Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1848-09-08
ny cANILIA TouLMIx.


"Nothing, dear aunt" replied Lucy
freezing, who from long habi, thus address.
ed Mrs Lawson. although they were i'm,
distanlly related "Wby do YOU ask ~ =
81 thought Won had been crying D 20.
turned the other; "your ewes look VERY
red"
"My ewes ache. rather. "a they often do
now that is why have pul away ms work
so early" ......; -
The ,eene I would main, w.s ,s,,lv.
furnished. comIortabIe.Iookino room IN
one Of ,bose thousand s,,ea,s ~ Iondon
which. without HAVING anv pre,ensions 10
consequences or consideration. are. never
theless. thought very eliqible by a LARGE
class Of oeouie. ei,her "a, some iudiy;dnai
or general adyan,,ees In one cnruer as
If 10 be gu, Of the way Of iba o,hrr occu.
pants Of The room. sal youno man Of
about four and twenty working diligentl,
nj his ordinary employment. thai of a
matchmaker Varions imnlemen,s and mar.
,icles of minute mechanism whose uses
are ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 10 The ignoran, were
before him and the strong Iiebt If . oar.
uallv. shaded l,mo fell nSe,;ssIv nm nj.
work Jasner Lawson was NO, 4 eommon
character. and oerbap. NJ. emnlov,nen,
which. while !, reouired natience and =
certain degree of attention ike women,s
needle. work afforded mueb oupor,up;,v
for the selEins,ruction of tbougbt and re-
Aeetion miuh, have had someL;ps N do
l., ~. . ~ ~ - n,,'
:" p''p"s US e.gyS" WIS 'ne
cJ ~" "us., ~ ""yse I'm
o, e'" ~ "e,s'o'''@N' ,espee'
"., s,s' a"1 f,"' "e '''soIy
So"'''1u'eu n's 'o'ne' na'ng 10 o'"e'
nepennsnce eAceP' s''ai' annui'y' secur-
ca 70 hef IRON some oeheht society 10
"nlch ne, HUSBAND nau oelonged'
Lucy freeing was me sdushie, o.
very ais'sn' 'eiauon' anu mao Deen 'e,t an
orphan IN cary cnnohooai ou' 'ne ~iuo"
hau SO ienoeny 'o'hl'ed 'he olhces o. pa
rent 'na' Lucy had scarcely known her loss
me in,eres, Of Jew hundred POUNDS
whicn snouiu nave oeen he's "hen sue Pc
came OF age mighl nave suuiceo 70 Dnhg
hs' Up 70 'ne ssa,oh 70 when sue pe'ong,
co. bu. 'oi Few years MRS Lawson haa
exceeded ,hese hm''s LOT tue purpose oil
giving NC, increased advantages ,or euuca.
'lon a"d when sne arrived AZ tue age Of
seventeen hau palo sum oil money 10
pace ne. LOT TWO years WIN mhlinef ana
o'essnakeI. Ailhougi' sne was mol old
ehoug" 70 n'aAe iega' contract, /" was per
lesuy unue.s,oou suu 'e''e1 on 'ns. '','s au'
cans, ~ J'1'o'ous'y ma1., Wou'n DC re-
aiT 49, ~" ~. ~, , a..'s $500 ~
lee h WHOSE hands her IiitIe fortune was
nla.ed became hankrnn,. and ina, from
inch une,nec,ed causes ,ha, The c;reum.
.,.n.a n 49, n,onoy h.;n, ononInhed
n The general min arose lsss from hand
Than f,om ;rnprudence Rut The EIGHTY
mounds deb, which had been incurred was
now a dreadful burden 10 those who had
such slender means of repayine Il. Never.
,heless The right. minded Girl sci braveIy TO
woyk deierm;n;ng bv The exercise of an
mr., in which she had 40 pruden,Iy been in
s,rpc,ed N MAKE nm the sum by small de.
g,ees The widow had also mt by from
her lu,le income and Jasper had worked
hard 40 helm on, the repayment: and now
the s,ruqule was nearly over. n few more
nound, we're all thew required
Jucv no, unIreoneo,Iy worked AT home.
instead Of NJ The large establishment where
she was emnloyed . for her home ms we
have before binied was centrally situated.
and she lost very little time in going back.
\ wards and forwards. ihis she lad done ON
the evening on which we have introduced
her. But there was auo,her person in tha,
neat and comfortable parlor. and one who
was now a freouen, guest. RaIoh Ashton
was a LAWYERS clerk and on the s,renpiI,
of a situation which he considered rather
above that Of a jonrneyman matchmaker,