Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1882-09-07
From the Atlanta Constitution
Arp Oan Children.

Children are great trouble and great
comfort, too. 1t don't matter how many
there arc in family, if one goes away to
spend week or a night there is vacant
place at the liresdc and at the table aud on
the piazza and everywhere about the house
aud tho child is missed, and somehow we
don't feel right until tho missing one comes
homo That is mighty pretty story about
the poor Irish mother being persuaded to
give up one of her BARNS to wealthy lady
who had no children and wanted to adopt
one, aud she cried over Grst one and then
another, and told all their sweet little ways
and sayings and finally gathered them all
in her arms and said: "Oh, my sweet lady,
kind lady, couldn't yc take ono and lave it
with mc?' How they do open the hearts
of the parents and give them something to
live for md work for-somcthing that is
sweet an innocent and altogether natural
| have always sympathizcd with those who
have not got them and can apologize for
their being sour and stingy aud selfish, for
its human nature for the heart to be like
vino unto something, and if there is no
child they tic unto money. Tho love of
child begcts charity and opens tho purse
1t is tho mainspring of ali industry and
economy and good conduct and all honora.
bic ambition. Tho world is working for
children, and it is our lovo for them that
puts down lawessucss and crime and makes
us anxious TO preserve good government
and keep the peace with nabors and States
ard nations. Let man stand in great
city aud look upon the busy crowd as they
move to aud fro and all in a hurry, and the
secret of it is they arc moving and striving
aud toiling for tho children. Even many
poor, miserable thief who is serving
his term in the chain gang had motive
away back that the judge nor the jury
never knew of. lie was stealing for the
children. I'm mighty sorry for folks who
have none, but lm more sorry for those
who have had EN- and lost and never had
any more to take their places. was sit
ting one night in my piazza talking to one
of Gcorgia's noble men--a man gifted and
cloqucnt--who oncc had q little girl to sit
upon his knee and fondlc in his arms, but
now no was childlcss and was grow-
ing old---years of desolation had passed
since her death, hut that night my little
girl came out in her night gown to kiss mo
good night, and mistakiug my friend for mo
climbed into his arms and kissed bin.
When she was gono the strong man bowed
his head and wept like little child, and [
have over since esteemed him all the moro
for his tenderness. Some times he is called
sour and selfish and sarcastic, but | know
where his heart is, and that ho would
count hoGors and wealth nothing if he
could but restore his child. had to whip
dear little boy tho other day and
IT MOST KILLED Me
and that night he put his arm around my
neck and went to sleep so lovingly in my
bosom that felt like | could never DO il
again. !'vc got all the little chaps to work
now, picking peas in the field and they
make lively frolic Of it. have promised
to pay ou .or their labor cont basket
full and havo graduated tho size of tho
buskcts to the sizo of tho children, so as to
keep en- about cvcn with caOll othcr in the