Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1874-03-19

l9ld IN the cOlu grave. lney were
both of them kind parents; and after
my father vas buried, sat upon his
grave all night long and cried. o.
Judith, you don't know what 1T is to
lose a father or motherl but to lose
them both Yes, you know some
thing how you would feel In the
morning they came and took me away
| from the little church yard, and a
man who lived near the cottage my
father had hired, gave ME some break
fast.
any parents were very poor; and
after the funeral expenses were paid,
there was not cent left. / knew of
no relations. | knew not that | had
one on earth, and | was sent 10 the
alrnshouse. There | staid until was
nine wears old, and during that time
| suffered more than words can ever
tell 1t wasn't bodily suffering, for |
had enough to eat and drink, and
plenty Of clothes to wear; but 1t was
The suffering of the heart. Iwent to
school part OF the year, but J wasn't
like the other school-boys. | was a
poor-house child, and they Stunned
me. If they had done no more than
this | should have been content; but
they taunted me with my misfortune,
and made fun Of my orphanage. If
they had known what pain their words
gave me, don't believe they would !
have spoken them; but they knew
not my feelings, and why should they? |
They had never suffered ike me, and |
they realized nothing Of n crushed |
spirit that was battling against the
cold cruelty of their sneers"
"Poor Luke murmured judith; !
and when the boy looked into her
| face, he found she was weeping.
CAT length" he continued, after he
had wiped his eyes, "an old farmer
took me from the alms-house, and |
set me to work upon his farm. AL
first | felt very thankful but soon
found that | was worse off than be-
| fore; for / was i'll treated and had
to work like dog. The farmers |
wife was a hard hearted woman, and /
she often beat me. That was worse |
than all the rest, for | never deserved |
| it; nor did | openly complain. |
STAYED with the man nearly four years,
but matters grew worse and worse /
and often, when ] went to my little |
bed in the garrett OF the barn, did
pray that | might die before l woke
again. Butt lived on, and lived on
Ilv 30 suffer. At length / resolved |
that | would bear it no longer. One
dark. stormy night { secured q few
crusts OF bread, and after the folks
had retired, stole from the barn and |
ran away. For nearly fortnight
travelled on, and although reached
the city Of New York, even there /
dared not remain. So ! went down
to the wharf to see if could not get
a chance on board some ship. found
this ship was on the point Of sailing.
/ I tclI my story to Captain Flaton,
and he took me on board. am well
treated here, but yet | cannot help,
ut times, thinking Of the scenes and
hardships through which | have pass
el. can see the sweet face Of my
mother as she 6reathed her dying
blessing; and | can see tne sunken
eyes and palllid cheek Of my father
rs he took me by the hand, and made
me promise that | would ever be hon
est and yirtuous. God knows ! have
most faithfully kept that promise, and
/ always will
Little judith vrpt rs thongh she
had herself suffered all she had heard,
but she was not the only one who had
heard Lukc's story; for, as he closed
lie, Mr.. Adam Warren moved care
fully away from the other side Of the /
galley, where he bad been standing
all the while.
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Don't let me see you t3'Ain2 to
that DIRTY boy '-ain: I' Is Ao[f'o'e,
Judith Tor you TO De contaminated
with such low, h.jhy company ?
Luke heard these words ana !