The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1903-12-17
rAG THREE LOYAL COMRADES.

0,,loot Ses Yori oi 3 s,oiy By Oar
nsn 6yiss." shish m the pseaionrm ul
ed by the Qieep OF Rapmsti'. uho hs'
pablisbed npdr THE psue nspy cbsrn
i'g sas dslicitsly written islfs, poems and
noselet,es.
Sorrow vss . tletder, besulitni ehild
siss . nsss Of rich black tsir training
hsT pale face. Her asllesis lips uSrt
osaslly pressed together, ber dark tyss
90 .ppesline thai no one oould look inio
them without tears. Tee poor child bad
90 b ms std wandered fom tl,ce 70
plsoe, pou entering the cottsses of the
poor. nov taking up her sb0de 10 the
mansions Of the rich She vas 90 qaiel,
20 uusssumins, ibs. 20 one torned ber
sside. bni. sirsnse TO say. 10 oil who be
friended here there came zone deep si
fiction. ose YVES bereft OF his only child.
smother lost bis rsuh. smother yes despo',
"a Of bonse sud land. soo,hes vas urj1s,
~ persecuted by biz etemies, stili another
sss cruelty ill.,restsd by his family. The
people msryeisd wby so much Suffering
should come 10 them, and koev not that
they themselves had opened the door fOr
gale, q1ist Sorrow. md taken her to their
hearts,
Sometimes the poor child revisited places
shtre sbe had onos bsen, and learned Of
ell the misery that bad followed 10 her
footsteps. After that she avoided for 9
long time the homes that bad suffered
most. And yet she learned to love some
families very dearly and could not for
bear returning TO them, Bot grief upon
grief would come TO them until the poor,
lonely child took up her wspderiDgs
again With sad eyes sud heavy hesrt
q iietly shs vent her wsy. without hsste;
without commo,ion, yet swiiter than the
mountsin torrent, swifter than she west
wint, and not one home esc'ped bsr.
The greatest catastrophe beiel when she
mingled with the children, for then they |
we're orphaned, or we're stricken With On
msiady, 10 that their little faces
bec,me ss psle as that Of Sorrow berseli,
and their eyes neld the same pleading,
pstbeti, look. When Sorrow saw this,
she wept bitterly, and for long time sbup
ned the eociely Of childreo. yes, even tufn
cd sside her bead ben che passed them
10 their play.
Oas m morning, while resting under sn
,pplei,ise. she noticed what bright. rosy
,heeks the apples had, and how 1t did the
1asrt good Just to look ct them.
Oh. dear Apple Tree cried Sorrow. give
ne pics rosy cheeks like you apples. then
III will love to behold me.
No. 60. answered the Apple-Tree.
1sdss tbou bright, rosy cheeks thou
rouldst 10 lepeer be so kindly welcomed
md cared fof.
Sorrow arose ssddened. and went on her
rsy. Soon The came to brook ripplioe Ii
hroush . garden, Ffom Its banks burst
orth = CT o ns OF bird music. 80 gladstone
ba. the heart laughed Of itself to bear /
Oh. deer little bride. cried Sorrow, teach
,s your swees eonas. that may glsdden ,
be hesrts OF oil people Ii
Oh. 60, dear child. chirped the birds.
or oiist thou 10, come and 60 60 quietly
hon woulisi not be so soon forgotten. .snd s
u would kDow thee ss Sorrow, the bearer /
I grief and woe.
SO 90 and On went poor little Sorrow q
nlil she reached prest forest. TOE irse 9
sncs Of ,he pine-.rees filed the cir. and
er weary feet sank softly 10 the thick
loss that csrpeted the ground, Here and n
here The golden sunbeams found their A
~ through the whispering iolisee. aud !.
lesmiog danced on the green moss. t1rn ,,
Il the isllen leaves to gol1. II was 60 q
uiet, so besu,iiull Souox leaned wesri n
sesiust tree and whispered. Here ! \
~ rrsi sod bfiog no woe; here no one Il
,e will greive becsuse OF me. Just then a.
olicsoue sunbeam. moro ventutesome
sn the rest, slipped through the qoiver -
z folisge overhead. looked into the wop !.
'rfoi dark eyes. go ssd. so lonely. and r,
creed straight 10 the very hnsrt OF Sor ,.
v. The whole forest saw the wonder /,
glow thst trsnsfgur the delioste fscs "a
the maiden, snd whispered and rnsiled .,
th j,y and admiration, Bat Sorrow
ew not how beautiful she had become,
g felt only The sunbssm pulsstins warn
her heart,
Oh. beloved forest. she cried. from oil 90
ar tunbesms give me tiny one for my OIL
o; make me happy. 90 happy. 'o
Bot 81 her words stiIlness % OF destb
on The forest, sadly toe trees looked 81
oae another, not . leaf quivered, and a.
Sunbeam swiftly withdrew from Sor 10
's heart. tooshed the back ole creep up
vood.lizltd st her feet. and treu bling an
himself bshind . spresdiop an'
o on the edge OF . pool. W
'oor. poor child st lest ssid 90 old OAK ed
e, knovest thou not tbst one TOY son
10 10 thy hesrt would m,ke thee 90 ayf
INITIAL that sll would ron TO welcome scT
e, sod then they would snfsr more ms
o uov FER beyond their endurance sls'
y. ny child. thon % ust ever be without ger
D, 10 tho eyei without warmth 10 Thy
IT. Jol
tasr TELL from Sorros's eyes on the OF
q O Jser st her het. Fragrance filed ran
Vic I. the foser gave thanks Tor the ths
some der. cell
Deeper into the forest vent the lonely The
IA ublil tbe reached the shore Of ont
10, stiii lake. Here roiting stirred. sfs'
y Esepipg ssiked oro1 the vs,er. 81 4