| Vol. VIII.—No. 354. | OCTOBER 9, 1886. | Price One Penny. |
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CALLED AWAY.
THE SHEPHERD'S FAIRY: Chapter 2.
DINNERS FOR TWO.
A DREAM OF QUEEN'S GARDENS: Part 1.
THE WEATHER AND HEALTH.
GIRLS' FRIENDSHIPS: Chapter 1.
MERLE'S CRUSADE: Chapter 2.
THE CONTENTS OF MY WORK-BOX.
BITS ABOUT ANIMALS.
VARIETIES
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
CALLED AWAY.
"AND CLUNG TO HER NECK WITH A SMOTHERED CRY."In the heart of the heartless town, where hunger and death are rife;
Where gold and greed, and trouble and need, make up the sum of life—
A woman lives with her only child,
[Pg 18]And toils 'mid the weary strife.
Where gold and greed, and trouble and need, make up the sum of life—
A woman lives with her only child,
[Pg 18]And toils 'mid the weary strife.
No end to the tiring toil to earn a wage so small;
No end to the ceaseless care—ah! the misery of it all!
While the strongest snatch the hard-earned crust,
The weakest the crumbs that fall.
No end to the ceaseless care—ah! the misery of it all!
While the strongest snatch the hard-earned crust,
The weakest the crumbs that fall.
Oh, look at the pallid face as it bends o'er the dreary work;
The stitch, and stitch, and stitch that she knows she dare not shirk!
Her strength is ebbing away so fast
That she scarcely feels it go.
The stitch, and stitch, and stitch that she knows she dare not shirk!
Her strength is ebbing away so fast
That she scarcely feels it go.
Oh, list to the weary sigh—a whole tale in one breath—
A widowed life, and a mother's love, and the fear of an early death.
While there at her feet a pale boy sits,
And weeps for his mother's woe.
A widowed life, and a mother's love, and the fear of an early death.
While there at her feet a pale boy sits,
And weeps for his mother's woe.
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She has called to her boy in the night; he has nestled beside her bed,
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