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Amabel Vaughan.
clays as cured ( heaven save the mark !) , ancl I remember I fell clown from sheer Avcakness three or four times , on my way to tbe infirmary to the Grammar School . The result of this accident , and the neglect of the wound by the medical attendant , Avas that my foot Avas permanently dislocated , and I am a cripple for life . " Long after I left Christ's Hosjiital , the most terrible nightmare from Avhich I suffered was to dream of some of the scenes I hacl gone through there ; ancl I often see the
p icture ( recalling those days ) of the little fragile motherless boy , homo for the holidays in a certain old Cathedral town very dear to him , and a kind aunt looking pitifully at tha slender bands covered with , bloodmarks—a memorial of tbe last day at schoolwhich brought tears into her tender ancl loving eyes . I am , & c .
CMist ' s Hospital , I believe , to be a very different place to Avhat it Avas from 1846 to 1854 or 5 , when Fitzgerald was there , in spite of the melancholy occurrence which has recently taken place , ancl the ugly rumours still afloat as to the number of boys who have absconded snice that event ; ancl Fitz , too I knoAV , when be visits his little nephew there now , often speaks kindly of the noble charity , and sa 3 s he should be well content to see his OAVU son there , if he bad one .
But as the life there has influenced all his after career bi a measure , I have thought Avell to digress so far as to give a little bit of his OAVU biography from his OAVU pen . Wo will resume the thread of our story in tbe next chapter . * "We are among those Avho much regret the sensational excitement about Christ ' s Hospital , but we have thought Avell—to let } ur brother speak for himself . —ED . ( To be Continued . )
A Christmas Memory. 1877.
A CHRISTMAS MEMORY . 1877 .
I MIND me of a Gathering on a happy Christmas Day , I still can see lov'd faces , though some have pass'd away , When in tender trust assembled . Ave jested , laughed , and sang , And tbe Hall with silvery voices and . pleasant echoes rang . Ah , me ! hoAV Tune has left me since that clear and festive scene , Though mine are radiant memories of all that once has been
; When , heedless of the future , Ave defied dull fear and care , Ancl found happiness in sympathy , ancl contentment everywhere . If Life has made me doubting , ancl somewhat colder now—If gray locks are on my head , and wrinkles on my brow—If the elastic feet of youth yield to the spell of
age—If tears instead of laughter are blotting the closing page—Yet still I can remember , though all be sped aAvay , A happier hour , a brighter scene , a goodly Christinas Day , When hearts Avere light and cares were feiv , and faithlessness unknoAvn , And those I counted clearest were truly all my OAVH . Oh , kindly shades ancl gentle forms , lhiger a little while ,
To cheer , to soothe , to soften , to bless ancl to beguile ! 1 miss the dreams of happiness which IIOAV have fled away—I turn to sterner duties on another Christmas Day ! NEMO . x
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Amabel Vaughan.
clays as cured ( heaven save the mark !) , ancl I remember I fell clown from sheer Avcakness three or four times , on my way to tbe infirmary to the Grammar School . The result of this accident , and the neglect of the wound by the medical attendant , Avas that my foot Avas permanently dislocated , and I am a cripple for life . " Long after I left Christ's Hosjiital , the most terrible nightmare from Avhich I suffered was to dream of some of the scenes I hacl gone through there ; ancl I often see the
p icture ( recalling those days ) of the little fragile motherless boy , homo for the holidays in a certain old Cathedral town very dear to him , and a kind aunt looking pitifully at tha slender bands covered with , bloodmarks—a memorial of tbe last day at schoolwhich brought tears into her tender ancl loving eyes . I am , & c .
CMist ' s Hospital , I believe , to be a very different place to Avhat it Avas from 1846 to 1854 or 5 , when Fitzgerald was there , in spite of the melancholy occurrence which has recently taken place , ancl the ugly rumours still afloat as to the number of boys who have absconded snice that event ; ancl Fitz , too I knoAV , when be visits his little nephew there now , often speaks kindly of the noble charity , and sa 3 s he should be well content to see his OAVU son there , if he bad one .
But as the life there has influenced all his after career bi a measure , I have thought Avell to digress so far as to give a little bit of his OAVU biography from his OAVU pen . Wo will resume the thread of our story in tbe next chapter . * "We are among those Avho much regret the sensational excitement about Christ ' s Hospital , but we have thought Avell—to let } ur brother speak for himself . —ED . ( To be Continued . )
A Christmas Memory. 1877.
A CHRISTMAS MEMORY . 1877 .
I MIND me of a Gathering on a happy Christmas Day , I still can see lov'd faces , though some have pass'd away , When in tender trust assembled . Ave jested , laughed , and sang , And tbe Hall with silvery voices and . pleasant echoes rang . Ah , me ! hoAV Tune has left me since that clear and festive scene , Though mine are radiant memories of all that once has been
; When , heedless of the future , Ave defied dull fear and care , Ancl found happiness in sympathy , ancl contentment everywhere . If Life has made me doubting , ancl somewhat colder now—If gray locks are on my head , and wrinkles on my brow—If the elastic feet of youth yield to the spell of
age—If tears instead of laughter are blotting the closing page—Yet still I can remember , though all be sped aAvay , A happier hour , a brighter scene , a goodly Christinas Day , When hearts Avere light and cares were feiv , and faithlessness unknoAvn , And those I counted clearest were truly all my OAVH . Oh , kindly shades ancl gentle forms , lhiger a little while ,
To cheer , to soothe , to soften , to bless ancl to beguile ! 1 miss the dreams of happiness which IIOAV have fled away—I turn to sterner duties on another Christmas Day ! NEMO . x