Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1879-09-11
a Child Voyages.

I IS a little girl. VIII not somebody tax,
:. care Of hcrf' Somebody responded, an,
/, We thought no more OF it until next day
when we hal dropped our sleeper an0
. entering one Of the other cars, We saw
! the sweetest little child.iorr. we Cvel
looked upon, last asleep, so soundly
sleeping as not TO be even heard in
breathing. Such head OF dsrk brow
hair, lying all loose over shoulders.
,, back and face, we never beheld; features
, os If the choice Of an artisLlrem thou.
sand beauties; her long, dark eyolashe4
lay across the openings into world OF
beauty, and her form was in beautiful
adaptation TO the ideal OF hsr face. We
could hardly wait for her to wake, for
we felt sure she was the lenely child of
whom we had heard the night before.
aud were impatient for The history of
this interesting but solitary vOyager
across the earth. After 0 ahle the con-
ductor stood over her, as il sdlawn by her
beauty and Innocence. III seemed to
be shrinking from waking Ter, as il she
was an angel whose repose j wonld have
oeen lrreverent to disturb Said he,
whose child is this?' Ma one could
! ssa9s he turned away 81 went on
saellering his tickets. Vfsn he had
a aasid he camel back. ~ she wes
Whose little girl are yog|
Mammals, said she, looking up trust
fully in his face.
Where is your mammal Show me
where she is
Said she gently, Mamma is not on the
cars; she is in heaven.
The pGOtlpnnpu lv oopJr,o[A- 80. -
intently anxious, and said
'Bnt yoH have q father &oard?'
NO, SIR my father is inIheaven long
TIME ago. When wss little baby he
was ia the army. Mamma nsed to tell
me about him. She called him her poor
soldier boy - i'V0'
live7' ,,-'' '-A'' u u"
In Ireland, sir, speaking more gently
a. Ii not quite sue it was best to tel
darlins?' i'''le
From the same place. sR?
Not from Ireland?'
Yes, sir
,S Mho came With !lr A se9ng. 2
=, 10 ne = - IN; ~ - s3 W., ,s,5'ss :;Sa
was ~ 5Ach buOUSlb Woulu ul6.'
The conductor, in surprise, said: 'You
did not come all the way from Ireland
by yourselt?'
Yes, sir; God was with me; nv
auntie prayed for me, and told Ged to
take care of me, on the forecastle of the
ship; and che kissed me and said.
Precious pet, don't be afraid, for God
has told me that He is going with you
all the way and some people on the
deck took me and made me sleep by
them till ] got to New York, and then
they took me to the railroad station,
and nice old gentleman with white
beard got my ticket. Here it is, sir
opening g queer, old-fasbioned Irish
carpet-sack, and pulling out wooden
pettlcoat and putting her little hand
into the pocket, she took out little
pocketbook, tied with a piece of soilod
linen tape-'here it is; and told ms not
to be afraid, because the people would
all be kind to little stranger orphan
girl. Aud he said when | wanted any
thing to ask the man with the band on
his bat bat: w Are yen @ s's; wit, my ,,.,,e
i want you to take 0'T' Of mo. if you
please l., 1;4.,o -,
about as large as you' pu' sne u G =,
She is in heaven, amt she? she Will
see nv papa and mamma, won't sheF
He said, 4 hope SO, and he turned
away.
By this time a half dozen men had
gathered about the child, no woman
happening to be in the cars, else that
woman's heart would have been brokenl
The men were all rough, good-hearted
souls. and all seemed TO be fidgety 10 do
something for this strange, beautiful
child. One turned up tag which was
fastened to a ribbon around her neck,
and on it was written;
'Efie Mo-, of ireland; aged seven
years; is on her way to her aunt, Mrs:
Mo, Fort Kearney, United States OF
America. Kind friends, be kind to this
child. She was her mothers darling;
who died the 18th day of December
1878. This poor child is all that IS left
of the family, aud her friends are send.
ing her to her aunt's, at Fort Kearney:
One rough looking man asked her II
she had anything to eat to which she
replied by showing him some little sweet
cakes. and said: DO you think these
will be enough until | get to auntle 81
He replied, Give me your retlcuie,
and opening it commenced filling 1T out
of his welI-stored basket Others brought
in their supplies. until ssare was more
gentleman about eighty AIRY An olu
said he would take care o. years =. OF "a, age.
Kansas City; black man said he had
nothing to give her TO eat 30 ne gave
her half dollar.
She became more and more then u7
of interest for hundreds OF miles, uh'li
we seemed to have forg9tten tne spacoi
when the ely East st. LOUIS! seallieo
us, and revealed the fac! ttat 70 some ~ y
us at least the journey naq enoea. W.
t. parted from this dear euiIu III tenoel
ness and with prayers, ior she was las
asleep, with her little. Testament, whlel
she could read, in her pale hand. Al
were the better for her presence; all re
: eretted that she could not Journey o.
; with them along the way OF life.
All the spelling reforms of all men i
. 81 ~ 10000