The Captive Boy in Terra Del Fuego Being An Authentic Narrative of the Loss of
The Captive Boy in Terra Del Fuego Being An Authentic Narrative of the Loss of
Hanaford, Phebe A. (Phebe Ann), 1829-1921
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It was now, by their calculation on the notched stick, the first day of January, 1855. The return of CAPTIVE BOY IN TERKA DEL FUEGO. 133 this anniversary, so interesting to childhood and youth, who connect gifts and good cheer with New Year's day, recalled forcibly to the mind of the orphan boy the many and sorrowful changes which had occurred to him, and to those whom he loved, since the last occurrence of New Year's, which he spent most pleasantly by the fireside of his home, with a kind fath...er and mother to watch over him, and add to his enjoyment by every means in their power. Now that dear mother's form had found a watery grave, and the bones of that • well- beloved father were bleaching on the rocks of Terra del Fuego, while the son was a wanderer, sad and suffering, in a far-off inhospitable region. Thus were exemplified in the career of this young man some of the changes and uncertain- ties of life. Happy will it be for him if all these vicissitudes, and the sorrows they brought to him, prove a salutary discipline to his young heart, and teach him, as such experiences are designed to teach, the folly of clinging to the transitory joys of this life, and the wisdon?
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