The home journal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1857-1857, 1857-04-04
THE NOBLE REVENGE.

the coarse shroud. The brown hair was
laid decently back bat there was no Grim.
ped cap and neat tie beneath the chin
The sufferer from cruel poverty sntiled in
her sleep; she had found bread, rest and
health.
81 want to see my mother" sobbed a
poor child, as the city undertaken screwed
down the top.
"You can't-Set out Of the way, boy,
why don't Somebody take the brat away?"
"Only let me see her one minute" cried
the hapless orphan, clutching the side Of
the charity box, and as he gazed into that
rough face, tears Of anguish streamed rap,
idly down the cheek on which no childish
bloom even fingered. Oh! it was pitiful
to hear him cry, "only once, let me see
my mother only once" 3"
Quickly and brutally the hald d.hearted
monster struck the boy away, so that he
rceled with the blow. For amoment the.
boy stood painting with grief and rage; his
blue eyes distending, his lips sprung apart;
a fire glitiered through his tears, as he
raised his puny arm, and with most un.
childish accent screamed, "when am
man, Pll kill you for that"
There was a coffin and heap of earth
between the mother and the poor forsaken
child, and a monument stronger than
granite, built his boyish heart to the memo.
ry Of heartless deed.
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The court house was crowded to sufo.
cation.
Does any one appear as this MANS
counsel?' asked the judge.
There was silence when he finished,
until, with lips tightly compressed togeth.
er, 2 look of strange recognition, blended
with naughty reserve upon the handsome
features, young man stepped forward
with firm tread and kindling eye, to
plead for the erring and the friendIcss.-
lie was stranger, but from his entrance
there was silence. The splendor of his
genius entranced, convinced. The man
who could not find a friend, was acquitted.
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May God bless you, sir can't
I wantno thanks, replied the stranger,
with icy coldness.
FL believe you are unknown to me-
Man, | will refresh your memory
Twenty years ago you struck broken.
hearted boy away from his mothers coffin;
was that poor miserable boy
The man turned livid.
Have you rescued me, then, to take my
lifeP
mo, have sweeter revenge. have
saved the life Of a man whose british deed |
has rankled inmy breast for twenty years.
20! and remember the tears Of "a fiendless
child, and the heart that can wrong him..
The man bowed his head in shame, and
went out from the presence of magma,
nlmity as grand to him as incomprehensi.
BILE, and the noble young lawyer felt Gods
smile on his soul forever after.
Miss Ann Tiquity is said to be the old.
est female known in hstory.-Bost.
Star.
Pshaw she amt near as old as ann
I. Delurian.-Syracuse Journal.
Very good, but the most scholastic and
literary female is Miss ann O. Tator.
and the best natured woman exlant is
Miss Ann ODyne'-Syracuse Journal.
And the worst tempered ofthese ancient
ladies is Miss Ann I Mostly. The bal.
ao5Ie of the list will be searched out by
Aunty Quarian.-AuJurn american.
But the female that can furnish the best
record OF her conduct is Miss Ann A
L'ze, and the one that is the most regu.
lar in her habits is Miss Ann UAl-
Syracuse Courier.
We learn by TeIle Graph that there
will soon be general convention of all
:hese ancient ladies at Aunty Och.-du
'urn american.
Get away all Of you. Miss Ann Void
was the earliest female on record for she
existed before the creation. The earth
vas without form) Ann Void.-,Syracuse
Journal.
No such thing Miss Ann T Cedent
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