Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1843-08-11

commission. As she left the house the possibility
that SHE TOO might have double letter occurred
TO her ani, though the poor little love token-tle
English shilling was Of inestimabe value, it
would not he so rated by the postmaster. Rosy
/ paused. Il will ask Mrs. Johnston to lend mo
| the tnoney-how can /, she a stranger yes |
! wiz She retraced her steps, and proposed to the
lady the possible contingency OF there being
double letter for herself. and none for Mrs. John
| ston. In that case ma'nm, asked Rosy, hesita-
! ungly, might just borrow bit of your money?
Certainly, yes, but stop momen,' it cannot be,
she SAID 10 herself, poor people never write dou-
BILE letters my purse is very low, there is no say
ing when MIR. Johnston will be at home, every
penny counts no my girl she concluded aloud,
you viii have no occasion for my money, am
sure am sorry cannot oblige you, but, il you
find no letter for me, had rather you would bring
my halt dollar back !; aud when Rosy turned a.
way, her face dyed with disappointment and MOI
LITIGATION at having made the request, the mist k
| Ell lady thought, il was well refused her. She'll
have no double letter, and then the money would
| have been taken Tor something else and should
not have been the wiser The Irish have always
lie ready.'
" Mans inhumanity to man.
Makes countless thousands mourn"
oh what pity lhnt life should be marked by
wasted opportunities ofsmall kin1nesses Suik-
ing occasions and great deeds fall to the lot of few,
but the humbes has every day an opportunity to
somH lttie aVCr, to speak II kind word, or fOrbear
n harsh one, To cheer with a smile or Withhold a
frown to do something IN virtual obedience to
the blessed command bear ye one anohers bur-
| dens.'
II recording angel. do wait on mems deeds, i,
is over HE blank pages, fancy, that most tears
IRE dropped. Mrs. johnston turned to her affairs
qulie Unconscious of the wrong she had done. Tor
HE Irish wer3 out of he pale Of her synpathies:
nn'i our little friend pursued her way, stopping on
| " once To rest by The road side, where she took
last irnt, bari, and l.,
yer, for the hundred housnnuth time with smiles
anu tears. She arrived at Clifton, half an hour
alter the eastern mail had come in. The arrival
| OF the mail in country town. is the great event
oil tie day; but nowhere does it produce such
sensation as in one of our western Settlements
for there are members Of families newly sent out
from heir brthpIaces, their ibres still trembling
with the disruption from the parent slock-there
are exiles from the old worl too, their pulses still
answering TO every beat of the old heart at home
there are the most anxious SPECTATORS and there
If there be any graiuations on the scale, the
greedirs, politicians. The Clifton post office was
in one extremity of large store, whose propri-
elor was post master. There two entrances
| TO this semlclvized establishment, one large door
from the main street, Broadway and the other
n narrow door, from narrow side street, little IT,
sed the great fux and re1ux being thro' the main
! door, Rosy tell into a tide entering here Her
heart beat quick with fear and hope, and she be-
gan, us she afterwards sai TO feel a choking MS if
there was n whole loaf OF bread in her throat. She
was Unconscious that she was stared at on the right
hand and on The left, and quite Indifferent to the
audible EXPLANATIONS which her beauty called
forth. The store was already full of people, all
men tor our chary wonanknd do not reckon it
u feminine service to go to the post office, being
afraid us one of their witty punsters once said, Of
seeming TO run alter the males !"
The great of Clifton Clifton has its great
menl were gathered round table, on which
Peter Smith, the Postmaster, was depositing the
newspapers, letters and parcels us he drew them
from the deep abyss of the great leathern bag
The postmaster was mnn of short stature and
spare body, with weazle lace ard eyes glow
ing like rats. He felt the Importance OF hold.
ing the wheel of destiny for the community of
ClIit0n-of being the oracle 10 announce the
voice of the DiviniIies ut Washington the her.
aid OF all the news, foreign and domestic, and
the medium OF all the good aud evil tldinss that
came 10 Clifton Some people are said have
the gilt to see into II milestone This was 10th
ing 10 Peter Smiths eff to see into letter-to
read il by managing the key OF its superscrIp-
lion. But this required TINE Champolion
could not read heroglyphics at glance. The
letters 10 the chief dignitaries OF Clifton were
thrown down on the table and caught up at once,
but missives TO humber PERSONS viewed and re-
viewed, while Peter though 10 himself or muir
INJURED to village gossip, as he threw one after
another down, ISLAM has got his answer from
the land office, at last short and not sweet, I can
tell him All, news from the scamp Lafin ~
and then chucke; SHE widow will have unoih-
er chance!'
BY this time, a little boy had made his way to
the liable and asked bashully, II there was any
letter for grandPer!"
"Grandfather who'syonr grandfather? Oh,
| know-Anson Vael-wait a minute-yes-
where is your money for the postage Z"
'I4ie little fellow drew nearer, aud frightened
by beng observed, he dropped his head and hes
lated
"Speak ou, have you got the money or not
shaver?-a cash article, letter at this post Of
flee ~
"Grandler is sick, sir, and he has not got any
money left; but we expect there's some in tina
letter hom father, sill"
"You and grand'er must take it out in expec
tulion, my lad, tins is II single letter marked so
and Pm sure Of - they cant cheat me" he con.
tlnned,' lingering The letter, at they do the down
clusters II will keep ill called for, my boy
there afe fifty others there to keep it company
waiting ill their owners can get money TO pay
Tor them"
The poor chiId's tears dropped on to the floor,
and, losing hrs baslliuuesS in stronger feeling.
he said, o. kno,O there's bank in it, Tor ia
ther promised to send IL"
a gentleman who had tnken half dozer
lranked letters from The bic, with score o
newspapers, was awaiting The change of halt
dollar; his attention was arrested by the little
boys iremuOus voice, and compassionang biz
hard caso, lao saiJ 10 Ps,or Saith, sG,vs tha
poor child his letter, aud let the balance OF my
hall dollar pay for it,"
"Oh, thank you sir" said the boy as he took
the letter. /" But know the bill is in it--won'
you please to open the letter, sir, and see ~
The gentleman broke open the letter. and to
the inialibIe Peters infinite modification, the
bank note was there
al knew father would send it," said The boy in
a tone Of irrepressible exultalion. "Won't you
please take the money OUT Of it, SIR, that you paid
Tor the ieuer?"
"No, my little fellow, carry the note HON,
unbroken TO your 'grandfer,' have got my mo
ney's worth"
Coud one pisrce into the sacred treasury in The
heart, one might see how much richer the gen.
ileman was by his spent money than Mrs. Johns