The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1864-12-31
lizzie fETC
Or,
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THE REDEDIPTIc
A CHRISTMAS TALE

He ga. down. III. mother drew stool rcent co
Vim. and sat At his feet. Of GfIr
cid you tell her sbou, Lizzie. ,henr' ash ,nonno,
hoarse anu low. me-.
"Idd. telIet her all and she fell cryr ~ 10y
my deep sorrow, sud the poor wenchs SIP
then light coined INFO Der fsce, trembt M
quvering with som. new glad thought; al the f
dosi thou think II WAS vii, lad, Nay, 90 ruu..
msdouh but thst thy heart will give , ,s.,
mine did, afore God and His spglcs, for l. -,
goodness. That lite Nancy Is not he nj, = 'u
could no longer restrain her tears and the the G-1t
and fast but sill she looked into his face.
Did she know was LzIie's CHI .df 80 .aui,
comprehend" said he, flushing red. = rot,,
''She knows now; she did not ., FIRST t,i-looL
the little helpless creature IN out OF her owites.
loving heart guessing only thai ives The rterN !"
shame, and she's worked for 1t, and keptPo' AZ
tended IL ever sim II were mere baby, ~.
II fond'y. Will Won't you love 1t" sskod
seemingly. selling
He was silent for an instant; then 70 ssd Yut2
ther, III try. Give me time, for all the e. u "a z.
startlc me To think Of Susan having 70 go co.
such child" ''''
AYE Will and W think las NAV be yer In pal
san having to do with the ctild's motherSs6bc al
~ tender and pitful, and speaks hopefny Tor 2jc,
lost ono, and will try and ind her for me-
comes, az she does sometimes 10 thruS w ~
der The door. ior hor baby. Think Of tn a,,,nl
Here's Susan, good and pure as the angles &c: Ls,G
ven, yet, like them. full OF hope and .si6c .doh
who, like them, will rejoice over her sierra IS
Will, my lad. I'm not sfesred Of you n, k'ed oys-
must speak, and you must lisen. am a,,, ~
Their, and dare 70 command y ~, because ~
Am in the right AMI tho God my sbl45
He should lead the po,', 'snderng lagS lyc eacI
sam. door and she COS aaok crying a. esbbsf,
tul, led by that good y 70 us once mats l2slN
shalt never say &C mp word N s4ua'n'a
her sn,bu, be lender = lclpful towsrd,o 49,. anil,
was los. aud Is found , may Gods hloN Al .,eo,'
on thee, and 30 msyssy u LEAD susan hor Hone,
wife" &c D. Ma.
She stood, no lougd1 the meek, impo, lee pu.
tie mother, buthrm ~ hgnhsd, As II tho y 90.
ter OF Gods will GSs manner was 50 I'm az, az. 500
solemn, that It over z all Wills pride 1oaIo
bornness. lie rose 81 ly while she 4yag
| and bent his head d 4 in reverence at b,
| aud the solemn ipJ:- elton which they com
| when she bad Spa M be said IN 80 subd
voice that she WAS : most surprised at tho
| Mother will"
81 may be dead and gone,-but all the a.. ur'
| thou will take home the wandering Sinner, ATTY.
/ up her sorrows, and lead Der 10 her fsthe1 4ny
| NJ lad! can speak no more {; I'm turnS., -,,
| liant" 60
| lie plsced her in a chair; he ran for vat me
| opened her eyes and smiled. l. q,
| "God ess you, viii. oh, I am 30 hap 3sl
| seems as u she were found my heart Is .nr
i with glsdness" mo
| Thai night Mr.. Palmer stayed on, late or iCe.
