Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1837-11-17


threw up her beautiful eyes 10 heaven,
when fresh shake Of the earth tumbed
down large building behind her. and she
rolled with it in the yawning gulr--never
TO rise again in this world. Perhaps YOU
may Imagine what | felt what did. do
not know but after an hour of wandering
and escapes more than can count, found
mysclf in tho open country, and for the
present nj least. safe. wen; on my knees
to thank God. and babe the little creature
do the same: but she did no, stir, and as
laid her on the grass, found deep wound
on her heed, and The blood co,,ng her
long beautiful black hair; but still she
brealhed. TO make short Of long story,
we got at last on board the ship again, and
the doctor after examining the wound, said
there was no harm done, aud that she would
soon be as well as ever.
"Sho was lovely little cir, of ebou, six
years old, and as we were to sail directly,
they wanted 20 send her ashore again, tn
try if any Of the family could be found
But thought Of the vow had made 20
her poor mother. which ! am sure she un
dcrslood; and | determined not to part
with the sick wounded little hing, that |
loved now as if she bad been my sister; so
I spoke tn the captain. WI" wa very
good man, and. morcovor, had children ct
his own and hn agreed 10 LEI ne ake hrr
Ia ENGLAND w',h rs We'll, -ir. home We
got, aud it was astonishing how soon ibc
darling began to speak English. Yon
could see she liked II, bless her !! Anu
now, o. she was u Young Iady-fur she said
her father, who had died abou, year br-
fore. was Don Someh IDLY or o,hcr--it was
such long name we never any Of us could
speak w. SO we told her 10 call herself Jack
son, which is my name but. somehow.
she always liked her long Portuguese name
best. 50 van SEQ. SIR. how carly pr1judJcne
grow In foreigners tina, ie To say. Well.
as said, seeing she was young lady, and
We had undertaken her education. thought
we ought to do it as gentcclIy as we could !;
so took her tn a cousin Of mine. who kept
a publicisouse in Wrapping, a very nice
mo'hcrly woman-poor ly!-sbe's dead
aud gone too, long ego.
~ ell. sir, she treated her as if she had
been her own child; aud because she
thought the company Of the house was too
rough and rude for her. she sent her to n
very scn'cel boarding school in Mile End,
took TO her learnino. so ,hn, when came
back from nv mex, vovaro. she could ro,
oplv speak Enolish quite well. but read anv
book she saw. And there I found tina,
with her li'lc pocEei money she had BOT
n~-'"~""so books and, at al! her SPAR
time, used 10 be poriug over item, mat cod
OF playing IKE other children. Poor thing
was ~" only tie mat was left between
! I.r.r I'D h.,- Ia, e.. "a,
noF a"" tie, Iu,,'e 'sru 'oF II vs. s'fhnge
'"'"si ~ o"' We "'en 'ou"" 'o'''ghe'S'
.''" 'e'r"'"o"' rove '"e'F own country
Jus. ~, ~ Wo' aS II u ""o pee" VI" E"g'o"'
WV, ~ yo"'s P"ssen on ""o sue "aS
s'".eo", '''' sN''''' W "'"'' V"a"''iu'
o.oa'",c you "r',' 80 eye ""' que wa,
e W., p' 1870 ~ '' 'u-'' T'' - 'u''
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,"a' Wy wy" ''''-",' ~ '"c way " SWEET
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,'..'M r.','|-u =. =" ,'''''y c'o'" ''r9'' ,''
'ho'n'n ,''n' sac ""9 " Young '"oy hn'
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~ ,"'. M I;,,Io I,,n, a"" ."'" ~" ,"u'e "a,
'r"', q ''.'c "''"e"Vs'' "a' sue "'S"
rt,l' '" ~ W. wv ,o"?"e ~ "e 'o' "e'
' na ,""" '.u "'Way7 upPe'''ost !"
"e; '"u "s p'n, ~. ,as' : J',''u ''erc"a a.,
T,".P "".e" ""s ~ %" w '1lso''' "'o wv
Io"R '"'So "''" VI '"o ''ea'' euui' "u'
""" T"o "YE' =. NV" ~ ~ wv" '''c
."a' ,p''u w. ""' '""'aGc !" '''u'e .e'
on' ;Lo c ra'c Ia, !" Wv 'nss',' n"'
on, SIR "a -'"' ,'"' "ns n'"''s '"' WV
men Wh9n sue "e"' -" N.'"w s"' .ne.
are kino, so'">"ea''e" I,oa'''e'' "'u
thought they never wu1'o nave conseh'eo
However, 60 we did, and very prett.
voyage we mad.
Whom we came in sight of Lisbon,
never shall forget how The poor dear look
ed. She was as pale as ghost, and trem
bled all over and while her eyes soeme
| n HpvoNr tho chOro bnr wcvn mhi,