Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-11-18
somebody Loves Me-"

Two or three years ago, the superintendent
of the Little Wanderers Home in Boston re-
ccived, one morning, request from the Judge
that he would come up to the court ROOM
He complied directly, aud found there a
group Of seven little girls, ragged, dirty, aud
torlorn, beyond what even he was accustomed
to see The Judge pointed to them utterly
homeless and friendless,) and said" Mr..
r, can you take any of these ?"
g Certainly; I'll take them ALL" was his
prompt reply
CAN What in the world ran you do
with them all ?'
I'll make women of them
The Judge singled out one, even worse in
" What can you do with that one ?"
"I'll make woman of her. Mr.. r
repeated, firmly and hopefully. He took
them all home. They were washed and dress
ed and provided with good supper and beds.
The next morning, they went into the school
room with the rest of the children. Mary
was the name Of the little girl whose chance
for better things the Judge thought was 50
small. During the forenoon, the teacher
said to Mr. p, in reference to her,
never saw child like that have tried for
an hour to get a single smile and failed
Mr.. r said AFTERWARDS, himself, that
her face was the saddest he had ever seen,--
sorrowful beyond expression yet she was
cery little girl, only five or six years old.
After school he called her into his Office,
and said pleasantly" Mary, I've lost my
little pet | used to have little girl here
that would wait on me and sit on my knee,
and loved her very much A kind gentle
man and lady adopted her, and she went to
live with them. | miss her and should like
you to take her place, and be my little pet
now will you ?"
A CLEAN of light fitted over the poor childs
face, as she began to understand him. He
gave her ten cents, and told her she might 90
to a store near by, and get some candy
While she was out, he took two or three news
papers, tore them in pieces, and scattered
them about the ROOM When she returned,
in few minutes he said to her," Mary,
will you clear up my Office little for me !;
pick up these papers and make it look real
nice :"
She went to work with will A little
more of this sort of managemcnt-in fact,
treating her just as kind father would
wrought the desired result She went into
the schoolroom after dinner, with 50 changed
look and bearing, that the teacher was as
tonished. The childs face was absolutely ra-
diant and half fearful of some mental wand
ering, she went up to her, and said, -" Mary,
what is it !? What makes you look so hap.
Ply ?"
"Oh ! I've got somebody 10 lore me
somebody to love me-" the child answered
earnestly, as if it were Heaven come down to
earth
That was all the secret. For want of love
/ that little ones life had been so cold and des.
olate that she had lost cbidhood's beautiful
4 faith aud hope She could not at first be.
lieve in the reality of kindness or joy for her
1t was this certainty that some one loved her
and desired her affection, that lighted the
child's soul and goriiied her face
Mary has since been adopted by wealth,
| people, and lives in beautiful home in New
/ England but more than all its comfort anC
beauty, running like Il golden thread through
it all, she still finds the love of her fathe
and mother.
Shall we who have many to love, and I,
love us, refuse to be comiorted, to see an,
value and use in life any work for our hand
to do, because one of our treasures may b,
removed from our sight, our home anC
care to better 7
And oh shall We LET any of these littl,
ones go hungering for atfeetion,--go up even
to Gods throne before they find one t,
love them ~