The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-08-29

The following inei1sat Of travel is mar
rated by a newspaper correspondent. 1t
took place On the Ren ssalaer and Saratoga
RsilrOal, Dn one of ths northern trains, Be-
tween Siratoga ana whitehall.
Waco the train halte at Saratoga, amOng
the passengers from the west eams mln
Of about thirty years of ags, elb1wing his
way through the crowd, and bearing ia his
arms card. He was poor man-his
clothes were poor he Looked pJor. Around
bis nat was tie1 piece Of s0ilel, wora
Grape. Ii was evidently all the mourning
his scalty means wJlli permit, fer the moth-
er OF the caild was dead. The man was
rough in exterior, yel his fscs was an hOa-
est oae. He hani ed the baby awkwarlly,
vet there was tendsrn sss In his look tAat
showed the purity of fathers love. Tas
little fellow lay asleep On bis cOArsely clat
knee a ssray sunbeam glanced across its
tired face. Theg were blth tired the fa5h-
er and child for tiey hai cons from tue
\ far west: ana a. he placed his hard toll
wOra aand % shisid il from tue suu's rays,
! there was in MS look mixture Of sldness
aGd care, A. il his psnt-up feelings had
been % crowded back into tha nnner cells
OF his heart thlt even tears could have been
making Ms life a misery
@ faa poor child cried; ID might he tie
little fhing va tired, II might be 1t messed
its mother perhaps II was hungry; perhaps
il was sicx and 50 1t oried. The tears rolled
down its baby cheeks the father wiped
away the telr irlns az they fell, and then
tried t0 feed .t lie was 80 awkward With
the bottie--ns hAd been life of toll and
hardshi3-and he knew not how to give his
darling its noarishment. As be made effort
after EFFORT % stiie the cries and check che
tears u his mDtheriess babe, how b. messed
Der who, Ia h,s life Of labor aud privati0n,
had been his sOlace and comfort. Aa un-
hidden tear started 20 his eye, bat be brush
ca IL quickly away. All VINO saw him pitiel
nun. At lengtl a wOmaa, richly apPareled
with an infant resting on the lap OF her
, narse beside -ner-she mad besa watching
: the man-said, in a gentle tone, ssGive me
the child" The poor fellow looked Al her
= wlsh look OF gratitude, for there was q
y moth er's tenderness ia her voice. With
y humble reslgnatlon, as though it were pair
. 10 part with him, even Tor amOmsnt, be gaV'
Der biz bvy. The woman took Ii its sOiled
{ clothes rOsted on her costly silk its tiny
/; head was soon beneath her shawl, aud ia
J. moment all was still. Like the GreciaG
9 daughter, w-o, through the iron bars FOX
Der starving father, 20 did this high -bori
y lady from her breast feed the hungry child
II and when on her gentle bosom the little on
: lay. in calm and unvexed sleep, she pa
aside the shawl. The fathers heart swelle
. with graIisade. He said, as a tear swelle'
Ms eve, and his voice was thick wish emo
lie tion, "rhank You; I'll take him now" The
10 the woman's nature spoke forth, az she az
swered, 'Not yet you will wake him." an
4 for mile alter mile the noble hearted woma
held that poor mans child, and ID was n
g until her own child needed nourishment,
re only a mother can give, that she gently ro'
% and placed she Stranger boy with his lathe