Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1860-04-11
THE LOST CHILD.
"Alas how let with you ?

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THE LOST CHILD.
I "Alas, how is,t with vouy
| That yon do bend your eyes on vacancy,
1,,,u mi,n 'ne inroipoi.ai al. uo n0,r us'oufsc
we lett our little heroine suffering unoer
the painful thoughts which the unfortunate
events whlcn nad oeen cro~aing upon her
parents nad occasioned' Starting rom the
scene OF tne m late nre IN ulrectlon sne knew
not oi: Inc thougnt tnat hau SO paralyzed
her minu was painful ana agohizing IN the
extreme: II seemed to her TO De the con-
Summation si Oh neI NE OF misery as sne mas
.ny ran PACK over the past tnree nights IN
ner memory, She sa" her mo.ner Drutaily
stiucA' her iatner uhuer tne ueerauihg hu-
uiiia.lol 1l Ine la~' anu no" ner slster per
naps pei lsniS ~ .he nauies 'iiese pfess
| eo WIN uouote "eiShI upoli HeI anu Ill this
temporary aoerratlon she forgot John Gar
lano, MS Wlie OF MS sympatnlzing daughters.
10 her tne "orlo appeared waste-She
had no home save IN the desert OF life, her
oed must De the cruel ground, her ROOF the
Tooi Oh carth itsen. HOW dreary, now BLACK,
no" Terrible, inueeo, looheo .he future ohe
Sd" herseii the cniiu OF ihiamy, arVen 10
course OF sihIul ioly, "nlch "ou!d degrade
nerself IN the eyes OF her companions, drlye
her Iar 9eyond tne paie Oh society ana oar
seaiiis. uer forever .Le cIys'ai gaIe oi Fara,
use On' now terrible the tnougnt! ana
ye1 as sne rehected tnat sne was inoeeo young
anu llieApefieiceu, tliae she knew sue nau
rare peauty' anu was IL hot horrible 70 tnlnk
sh,d .hat, dr,yen ven oy munger anu grim want, sne
n o,,iJ d ..,uI Ia ~ 49, euo =" ''i ep' "n'oN
WIN uiao nei u'op W nems
ohe "anoereo on, sum ano"lng ner Ieet 10
eulue her "hi'hersoeFer 'ney cnose, not per-
Giving ior oice, pooI' Poor cni,u' sne hnem
not the QlFeCIlOn OF ner patron nome, LlaC
see was nas1ening Iar from tne hign palaces
oi TUE rici, anu piuhglnS aeePer INTO Inose
uens ot criiiie anu poverty that iorii she low
er portion OF the Quaker City. She perceiv-
ed 1t not-she turned her thoughts 10 ner
own future, and dreampt not that the anx-
lous wiie OF the Editor VINO mad SO nooiy De-
friended her In an hour OF need, was awaiting
her return:
"hen Alice recovered rom ner stupor,
however, 1t was 70 nno herseh Oh Tue sup,
uros OF tne Guy, "here houSes were le" anu
! DIRTY, ana Where nougnt couio De seen 6ut
squaiid children ana ioathsome men. her
lears were new excited, anu mo tnose fears
brought ner oacK 10 reason. w mere was
she? How came she hlther? Alas they
were questions unknown to herself, ana the
poor cnlid was lnoeeo pe"loereo one turn
60 pack 10 seek the mouse from winch sne
: had departed, but mol she could not retrace
ner steps, ana having attelnpteu mus unsuc- 81
cessiuily TO discover no" 10 ny irom tnis
, maze OF Nth and poverty, she sank down up
! neighoorlng ooorstep anu "epl
Lost! Reader, did you ever realize that :!
Home shut out-llvlng relatives anxlousiy
= awaiting your return-olsmay as the night
deepens and the countless terrors that strike
: ooieiul kneils upon the heart! HOW IN the
. fancy ARISE pictures OF comforts which you
u are denied, yet to which you are heartily well
come anu now' 700, arse pictures irauShe
with fearful interest ana apprenenslons OF lu-
y ture danger, as you begin to realize that you
are lhoeeo iost. Lost! hign heaven what
thoughts that WORD brings 10 tne ruined, yet
;, no highly colored picture can tell the simple
u tale OF the LOST one.
Alice sougnt temporary reiiei IN ehac neaS-
en-sent blessing, tears; and the trickilng
drops-chaslng each other over the pallld
cheek-caused the attention Oh large red
laced irish woman stanoing near 70 oe oi,
- !. rected towards her seeing the beautiful
= creature oesPairihgiy SINK uo~n IN Tears up
! on the neighoollhe s'eps, anu .n'nAins Una
: sne neeoed adVlce ana assistance, at ner mrs.
= Impulse sue laAny "au1ie9 a'loSs nonl ne,
~ own uiIty 9oor"ay anu laiu her oroau haiiu
. on tne nead OF Allce;
~ Yen anu sorra oe .ne uay Inat uu iiah,
~, ~ ~ ~ ~, =" .pS J
Pheniss Mfhnn, Tome, now, ye purity I'm
II - age Oh hsngei, anu tell yer oGio gram.
ne ~ wnat Is 1t III ye are wapih aoout' oome' no"
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