Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1839-07-19

IN Boston as a mcrchanl---that he had
ammassed large property there, which
had been greatly diminished by vliany OF
one he had trusted. HIS voice taitcred a.
he went on to saw that hls wife and two
children had died IN the same year, leaving
MN one daughter, with whom he was re
moving 10 a little farm tina, he bad purchas
ed in Oxford county.
The curiosity of he capitelist being sat.
Isfed he no longer heslated to close hi
bargain. which was finally settled by the
strangers paying two thousand one hun.
bred and twenty doars--we like to be
particular IN money matters for which he
received the requisite twenty shares o:
stock in the good old Cumberland Bank -
NIr.--po politely attended his VISITOR to
the door, and. wishing am good evening,
returned to his sitting room. He took up
the roll OF bank bills he had Mt received,
looked them all over carefully, counted
them three times, and then deposcd them
in al old black wallet with the comiorla
bic smile OF a successful barganer.
Meanwhile the stranger made his way TO
Peck tavern, still to be found, with other
occupants, at the corner of Maine aud
Beaver streets. He entered private
| room where he had left his daughter. n
delicate girl of fourteen. She was 10 deep
| mourning, and her glossy curls, Almost as
black as her dress, were confined by cir
| cnar comb Of wrought she'll, and dropped
| over her neck aud shoulders as she bent
with WllioWy gracefulness toward the
fire; her tiny hands casped on her knee,
and her large dark eyes fixed mournfuly
90 the blaze. Tears were stealing un-
| needed down her cheeks and she was too
much absorb d to notice the entrance OF
her father, MI he had almost reached The
low stool on winch she was seated. Hast.
Y drawing her hand over her eyes and
shaking her curls forward in vain endeav
~ TO hide her fearful check, she arose and
stood before hlm as It Diet cied IN some
eva NJ. Surrogate seated hmselt. aud
drawing ID" beaut IN chdd tn ms knee ~
qultcd II lus absence had seemed tedious
and then, SEEING he tears on her face, as
he Kissed her. sad 10 a zone OF gentle CHI
ug.
Shane, Grace, your eyes are tul Of tears
--sntely You were not AFRAID to stay alone.
No, papa, but she he-llaed, and the
teaIs asaln sprang to her eyes.
Bot wha my chld?'
i was thinking Ut mamma and of all she
SAID TO me that night, and cried for fear
! cnnih not do all she wished she told
me to fill Der place--Jo be all hat she had
been 70 You; land the motnerlc,s g,rl
( threw her arms about her fathers neck
and sobbed on his bosom 70 which he
! pressed her, while his tears raned over her
head, aud Il prayer was swelling his hear,
"a prayer of thanksgiving. that when the
blossom of his happiness was blasted buC
was lett IN lis place so full of purity ant
aud rich promise.
Papa said the young orohan, raising
her innocent face from the paternal bosom
do you think mamma can hear me now
When promise to obey her WISHES as nca
as can: --it seems to me sometimes wher
| kneeI to say my prayers. as If | could fee
her breath on my forehead as she whispers
prayertul words into my heart-lhen
close my eyes, and strange sweet thought,
seem rising and turning to words, TIL | cal
scarcely utter them for happiness--an,
then there is such still contented feeling
comes over me--Falher, am | wicked, an
torgetiui, because do not feel so sorr,
that poor mamma is dead at such times ?
No, my sweet child it is the balm
which God himself administers to the bro
ken bear'--but for such merclfn comfort
lngs yonr father too must have sunk to tn,
grave. But SIT down and listen tn me
Hrace--von know nothing of The life W,
are 10 lead IN our new habIiaflnn II vn
yonr sainred molher's request that yo,
should be removed from The city TO tn
quiet OF country HE, where you shout,
become the pupil Of your arher. and tax,
upon you such charges a. will serve to rem
der you useful IN the humble lot m,
broken spirits and Impoverished fortune IA
left to us. Grace, can you cheerfullv un
der'ake the hardshps of life 50 monoto
nous ?
i can, father replied the gentle child
raising the meek eyes she had lnherire,
from her lost mother to his face, with th
confidence of a pure heart unlrled in th
struggles OF life. Again she was PRESSED
to her parents bosom and again he ,hanke
God that so much happiness was left Il
| him.
Early the next morning, Mr.. Suihga,
and his daughter started on his Journey t,
The Interior At Paris they lett the pub
he conveyance and proceeded in hire
chase a. they penetrated into he c0un
try toward Woodstock, the scenery, huh
erlo cultivated and paslora sweleI gradu
any INTO irregular hills, broken occasional
INTO hu ge preclpces, ,hrustlng heir grant,
cfags through their covering of underwood,
ana forest trees, AS they proceeded spot
OF picturesque grandeur broke upon thei
view at every turn Of the road Now on
travellers were IN the depth of valley, ant
then bleak preclpice shot It's cliffs owe
their heads as they wound up the brow O
a MI, while the waters Of n mountain lax,
lay sleeping beneath them, in the dense
shadow thrown by an unbroken rock,
causeway trownlng on the opposite sbor @
surmounled by range of blasted trees, an,