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"Dear little darling!" said Agnes, tenderly, pressing the infant against her bosom.
"Mein armer, Meine Liebling!" sagte Agnes, indem sie das Kind zärtlich an bie Brust drückte
MATTIE STEPHENSON, THE SWEET YOUNG MARTYR OF MEMPHIS. AN ACCOUNT OF THE DEVOTION OF MISS MARTHA STEPHENSON, OF TOWANDA, ILLINOIS, WHO, LIKE AGNES ARNOLD, SACRIFICED HER YOUNG LIFE IN THE CAUSE OF HUMANITY. SUCH WAS THE HIGH ESTEEM IN WHICH SHE WAS HELD BY THE PEOPLE OF MEMPHIS, THAT A MAGNIFICENT MARBLE MONUMENT IS TO BE ERECTED OVER HER GRAVE AT ELMWOOD CEMETERY. It seems that this girl had not sufficient clothing, but, refusing to accept any intended for the sick, and refusing pay for her services, she wrote home for a few needed articles, and the day before she died the box arrived. She was then, of course, too ill to know anything about it, and Mr. Langstaff, President of the Howard Association, opened the box to find some trace of the girl's history. The box contained two neat calico dresses, some cuffs and undergarments, and several small packages of delicacies suitable for the sick, and which had evidently been put up for such a purpose. They were carefully replaced, while the bystanders turned away with tear-dimmed eyes, and silently left the room.
ISSUED BY OLD FRANKLIN PUBLISHING HOUSE IN PHILADELPHIA PA.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1873, by C.W. ALEXANDER, in the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington, D.C.