Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1837-08-01
S1Ixer1D TALE
ELLEN-.A SKETCH.
nv JOHN INNAN.

Swce, Ellen How many years bnge fled since
have dared to think of thee, md oil the happiness
we knew together! She was an orphan but not
friendlcss wealth. immense wealth, as IT was
deemed 10 The remote village where wa lived, a.
wnitcd her arrival Il, the age Of legal womnnhood.
was the Youngest son of poor farmer. Ellen
and were classmates in the village seminary, for,
in the simple Gust on Of the place and time, the
bows and girls were led along the path OF learning
together as yet the necessity Of separate esiab-
h.hments or Of distinct classes in the same, were
no, discovered, and Elleus guardian could see no
,.,.on an The wealth that Was 10 become hers, why
her education should not be gained at the same
school. and in precisely the same manner as that
of his owl sons and dsghters. She was lovely
gentle gid more given 10 study than to pay,and
vet more TO solitude and thought than either. In
ruth there was something almost unnatural III her
passion for lone places even when child, she
would steal away 10 the shades OF the Cd pine Tor
est iust beyond The village and lie for hours upon
the grass beneath come huge aud solemn Tree.
dreaming perhaps Of ten thousand "d ana oeau-
tifol ina inings which TO eioihe 10 language ""uid
have besn far beyond her power. She was already
a, the school when ! became pupil Their" our
aoouain,snce began q week suihccd 10 make US
friends. and friendship ripened into that most
;ooeen, and lovely OF oil human sentiments, child
,.h love We read and thought and rambled to-
,e,l,, eonped our lessons from the same book,
i,orhed or wept over the same stories, and joined
our voice. in the same Wild dl,,es. Our school
mates :essed us, and the men and women OF The
s,Il.ge laughed at our juvenile attachment but we
we're hspoy, and eent on loving each other, though
We knew moi even the name OF the feeling that
bound Us together. SO We grew uP and from
children became country lad and maiden less
together than In more childish years bot SUI ,n'
q HNN han
o, 10 each others society. Bn, change came -
,er, no, our feelings. bo, our situations. Elen's
guardian VAS advised 10 place her IL boarding
school a, the county lowr Of H. there 10 acquire
the ACCOMPLISHMENTS behlling her wealth and sta
t,on and / 10 the fashion Of my country, removed
10 di.,,n, village sud took charge Of school for
the ,,ke Of Gaming NheIcNithsl 10 maintain
my.clfs college. We parted kindly aud sadly
vet no, a. loy.rs We called ourselves only iiend'
add school companions. slIost from DOR insDey
II Va. not until nearly year Of abseuce had ena
bled me to understood the usiure Of my own feel
tnr.. that knew mysef 4 lover and smother
rolled s~sy. before began TO perceive how li,l'
hope there Ma. fot love 90 placed - mine. How
great tie Obstacles between wealth AID poverty
The discovery WAS made. however not from 9th
ere. from books. bot simply by The sid Of lLs
WORLDLY knowledge ~hieh nov began 10 dawn up
on my mind. Need 1t be told, that Nllb N,
kaoxledge came ~rt,ehednes' fof eompsui1n
went 10 college ADD tao more years elspse,
before sistsd mY parents. Ellen sss s,.ll 10 mi
heart. b, scarcely hoped, OF even sshed 10 NEE
bsr; ~ss prepared 10 hnd myself iorgolten en-,
TO forget ~ tore ~ss to be ny only effort. ! d.
no, sss. OF even SPEAK q her bot n vas s,ien,
90 we're no, Ey mother and SISTERS The ud'ng
they made haste 10 give the we're sweet yet FOL- Q
y so'ros Flea bad reformed more beautiful en-
ras's ,ecompilshsd bs, o,hers se 0ucLsnged s,il
u. ss'ss kind. snsoiouGie and een,c creature sh'
bad sFsf e<sn At srkool And slthosSh nov 10 ih'