The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-05-06

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idioiie by continued cruelty, and Of .
litie fugitive bound boy who. after
weary days Of hunger and trayel sank
blistsred and tanning At his mothers
feet 1 can tell u q 8omsn-think u
it-s ~omanl who. for some childish
fault committed during the day, fol-
lowed an orphan boy 70 his bed with .
horsswhip, and then, when there was
no protection save the one little thin
night garment, broke upon his inno-
cent sl1mber with singing blows And.
upon the evidence of the laundry-girl.
when the same little garment came to
the wash, it was striped with blood.
This Is not pleasant reading. It is far
from being pleasant writing.
"a father 70 the fatherless Is God 10
his holy h~abitationf" Think of this.
o mother, whose household contains
one of these children of the Highest
onesa around the glowing 6reside for
stranger within your doors. When
you divide the boarded store Of cakes
or apples, remember that his own little
milk teeth r as eager for sweets -
your own darling's. and be there much
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hand Is laid caressingly upon your own
children.s heads, let its light pressure
also touch hisyoung brow. Who know
but II may be there like a c~onsecratin.
chrism. amounting him for noble deed ;
for God and humanity? DO these
things, and do them now. Check n OF
your kindly impulses until Il is too late
until the thin hands are crossed within
tho coffin. and the sad eyes hungry
for a mothers kiss-have gone to tel
their pitiful story to Him who has said,
Suffer the children" or worse, until -
young soul shall nave grown hardened
and q little one, offended by you, shall
have become a curse and clogging MILL
stone upon the neck Of society.
But TO return to my story. Left
alone in the great barn the SENSITIVE,
child endured the two-fold ngony of
nervous terror and anticipated suffering.
But he had not long To wait. Soon t.in
heavy boots of old Beeson were heard
tramping across the cow-yard into The
barn. Robbie stole one fugitive glance
as he entered, saw the harl-sct face;
saw the long black whip trailing irbri
his hand. and the last We 'iigc o. hore
was gone.
.'Now. you young r ,scal. III pas
You for your carelessnsss," q lied The
bitter master. rs he caught sight Of thu
covering form; and seizing the trcm-
bling boy BY the arm. he raised ~.
whip like n great stiircniug serpent.
high in the air.
But why did it not desce,.IP Tn,
boy. who had closed his eyes, and 81:
his teeth hard, wondered at the DELAY
From somewhere above came n rushin.
sound. and the cruel, uplifted arm wa,
grasped and held with "a grip of IRON.
What could 1t meanp Had God 81
one Of his mighty angels down to L, :
cue tho little waif. too hopeless to i'm
plore his protection 1t well might DO
30, for our Father Is not Indifferent To
the troubles of His suffering children.
but the eyes of his glorious deliverer
we're cleaning with too much indig-
nant fury and human passion for those
of q heavenly visitant.
s'Chrisl'' The one glad CRY burst
from Robbie's lips. and then, unnoticed
by either. he sank sobbing among tho
hay and straw littering the floor.
Coward! hypocrite! traitor!' These
were the words which burst impetu-
ously from the young mans lips, and
with each epithet o stunning blow was
planted In the breast of the farmer.
sis 1t thus you treat the little brotheri
entrusted TO your carep Were it not
that since ] have been away from your
vicinity, / have learned to be some
thing Of which you do not even know
the meaning gentleman would
take the ~horsewhip and fay you within
IN inch Of your life. Well, indeed. it
occurred to me to test your faithfulness
IN treating him kindly before / gave OF
my hard earnings for the boys board.
Here in my pockets are Jour hundred
dollars designed for you-payment for
every week he has been here-but not
one copper Of it will you see now. On
the contrary, I shall use it to prosecute
you to the utter limit of the law"
And he kept his word. This youth.
whose energy and pluck had won tho
victory in q hand-to-hand struggle with
tho world. was not likely to be troubled
with morbid pity for his adversary; and
with Sues fair, honest face on the wit
ness-box, not only was the full measure
Of Justice obtained. but the hard. grasp
Ing farmer was disgraced forever in the
eyes Of his friends and neighbors.
Aside from the triumph concerning
his little brother, the trial resulted most
happily for Chris. himself. While
seeking to redress an injustice and q
wrong, like his illustrious namesakc.
no discovered another fair realm-evon
the sweet old Eldorado of love. And
now, when the western sun sinks amid
The flowerysprairies of Missouri, his last
beams gid . cottage porch, where Of
len sits q slender student youth and q
broad shouldered. bronze-faced pioneer
tho rescuer and the rescued; while
kbove them beams the soft womanly
face Of happy Sue-wife and sister
loved and honored beyond all tie
world
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