Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1845-05-16
THE HUMP BACK.
by ID. C. COLESWORTHY.

IT'S not true wisdom to subdue
A foe beneath our feet;
Or cause the heart, where virtue grew, -
To practice base deceit;
To plant within the happy breast
A thought 10 give it pain;
Or enter circles pure and blest,
An impinus end to gain.
SARAH EDGAR was young girl very much
deiormed IN her person. When quite a
child, she had a fall which nearly cost her
her life, and from that time she became hump
lacked, and grew but very little in height =
Sarah possessed kind disposition, and was
beloved ~ her -o1hG ,s5ociatga, Yh[, 1it.r
thought of the defec, in her body. she AS
active and cheerful, and appeared as happy
as if she were as perfect in her form as her
companions. But as Sarah grew older, she
felt her situation more sensibly because those
of her early friends who seemed to be most
partial to her, gradual forsoUk her society,"
There was one girl, whose name was Jane
Coburn, with whom Sarah had been intimate
from early childhood, who, since she had
grown up, seemed more than all her other
Appropriateness, to avoid her company. The
poor girl was AT a loss to prefecture the rca-
son: for she was sure she had neither said
nor done any thing to make her act 50
strangely. When they met, few words
would pass between them, but Jane never
seemed disposed 10 rrolong the conversation.
To be sure, Sarah was deiorned and poor,
and lived in IA small house, while James pa
rents were reputed TO be wealthy, and OWED
the large dwelling they occupied but lhis
should have been no reason why Sarah was
treated so coollv.
The mother Of Jane was very partial TO
the hump backed girl; she could appreciate
her virtues and pity her mlslortunes. Many
tire did sac present her with new gown
or new bonnet, and no person was ever
more grateful Tor present One afternoon
Sarnh called on MIS- Cno"rn out she had
haru'y Seh'e" 'eTSl"' pei"re Jane remafNed
!" we p''SF"'e VI ''e' '''"'''''-
WISH IONS ".e" "'''' ''"'y were "a"'eu
anu WOMB s'"y W, '"'y are sent 'or.
Wv NY 'hhe' what 40 you mean lhq"r-
eu nrr n'o'"e''
'No'n'he particular omt hate ih'ruueFs.
MRS. Coo"rh 'nmeo'"'e'y remrfkrd-
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u.s. s"L1 ""' Io'' 10
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"''' III W. ''''u' van
S'o VI" s"o" o''''' 'oe""s'
III 90 expect company, don't want any
10 come ont 'hose lnViie' no wants fv-
! cry nouy ana every thihg! don't, N
re-
'""c '.o'"Sr '"ou9"t " was no' necHes-
say W 'F!"y " "', u""S"'u'' anu coh''"uru
'o"'''S' VIZ, "'''"' ""o' '''"oue'' S,e
u" sun" '""' 'c''''"s' was aS so''do''
anu "s I'e"S'"' "s ever
A,'ho"gh o'fah was urged TO remain "I'h
her during the afternoon by Mrs. Cohnrn, She
would not consent, Knowing that it would be
dSagrceaole 10 her daughter.
As Sarah's constitution was feeble, she
was over persuaded by her friends not to
learn trade, as she Contemplated, but to do
something else to support herself: but what
TO take hold of she did not know.-Pan
sewing she could do, but while so many were
depending upon their needless it was but poor
encouragement to hcr.-But IA TITLE only did
she earn in this way.
One dav a ,houob, struck hor nc sho ~, :
nasslnq ,hronoh one of the princi,m streets
| ts ,nrl.s C1AAn l.1
mako +, Twin, bv k,on;n,, =, small rrn;, .,,l
candy store. at The corner If SOM. s,rea, -
! The more Sine ,hoooh, oc b,e s',;sr,[ 49,,
more favorable il appeared 10 her. Her
mo,bcr ,houoh, !, was oo,d lido, and r,.
couraoed her 10 undertake il sarah v,S
M, ln,r i, Gndno =, sn,ahIo rl,co. hn, ..T
tine money she could raise n commence Lar
efforts with was seven,y-(ive CENTS vii,
this sum she purchased a few anples and
other fruit, and also some candies. and com.
menced trading. The first day she sold
nearly all her articles, and made twenty-five
cents. Day after dav her business increased
% that she was enabled to keep on hand a
larger assortment aad greater quantity
Every summer day Sarah Edgar might be
seen trudging TO her little stand, where she
would remain all day selling to the passers
by. In winter she was permitted to occpTy
a Garner of genlleman's shop, who out OF
kindness charged her no rent. Now SaraI
had but little time to see her friends, exec 1T.
ing in the evening, and when she called upon
Mrs. Cohnrn, She was pleasantly received n,
the good lady, whe still felt deep intercs,
in the unfortunate girl. But Jane had crow
more aud more naughty. One evening ~t
asked her in the way of rdicule-
How many sugar.plums have you sold
during the dayr
About dozen cents WORTH replied