Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1843-10-20

lrOtn, ana THAT'S true, Peggy, SAID San
dy, sitting down with something like com
posure; there's no disgrace int, at least,
and that's great consolation
The poor family though Invested Of all
hope Of acquiring the sum Of money which
Sandy was in search Of, now sat down TO
speak of their affairs. Twenty pounds was
the sum for which their stock was to be
seized. OF this they had mustered only ten
pounds, and their anxiety about the amount
which had been sought that night, arose
from promise Of the principal creditor to
stop proceeding, and allow more time, if
fifteen pounds we're paid In this their
hopes had been disappointed, as we have
seen.
Before retiring TO seek that repose which
none of them, it is feared enjoyed, that
night, Sandy Patterson and his family knelt
down as usual, and thanked their maker for
all his mercies, beseeching at the same time,
strength to submit to his will The per-
Torrance of this little act Of devotion was
not without its effects in composing the
spirits of the suffering family as it brought
TO their minds the refreshing recollection,
that whatever might happen TO them on this
earth, there was One whose protection man
cannot deprive them Of
| We now ask the readers company, while
we return to that mansion Of comparative
luxury, from the door of which Sandy Pat
terson had turned away in sorrow and sick
ness of heart. Several hours after his visit,
:he doors of that house once more opened
not to admit duns, but to admit the gay and
| fashionable to pass out after their entertain
ment was over. 1t is not with them we
have to do however therefore let us walk
up stairs, and enter the room now emptied
of its visitors, and tenanted only by the or
binary inhabitants Of the manson-Mr. Da-
vidson-lor such was the name of the host
then remained alone in the drawing-room
with his wife and eldest daughter.
Davidson, let US premise, was a man of
easy and somewhat indolent nature, but re-
markably liable to be affected by general I'M
pulses. The income which he derived from
his profession was ample, and it was rather
from want of system ip the management
of his household, than any other cause, that
poor Sandy had remained so long unpaid
Stretching himself lstessly on a sofa, he
began with his lady to chat over the incl
dents of the party, and among other circum-
stances to which he alluded. was that lu-
dicrous application of a dairyman for the
payment of his bill, by which he had been
interrupted in the midst of profound dis
cussion on the merits of Hertz's quadrles.
AT his allusion, his daughter fine child of
eleven years, approached, and, with tear
in her eye, said, 'Ah but papa the poor
man was obliged to come tonight, his cows
are to be sold tomorrow for his brothers
debts, heard him tell John So as l was
crossing the lobby. Poor man, he cried, as
he went away
Good heavensp exclaimed the conscious
this the cause of his late application, which
only laughed at Can any one tell where
he lives?
Inquiry was made below stairs, but no
one knew more than that Sandy lived some
where in the south side of the town. They
did not even know his second name.
Il will instantly GO, cried Davidson, 'and
find him out myself and in spite of his
wile's Inconsistencies, he dressed himself for
the weather, and accompanied by servant,
set out through the dark and rainy Streets
Long and anxiously did he search, but in so
popuous district, with so imperfect knowl-
edge Of the individual he was in quest of, it
is not wonderful that he did not discover
: Sandy's residence.
, At length, from an old woman who kept
| a small shop in which milk was one of the
articles sold, he learned enough to give him
the strongest hopes of having discovered the
man he sought. The residence of this man
however, was at so great a distance from the
spot in which he was, that Mr.. Davidsons aw
. ha Of cNrt
J to relieve his wiie's anxiety. At an early
: hour he resolved to resume his inquiries in
the quarter which he had been directed
; Mrs Davidson and her husband slept but
little in the few hours that interviewed be-
tween night and morning, so deep was the
{ impression which the little incident we have
, related made on their minds.
| Davidson had been directed fortunately
to the right quarter The officials of the
law had reached Sandy Patterson's humble
: abode they refused his request for little
= time, in consequence of his inability to pro.
S duce fifteen pounds. Nanny and her daugh.
s ter we're sitting in the corner hopeless, and
soon to be, to all appearances, houseess
, one of the COWS was already brought out
j from its stall, and stood lowing at the door
e amid crowd Of intended purchasers. AL
e ready was the poor COW put up, when Mr.
n Davidson arrived, made himself known, and
n put stop to the proceedings. Conceiving
t himself TO be in some measure the cause O
S all their distress, he was not coniented with
d paying the sum he owed to the poor dairy
: man, but advanced enough to settle the
s whole amount of the claims. The worth,
d Sandy could only speak his gratitude By
tears.
{ This affair was no less an era in this
: hnnacf famiIV's history than n xuoS in al n,