The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-02-13
THELITTLE GLOVE
REM1N1scENCE-Br A. E. SANFORD f = !

How much of joy and sorrow they
have brought to the throbblng heart
of humanity % -
In looking back through their vista
from the1laad mark of to-day, | des-
CRY an object which may be thought
to be too Insignificant to notice-one
of the kind which has become so la
Ementably common as to escape che mo-
| tice of all but Him in whose image
they were created. We believe, how
ever, that He who clothes the lilies
of the field still has care of them.
"A &" These are strange things to bring
into comparison you may say
lily, and a dirty, ragged beggar boy"
This may be. But have they not
common parent? Has not the one
the superior gifts of an immortal soul
"a warm and beating heart-while
the other is cold in its pale beauty,
and tomorrow is no more?
|, All An immortal, soul \ "A humans
hearth What untold interests these
| ideas iinVolEet He only knows their
worth who has paid the price of their
ransom. .l59lI1
Believing that the hist DRY Of
every human heart-whether that
heart beats in the bosom of a mon.
arch or q serf-whether it is clothed
in linen and fine raiment or incased-
in rags, is Of interest, we will give the.
trpthful historyiof ailittle cast-away
"a waif on the sea of humanity,
which, by being brought into contact
with one of the fairest flowers in Ma
lures garden, was redeemed from
wretchedness and degradation.
Twenty years ago, to-day, ragged,
neglected little boy might have been
seen codchedin the shadow of the pal
in (Which skirted the sidewalk on one
of the more retired streets in the city
Of Boston He had been sent cut to
| beg cold victuals. Meeting with poor
success, and feeling hungry and out of
meal of the little he had procured.
| AS he sat there, sullenly removing
the .rind from baked potatoe, (for
| even a beggar, whose appetite is par
TALLY appeased, may become fastidi-
[,ous, "a little fairy form tripped lightly
4 by him ON thesidewalks GAS she pass
ed him, she started suddenly, and
something fell from her hand to the
pavement. 8. Richard sprang forward
to take it up, but when he saw what
bitwas he restrained his hand. Look
1 ing about ohim9 he saw a newspaper
i which some oneahad thrown down not
4 far Distant He picked it up
and tore a piece from it, on
4 which = he wiped his besmeared
\ hands. He then took up the, little kid
glove, of the most delicate shade of
I pink, carefully wrapped, it in a piece
| of clean paper, felt of his ,tattered
| pockets, looked at his crownless hat,
and finally deposited theJ treasure in
| the bosom rofl his shirt securing it
with pin, which he took from his
sleeve. % ,s9oi
May be I-eanEget some candy with
1t, said he, and he was about taking
up his basket, to resume his employ
ment, when he saw the little creature
returning Slowly down the Sidewalk,
carefully looking over every inch of
the pavement Her head was bent
downward, and a shower of sunny
curls fell over her face, from beneath
the brim of her jaunty little hat. As
she came near0 him, she raised her
eyes, and was. about to speak but she
suddenly checked .herself-passed on
"a few steps-and then returning, went
back up the street again. i As she
passed Richard, a tear gllstened in her
| violet eyes, and shadow rested upon
her face He thought her the most
beautiful being he had ever beheld,
| q, II lrnc tros X, Il l.
seen. She brought to his mind a re-
membrance, shadowy and indistinct,
but very pleasing to his childish fancy.
Dear boyt Itwas the remembrance
OF her who would have guided his
feet in the path of VIRTUES If want and
sorrow had not transformed her into
what she now was-his guardian
Esprit 40 SIalf1l4 9Gii ~ !.
| Richard followed the little Girl as
ne would have followed a butterfly or
a humming bird, because she was so
pretty, and he liked to look at her
She had not gone far, when an elegant
looking lady, clad in deep .mourn;no
opened a gate, and she passednto the
yardadi 10 sgsf.s1 isfoaq- ,7Ta09 ~
u z Ny dear,''zsaid the lady. q what
has detained you? thought some
IIaccident had befallen you. '"T'9l
4 At this, the little girl broke out
| sobbing, and told her mother of her
loss. 9es JEW 80 -
Never mind, darling; don't cry y
said the mother, "you shall have
another pair
~ I wait to wear them tomorrow
I morning" said the child, when | 90
into the countryswith aunt Holmes.
! Cousin Anna has pair like them,
4 and we want to, dress alike. It took
! pa i long time to find just such ones
as ! wanted * He will not be home
! before evening, and / cannot get an
other pair. Pa came almost home
with me, and then he kissed me, and
told me to hurry home, and be good
girl, and not lose. my gloves But j
took them out to look at them. and