The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1867-06-05
Lost AND FOUND.

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A good man was travelling through q
wood IN dark night in foreign land ma.
ny years ago. Tie fr ightful howl of the
wolf, aud the terrible yell Of the catamount,
every now and then broke the silent still.
ness ot the dark digit. As he rode slowly
along. he heard sGtt and gentle cry. He
stopped and listened. II seemed 4 grea.
way of. lie said TO himself. !" What shall
! dor IL may be a catamonnt. for this
creature sometimes initiates the cry Of q
person in distress. to draw people to il tina,
Il may devour them ; or 1t mas be roBber,
who seeks TO lure me out of my path aud
get my money. lfit is really child. it is
30 dark an afraid cannot find il" .ls
listened again, aud still heard the cry as
Of child. lie was kind:heartcd, reso.
lutte man. lie said to himself again, - II
may be child. will go to It's relief.
though may risk my own life." So he
cot of his horse. aud tied him to a tree, and
went Into the woods 10 the direction where
he heard the cry. After going some dis.
lance he heaid il, as he thought, still larth-
er OIL, in another direction. Still he fol.
lowed on. After going some time he stop
ped 10 listen, and telt little hand pulling
hi clothes. lie STOPPED down 10 see what
II was. for he did not know but it might be
a blsek snake winding itself around him |;
but he heard low, sweet voice Say, Pa,
is il 5ou!"
The gentleman took up the little boy,
who was about four years of age. But now
be was in danger Of being lost himself, for
he did know hos he should 6ud his way
back in the DARK to his hnrse: However,
God directed his feet, and he came out id
the right place. He cot on his horse with
the boy in his arms, and rode on till lie
came 10 house. when he got 6f, and went
in. aud 10 il was The house u the boys
father.
Aud there was JOY in that House. The
iaiher and mother tainted when they saw
their little son, for they thought lie was
dead. The children jumped and clapped
their hands. " lIenty's COME henrys
come !" Poor little fellow he had been
lost frum his fathers house almost three
days. lie was pale aud almost starved.
Oh how glad he was to get hnIne and they
were all glad and rrjoiceJ. Tor they were
mourning for him, thinking he was dead.
lie had been lost and was found.
Now do you not think this boy would
love this kind friend, who went among the
wolves and catanounts. aud riskri hi. own
life 10 save hlmi Would he not think oi
him great deal, and do eserylhingto plesse
him? But il the little boy had refused TO
30 with the rian who found him in the
woods, he would not oulY have been very
tngrateful Tor mis- kindness, but lie would
mol have been saved. ciriAiaa Treasury.
A Hardware Manufactory at New Haven,
the largest in the United States. gives EN-.
ployment 10 500 hands. aud turns out
1000 different, kinds OF articles, worth tom
$4,000. 200 IL s7,ooO,bo0 per year.
Miss Hathaway, Of Adburn. Maine, has
recovered s-3y so from a livery stable
keeper. for injuries Sustained by beng
thrown from carriage through horse
running away. The Judge held that the
livery man was responsible for hiring an
unsafe horse To lady.
/" "Would | we're a man - exclaimed q
strong minded woman in her husbands
hearing. "Would you we're J" was his
only comment.