Susan was afraid that he was al his old hsu Z A.
habis,-getting tipsy at some public-h hour Is
| this thought oppressed her, even though 8. t'
30 much 70 mace her happy, in the consc' NJ
| thai VIII loved her. she sat up long, and ~'i
went W bed leaving all arranged as reri tn, u.
could for her fathers return. She locke -
little rosy sleeping girl who was her bedfe1 nm
| rtdoubed tenderness and with many = AMI
| thought. The liitle arms entwincd her neck
| lay down, for Nanny a light sleeper, an -.
| conscious that she, no was loved with AL tn mr.
| err of that sweet childish heart,was near he anu
| by her although she was too sleepy 10 uttelI
| Of her half-iormed words ~
| And by -and-bye she heard her father comt
| stumbling uncertain, tTying first the windo -,
| next the door-tastonings, with many . loud
rent nurmur, The little Innocent twined i
| her seemed all the sNcetcr aud more lovely
| she thought sadly Of her erring father. III
sently he ca led aloud for a light; she M
| matches am a' arranged as usual on the flaw
put Ie car ~, % some accident from tire, In a.
,I .,,y,,,i,c, state, she now got MIC
| lance
Alas! the little arms that were unclosed No..
soit neck belonged 10 light, cas- y-awaken
er' Nanny missed her darling susy, and -
| at being len alone in the vast mysterious &
| which had no bounds and seemed infinite,
ped out Of bed aud tottered in her little mig arr
| towards the door. There was . Light be- L.
there was susy and safetyi So she went al
two steps towards the tteep abrupt stairs ciocl
dazzled with sleepiness she stood, she mau.
fell Down on her head on the stone foo oIriss'
Susan few TO her, and spoke all soft, oz
loving words but her white lids covere ulnes, !
blue violets Of eyes, and there was no N'
| came out Of the pale lips. The warm
| rained down did not awaken her she 10, inyitef
weary with her short life, on susan's kn 34s
/ nj ,
| and laid her tendery in bed she drca
| mos, hastily, with her trembling fngert rsspee.
Their was asleep on the settle down stair aturdd
| less and worse than useless, " awake. enc,
few gu, Of the door, and down the quie, l"St |
| street. towards the nearest = To- l1itN sara
she went but as quickly stne Colo. wi
| ,mpelled by seine sudden te-rlr susa ,g' NJ
| ly M the n'ght-bsl-ths shadow Gre ~ Nj
The doctor 10 ked out from n upstsir W ~
"a little child has fallen dot s,alga % IoI
Crown.strc,t, and Is very Nh-dying' "a raj
Please, for Cole sake, sir, come directly. sol
! Crown-street."
"rll be there directly" ssid be- aud st'u u
window.
. "For tina, God you have jua spoken about (
| His sake-tell me are you Susan Palmerf Ia, "A
Guild that lies s-dylngt" said the shallow, s,.i-k
ing forwards, and cluching poor sussu's ar [
e at is q little child OF two years oli-i - "A
| know whose 1t Is 4; love It IA my owl Conc VI
: | me- whoever you are come nth me-" III
r The two sped along the silent s,roeta AS -
| as the night were they. They entered The lovk
susan snatched up the light and earned it up Sta
! | The other followed
9 She stool with Wild glazing eyes BY the be'l II
" | never looking at Susan, Tut hunsrly gazing
- little white still child. She stopped down, ant n
her hand tight on her own bsarI - u 10 81 ~
| beating and bept her ear TO tle pale hps WI ~
err the result was, she did not tpeak but % W
! | the bed clothes wherewth Susad had tcn. ciJ
? | cred tho little creature and fatita len ade
( Then abe threw up her arms ~ uy "
despair. ~
''she 10 dead. she is dead" "a
} She looked so fierce so hAsgard, * Tor IN
q | stant Susan WAS terrhod-the next ~ holJ q
d had put courage into her heart md her Jus - w
/ were round that guilty wretch ~ creature d
tears we're falling fast and VS. IN upon her bnt 4
: | But ahe thrown of Win Violence,
"You killed her-ycd shght9d hsr-you les 4
= fall down those stairsiy you xii ed hGgl"
| f1obs continual