Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1859-02-12
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With these words sIie drew him to her:
and talked earnestly to him, IN an under
voice, whilst the heavens tinged themselves
with rosy light, and the Hosanna-song re;
sounded above their heads. She pressed
into bis hand the small sum OF money which
she possessed, and which she had earned by
her own labor, together with Der only
trinket little gold cross, which she had
| inherited from her mother; and, before tho
! hymn had ceased, or the sun had arisen
above the horizon Rudolph was no longer
to be seen on the Kings field.
The singing was over, and the tbrong Of
people who had risen to their feet in the in
aspiration of the moment, soon again sank
! down to earth, and to the troubles and
wants Of the day. Again were seen on the
Kings field the three ladies, who the even-
ing before had in vain offered reffeshment;
they were now attended by two girls, who
bore upon yoke on their shoulders, large
baskets, containing coffee and bread The
Young baggages' had been hastily clothed,
and now resembed very decent young wo.
men, as they followed, with their huge bas-
kets of rye-bread, Mimmi Svanberg and her
companions from one suffering group 10
another, distributing the refreshing bever-
age, together with consolatory and encour-
aging words. And seldom had Mih1mf
Svanberg found greater necessity for the
cheering influence of her hand and tongue.
Good morning, my dear woman. See
here, drink cup Of warm coffee it viii
cheer you mp. Yes, it is great misfortune;
but all evil in this world passes away
Look, here is roll to dip into your coffee.
What nice little children you have It
was of Gods mercy tnat none Of them were
injured in the fire. Yes; one has always
something to be thankful for. But snch
children as these always bring joy with
them. See here, little ones, you shall each
have o nice wheaton cake and drop Of
coffee They are good, are they not And
beautiful weather, too, we shall have to-
day. After storm God always lets tho
sun shine'
And, good Master Smthson, how ar6
you going on 4? Badly enough l see. But
our good, clever Doctor Hedermann will
come and dress your burns, and then, whed
they are better, such good, clever fellow
as you are, will soon get your forge and
bellows up again, aud you will have great
deal of work to do when the town comes to
be built up. 1t will be the making Of you,
Master Smithsou; both you and your fami-
ly will be three times as well off as before
Drink cup Of coffee on the strength Of it.;
and take roll too Every one is the smith
of his own fortune Master Smitbson, and
that you'll find one of these days
Poor Mother Greta, with such lot Of
little ones Look, here is something nours
ishing both for you and them. We win;
after this, have famous large room for our
Infant School, and then Mother Greta must
promise to let the children go regularly to
it. 1t won't do to let the young creatures
be running about the streets as they have
done Look, little children, there's bread
and warm coffee for you. Now you'll be
good children and go regularly to school
everything will be so much better when you
are not in that miserable, unhealthy quar-
ter. There is no misfortune so bad but that
some good may come out Of it. And we
must, all of US, try to bring good out Of
evil.'
And now good morning to you, old
mother in bed You won't say no to
drop of coffee, fancy. How old are you?
| Eighty That is good old age. You
can do with two cups, perhaps. Drink, my
good woman, and keep your heart up 1t
will, perhaps, be all the better for you in
the end. Such misfortune as this brings
you under the notice Of people. Look you,
mother, there are the girls that carried you
out of the fire. They have got nice rev
clothes for that, and both you and they
may live to see good days yet. Our Lord
never forgcts us, and everybody, one day
or another, finds that out. Atnocn shall
bring you some warm soup
Little Nina (! God bless the child -
There you sit ON your poor little legs !
How did you come here 2
Mother pnt me on her back and brought
me here replied the child.
That was very good of mother-that it
was; but she'll be glad of it some day
See, here is some breakfast for you, and
for mother and little brother. 1t does me
good, child, to see you look so cheerful, and
with such bright eyes, Don't you think it
is a very sad thing to be sitting here in the
open meadow and shivering, without either
house or home y
'Oh, yes; it was good deal warmer in
the room: but the sun shines so bright now,
and we have had such beautiful singing 2
'You are good child Look, there is
! twist for YOU. When we once get the
| InfuuJ OcuOOt yOh oauiA
sine with the children there. Don't you be
/ an Nous about Mind, mother she viii be
singing mistress in the schoolsOme day. A
child With such disposition is one Of Gods
blessings
In this way refrcshmeut for the body and
4 consolation for the heart were distributed
among the most INDECENT of the homeless
throng in the Kings field, by those three
kind women, who, during the foreHoonj
found many felloW-laborers in their task,
both gentlemen and ladies. y,
Another group, slso Of three persona.
had been busied among the afflicted on the
Kings field ever since sunrise, afford ng on
al hands help and comfort. These were
the towns physician, Dr. Hederman, attend
ed by Hertha Falk and Ingeborg Uggla.
He examined the burns aud injuries Of the
poor sufferers, which were then treated with
soothing medicaments and bound up, ac-
cording to hisinslrnctions, by the two young
ilol;oe TThasa fhraa moved aiOnV nraVeIV.