The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1845-07-24
GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.
Frcn the New York Commercial Advertiser
4 TRUE HEROINE.

n LII y u lAUlUlt L.,
The Irish as nation are often accus.
ed of insiucerity, and it must be confess
ed that, judged by the standard Of our
duller temperament, their very vehement
professions OF attachment do often appear
uncalled lur,and exaggerated. Yet where
III truth do we ever meet with more touch
Ing instances Of more real, unselish de
votion, than are sometimes exhibited by
the poor uneducated sons and daughters
Of Ilibornia?
4 case in point occurred, not many
weeks ago, in this city. A young ply
stefan, greatly beloved by his friends
and associates, was taken suddenly i'll;
after remaining day or two at his own
Office, deprived, unavoidably, Of all those
soothing attentions which none but wo>
man can offer in the hour Of sickness, the
young man grew rapidly worse, and the
kind lady at whose table he took his
meals, generously insisted upon his in
slant removal to her own house, that he
might be within reach olthat careful ten
dance which the alarming peculiarities
ofhis case demanded The disease was
scarlet fever of the most malignant and
dangerous type,
On the day of his arrival, among 9th .
er inquirers there came tidy, rcspccta-
hly dressed girl-an Iiish girl-w,h many,
very many and most anxious questions
us to the patient s condition u when they
had oil been answered when every
thing had been told her Of good or bad !,
connected with his disorder she lnger-
ed still, still hesi,ated as though there
were yet a something in her heart that
could not find lis proper ulterance.
Are you acquainted with DIR -
my good girl?' as" ed the lady. DO |
know him, is it Oh yes she kuew
him well quite we'll knew him long
before he came ON The old country. -
He had once attended her through a
long and dangerous illness: and now
burst forth the pent up secrct--he had
surely saved her life by his sill aud care
and she had come to ask the kind lady
could she--rnight she, only be permitted
just 10 stay in the house until his rccov-
cry and in her turn watch over and " all
Upon him?
She had been living out, it appeared
in the neighborhood, as nursery maid
but her employers, in their dread Of
scarlet fever, objected to her daily visits
Of inquiry at the Doctors office so the
aAectionate creature had unhesitalingl y
given up a good place aud fastened a
way, delig htcd at the thought of being
useful to her benefactor, and showing
her gratitude for his former kindness by
rendering her services 10 him as nurse.
A look of scrutiny, turned upon her
as she told her simple story, was met by
one so thoroughly pure and honest IN
is expression, that alter a moments
pause, a willing consent was given TO the
arrangement, and with noisecss tread
but with an expression Of relief as if the
weight of world had been lifted from
her bosom, the warm hearted girl boun-
ded up stairs and took her station at the
bed side Of the patient.
Ii was melancholy case altogether
The mother d three sisters Of the young
man, written to were as yet far away
and his weary hou s were farther embit.
tCICu ny lDC huO"lcu mat u no acc
they would be left utterly desIitute-tht
property upon which they all lived being
entaiIed upon him, the only son, and re
vertlng al his death to the next male hen
Of the family.
But to return to the more immediate
subject Of this sketch. From the hou
Of her first assuming the duties of nurse
she never left him, day or night for ;
single moment, unless to bring for biz
comfort and relief such things as the 9th
er girls otthe house, in their fear of in
fec;ion, were too much terrified to carr,
up to his room. The symptoms soon he
came too marked TO leave any more thar
n faint hope otuItImate recovery, but thu
courageous girl never suffered her feel
ings to overcome her; her manner is de
scribed as calm aud self possessed to I
singular degree, the features generally