Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1855-04-20
Lnurn prid,mnn and her Mother.


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Laura Bril,man !, thr deaf, dumb aud
blind girl. who's, only mnn' Of communi.
cation with ohi,'- around h.r Is by i'aab,
which :. remarkably acute.
Duriu. co. h.t year, and 'iz months af
trr she hai lalt homo. her mother came to
,i.it her. aud thr .rour uf their meeting ras
au interesting ono.
The mother stool or .om' timf, gazing
with orrrhouiuc ryc, upan her unfortunate
child. who. ri uucunsri,u. II hcr presence,
vl, rlay.us ahou, the room. Presently
Laura ran against her. and ~ once began
rrl.re of hrr hand, rshmruing her Irs--,
aud trying to fud ont if -hc knew her. hut,
not ,uro..lin. here, she TUNED away a,
iro.l a stranger and tho poor woman could
NOT Dpu7al che ran.' .he flt that her be-
loved yhilI dil NOT know hrr.
>hr then gave Laura string or lrai.
which .hs used o. wear 40 home, which
were recognized by the child 90 once, who.
with much by, put thcm around hor ncrk.
aud sought eagerly To- ay .hs understood
thr string wa. from home.
The mother now ,ri7l TO orN-r her, but
rorr Laura r.rcll~l her, rrcf,uins to b.
with h.r aoquliuuncr,.
Another article from home va- now given
hrr. aud 10, lr-ln g. look much iutcrsi,i:
.hr examined thr stranger much clo~'r, and
gave m, &, und.rsianI that sl' came from
Hanover. -hr even endured her cares, but
would leave with indifference Do thc slight
c.t signal. Tho Gi.trc., Of the mother was
now raiufll: flr although .he farcl that
,hc could not b. recognized, th' painful r.
aliiy of being treated with cold Indifference
hy a darling child Na, too much for w1.
ma nature 20 'gar.
Anrra while, on the mo,lcr'. taking
hold or her again, q vague idea seemed TO
lit across lAura's mind that th. could not
De- a .tmuror She therefore f'lt Ut her
hand. very ca-rly, while her countcnancc
assumed an expression of inicrc', sh' l"-
came very pale, then suddenly rsI-hopo
,cyucd struggling with doubt and anxiety;
and never wrrc cont,ndins emotions moro
strongly painted upon the human face. VI
thi. moment Of uncertainty thcuothcr drew
Close 20 her .iIr and ki.,ci her f,ndly. whcu
At once the truth flashed across ihc child.
and all mi.tru.t aud anxiety lisappnrcl
from her flushed face, as with ar expression
orcxcccdins j1y she eagerly nosilsi in tho
bosom Of her parru, and yielded herself to
her fond embrace.
Artcr thi. th, bilds were all unhcedcd;
the plaything, Cor whom, but a moment bc-
fore she gladly left the stranger, now ,ainly
stro,c To pull her from her mothcri and
though she yielded her instantaneous obe-
dicncr 10 my signal TO follow nae il was cy-
identity with painful reluctance. She clung
clo,a to me as IL bewildcryd and fearful,
when after moment ! took her' to her
mother, she spraug to her armf and chung
to her with eager joy.
had watched the whole scens with in.
tense interest being dcslrous OF learning
from il all could Of the working Of her
mind, but now left them to ndilge, unob-
served, those delicious feelings which those
who have remembered a mother love can
conceive, but which cannot easily DC eT'
pressed.
The subsequent parting betwsn Laura
and her mother, showed alike ih' affection,
the intelligence, and the resolution Of the
child, and was noticed at the timc.
Laura accompanied her mother to the
door, clinging elosc to her all the way un
Ill they arrived at the threshold, when she
pauscl and felt around TO ascertain who was
near her Percei,ing the natron, of whom