Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1843-03-10

io"ii'B "oHg Wo euge even OF ungunfUeu DAttIe.
men's' and down dilnpdaled stuircasrs deep Ms
draw wells, or coal pits, aud returned unhurnrd
TO Their beds? II is the work ofihe soul, TO whom
the body is q slave and shall not The agony of
mothers PASSION who sees her baby hurried off to
a hideous death, bear her limbs aoit ill she reach
that devourlng den; and, in the passion Of love,
fiefcer and more furious than any bird of prey
that ever bs,hed its beak in blood throttle tho
hends that, with their heavy wings, would flap her
down the cliffs and hold up her child in''deliyer-
ance, before the eye OF the All.seeing God?
No stop, no stay, did the fearless mother make
size Knew not that she drew her breath Be-
meath her feet Providence fastened every loose
stone, and TO her hands strengthened every root.
How was she ever 10 descend? That fear, then
hut once crossed her hcar she went ul, up, M,
to the little image m"te of her own flesh aud
blood The God who holds tie now from per-
ishlng, will not the same God save me when my
child ia in my bosom? Down came the fierce
rushing OF The engIe's wings, each savage bird
dnshing close to her head, 70 that she could see
tue savage sternness Of their 'wralhu eyes, But
their fury was OF NJ avail up, up, up, mounted
the intrepid mother, tili she almost reached the
eyry, and the eagles, il quriled, flew to n short
distance, and took their pos, on n stump Of II tree
which jutted out from the cliff, Another step,
aud she has reached the nest, aud ninid rullec-
ton of bones and blood, enc clasps her child-
dead, dend, no doubt but unInnugled aud untorn,
nnd swaddled up Just ms it was wlien she land it
down asleep, among the fresh hay, ~ a corner ni
the fnrvest felt. q what aug of perfect bps-
sedneNs lrnhstxed her heart lrun that uin-, feeble
cry. at lives - ii lives it ives!' and, harlug
her bosom, with loud laughter, aud eyes dry
stones, she fclt the lips Oi the uucOuscious iino
cent once more n,urmuring tat The tount vi life aud
love!
Where Nil this time was Mark Stewart, the sail-
or! HAL way up the cl ifs; but his eye had got
ttiIh 40 Al al ~.
he, who had 50 often reoied The to gallant sail,
when nj e'cuing the coming of the gale was heard
afnr, covered hs face with his lnutls and dared
look 10 longer ON the swimming heights. And
who viii take care OF my poor bed ridden moth
er 2 thought Hannah, whose SOUL thu ougl the ex
hausIion III so many passions, could no longer re-
tain IN lis grasp that hopo which il had clulched
IN despair. voice whispered God She Look
ed around, expecting TO see an angel but nothing
moved but n rotten branch, thai, under it's own
weight, broke off from The crumbling rock. Her
eye watched its fall, and il secned 10 stop not far
oil, on small platform. Her child was bound TO
her bosom and scarcely daring 10 open her eye
she slid down the shelving rocks, and found her
self on small piece OF firm, rOut-homnh soil with
the tops of the bushes appearing below. " ith
hngers suddenly strengthened 10 the power OF iron,
she swung herself down by brier, and broom, and
heather, and dwari.brcb. There oosened stone
leapt over hedge, and no sound was heard, so
profound was IFS fall. Steep as the wall of house
was the side Of The precipcs; IN. il was matted
with ivy, centuries old, long ago dead, aud with
out "a single green leaf but with thousands OF arm
thick stems perifed into the rock and covering it
as with u tres. With her baby bound to hei bD-
som, she chung with hands and feet 10 tho fearful
ladder.
Turning round her head, and looking down, 10
inc whole population of the parish $50 great WIS
tile muliItude,) on their knees! Aud hush the
voice OF psulms lytiiu hrpuI 10 h. nj ls
united prayer. Sad aud solemn was The strain
but nothing iirge-ke breathing not Oi death, hut
Of deverance Often had she sung that tune, per-
haps the very words (but them she heard not Il in
her own but she aud her mother or at church
along viii all The congregation. An unseen hand
seemed TO tasten her fingers TO The ribs of ivy aud
III sudden inspiration, believing ilisl her lite was
10 be saved, she became almost as fearless rs il she
had been changed into winged creature. Again
her icel touched stones and earth the psalm was
hushed-but u remulous, sobbiug voice was close
behind her-and 10 ! she goat, with Two ulle
kids at her feet! Wild heights do these creatures
climb thought she but the dam will lead down
her Kids by the easiest paths; for oh even in
brute creatures, what is the holy power ola moth
ers loven Aud, turning round her head. she kiss.
ed her sleeping baby; aud, for the first lime she
wept.
Overhead frowned the front of the precpce
never visited before by human hand or foot Nc
one had ever dreamt Of scdlIug il and the golden
eagles knew that we'll III heir instinct ~ tcinr.
they built their eyry Ihcy had brushed it with hci
wings. But all the rest vi this pnrl OF The nioun-
tain side, though scared, ani scanned, and chasni
ell, WAS yet accessible and more than one person
III the parish had reached the hutom of 18th,
gead's cliff Many were now attempting it anc
ere the cautious mother had followed her dutni
guides hundred yards, though among dangers
whicb-althOugh enough 10 terry the stuutss
| - nv hpr n I.ta
the head OF one man appeared, aud Iheh III,
head OF another and she knew that Cod Lad de
livered her aud her child ia safety INFO the care o
their fellow creatures, Mn II word wns spoken =
eye said enough she husliet her friends with he
hands, and with uped eyes pointed to the guides
sent 10 her by heaven Small, green fats, wlIen
| those creatures nibble The Wild flowers, becuil,
now more frequent holder lues, almos, as eas,
MS sleep paths, showed that the dam had not IL,
her young into danger; aud now The brushw0o,
dwihdled among the struggling shrubs aud III,
party stood Oh lllle cmInencc above The stteaul
and forming part of tho slraIh. There had beel
! trouble AMI agitation, much sObblng, aud man
tears, among tho multitude, while the mother Wa
scaling the cliffs. Sublime was the Shout that ech
oed altar, lie moment she reached the eyrv an,
now that her salvation WINS sure, The great crow,
rusiled like wind swept wood.
And for whose sake WAS all this alteration o
agony poor, humble creature, unknown 4
many, even 10y name; one who had but few
friends, nor wished for more cOnIented to worI
all day here, there, aud any where, that she NIGH
be able 10 sHplort her aged mother, und lii,
child and wlio on the Sabbath, toOk her seat il
an obscure pew, sci apart for paupers in tn
church
Fail back, aud give her fresh air. said the oil
minister OF the parish and the circle vi close ia
ces wdcned around her, lying as in death. 'Gi
ue 'he Donnie hi 'alrn into my arms cried frs
one mother, and then another and it was tender
ly handed round The circle, many of the kind
hearted creatures bnlhing its face in tears. There
no single scratch about the puir innocent; 10
The eagle, you see, mSun lao stuck It's lalons int
the lang clues and the shawl. Blind, blind in
deed mus. they be, who see not the finger OF Co
in this lhngn
Hannah Stated up from her swoon, lookin,
wildly around, and cried, 30, the bird, the bird
the eagle, The eagle The eagle has carried off we
waller Is there none TO pursue" neghbo
NH her baby into her bnsou, and shutting hp