Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1846-02-05

and dying child back to Alderbiook OH how
changed that bright young face, with the mer-
ry heart-glow lighting up either cheek Could
that pale. fragile creature be Nelly Bly,? The
rugged old farmer turned from her despairng cry.
and shut the door against her with an oath and
for an hour did poor Nelly lie like dead at the
roots of the white rose bushes among which she
had spent her bird-like hours before she knew
row. At last she arose and recled back to the vii
lage not quite broken hearted. for her husband
was yet life to her; and though he was now but
the wreck of the impnssloned, enthusiastic, heart
full Arthur Tinslev that shattered wreck was far
dearer to her than the noble scahess structure
Her heart had grown to him in their humiliation.
Was she not his world as he was hers? lnmeas-
urablv blcst was Young Nelly 'Hinscy even IN her
misery; and as she knelt by the sick couch Of her
husband that night, and smoohed his aching head,
and listened TO his low tones. sometimes querulous,
sometimes melting with tenderness, there was not
one act OF her life towards him she would have re-
called. Some people made mention of the fact
that there hnd been no parental blessing on the
union and shook their heads remarking that "such
things were always punished sooner or later;" but
Nelly would have stared at them in bewildermcnt.
Surely there was nothing like punishment IN her
She had ccrt1ny suffered very deeply. but it was
'rih him and could all her fathers lands buy
single hour OF that time made invaluable by love
Why there a blessodness in her very suffer
ings, consecrated as they were to a holy affection
AMI while she wearing out life in poverty and
lOwliness she would not have exchanged tor a
dadem her sacred wealth OF heart. Where the
shadows rest the yiolets spring frcs est and sweet
est If the sunlight must needs kiss the perfume
from my vlolets, heaven keep me ever IN the
shadow We arc hayward children and do not al
ways know what is good for us; but we have
Father above. who, when he takes from us the dross
and tinscl, blesses us with such things AS the
gels have. When our first mother went ont of
Eden in sorrow, she Carried an Eden in her heart 4;
there are some who live in Eden now but :hcir
hearts are barren.
Nelly Tinslcy found home with an old woman
20 whom she had been kind in better days, and the
villagers buried her child, and then she was com
parativeIy forgotten. Her husband sometimes rose
from his couch long enough TO try little with his
pencil, but the most tring efforts usually
repaid by long dreary days of sickness; then he
would become peevsh, talk Of starving and offduc
tors bills, beg them to let him die, for he was all
that kept Nelly from wealth and happiness and bit
torly bewal his folly in ever having deprived her
OF home. Nelly answered checriully every muir
mnr but the last; but TINT scarce sincere rcgNt
was always disspated by her tears. Then came
the words of tenderness that turned Ney's sad
heart into hrbtiton of subdued, souow-shadcd
bliss The old woman with whom Nelly had found
home supported herself by her needle, and so the
young wife was soon initiated into the more sub
slantial mysteries.
Rug Rnflles had no hope of inducing dime Gas
kill to make his coat for he was quite aware that
his credit was not very high with her; hut Nelly
Tnsley probably had many drcary, unoccupied
hours and he argued, as he wendell his way to
her humble door, th1t he would he doing her II
grc1 fivor in furnishing her with employment.
Nothing like industry to keep trouble away
so Ive heard = soliloquzad Rug kaflles as he
truniled his burly corpus ovcrthe Ile strip OF tan
bark mt the roadside 4" Industry ha In That's
whv I don't have trouble | SUPPOSE Ila
h,l A 10 al, III g.,
him from subinating on the top of his big stills
UNI! only trile," and Rug Rallies winkcd AID
nodded. aud l'oscI about him though lie lud
been making conilants of the fence and bushes,
"Well, nm philanthropist, there's dispung
that Parson Brown is pretty good-a pretty
good man but he wouldn't crawl out of his bed
of dark night to benefit the public in the way
do reckon. Yes. the pub' that's the word -
lin public benefactor. hl ! hn They say laugh
is the best medicine. | make every body laugh, so
I'm the biggest doctor in Aderbrook, 80, 50 -
this is the house. Not quite palace for sure. -
Wonder f Miss Nelly BLY, don't want to get back
into the old farm house-se to me that was
rather more comfortable"
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he found, MS he had anticipated, dame Gaskll quite
oyerstOcked with work
Cant make it. dame :"
No: my customers -"
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