. The New England magazine . peech, that sheHas lost in her captivity? Day after day, she would unbind, About her neck, her hair,Steal out alone, and in the fields Go wandering here and shawl thrown round her, blanketwise, And bare head, like a squaw;Or stand and gaze, where, far away. The northern hills she saw ;And sing hoarse Indian songs that sheHad learned in her captivity. But when, O, sweeter than the song Of Aprils welcome birds !They heard upon her lips once more The sound of English words,Hope whispered, Soon our common speech Will make us one in the first sent
. The New England magazine . peech, that sheHas lost in her captivity? Day after day, she would unbind, About her neck, her hair,Steal out alone, and in the fields Go wandering here and shawl thrown round her, blanketwise, And bare head, like a squaw;Or stand and gaze, where, far away. The northern hills she saw ;And sing hoarse Indian songs that sheHad learned in her captivity. But when, O, sweeter than the song Of Aprils welcome birds !They heard upon her lips once more The sound of English words,Hope whispered, Soon our common speech Will make us one in the first sentence that she joined, What cruel pain it brought ! I wish that I were back, said she ; Twas pleasant in captivity ! Ah ! sadly, when the preacher called • One day, the ,*• I thought that I had tasted grief When I have mourned my dead;But O, my greatest sorrow lies Within my answered prayer ;This life, that is so close to mine, And yet I cannot share :My child has not returned to me ;Her heart is in captivity !. WINDOW GARDENING. By Mrs. Henrietta L. T. Wolcott. ITHIN the last de-cade, the student in-terested in the crim-inal statistics of ourcountry com-m e n c e d toconsider thecauses which seemed tolead the young men andwomen also, in thepoorer sections of ourgreat towns, into habitswhich directly tendedto enroll them, later, oncourt records—as crim-inals or possible crim-inals. The cheerless-ness of the average homeof the day laborer appears to be a promi-nent factor in this deplorable state ofaffairs. The crowding of large families insmall, dingy tenements precluded all plansto make home attractive, and save in rareinstances, when a cheap chrome on thewalls, or a cheaper print of some sacredsubject was obtained, no other attempt tobeautify the home could be made. Wellwas it for the children if food, shelterand clothing were supplied. With a de-sire to ameliorate this hard lot of somany, a small body of philanthropistspetitioned the Massachusetts Horticul-tu
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