The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1840-09-22
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Il II L SIT.
In one % the freezing days OF our climate, f"
Young physician bul recently married, invited
his wife TO accompany him OH visit 10 one
of his patients.
You IRE romancing James, whit, visiting II
family without All introduction, or an invitation,
or exchanging cards.
'ln this family, my dear Amanda, there is no
ceremony of cards. said james, 'bnt tley will
not he the less pensed to see YOU
u never used TO go TO see our people, said
Annnda, thougmfny; but continued she,
after II short deliberatioiI, I'll go with you,
James, any where
They passed from the handsome street OF
their residence public square, md crossing
over entered II small ally. in which Amanda saw
a row Of small houses built in manner that
showed they Were for the lahprng class Cross
ing the whole range they entered the last house,
and at the first door DR. Ledson gave II gentle
zap. A woman opened il, and welcomed
him.
Two chnirs were Immediately sat- one with
the back broken off, the other rckety and I'm.
stable.
Before lie fire were two little children scat.
ed o.. the hearth, maxi ing IL noise which the ut
tendant female vaiDly endeavored to quell.
n girl about len years ofage came ont of II
small pantry bedroom and smiled as she
spoke.
In n large rude chair sat thin female. She
rocked herself necessarily. She looked mp
wbcu DIR Ledson addressed her, but neither
smiled nor spoke. Her complexion was saow
10y illness, her lower jaw had fallen from lis
socket, and he teeth Chartered with the vain en-
deavor the close The mouth.
AT receiving some nourisIinent at the hand OF
her companion. she seemed revived.
81 am glad to see you doctor, though lind
hoped TO have been released from my wretched
ness before now, do not complain but my
ter'-she shverei and stopped an instant. i
thought il very hard when lost my baby last
but | see ii kind, what would
have Income of it now? | must leave these,
as young rs they are, to take care OF themselves,
and my husband is none OF the SieadieSt.'
She did not weep, she was pasi that human
human feeling. Amanda looked an i'll silence.
she had learned more from lite's state from this
scene than she could have acquired from vol.
ulncs. She now felt wiser woman at eigh'
teen than she would otherwise have been at
twenty five.
Ii brings down all our vanity and little repi.
nines, II spectacle of such Woe Even the all
inosl total insensibIlity of the sick WIS more
touching than ordinary sorrow. 1t gave n feel
Ing of so much that must have been endured
before.
IA this your sister, sHd ll'e wonun.
No, said james, ana Amanda smiled rs he
replied, Ill is my wife
is il YOUR wiir:' said she, showing some vi.
vaciy. How sweet she 10 )kS. Can Sue sing
Oh, can size sing, IL would not 1--we al.
WAYS
How often had Amanda sung that carelessly
before. She felt awcd and humbled now by ev
cry yllahle that floated on her soft rich tones ~
roundthe narrow apartment.
The dying looked up so thankfully that
size even looked pretty. As light heiic relieved
her liyid counteiIance. She said audIbly, Il
hear the angels singing now around me- and
then rclaI,sed into monotonouS gtoan OF weari
ness,
The lule girl shook hands heseechingly
ms the Young couple left, and in II subdued
voice Amanda whispered, we will take care OF
you.
Who like The ply sician, save indeed the MN
lister is called upou TO see human nature in eve
nv shndow ola ,n? The rich and the poor,
the delicate and the course, the learned, the Ig
uornnt cone before him without disguise.
Amanda thought before that she had loved
her husband but luxury is dead sen atmos-
phere, in which the noble passions sicken and
lie niutionless. She chung to Jamcs's arm as
ne returned home, with II feeling OF devotion
to him that she had never Imagined before, and
in the pleasure she experienced in soitenins the
horrors of her fellow creatures poverty, she
found every day new cause to rejoice IN having
shared her turtiIne with one, who II he brot
to her no addition of the earh's wealth, had
taught her there is way OF employing 1t that
will awaken delight Exchange Paper.