Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1848-08-04
THE SIGN OF DISTRESS.

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ken by the appearance OF young man on
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ing IN the AR, as II ne were following the
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sell ms garments were on Tue hnes' ieNt'
nIe, 'houg" arranged upon us person 10
'a' less e'esan' manner IMAM ior "hlch
tuey were intended; Al hfst II was sup
poseo oy many iha' ne was 'aooring under
the ehec's oil strong drink, lu' TINS soon
gave way 10 the conviction mat he was M
sane ana having sa'ished 'heir curiosity
they re,apsed mo 'heir former Iisilessness,
ohiy taxing care 10 give me stranger WI
ue' perm "neh passing ou' "'end' "hose
s!"Pa'"'es hsu oeen W measure aroused,
ey ,ne apparent help'essness anu utter
n'enu'essness OF 'he Stranger sun con.ih-
ueu 70 'ono" nun WIN Tue eye having
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A,o,sed IN ac,;on nv the oI,nce which
followed him and seemed 10 pierce the very
den,h of his sonI he suddenly stonped on
his hurried wall and turning around con.
f,on,ed s. For moment a CLEAN oC
in,ellioenee Ii, The blank EXPRESSION Of the
eve and he gave the sign-,be Odd Eel.
lows s;a, If d;s,,ess
sudden thrill wen, ,brough the veins
Of s. like an electric shock. and with
a glow of enthusiasm warming his heart, he
spranp forward and grasped the hand Of the
straneer-slranger no longer-the pressure
was returned. The next moment The sui.
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bu, he was no longer lone and rriendless.-.
J He was protected BY that fraternal love
which Odd Fellowship teaches and proves
may live in the great family of mankind, as
wen as w'hin the dimin"iVe circle oil Inc
'a'niy resiue. nut lew OF the crowd
around mao witnessed 'ne li'ie scene 'na'
we nave described ana II created some Ut
tie surprise "nen Tue er'a"c stranger aP'
Peafeu III It's mius,' ms arm I'hkeu III 'na'
oil D, Passifely submitting 10 HIS guld'
, ance.
Gradually, a small cluster began TO col
Iect around the couple, as if drawn 10 one
: point by some attraction, and to evince an
interest totally different from that idle curl
osiiy which had prevailed at FIRST That
attraction was caused by the silent Ian
i guage of Odd Fellowship, which in short
: time, from the apparently callous crowd
a had drawn to the side of S--a dozer
! warm hearted brethren, eager 10 fulfil theil
!. compact.
= A committee was amounted on the 500,
e IN ,ake cbaroe or the brother thus singular