Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1842-07-20

p fore I could rest lot tust ns was uIopp-
inc into slumber would STAFF up sud-
denly and frightened.
Night went By. and bright morning
came. As awoke / felt sense OF OPP
preston, and as / rubbed my eyes. there
came clearly and distinctly into my mind
what had happened; and what must be
done, | asked myself when mamma
would miss the goblet2 The broken
goble. haunted me all day. l looked
anxiously at mamma at breakfast TO as
certain whether she had discovered her
loss. If somebody suddenly came into
The room, l fancied the deception was 10
be exposed. AT school wondered it,
when reached home. they would be
talking about il; at play, the image ofthe
broken goblet repressed my mirth. and l
went around uneasy and unquiei, bearing
about me troubled heart Thus did
suffer days Of anxiety from fear ofdiscove.
ny, when an open confession to mamma
would ia an instant have relieved me, and
restored peace 10 my spirit.
The time at length arrived which | so
much dreaded. when the goblet was miss.
ed. II was not 10 be found-nobody had
seen it--nobody had taken il. II was 10
the best china closet, and nobody ever
went there. Where co0ld it be2 81
cannot believe il is broken" said mamma.
Had il been sent anywhere 2-nobody re-
membered such an event - nobody had
used it. Ruth declared il was the strang-
est thing in the world where it could be;
and Ruth was so Jealous for mammals In
.terest, that / trembled when considered
what searching she would now make.
The children were all duly questioned
--all but me. contrived to escape, or
rather mamma asked me Just as was go
ing out Of the room, and pretended not
10 hear her. 1t did seem to me there new
er was such a talk about a missing article
before. The longer kept my secret the
more l feared detection, and the more
wretched did feel.
-lf only knew what had become Of
it." said mamma IL should care less. -
Somebody knows where It is. It is used
TOO little and valued too much for any one
to forget about it." know turned pale
and | am sure trembled.
Il was perhaps some three weeks after
the disaster. when, as l rushed into the
kitchen with mop. skip and jump, after
school, noisily demanding something 10
eat, what should see upon the table bnt
four oflhe pieces Of the broken goblet
yes all four discovered aud taken out
from under the barn, by the interchangeable
Roth. "Whal shall do2' inwardly
exclaimed. "Oh, wish l was in the sea
II wish was dead wish was any
where r and ! now ran into the garden,
afraid Of every body. and afraid Of myself.
"Oh, how much worse it is to tell her
now, than it would have been al FIRST n
was my bitter reflection. 1t seemed 10 me
that escape WINS impossible. Iknew that
mamma would find out. and | now imagin-
edthat she greatly suspected some of us.
a 4 4 could only be sick and 60 10 bed"
thought and am sure feel sick.n
When the dinner bell rang. had no
heart 10 meet the faces ofihe family, or to
eat mouthful; hunger instantly disap-
peared as soon as ! saw the broken goblet.
To'dinne. would not 60, so | went back
to the school, and spent the noon, and
long and disagreable noon it was too
How happy they are at home,n thought
and fe.l that 1 was an outcast, a self !
made outcast This made my tears none
the less bitter.
co1'rlTed to so dispose of mr. person
that Fanny should not see me until the |
bell rang for school to begin, and then |
there would be no time for inquiry.
HeQrt-sick and w;sh severe head ache, |
really did feel quite too unweltto remain
In school, and long before five o'clock,
asked the teacher 10 let me 60 home. and |
my pale countenance aided my request
With slow steps went homeward, and |
do not think / was ever more wretched in |
nay life.
When | entered the house. mamma
heard my steps, and called me to her
"My dear, what is tho matter2 Where
have you beep2 How pale you look"
And she put bel arm around me. and took
of my bonnet. Fortunately she was
alone j burst into tears. and hid my
face ia her lap. She gently stroked my
hair, and again asked "what was the MAJ
ter with her little .daughter2"
"Oh, mamma, it was me it was me
who broke the gobletT l exclaimed in
my bitterness of heart. AS soon as Ut
tered the words, the dreadful burden which
I had borne about me for so long time,
was removed. Then told her all. l
was penilent and humbled, indeed, bulthe
great wall Of partition which separated me
from every body else was broken down
and while Isobbed in mammals lap III felt
drawn towards her. and knew she would
pity and sympaihise with me, although |
she could not approve Of my conduct.
My chlld'' said mamma. after some
time. you have made yourself great
deal Of sorrow and trouble for very lliuIe