The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-11-07
CHICAGO NONEMBER. e 1868.

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NJ bis tsias wa&aeain seen spsa biz. estates
or heaRd 81 in THAR neighborhood.
Four years were passed from the time TIN
their son was stolen from them, iha IN m
fAat dAughter smiled upon the kaes of Lad,
Clennel [; and efe - is smiled 10 bsS face
sand stretched its littiss ksnds towards her
she would burst Into tears, a. the smile an
the infAutine fondness OF sef gitlss dsu ghte
reminded her Of her lost Henry. They In,
had other children, hoe they hsd died Will
but few weeks old.
For two years there had bee0 Q maiden II
the household named SusAn, sud to her care
when the child was mot in her own arms
Lady Clennel intrusted her infant daughter
feF every one loved Susan, because Of he
ahectionste nature and docile mannsfs- sh,
was, mcfsover, m orphan. and thsy piuet
while thay loved her. But one, evening
when Lady Clennel desired that her daugh
ter might be brought her IN order that she
might present her TO . company who had
come TO visit them Gan sxcusabls, though
not always . pleasant vanity in mothers)
neither Susan nor the child were to be found
Wild fears seized the bosom OF the already
bereaved mother, and her husband felt hi.
heart throb within him. They sought tbs
woods. the bills, the cottages. around they
wandered BY the sides Of the rivers and the
mountain burns, but no one had seen, nc
trace could be discovered Of either the gir
or the child. ar
will not, because I cannot. describe the
overwhelming misery Of the afflicted pareats,
Lady Uiennel spent her days In tears and her
nights In dreams Of her children, and hes
husband sank into Q settled melancholy,
while his hatred Of the Faa rses hecame more
imPlAcable. and hs burst. toto frequent en-
ciamations Of vengeance against them.
. More than fifteen years had passed, and
though the poignancy Of their grief had
fOr they had been able to hear nothing that
could throw light upon the late Of their
children About .hls period, sheep were
again missed from the focks, and, in one
night the hen-roosts were emptied There
decided DO other proof that Faa gang was
again in the neighborhood. Now, Northum-
beFland ut that period was still thickly COW
cred with wood, and abounded with places
where thieves might conceal themselves In
security. Partly from desifs Of yea. gsance,
and partly from the hope Of being able to ex-
tort from some Of the tribe information re-
specting his children, Clennel armed his
servants, and taking his hounds with him,
yet out ID quest Of tbs plunderers.
For two days their search was unsuccess-
ful, bat on the third the dogs raised their
savage cry, and rushed into thicket in a
deep glen amongst the mountains. Clennel
md his followers hurried forward, and in q
lew ninuses perceived the fires Of the Faa
alarmed the vagrant colony, they had sprung
upon many Of them and torn their Hesh with
heir tusks; but the Faas defended them
,sives agssnst them with their onisrds, and,
before 4ieunsl's spprossh, morn than half
bis ,ands lay dead upon the ground, and
ais enemies fed. Yet there was one poor
ylTl AmoOgst them, who had been attacked
,y fierce hound, and whom nc one attempt
ID to rescue, as she strovs TO defend herself
lgainst it with her hare hands. Her screams
or assistance rose louder and more loud !;
md 40 Clennel and has followers drew near,
md her companions fed, they turned round,
md, with fiendish laugh, cried
SRae it nov pa a.r-A.a F sa .tll
kaddened more kesnly by the wor ID, be
vas following on in pursuit, without rescu
ng the screaming girl from the teeth OF the
hound, or seeming to percsive her, when .
woman, suddenly turning round from
Imongst the Aging gypslss, acclaimed
For your sakel--for Heavens sake I
laird Clennel save my BARN Is
He turned hastily aside, and, seizing the
hound by the throat, tore It from the lacer-
lied glrI, who sank, bleeding, terrified, and
upon the ground. Her features
we're beautiful, and her yellow hair contrast
ID Ill with the tawny hue Of her countenance
md the snowy whiteness Of her bosom,
which in the struggle had been revealed.
Che elder gipsy woman approached. She
xnelt BY the side Of the wounded glrl.
20 my BARN 70 she exclaimed, "what has
.ais day brought upon me they have mur
iered you 1This 10 rusing, indeed; and
me tooP'
s'Susan I" exclaimed Clennel, rs be listen
ID TO her words, and his eyes had been for
several seconds fixed upon her couutenance.
"Yosi-Susan guilty Susan % cried the
yiPy 'a 1i u a
/. Trsichi" he exclaimed, 'my child l.
Were 10 my childf-is fh,s'-and he
Ased on the poor girl, his voice failed him,
and be burst into tears.
rYss t-yssin replied she bitterly, at ID
asr--thsIs lies your danshssr look upon
aer face"
He needed, indeed, but to look upon her
sountsnsoce- -dis6gursd - Il was, and dyed
With weeds 70 give it Q sallow hue-to BE-
hold in il every linsament Of her mothers.
lovely as when they nrst met his eve and
entered his heart He Hong himself on the
ground BY her sfde, he raised her head, be
Kissed shsr 0hesk, he sxclsinsd, any child
my child my lost one I have destroy.
Cd thee r,
he bound up her laceratsd arms, and ap-
piled . flask of wine, which he carried with
him, %. hss laps, and he supported her On
bio knse, and again kissieg her cheek. sob
bed. s.Ay child I-my own I"
Andrew Smith also bent over her and
aid, "0h, n 10 her there isoa the ssnallss,
aeobt O shat. II could swear % her among
> thcssand. She's her nsother,s very pic.
luTe.s And, turning 70 Susan, be added
20 Susan, woman, but ys hae been terrible
Clsnssl having plsssl his daughter o.
hqgsebeek FbqDre hm, supporting her viii
nis arm, Susaa was est between two of his
iOllowsFh Aad csedpc3ed p tbs Hall
Before he hiding" 3sfe made known q
LAdy .o1sGnsl, abs wUoaaS q Der asushts1
wers eassinlly dsssseas ths dye that changed
ths color Of hsr countenance ,was removed
and her giRsy. gArb, wss exchspged for NOR.
seemly apparel. ~ 4
Clsnnsl anxiously catered The ,psrtnsp,
Of his lady, TO reveal to her. The tale Of joy
hpt whsn be entered, he yist not how 10 In,
troduce il, He knew that excess OF sufldeu
Joy wssSnot isss dAneeeoss saan excess .
gfsets md Rhis dconutsnAncs wss strcuhasu3
ehoash - sSprsssiea Naa leo ssd than, i
bad bean for macy years.
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n o.se 8 ~ ~ al eEaTsns ~ - 5 :.
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seplied shss " hsr woHtsd. ssntle, nannsr
s.and p b more shesrful would. I'll becom,
one Who has endured ny, toffows.v
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may nd b ossvsrsas We shavs thouxhe-
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