The Lamplighter

CHAPTER I.

LIGHT IN DARKNESS.

"Good God! to think upon a child That has no childish days, No careless play, no frolics wild, No words of prayer and praise." --LANDON.

It was growing dark in the city. Out in the open country it would be light for half-an-hour or more; but in the streets it was already dusk. Upon the wooden door-step of a low-roofed, dark, and un...