Democratic banner., 1846-06-06
r,on the Ladies' Nat. Magazine for April
ANNIE E.
BY FLORENCE GREY.

Little Annie Lyle was the angel oil our
village. Her pretty faNen rlnSiets lad j
world of poetry in them; and her r"lid O'u'
ave looked as if ii had bcen intended ON!
for Heaven, and nott1I d world Ike t'is' l
wish YOU could havc heard her laugh: II
was not like running water, like Il bra 5
carol, nor like the sigh OF a ze2hjl; oU' l.
was a something made uPoi the music an"
silver and melody Of ali comolncd. oHe
was like a sensitivc plant Al m"deSt!' anu
uhen Won would look too e"-nes'iy lh'HcI
ives, the long lashes dropped 0ssr t'leh''I %
If the ANGELS who kept watch there S""utu
them merclfullv with their wings.
The very boys at school loved Annie II
is true, there was one now anu tIeh "Eo
did a ~spiteiul thing towards hcr' bnt t'e!
paid for their ins0lence if Edmund Daie
heard of it. lie was Annie'S sclt-Sclerted
defender, her counsellor in alliler little d.
6culties. and her constant companion why,
thew we're ike two lovers! And do not
see WHY children may not love as well as
grown up folks. Certainly, Annie Ol"S'ed
f leased about Edmund, as much as you
would, fair reader, if leased about some one
else: and as for Edmund, he was positively
unhappy if a days ~indisposition kept An
ME from school. They were "nco over
heard demurcly arranging tH'Ir 'u''ft
plans, for they iial ;:>,;i- t "vr' '''l ''t'
theY were to BE- ma:rieG vi.tnt:',y 5r;% u
Edmund lad selected & SPIT ii H. iai."F ;
farm, where their house "as t" J.; 'u' ''
could moi i,ete1m.r" were - "'i>e L
han "%.rcr mind, Gcar,'' sad A.."i".
coaxinrly-.vou know ii We get " i"''>'
the barn isn't 50 much InattcT.:
Annie OF, " ul very ocautliIi. ca
compare her III fifteen, II n't.,HS but . ~
olet hacknevcd as tie s:.ni.itm'' =. 81"
was so graceful and li,ht in h.: m"".ia
that those vino s.w her t:in:inS "t''
green, tlo9.tt Unfortunately "f a St
skimming over the field. "a.
nv voice wa> hers. As 81 T1r-":o. ".'
fashioned .:r, u sar..' i. - '.'',E'
There have b:rn >ucl I II " >.r'n@.
storring to as; w-,,c MS -;~t'.5 : .''i!-
ed voice. =,
But Annie didnot ,lway<'r":.a:n light
hearted. Sac was still 4 >i"i, II yrs .:
well as r.ncG~. w,.cn ter tA'."f "i' -
Mr.. Lyle mad E,lcr been tt"1, t " i'C'
man, bat every body WAS surprised - '''':t
that his estate had iro"rd il, went. y
small deb. ..yrc a3ri a lar,,c "Hc l'r'". h"'.
ate I'd tie f.r.a, anu t." t"pW LIE 'A:'':
herself wit scr t'T.c c!:lii:'n, a'h II" ron
70 cover t..c.a. Ant im;r!e'S m'thrr was
proud, and 81 WAS -An.ric, w.'"- t'""l benz
the eldest Child, p,nr Dim. ""s ':'' conn
dent of her moth..> t.rHs.:>:>p t." G'@'>
were all rigidiy paid. tie i"r1''''i'. IL u.
prised for many aSSocittion>. WiS >".i' a.
the be1caved falmiiy removed 10 = ht.r"t'
cottare, with bu: on" story "':i Guy -"
rooms at that, III TIE ciGc "t ti' Ii:.'t"--
But there was Il sH Get bricrovor t|c door.
and on one side vas i.a:f covered "itr Ky.
So, at first, it VS. tnouahta very pleasant
place.
| could never blame the wiHo" Lyle ~'''
Annie for brinG proud and refusing 10 A"-
cept aid from strangers They were rae
full for WORK, but they would nottakr accent
without earning il; and t.csc earnings "eT'
.ligh. %cn9u"i:. Tie widow L.yic mad al
wa,3 been of delicate heath, and the cares
Of her new lot soon proved 10" ihuc'' l'I
ner. Yet she worked and worked. ni@i!'
after night, she and .Annic playing tIelrnee-
dies BY candle light often far toward morn
ing until exhausted nature gave way an"
she was laid on a bed Of sickness. -.
The winter was just opening when TINS
took place, the second winter alter her va
owhood; and the ~sympatislcS OF the io";l';
which beat So warmly III her ia'"r. t"H
found time 10 cool. Not that any body low
ed her or Annie less; but then folks did not
think of thcm so often, and did not any Ion
ger 90 out of their way TO assist Mrs. Lyle'S
family. Thus Annie found herself Alone
with a long winter before her; and t. ne,
cessity of providing from day 10 day tor 81
their wants. SIC struggled on for a will,
and then herhcart came nigh L.'akn3 r.:
she found that her utmost cXrI;;orS failed
to supply them with fuel AID wn"t.
Poor Annie! She was 1cg:rni.. 'nkn""
suffering. But where VS. Eum I'd Dat
all the Wl.iIe-he who S.orld nil saNr"
her from il? Times had c:.ang"d since &c.
usedto wander with her in t.e ~h"ttonwo"".
grove, their light laugh making &c So
10 pk back with a"God 'le*e
them!" Eemund's :at!.rr, too had lied, 'n|
died before Mr.. Lyle; AMI Edsnnn" Fad ''":
taken away by lis guardian, an u'ci" l..
city. He had cried all the ~aftrrmr'" j."