St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-02-02

! 1Orth with her two children, hardly
knowing whittier she went.
One chill winters night, the helpless
trio found themselves standing on the
London docks. They were fortunate
enough To find Il room vacant in IN ad
.iaccnt lodging house, which they secured.
Then commenced the futile search. Day
10y day the mother and her two children
would wander forth, wistfully pcering
into the strange faces i'll the crowded
streets and day by day the sickness of
hope deferred hanchcd the checks and
palalNzcd the energies of the Wanderers
Meantime. they must obtain employ
ment to ckc out their rapidly failing
hoard. IIuda and her mother were
good nccdle-women but i'll these day :
of machinery their profits were very
small too small to procure the delicate
and n"uIshing food the tender Hans re
quircd for. in the close London atmos-
plrIc, the little one, reared i'll the pure
air of the country. began to droop, and
the coarse food they were forced 10 share
with him. WAS histaStetul to his dainty.
milk-tcd lips. And when the mother
and child, with no thought of parting i'll
their hearts. were dcNising how they
might, out of their Scanty store. the
better nouriSh and cherish their darling,
the quickcncd ear of he child had caught
the distant sound of the feet of Gods
messenger coming for him, and gladly
bounded from this cold. rough world
into his AIMS. and mother and child were
left to weep over the fair. small c;Iskrt
that once held the spirit of llanSchcn.
As the months rolled ON. work grew
<c;rccr. and they found they could n"
longer afford 10 pay the rent of their
little room in this comparatively mag
miicrnt part of the East End. ;" they
were forced dow II To Goldcn-la Even
if they would. they could not now return
To their own country. for their means of
d. doing So were exhausted.
And as hope gradually died quite
away in the mnthcr'> heart. her ply
strength foIsook her. Weeping had
limmcd iirr cl cSiglt. 81 hat she could
no longer see to sew fine work: and as
her step grew frchlrr day hl day. IIUlda
would have fetched Il doctor. hut her
mother would not have il 50. To exc
out their earnings. IIulda rosc ut dawn
and went to CuNcnt Garden, where. for
Il tlitlc. She purchased Il bunch of iolct>,
which she made up in tiny hoqurtS. and
offered for sale on her WAY t0 the Slop-
shop HAT employed them. And still the
langIld day dragged ON. until the needle
dropped from the mothers ncrNclc>S
fingers. The brave hut unequal struggle
: was ended: and >uccIImhing To the hand
of disease. induced 10y anxiety and want.
she laid herself down on the pallet from
which she never ro~c. The Landlord
received due notice of the death of his
tenant and arranged with the parish
authorities for the mtclmcnt and on
that day I had seen the last act of the
tragedy. 1t WAS Il sad lit,'-hi>t"rN. and
, Narrated y it'll an Unrunrlaming hope
lt>Sncss that went To the heart.
: In the time of NouT deep distress did
y"u pray to God /" help l"u. dean
child ,"
YES. We pray but where waN tn,
usr Mother kept on pray ing till 81,
died: hut when | s:tW for certain SIT,
WAS tn he taken too. ! gave ii up
Mother told me God WAS good. and nuI
/ Father: and that when "ur saviour
lived in this world he had more sorrow
=. to bear than We had even. But If God
i good aud our Father. why did he not
heed lis when We begged him to lIclI
lis He never did. We PRAYED that
We might find father. We PRAYED tul
. EInn>rhru. | prayed mother might h'
r left with me. Ii WIS all II" Use. sup
: pose Guldcn-lanc il too far away t"l
tod to hear ON voices.
; You tell me, IIuIda. that God ha.
never answered y"m prayers: hut d'
YOU know il WAS God that sent me h"I,
: TO-DAY -
IF it WAS God. lr sent l"u too late.
:, "\"t Ia" late, dean child, to help N"u.
-, Il don't want help. want to die
:. oh. | want to die. and sleep quiet beside
mother, How can live in this iWtu
, place ali alone
=, ''IIulda. listen. Hans WAS hut ten
der littl" one. lou mother who, N"I
! tell me. loved and trusted God CaIic'
= Il acruIshcd and broken hcHIt in her hrS"m
;, Our Father, who knows the spirit "
=, each child of His. knew this. and because
!, his name is loN" he tranSpltntrd th"S
dropping ones into the sunshine an,
shelter of his own garden. But God h.l
-. left Nuu here. in Nnlrr youth and strcngtl
>, because lac has work for yuU to do Ia
=. him. Aud Lon will not die. but live
until Gods plan iul our life l. fulfilled.
Still the hard, cmhiltcrcd face tol,
me my words were aS an idle tale.
i After making some small arrange
- mcnts for her comfort. | WAS obliged T.
I go, although ii went to my heart +
" leave this m"thcIlrsS lamb ''birating. i
=, weary dcalth." in the great wilderness.
- But before | went | wrote down my ad
dress. and directed her to come to m
. next morning.
T., True To time, llul,la presented her
! self at our house next day. Her iai
!, hair WAS neatly coilcd round her head
Il her dark blue dress. though worn an
. darncd i'll many places. WIS tldily III
-. ranged and she had contlivcd to pie
-, up a bit of black ribbon to tie round he
:, battered little straw hat. Altogether
~, was IL marvel how any one 81 neat an
-. clean could possibly have emerged tiol
II, the hlacknrss of Goldcn-lanc. FrnI
+ her replies to our various inquiries. W
~, found she WAS possessed of more tha
:, ordinary Intelligence, and there WAS
!, straight forWaIdncSS i'll her mode of cN
;: pressing herself that WAS very cIIcouIne
-, ing.
There was no ignorance at all event,
n to combat in 1lulda'S casc-the grouil
Is was ready tiled. By-and-by we tol
ne her that we had secured a lodging f'
no her. where she should have a comfort
T. able home, and Il kind llmdlady. an
~ that she need not sleep another night
e. the lonely attic in Goldcm-lamc
M At this glad news the cloud of dcspa
rs began to break on the Young brow
, ..Thank you for that" she said icINcnt
il ly: '.hut oh. if only mother could CON
d. as WELL" and the bitter tears wclled ~
,,t The urW abode. WAS "A uool MIA,