The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1857-05-20

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aud scarcely less bitter, came TIE mourn
full wall, 20 May o darling fttl
sister May !" 1t seemed to the desolnt
child that there was ono eye to pity
and arm TO save. Then she though
of that Eye that never slumbers poi
sleeps, which, her mamma had told he
sees in the thick darkness. as well us il
the bright day; and she tronght, like
wise. Of that gentle arm which once en-
folded little Children 10 it's holy embrace
and forbade them not. Then came tht
wish-O how Intense that the dear
Christ would take My and her. both
gether in his arms, up to that heaven
where she was sure her mamma was.-
But as she grew calme', she signed more
for May than for mamma.
Mamma was at rest in heaven; she
could not come back; hut May-huw
could they, how dare they take her sis
ter away from her At last her resolve
was taken; and with her, youeg as she
was, to will was to do; she would go and
see May. She would go all the way
across che fields, too, for fear some one
SHOULD sec her al d makes her come back.
To lie sure, there were brooks, and fen.
ces, and woods and she was afraid of
COWS; but there should be TO fence So
high, no brook SO deep. no cow so fierce
aud sa age as to keep her any longer
| from her own dear little sister. The
| God who loved little children would
take care of her and show her the way.
When the housekeeper arose in the
! morning, aud Elizabeth was let aloue
in her room, she dressed herself rapidly,
put on her little bonnet, and stole down
| the front stairs, ard out of the door in
the grev light of morning. She ran
down the road = little way in the direo,
ton her gradmamma's carriage had ta-
ken, then seeing, as She thought, mau
coming towards her i'll the distance, she
crept through the board fence, and dis
appeared ia the woods Poor little Liz
zie the sister for whom your heart is
pining, is fast forgetting you'll
"Elizabethzis not yet. up said the
housekeeper at breakfast " shall l call
her ?"
I" No." said Mr. HaIlund, with a sigh,
" let the poor child sleep as long as she
will"
So the breakfast hour passed, and the
dinner hour came, but Mr. Harland
was not at home to dinner: so the child 8
absence was unnoticed. In the after
noon, however, lie came home with some
toy for her; and then the housekeeper
remembered with dismay that she J ad
not seen her since mornipg. Then the
house, the garden, the we'll, the village
were searched in vain; ana before sun
set hundred anxious hearts, in sympa-
thy with the bereaved father, were scour-
ing the fields and dragging the creek in
search of the lest one.
A few days before Mr.. Sutherland, a
gentlcman from distant Southern city,
with bis sou, lad of twelve, stopped at
the little hotel in the village, for few
! days gunping-allurcd by the magUif
icent forests in the vicinity. They
were on their way home from Niagara
Falls. The boy had the most frauk aud
ingenious countenance in the world
You might look into the very depths OF
his clear grey eyes, and see that there
was nothing in his young MUD but what
could bear the light of day; nothing
that need be hidden. On the day in
question, he had been rambling with his
father on the hills all day; and now as
the sun was set,ii e, they were somewha,
in doubt what direct.o to take through
the woods to return to the village. The
boys face was rosy with exercise, and
with the wind which blew his rich
head. He was faucitully dressed in g
blue hunting shirt, embroidered with
white aud belted round the waist.
Father" said lie, shopping aud
picking up something from the yellow
leaves, =" Go see what l have found; /;
child's shoe, as 1 live What chile
could ever have strayed here? Now
; believe we are to meet with an adven
ture. Lost in the woods-fnd a child
, shoe-next probably stumble upon som'
unfortunate Innocent abandoned to tht
wild beasts, by its unnatural parents
| etc. Fancy yourself and me, father
: figuring in the newspapers thus, headin!
t in large capitals Thrilling Adven
ture miraculous Rescue of Child
On Saturday morning last, brave, in
t trepid, and heroic youth, (meaning me.
, arS an aged and highly, respectable in
r dividual, (meaning you,) went forth in
1 to the woods in quest of game, becam
e bewildered and lost their way"
' Mercy, Frank, " interrupted his faith
/; er, " how can you run on sor If yol
: were as tired and hungry as 1 am, yo
). could not be in such ecstatic spirits"
: Good spirits are an Indication of
e clear conscience" gravely replied th
4 young sage, I" besides, wish to set a
: example of unmurmuring fortitude an
s resignation. But seriously, papa, I al
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