Plymouth banner. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1852-1855, 1855-01-04

The. most beautiful and affecting Incl
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and East Indiarnan,
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| is lhee following:
+ fbe.NSxo&apor. and East Indiarnon,
i5mAgfa eoulft, goes ashore on The coast
OF Cafirar'a. 1t = resolved that the off
GERS, passengers and crew, in num5e one
hundred and thirty FIVE souls. shall en-
deavor 10 penetrate 0n foot. across track
less deserts infested by wild beasts and
cruel savages. to the Dutch settlements at
the cape of Good Hope. With this for
lorn object before them they finally sep
crate into two parties. never more 10
meet on earth.
There is solitary child among The
passengers. little boy Of seven years
old who has no relation there; and when
the first party is moving away be cries
for some member OF II who has been very
kind 10 him. The crying o. n child might
DO supposed to be little thing TO o man
IN such extremity, ban ii touches them, and
no is Immediately tLken INFO that delach.
nent; from which time forth the child is
sublimely mace sacred charge. IIe is
pushed on "A little raft across large rivers
by the SWIMMING sailors; they carry him
by turns through the deep sand and long
grass; he patiently walking at all other
times, they share the pu,rid fish as they
find TO eat; they lie down and wait for him
when the rough carpenter, who becomes
his special friend, Tags behind. Besei by
lions and tigers, by savoges, by thirst and
hunger. by death i'll crowd Of CHASTITY
shapes, they never--eh, Father of all
mankind, thy name be blessed for it!-for.
got this child. The captain stops ex-
hausted, an his faithfal cockswain goes
back and is seen TO sit down by his side.
ana neither of the two shall be any more
beheld until the great last day; but. us the
rest 60 on for their lives. they take the
child with them. The carpenter dies Of
poisonous berries eaten in starvation: aud
the steward. succeeded to the command Of
the par y,succeedS to the sacred guardian
ship Of the child.
God knows al he does for the poor
baby. He cheorfully carries him in his
arms when he himself is weak and chow
he feeds him when he hiGself is gripsd
with want; how be folds his ragged jack
ct around him, lays his little face with
woman's tenderness upon his sunbuTnt
breast, soo,hes him in bis suGrrings, sings
to him as be imps along unmindful Of his
own parched aud bleeding feet. Divided
for few days from the rest, they dig
grave in the sana and bury their gooi
friend the cooper--thess two companions
alone in the wilderness-aud the time
comes when they are both i'll, and beg
their wretched partners in despair. reduced
and few in number now. 10 wait by them
one day. They wait by them ono day;
they wait by ihem two days. On The
morning Of the third they move very softly
about in making their preparations for the
resumption OF their journey, for the child
is sleeping By the fire, and il is agreed
with one consent that he shall not be dis
,urbed I'LL the last moment. The moment
comes; the fire is dying; and the child is
dead.
His faithful friend. the steward. fingers
bu, a little while behind him. His griel
is great. He staggers on for few days,
lies down in the Wilderness and dies. But
he shall be re united in his immortal spirit
who can doubt it?--wi,h the chi.i,Nhe here
he and the poor carpenter shall be raised
up with the words "Inasmuch as ye have
done il unto the least OF .hese,ye lave done
il unto me-.