Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1854-06-02
NEW SERIES, VOL. ), NO. II.


York, she would say to every stranger who
spoke to her. cOuldn', have le0 the little
ihing-bu, don't know where I'm taking
her. II can't anchor her safely, TIL keep
hSfor 6rs, mate Of the Down; hey, sea-
bird"
"wba, could you do with her in that ter
rblo storm or Cape Clear shudder 'c re-
collcc, ,ha, night"
"weu, sir, while you were lying fla, on
your back, and the res, OF US were hurJainc,
hauling and pulling hithcr and thiIher, work
inc ior dear life asains, the winds and waves
the pretty creature was rolling about the ca.
bin loO,, clarping her hands as though she
were in an applc.tcc swing, and found it ca
pital fun, When tumblcd DOM to my
locker for five minutes rest, ! found her on
hen knees, in her li,ds nigh,.Urop, saying,
Our father, and icl, sure no storm would
sing the ship with MA on it,
Poor mother Of Muic how her heart was
rruns a, sending her blind, trusting child
from her arms Bu, her brother IN Amer.
ieo had written, telling her that he would
provide for M.u.e-poor sightlcss Miuie,
who could learn lirlc in tha, uncivilzcj land.
50. with many tears and prayers, that mis-
s.oulry mother had packed her Miue'ssmall
trunk, and placed her In the care Of friend
the English lady before ncn,ioned-to be
transported to our country. What but a
mother, PRAYER guarded the helpless darling
in her lo1cly wanleIlngs
Oa arriving a, New York, Captain, -
and Mr. - made inquiry everywhere
iu, Mr. wy,he. Directories were searched,
streets rausacksd and questions repeated
bandrcjs Of times, to no purpose, No rel
alive Of the poor blind Mltc could be found
Leave her with me, caplain,' said Mr..
L.. 81 am sooa 10 return to London but,
before sailing, l will pace her in an Asylum
for the blind, and see ,ha, she is comfortably
cared Tor"
Instead. however, Of placing Mriuc 10 the
Sa.o Asylum OF New York, her friend ioos
her TO a southern ci;y where he had business
connections, and le0hcr in one of,hose beau,I-
ill retreats which nature and ait have com
5ircl TO adoru iOr those whose eyes tell no,
nigh, from day, nor beauty from deiormity.
Kind voices welcomed the l.,ilc stranger,
bu, ,hsy were voices she bad never heard, nor
hoped To hear. For the frs, time since she
sat5cJ rood.by on her mothers ZAP, her hope
and faith filtered She telt that she Was
alone iu the world, and she sought on, cor
ncr to CRY. Had the superintendent Far,icul-
arly interested himself in the child, he would
have found out her history, and probably have
sought some communication with her parents.
Bu, setting down her name asa charity schol.
ar. be orso, tha, Soc va. not Al orphan.
AndMr Il lis sympa,hic' had been
strongly enlisted, and be really intended TO
fai ou, the mystery. Bu, he was man Of
the world, and immersed in is busy care.
Having placed a sum Of money for her use,
.a ,hc hands of,hc director, with permission
TO aPply 20 b.m iu aay emergency, he return
"a to his English home-and only rcmcm-
bcrcd the blind child Of the voyage a, mo-
a,a,s when h.s oNn laughing Carrie clImbci
into his lap.
one among a hundred children, M.uio was
we'll educated Ia an ,ha, the blind can Learn.
She was taush, how to read 1he bible, from
which her mother had read 10 her, by pas
iu- her small fingers over the curicusly rails.
eI letters. She learned TO sew, 20 braid and
TO write. strange thoughts iha, youn. head
used TO frame, Tor ,hl, unsteady hand to JoI
down in 10, crooked wanjcr.ncs over the pa
per. She learned 10 sing the swce, HYMNS oi
her ,rhoolma,-s, anI TO touch FOR herself the
KEYS Of the piano, whose melodies had AZ
mos, made her ishcy herself in Heaven, only
that ,hc had been told ia Heaven she should
,ss like other children Some;imcs in her
dreams she would find herself on 4 son couch
with strange perfumes and sounds about her,
aal would feel warm ,cars dropping one By
one on her forehead, while dear aim press
Cd her closely.
"Mo,ber, dear mother" Miuic would
CRY and avakc-io frd no mother.
Years had passcd-when again a ship was
nearing the fOrcs, Of mas,s ia New York har-
bor. On the deck sa, a pale lady in deep
mourning. with traces Of tears upon her
checks. Her ehiljrcn cluns abou, her, with
wonder ia their faces.
"Oh, beautiful America the America you
have so often told Us about cried sweet
voiced g.rl Of twelve. Mamma, does Iilook
as i, did when you wen, aWayl'
Mamma, did you live IN any Of 'hose great
houses ?"
. "Na, ma plenty Posodas here ~ ehimed
in the yOungcs, boy, whose eye had taken IN
the numerous church spires. All SPOKE At
once, but the mother answered neither, Her
heart was ,oo fall. She had gone from that
shore, happy bride and hopeful, she was
returning, widow, broken IN health and
spirits, to place her children with her rell-
tivcs, and then, as she believed, to lay her
bones in the tomb Of her kindred. One hope
only. made her heart bound, and her pale
cheek grow paler, as she looked on that shore
Of her nativity, for the first +imc in twenty
years.
"Oh, God could | see al my children be-
fore die 2" she filtered
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