Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1845-07-30

SIGH, n her hther when he returned from
the d'gan, Pos, Office for he promised II
he found q letter To wave he hand high a..
bove his head. as soon ss he came 10 the
TOP Of the hill fion,ing the house But no
letter came and at last Nora believed her
darling brother 10 De dead Aher wiring
again and again, and receiving no answer.
she nj last wrote 10 the son OF n neig bbor who
had cmicrn,rd To Ame,,es and begged OF
him for the love OF heaven 10 ascertain whe.
,her James was dead or alive and send them
word as 5000 as pops,bie- The lsishman TO
whom this urgent cpistle was addressed
was OF work on n distant rail road aud bad
no fixed place OF residence and so Il hap
pcned tina, Morn Ind received no answer
10 har anrou, enquiries, for more than
wear and n half after they were written -
At las there came a crumpled square Of
solid paper. containing these words.
.Dtar Friad:-Black and hevy is my
hart for the news1 have to tell James IS
IN prison, consuming BIT OF paper he pas
scd for money Sorra a one OF the nabors
bu, will be letlin down the tears, when they
hear Of the same don know the rights
OF the case but viii never believe he was
boy TO disgrace an honest family Perhaps
some other mans sins is upon hun. II will
be some comfort to you TO know that HIS
time will be out in year and a half, any
how. have no, seen James sense ] com e
TO Ameriky but hcarn tell Of what |
have writ The blessed mother of heaven
keep your har,s from slnkin down with
this hcvy sorrow.
Yours frnd and nabor.
Nike MuRrHy.
/ Deep indeed was the grief in that poor
honest family, when these tidIngs were
read. Poor Nora buried her face in her
hands. and sobbed aloud The old mother
rocked violently to and fro, with her apron
a, her eyes and the father, though he tried
hard TO conceal his emotion, could no, res
train the biz ,cais from rolling down his
weather beaten face Och, wo Is the day,
sad he, 'tha, ever we let him 60 from US
Such dacen, lad, and belonging TO iami-
ly tina, never did q dishonest action. And
sure all hearts were upon him, and we all so
proud out OF him.
! Father said the weeping Nora, i know
the heart OF him better than any OF you docs:
and know he never had an intention to dc
any thing tina, would bring to the blush the
mother that bore him, and the sister thai
slep, in his arms, when we were both weeny
things. III go to America and find out al
about it, and write YOU word.
You 60 to Ameriky! exclaimed the moth
er.
Sure you're crazed with the big grief that's
, upon you, colleen Hachre (o) or yop u hNe
spake Thin words.
! And wouldn't be follow me 10 tie ends o
the earth il the black trouble was up
on me = replied Nora with passionate ear
pestpess. There was always kindness II
him for all human crathurs but he loved IN
better than all the world. Never one haC
a bnd word agin hun, bot nobody knew In
hear, of him as did. Proud was | out O
him. and lonesome in my heart without him
And is /, | that will lave him alone wild hi
trouble 4, Troth, not il there was ten ocean
ntween us'
This vehemence subsidized after Will
} and they talked more calmly oil how the
, should hide their disgrace from the neigh
borhood. That their hearts wee sad The
could not conceal. Day after day their ftI
6 gal mea,s we're removed almost unIasiec
>. and every one stepped about silently, as ai,e
. funeral The very cows came slowly an
dlsconsolately as If they heard grief in tn
y voice Of their Young mistress, when she cal
. ed them 10 be MIXED. And the good oil
c mother no longer crooned al her splr
II ming wheel the song she had sung over III
I. cradle of her darling boy. Nora al first pc
O sisted in her plan Of crossing the Atlantic
but her father forbade il, and she said n
), more. But her heart grew more and NOR
- inpatient, She spoke less and less OF Jane
! but she sighed heavily at her work, and he
u ewes were red with weeping. Al last 81
resolved TO depart unknown to any one
, she rose s,eallhily AT midnight, and tied u
n a small bundle OF cloihing,placed lIiIe ba
q of money 10 her bosom, paused AMI gaze
;, lovingly on her sleeping parents, hash
= brushed away the gather tears, and sieppe
out into the moonlight. She stood Tor ie
ID moments and gazej on The old familiar hi
and heds on the poiatoe patch, where O
Mt andJames had worked together many da
on the old well, by the side OF which I
n. NAV Qowands grew, and on the clear whi
40 cabin where The old ones slept. She pass
INTO the little shed, that served as stat
q for the animals, and threw her arms abe
III the donkey's neck, and kissed the COW IN
knew her voice as well as her own moth
H. Aid. She came forth weeping and gazed
T. the old homestead, as she wouls gaze
- on the face OF a dying friend, The clnsts
I. inc fnemories were too much TO- Ter low
nd heart. DroPp.ns VI AeI kaee'' she pray
~ in sgony Of sorrow ~ il be a sin to go
way lrom the good old father and moth
perhaps niver to see them agin, I'LL the Iud
i'm men, day, then oh Father IN heaven W
m Cotpive me for thou seest ! cannot lea
i'm him alone Mid has trouble.
IN Thea crossing herself and looking 'ows'
- the beloved homo OF her childhood, she s
m. in "A .tined voice, The mother OF gl
as. be wild We, and bless and keep ye all
Half blinded with tears she wended
,m way over the moon-li, hills, and when
he favon,e cow called as usual for her milk