'm big enough go back home. 'sound-
ed in the ears of the child from voices fAuher
and farther in the distance.
The suund soon died away, aud the sobbng
hoy was alone. lie was grie'ed and d'slr.
p''in'ed, and FELT NJ disposition to return to his
home. Ills mnihei aud the baby were gone,
and he prnhahly thought he would wait the
return ofh's liule bmlhcr from the hill. lie
laid himself down nn pile of boards. anilo''
GO, his sOrrows in sleep. Ills ihoughiless
c"mpanions were driven before niahiall to
| their several homes by sudden shower, and
!iiile Chsrlc was forgotten. Where was be-
Night va. coming on; his mother bad re-.
TUNED his father had come in from his daily
toll. nod where was Charlie' Sill sleeping
on iis hard he'd. drcnched 5y The shower
and when brought in by his father, his eve
was sparkling. asd his checks were buninl :
with uuwonlcd Gre.
The second morning ahcr. the friends oi
the family were called in to look a, the suffer.
ir boy. lie layalmost moiionlrss upon his
pillow. h., dark curs put hack irnm his fore.
/ head, hi, cheeks lika scarlet. anl hiseycs rol.
. ling from side in side. hat apparently with.
ont sight. 4 brain fever had seized him,
aud his transient lie was drawing near It's
elise. ltwas evident be- haI no Consciousness
nr the p-c.cnt--thc chain ol lhouch, and feel
lnr srrmcd tn have been suddenly hruk'n olI.
Al the hour when III, companions lcn him
alone at ihc old mill. H., incphcrctt sen.
trncc, m related ~ the fatal aicrnoon-ihr
namcsorh liulc playmalcs we're cll'cd, our
ancr another, in tones nj passionate cntrcaly
and rrsf "l.ct me- go-doHt run away
from me-I c,p co, vcrc strangely sounding
pr7lrlnrs IN that quiet rnon, coming from the
lips nf that u1rnl,rinus child. !, WIS sal 'o
src the lllc h-ulhcr CLIMB On a chair IN look
dawn upon him. and to hear lha, brother,
name spoken amons Others in such Mild
words 60: sup!l.rl,oa. But this roald not
long endure The words became iswsr-',bc
,o.cc cradua,ly f,iu'cr. IN few hour, large
drrrs gathered on hls forehead hls red chccl;
f,dcd io vhrcncss hl. clcnched dnccfs rr-
I,yel. and lule Charlie ml ,c one among NE
million "flhe dead.
This WIS many yrars AGO, and hiscomf-H'
ION, have the most II them crovN 10 the stat
urc " manhood. Do they remember when
r ihcy leaked nro tic culIin To see their lItlr
playmatc. Iuu as III vas made ready to bcar
him away IL hrs distant gravel No, many
have forgotten II. They have forgotten ike
via, that the hcllihful, acIl,c little hoymishr
now have been irradlng With them the daily
paths III life, had no, their llioucht'e's uE
Lininsss eru.hsl ,hr hrghi bud before 3, cam,
To- fuucr The name of lule Charlie is sci
dom spukcn now. IL was hu, cL.A. an,
hIs memory has almos, died from the pic,
where be- lived cot his three infant years
Bot there are some whn learned a new lessor
II fhndncs' by h, dying Piilow-whu wrrc
reminded there anew Of the injunction ot ou'
saviour. to dn iuwthcrs-crcr NE hy'e ol,h
--as we would have Others do iouT.
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