The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-09-14
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I say. II shall fing for Mary, and she
can sit uS for the remainder of the
night But my vile who is tender
hearted soul and asborn nurse, will not
deserther post; - I leave her watching
and retire 10 my solitary chamber.
When we meet in the morning ! find
that the little old @oman has spoken a
few words and seems stronger Come
in with me now, saysmy wife, and let
US try to find out Mo she IS" We find
her propped into. 2 sselining posture with
pillows, and Mary lsside her feeding her.
How are you now" asks Jessie,
bending ovSsher
Better, uef better, thank you,
good lady" she 5. in q voice which
trembles from agess well as weakness.
. And very lrstessh>to you for your
I hear at once by the 9ecent that she
is English. Are you stroqg enohgh to
tell me how YOU got lost a the moor
and where you came from, and where you
were going" " continues my VIE.
All, ! was goiu TO my lad, NY poor
lad, and now l doubt shall ever see
him more, says the poor soul With
long sigh of weariness.
Where is $ur lad, ed how far lave
you Gomez"
Ny lad is a soldier at Fort Geor@;
and have come all the way from Liver.
pool to see him, and give him his old
mothers blessing before hc goes to the
Indies" And then brokenly, with long
uauses of weariness and weakness, the
little old woman tells us her pitiful story.
Her lad, she tells us, is her only re-
naming child. She had six, and this,
the Youngest. is The only one who did rot
die of want during the Lancashire cotton
famine. He grew up q fine handsome
boy. the comfort and pride OF his mothers
heart, and the stay of her declining
years But strike" threw him eLt Of
work. and unable to endure the privation
and misery. i'm a fit of desperation he
listed His regiment was qUarlered
ut Fort George. and he wrote regularly
to his mother. bis letters getting more
cheerful and hopful every day; until
suddenly he wrote to say that his regi-
ment was ordered to India, and begging
her to send him her blessing. as he had
not enough money to carry him TO
Liverpool to see her The aged mother,
widowed and chidless. save for this one
remaining boy, felt that she must look
on hi. face once more before she died.
She begged from a few ladies, whose
kindness had kept her from the work
house. sufficient money to carry her by
train to Glasgow; and from thence she
had made her way, now on foot, now
begging a lift in a passing cart or wagon.
to within a few miles of Fort George,
and war5.-s caught in the snow-storm.
have perisaed Frnnts.,' "e road gouid
Laddie.
My wife Is in tears and Mary is sob
bing audibIy as the little old woman
concludes her simple and touching story
and I walk to the window and lool, out
for a moment before I am able to ask her
what her sons name is. As I tell her
that we are but le" InI'e7 from OFT
George. and that l will send over for
him, a smile OF extreme content liIummes
the withered face. His name is John
9aIter' she says, lie Is tall, hand
some lad thav will know him bv that
! hasten down stairs and write a short
note to Col Freeman, whom / know,
intimately informing hIm OF the circum- M
stance. ""d begging h'm that he WI"
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