Sharp County record., 1878-02-22

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peeIers' camp. Is miles if its foot She
was wandering along the road, ne said,
and didn't know where she was gOIn',
it seemed, nor how she got there, though
she ike as not got off one Of the trains
at the shantv near there, though they
seldom stop, but that We'll never know,
I suppose, in this world; and so ne
brought her home with him on that per-
ishing night and handed her over to me.
"She was quite gone then, out OF her
head, it being nv belief that she didn't
know me from herself then, nor never
after, poor, poor dear, an so young.
4 man never can see thing till It's
poked right into his eyes and holered
into both ears; excuse me, sir, but no
more he can't, and my man ne 'Ileved
that poor creature was drunk or crazy.
Drunk. All, sir, I think if the man
who was the wicked cause Of that poor,
fOrsaken child being mindless wand
erer that night, could only ha' seen her
as I seen her, when I took her into my
own room and put her into my own
bed, he would have took the shortest
wav out Of the world that he sent her
out Of in misery and darkness, and far
from her own. She was q lady born,
as could be easy seen by her hands, the
prettiest I ever saw-sO white and slen-
der. though with nothing on them but
this little hair ring, as you say you've
seen the mate to, sir, and made Of two
kinds-One Of 'em her own, I know be-
inc the color Of gold amOst, and the
other Oh, I can't bear to think OF
what the creature that wore that lock OF
hair will have to answer for some day.
And of all her clothes, which in spite o.
the mud and dragglement, [ could see
was Of the finest and deliCatesC; there
was no name or mark OF any sort on
any. If she had a dropped out Of the
clouds she couldn't q been more UnOe-
known, by any sign or token anywhere
about her.
Well, sir, I watched her through it
all. and cared for her ike one Of my
own-which I am a grandmother, sir,
and was then, though not looking 1t l
dessay, being married very young.
She never knew it though She never
got her reason at all, and not even the
little babe's crV-ir was q girl and looked
no more like her than l did-nOt even
its crv-as came from q strong pair y
lungs, I insure yOu-cOuld seem TO
bring any thing back to her, but just
that one moan. so mOuruful and weary
like, while she kept turning her great
blue eyes this way and that, lOOkin and
IOOkin'. though with no meaning Ii
them at all, Just that awful wild stare
as if she was seeing straight through
the wall and q hundred miles away.
And so a tossing and turning and never
resting, but all through the night till
morning, and still through the day till
night again. and never changing, only
getting weaker and weaker, She never
. left of twisting her hands and crying:
4 l0Ued him So oh, I did love him SOL
The little babe Was just u week and
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time in the world, and she mad never
/ seen it to know it.
" JUL uCL OlAG LLL4NACL LLAeLb Dld
beech, and not knowing what else to
put on it, we Just wrote on the board,
as you can see for yourself, the date OF
when she came and them words Of hers.
So And the little one?' That's her in
the garden out there, seven years old
this month She'll bear our name and
never know as long as I'm aliye-nor
after I'm gone, 1 hope-but what its
her own by right.
"Yes; It's queer and very sad story,
sir, that's sO-an awful story, and it
makes me feel very sober when l think
of it, as I often do when I'm alone, and
| never 20 into that room when I'm
alone in the dark-we'ye never used it
sin seven year ago-but what l seem to
hear that poor, dear child's heart-brok-
en- and dyin' vail
81 l0yed him so. Oh! l did love him
sou