The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1868-07-11

swered:
1--WE are going to the country, sir.'
"To the country, are your said the
man. "Well, and what part of the
country?"
"The country where the green fields,
and the woods, and the flowers are"
replied Harry, simply.
do you know any body in the coun
try, my boy?"
mo, SIR
"Then why, in the name of wonder,
do you go there?"
Because Bessie said she would die
if she stayed in the city, and could
not bear to lose her, sir" answered
Harry, and his blue eyes filled with
tears at the thought.
"Where are your father and mother,
child?"
'They are dead, sir" and as Harry
said these words in a trembling voice.
Bessie put her arms round his neck and
sobbed violently
Thomas Nelson-for that was the
mans name-felt his heart soften, and
he thought of his own snug little cot
tage, thirty miles away in the very
heart of the country, surrounded by
fields and woods, carpeted by beautiful
wild flowers of every color and fra
GRANGE, nesting in the soft, green
grass And he thought of his good,
kind hearted wife, who had no chill
dren now, and would so love and care
for the homeless orphans; and his dear
old mother, with no little hands to
caress her, and no little ones to pet.
And then he thought of four little
graves under the oak tree in the quiet
country churchyard, and of the still
ness in the old house, unbroken by
childish steps and voices and merry
laughter.
1t all passed quickly through his
mind, and hardly moment had gone
by when he leaned down from his
wagon and said, in a low, kind voice,
Children, will you go with me into
the beautiful, free country, and live in
my house, and be my son and daugh-
ter? Please God, I'll be good father
to you always"
Oh, how glad and happy Harry and
Bessie were, as they rode along in Tom
Nelson's wagon, farther and farther
into the country! When night came
on, Tom made bed in the wagon, of
straw covered with some large coarse
bags, for the children to sleep on; and
his heart felt very warm and thankful
when little Bessie came and put her
soft arms round his neck and kissed
him, saying, GOOD night, father 1t
seemed as if his little girl in heaven
had come back to him again.
When Tom Nelson gothome the next
day, how his good wife and his gentle
old mother wept over the children, and
kissed them, and set, at once, about
making them comfortable! How the
little garments that had been put away
so carefully when the angels came for
their own little ones were brought ont
and put upon the orphans; and how
they were taught to say mother" and
grandmother as they had already
learned to say "fatherl" God had, in.
deed, brought the children to happy,
loving home.
Little Bessie grew strong and we'll
IN the cool, green country; and Harry
made himself so useful on the farm
that his new father used to wonder
how he ever had done without him.
The Nelson's were true Christians,
too, and taught the children to know
and love the blessed Saviour; SO that,
as they grew in strength and knowl.
edge, they grew in goodness as we'll
| must not forget to tell you that
Harry wrote, at once, to good Tim
Hogan, thanking him for his kindness
to them, and telling him of their new
home and loving friends. And when
Tom Nelson went to the city, he took
Harry with him 10 see Tim, and car.
ried him all manner of good things,
which poor people in the city don't
often see
And so the good God, who is the
father of the fatherless, brought the
little orphans into happy home, and
there we will leave them. = TChildren',
i Hour.
CHOOSE WELL.-The line of conduct
chosen by young man during the five