The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-10-18

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The little boy Of years was hurried
away by a knd-hearted man. and the
little girl Of 2 by another. Just then
the order came from the board Of ply
sicians to remove all the children inn
mediately. and James was hurried on
a schooner bound for Boston. and Car.
oline on another bound for Savannah.
They did not meet nor kiss a sad fare
we'll, nor knew Of each Others fate
nor where they were going. What
grief was theirs! What brlny tears
Bereft! Bereft! that Is the word. for
1t means snatched away. Yes, knew
something about these orphans, for
this same Caroline was my mother,
and many dimes have / sat at her knee
and listened and wept over the sad
story Of her orphanage. How In day
she lost her parents and her brother
and was left alone without a relative
this side Of the sea.
She was placed in the orphan asy.
lum in Savannah and was cared for
by good people until she was 10 years
old, when one day a good lady came In
fine carriage to choose and adopt a
child. The orphans were all clad in
their best garments and gathered in
the great, big company room and af-
ter they were seated the grand lady
went round and round talking kindly
to one and another and after long in.
spection stopped at Caroline and said,
81 will take this one" The poor girl
was alarmed and cried with grief al
being separated from those she HAD
learned to love. The great lady was
the mother of Rev. DR.. Goulding and
the grandmother of Frank Goulding,
who wrote the pretty story Of young
Marooners." In the meantime Caro-.
lines brother had been placed in an
orphans asylum in Boston, and after
two years he was taken home by a
wealthy gentleman Of Randolph, who
had an only daughter and no son. This
daughter James married when he was
p and they received the old mans
blessing and a good estate. In vain.
and in vain, had James visited Charles
ton to find some clew to his lost sister
and sadly he returned and mourned
her as dead.
Caroline was sent to school at old
Midway, in Liberty county, where she
made good progress in her studies.
Her teacher took great interest in her
and kindly visited Charleston and ad-
Vertised in the city papers for her
brother, but learned nothing. When
Caroline was Is her teacher became so
deeply grieved over her sad and lonely
fate that he married her and here l
am. Again he advertised in several
papers, and at last in a Boston paper,
and said in good, large type, IF James
Mcguire, whose parents died of yellow
fever in Charleston, s. c., in 1915, Is
living he can find his sister, Caroline,
by addressing the undersigned" He
saw that. A friend handed it to him
in church one Sunday and there was a
scene. He came to Georgia by the
first vessel that was bound for Savan.
nah. From there he came to Law
Tenceville, where my father was then
living. l was then but 7 years old,
but l remember the meeting and no
pen can describe 1t. The young peo-
pie must imagine the rest. When last
in Savannah l visited the very ground
and reverently looked upon the place
that gave my mother a welcome and
home. If | am anything that is worthy,
l owe it chiefly to my mother and she
owed all that she was to an orphanage.
Friends, do not forget the day nor the
deed that should be done. 1t will pay
in the long run. Maybe it will open
st. Peters gate to some who have ia
ken leetle too much toll. Forty
times are the fatherless mentioned in
the Bible The word motherless is not
there, but the word fatherless includes
all orphans in the translation. Let
us not forget the day nor the deed. A
dime or a dollar or more given will be
like lending it to the Lord Send
to Rev. H. S. Crumley, No. 200 Oak
street, Atlanta, Ga. l know him well
and love him. His life work is for
the orphans.-Bill Arp, in Atlanta Con-
stitution.