The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1881-03-11
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had nothing to do with 1t, for am back
woo1man's daughter, accustomed to tie
Wild sounds Of the forest, the lonellncys,
aud all that Is terrifying to novice
Ny father was good man, serving
God ancr his own simple fashion seeing
Him and loving Him Ia lis works. I
have heard him hold forth Oh tie ployidcnt
ways OF beaver "Why, uIe little criucr'd
starye IN the cod season # 1t hadn't uscd
~ little Dat tail Tor buildin' iti house, and
then filled it with food IN time 80 I have
heard him tell Of tie caribou. Look ut
that, too. he would say. 'and nj the
moose. Now, The caribon hls 10 travel
oitcn matter % twenty miIcs Tor his
dinner, for he's dainty 'up. aud only
cats The long gray moss ihlt hang from
Tho trccs 10 God gave him suow--ho,a,
g3I as an iniun could made en-, 10
skim over the ic+cru-t, while tig bg.
heavy moose there sink right i. iil-
dinner is close TO haud lie could live
Tor months on an acre lpl +" iIc womd
speak ol tic loon, and g. adaptation ia
every way 10 its walcry home always
ending such talk with: "All Gods
works are pom honor liierc's $50 halt
way with HIM g.
was thc only onc ief 81 ir1 children.
My father when mourning oyer and miss
Ing the others, he wonld never complain,
but only eay. They're better of. Why,
if We can't tru-t lhc lilnc children nmt
don't know what wfoug.dolng q, aud
don't know tic meaning Of .in, then there
ain't any chance Tor ut mca Z" Aud 80
ic liycd hi. quict life his bcFs beating
close To nature. heart and 81 .oul uncon-
scion.ly seeking and huiiag nature
God.
SIS mother must iaya l,.u beautiful ~
I hcr youth SHE was ~. fgsaf. se.
anl. her bright French spirits cafnel her
| gaily over many hard llifl 20 her lifa
Of frequent dcpriyations. One great,
oycrshadowing sorrow of her lirc So tic
unacconntablc disappcarapcc ~ Der lit'e
year-olJ daughter, her only hcauagui child
the one IN hcr own lmagr, whom from
the first .l.c loycd wiha peculiar irn1cr.
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ia,.-4 b-en especially gai t'sa jly be-
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ifH. ve a.unEs dil Ni.e1 we were away
lHg.shsi-aud, .ur cauae ft3li - trout
Nr Fet c1mirs gai., home. tawls! cyeu.
iae. aheu a call cl1iil rs. oH ..ar happimrs-
e.d aiy chld- hesn G..ta ,raugc thu.
PEP fti "a -ndlcn auzieiy o. mg n,her'
ilcr. whDr every change huew. III
qu'ca cr latl cluEa lh- -au..i ID mother
voice, a.a. a..ara white. Z. too. coul.
hur7 bc'pir-- molu. g lai o. alt
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ing ou the a51r. urr heal icauiug on m
rmpty crib. aul mbIull. " oae lha
c1nld .9t BE- crn.ariei. Tie baby wa
gone. llov. or where. we ocu.d not tcI
I'VE never kncw. Week were spent &
searching f5g her. aud. at .cusih. % say
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, the winter time. The nuns of lhc srca
convent OF The Gray Sisters TOOK charge {
my education. Mother anj had uea
iittio rooms ia the French quarter. Will
father we"t oil moose-h"ntins for wear
months o"t '"e summer times We 'l""y
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