Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1846-07-09
From the Columbian Magazine.
II L NJ e ! G n B O R-IN.L A w,
\ Charming Sket
BY L. MARIA CHILD.

! For every flower on Others pathway strewn
| Confers its fragrant beauty on our own.
$50 You are going to live in the same
building with Het,y Turnpenny." said
Mrs. Lane to Mrs Falrweather. "You
will find nobody to envy you. If her
temper does not prove too much even for
your good nature, it will surprise all who
| know her. We lived there year, and tina,
is as long as any body ever tried it,"
Poor He,ty!" replied Mrs Fsirwea,h-
err. "She has had much to harden her,
Her mother died too early for her to re.
| member; her father was very severe with
her; and the only lover she ever had Dor
| rowed the savings of her years of toll,
and spent them in dissipation. But
Heuy, notwithstanding her sharp fea.
lures, and sharper words. certainly has a
kind heart. In The mids, of her greale ST
poverty many were the stockings she
knit, and the warm walstcoa,s she made.
| for the poor drunken lover, whom she had
TOO much good sense to marry. Then
| you know she feeds and clothes her
bro,her's orphan child"
''f you cali i, feeding and clothing" re-
piled Mrs Lane. "fhe poor child looks
cold, and pinrhed. and frightened all the
| lime. as it she were chased by the Eas,
wind. used to tell Miss Turnpenny
she ough, to be ashamed of herself, to
keep the poor lIule thing a, work all the
time, without one minute TO play. II she
does but look at The cat. as i, runs by the
window. Aun, Heuy gives her rap on
the knuckles. | used to tell her she
would make the girl just such another
sour old crab AS herself"
THAT must have been very improving
to her disposition" replied Mrs Far
weather, with a good humored smile
"But in justice to poor Aunt Heuy, you
ough, to remember that she had jus, such
cheerless childhood herself Flowers
grow where there is sunshine"
II know you think every body ought to
live in the sunshine" rejolned Mrs Lane;
"and it mus, be confessed sha, you carry
i, with you wherever You 60. If Miss
Turnpenny has a heart, dare say you
will find it out. though never could. and
| never heard any one else that could. -
All the families within hearing Of her
tongue call her the neighhor in law"
Certainly The prospect was not very en-
couragng; for the house Mrs Fairwea,her
proposed to occupy, was not only under
the came roof with Miss Turnpenny, but
the buildings had one common ward in
the rear. and one common space for a
garden in front. The very frs, day she
took possession of her new habila,on,
she called IN the neighbor inlaw. Aun,
Heuy had taken the precauiion 10 exun
gui~h the fire, lest the new neighbor
should want hot water, before her own
wood and coal arrived. Her frs, salu,a-
ton was. "If you want any cold water.
there's pump across the street; don't
like to have my house stopped all over"
IL am glad you are so tidv. neighhor
Turnpenuy." replied Mrs Fairweather
III is extremely pleasant to have npa,
neighbors. l will try 10 keep everything
as bngh, as new five cen, piece, for |
see that will please you. | came in mere
| ly Ia say good morning. aud to ask it YOU
could spare lnlle Peggy to run Up and
down stairs for me while am getting
my furniture in order. will pay her
sixpence al hour"
Aun. Helty had begun to purse up her
mouth for refusal; bu, the promise of
| sIxpence an hour relaxed her features a,
once. Little Peggy sat knitting a stock.
irg very diligently, with a rod living on
the table beside her. She locke IN with
timId wsifnness, as if the prospect OF
! any change was like a release from prison.
When she heard consent given, bright
color flushed her cheeks. She was evi
IDENTIFY Of an impossible temperament. for
| good or evil. Now mind and behave
yeurself.' said Aunt Heuy, .and see
that You keep a, work the whole time
| II hear one word of complaint, Won
know what you'll &c, when you come
home The rose color subsidized from
Peggy's pale face, and she answered,
Yes ma'am, very meekly.
| In the neighbours house all went ouie,
otherwise. No switch lay on the table, and
instead of. mind how you do that. II
you don't. I'll punish YOU she heard
the gentle words, There. dear, see how
carefully you can carry that up stairs -
Why what nice handy little girl you
are: Under this enlivening influence.
Peggy worked like bee. and soon began
TO hum much more agreeably than bee
Aunt Heuy was always in the habi, Of
saying. Stop your noise. and mind your
work. Bur the new friend pailed her on
the head, and said, What pleasant voice
The liule girl has. l. is like the birds in
The fields. BY and by, you shall hear
my music box This opened wide tie
windows of the poor little shut up heart.
SO that the sunshine could stream in, and
the birds fly in and out, carolling. The
happy child tuned up like lark, as she
tripPed lightly up and down stairs, on
various household errands. But though
she took heed to observe all the directions
given her, her head was all The time filled
with conjectures wha. SORT Of thing a
music box might be. She was a lltle
afraid the kind lady would forget to show
i. 10 her. She kept at work, however,
and asked no questions; she only looked
very curlously a, every thing tia. resem
bled box. AT last. Mrs Fairweather
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