The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1869-09-11
3he Gittle Outeast,

- "Maynt | stay, ma'am? III work
cut WOOD, 90 tor water. and DO all yuul
C:caI}S.'
The II onhlcd eyes Of the speaker wc7,
filled With t<Ars. 1t W IS a lid that stood
Ole cold uay III winter at lie outer Goo;
oi cottage Oh d. bleak .urui ia S.ot
Land. lie sEoW had been falling very
last, and tue tuol boy locked cold AK
hungry.
"Iou may come in at any rate, I'll;
my hush aod comes home. There. st,
down oy TIE FIRE YOU look n,l;,tine
with c"ldI;' and she drew chair 10 T.;
the ""ifnt>t corner; tacD, su> o.ci..u. y
gtancing At the boy tlum the corp,, .,
her eyes, Ehe co:tihucu setting ,lc ub.,
.ul eupFtr.
Present. = came the tram2 # heavy
boots. al the ouor WAS sUuny 1pru
with " qui xix jerk. and he husband eli
teitd' wa ned "lth Ii u,..,'s v,rk.
= look !: intrlAE gene" l.,>,t !.,-; w,...:!
his "ltr L; 4 himself. He ,r,.rt,i at TIE
hoE, int o't not eeeui well p.tH>c1: Ac
heVeItie:ess rs mau- LiI come 10 the Ia
Ole "i'I W. %l..d 10 SEQ how heartily Lr
Ate lis t,ll,er.
D- -,
"'' "''J p''>sta aEo. YET 'he Toy
Begged to pc kept "1htIi to-1n,rluw -
% ;Hv good co"?le, after due cousl,lrra-
'''',' '''> '""' "' cong as ne was
such Il sH'f toy .,:ld We. X, i 50 W.t!.l..;
~, they wu u.,. keep uir.
NIe day, IN II" rui.t,i,. If winter. :.
l'r'idirl MA y "ftcn traded at the cottage.
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"a - oeeh Say "''h @"' hh"'keu town.
,v n, 'ileI TsI.s sto.h o'''">e was huhS'E'
Va !.... - - ol,S h'A" Il M'"'her :
poor boy, and he sunk nll his knees. sob
bing great. choking s"hs, and rubbing
the hot tears away with the sleeve of
his laca1-
1he wontaaa was mother: and al
though all hel children slept under the
cold sod in the clurchyurd. she was d
mother still. She put her hand kindly
on the head of the boy, and told him to
|u"h up, and said, from that time he
should find in her Il mother. Yes, She
even rnt her arms around the neck Of
mat forsaNeH. deserted child. She pour
cd from her m"tAel'S heart sweet, kind
of counsel and tenderness
IN how s"ee { was her sleep hat night!
how sofs llcr pillow she had plucked
some thorns from the path of little
>.nliing, Eut $ Plising mortal.
That POOR 10Y is Low a promising
man His 1oster-tathrr Is dead; his tos-
ter mother AGED and >ickiy, but she
h""WS 10 want. The ''p""r ontrast'' is
her support Nohly does lie repay the
rust rep"sst iit him. -
w hei' my th'h"r a'1 mother forsake
NE then til. .Hru Will take me UU, ,"-I he,