The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-11-27

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never ales, and she has not forgotte
d inc iu!l"bics she sang to her childro
III th''r lnim cy. remember how N,
. . ave" mother, when OH her last bet
I dreamed away her loving life imagir
Jug thero was babe at her breast an
whispering song 10 it just before sh
= = ulcd. She found two in heaven whe
sho got there Oh, ye young men VIII
iingcr and jest In The saloon or aroun
,ne gaming tal'lcs or frequent disrepu
! IaDlo places, st"p and think. Stop an
'h'lk, and remember the long an
weary nights HAT mother watcho
WIN you and never complained. NAV
DC her spirit is watching you now an,
ysar,ihS over you i'll The spirit land
r"r hcr axe stop and think and COM
hood.
And 'hrrc hlr omc little songs tha
GOO, lcmcm' cr and still can sing [,
'hc niue helpless teclhlng things ant
Soolhc lhcm 'n sleep as | walk The
room. My li'Gc baby songs are stcreo
typed IN my memory aud have been
handed down, tho not published O,
copyrighted. They are masculine
medley OF BY, baby, bunting, :"
Hush, my dear, lie still and slum.
Der" "Julianna johnson, don't you
cry" Away down in Shinhone alley -
Ana ven PASS over Joidan," and so
tor,h: They are all III the same key
ana III ihc samo meter and dovetai
INTO one another and just go round
ana round, monotonous and mournful.
until the child has TO go TO sleep to
keep from hearing them; nevertheless,
II Is Il fact that Fcan get a sick child
TO sleep when It's mother can't-and
sometimes away in the dead of night.
as | walked the room in my night shirt.
nave not only got the child TO sleep,
but the mother, 100.
Dut am having some little domestic
troubles that are disturbing my tran.
guilty. Night before last I slipped
the keys off the nail in the back room
ana went to The pantry to get some
NICE apples | had hid away there for a
surprise to the family just before bed
time. like these little surprises and
so DO they. found the cat locked up
IN INC pantry and put her out, and
lhcn pushed the door to keep her out
~hlle was getting tho apples. 1t is
curious dr"i lock, for il has no knob
ON the inside, and soon found that
the cat was locked out and | was locked
in. raped and banged for awhile
Tor somebody to hear inc and come.
but nobody came. Then | knocked
harder and hallocd louder, but to no
effect. Then kicked the door and
made all sorts of n racket, but nobody
came. So concluded they heard NE,
but thought il was good fun to keep
INC in prison and give me time to re-
llect on my past life and the value of
freedom in this land of liberty. But
didn't ponder long on those things. II
was p"rplcNcd, but after while thought
oi my knife as n screw driver and soon
had the hasp off and was out of prison.
T" Didn't you all hear me?' | inquired.
+" Yes, We heard you knocking. What
were you doing out thorc?" said my
wife. They thought was fixing or
mchdinS something, and did not hear
my voice, for there were two rooms
and hall between Us and ull the doors
shut. | distributed the apples and
everything was soon calm and serene,
but L have an increased horror of
being put in Jail and | am going to be-
have myself and keep out.
Monday night we heard Mrs. Sheri-
dan sing and ii was feast. We have
known her from her childhood, when
she wore pantlclls and pinaforcs and
went TO school in Rome with my chill
drcn. could not realize that this was
or ever had been little Sarah Mcdonald
who used to play and iOmp and scream
like other children, but in her early
youth she heard II prima donna sing
and resolved to be gr, at singer, too.
The Scotch-lrish blood was IN her veins
and she succeeded. Her father and
mother were poor, but that made no
difference. They had faith-rcIigious
fath-Blble faiLh--and named their
four boys Matthew, Mark, Luke and
John, and ihe'r three daughters Mary,
Martha and Sarah. Mark and Luke
are living in Rome yet and have pro
spcred. Sarah chanccd TO visit Phila-
dclphia some years ago and by request
sang one Sabbath at little mission
church that wns founded by John
Wannamakcr. He was there and
ocaIu ncr anu LOOK q great llKlnS 10 her
and helped her to visit Europe to have
her voice trained She soon found
other friends, who have bcfricnicd her
and lavished upon her their aid and
blessing.
AS l listened to her singing thosc
sweet old Scottish songs l wondered if
there were not many just such female
voices in that audience and all they
lacked was cLlturc and determination
j recalled Gray's beautiful lines
Full many gom OF purest ray serene
The dark, unfathomcd caves of ocean
bear;
Full many flower is born to blush un.
seen
And waste its sweetness on tho desert
| air"
| BILL ARR.
WE SHoULD BE THANKFUL
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