A CASE OF INGRATITUDE.
To the Editor of the Lyttelton Times. Sib,—Can you find space for a tale of misery and distress ? I ara the stone cross on the Bridle path, and wish to know why no one will take pity on my maimed forlorn condition. Some great man has written about " sermons in stones;" can no one read a sermon in me ? My kind mistress who left me here "in memoriam" left also many friends behind her; her husband too had done the state some service; yet here am I, her " token of remem- | brance," with my limbs shattered by some drunken | vagabond, left where I lie, an object of wonder and derision to passers-by; and no friendly hand has yet been stretched forth to restore me. I heard more than a year ago that I was to be cared for and replaced. Pray help me if you can, and if my broken frame is not to be mended, at least let me be taken away and buried decently. Your humble servant, THE STONE CROSS. Bridle path, Jan. 9,1860.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume XII, Issue 749, 11 January 1860, Page 4
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180A CASE OF INGRATITUDE. Lyttelton Times, Volume XII, Issue 749, 11 January 1860, Page 4
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