Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1848-07-07
Have sympathy for the Poor:
OR YOU MAY CHANCE TO GET THE MIrrEy.

w i'C NAL NiiNtE ~ I'LL MIIIES.
1t is go common for writer to speak ONLY Of
the beautiful that am in the mood to be rather
odd, and reverse the custom ! wish to sneak
Of my young friend and chum at school, and
should her roguish blue eye catch glimse of
this sketch and there were flattcry in it, five
dollars would not more than pay the postage of
tie lectures should receive; for we are sapa.
rated many, many miles, by lakes and forest
She is in the Western wlds, attending to the
dnties Of the rratron and beneath the shadow
of the green hills of New England, scribbling
over the incident of her childhood days
She was rather above the medium height !;
her complexion taking rather more of the bronze
than of the marble, with features not very regu-
lar. As have previously given yon to under.
stand, she was no beauty, but when you heard
the rich and slvery tones Of her voice, and look
in her soul-speaking eyes, and listened 10 the
witty remark and happy burst of laughter, all
lnpcr'ecton OF features was forgotten.
Many sought to make her their b7ide-some
for herself alone, and others for gold But she
laughed, danced, and sung, preserving her heart
for him who now is sole possessor.
She was rich, and the only dolzed daughter
of Capt. Lee. Many were the invitations | re-
cevcd to take seat in her fathers carriage to
convey me on n stormy day, when it W. ne
cessary FLOR me to 90 abroad. Often would
hear of her visits OF mercy among the humble
and destitute. The contents of her purse flow.
ed freely among the needy and less favored of
fortune.
! Among those who strove TO gain the afiec.
tons of Harriet was Albert Dunroy. His IA
ther was a merchant in one OF the most popu-
lous streets of our city. All the time he had
passed away from the school ROOM he had stood
hal, ind dat tyitl =.
cloth, free from care and the more laboriou:
part Of business enacted by his father. Thu,
sped his youthful hours. relieved OCCASIONAL,
by a ball in the country or city.
; Where maids and lasses by moonlight meet,
s To lightly trip with merry feet,
And loudly laugh on village green,
Where nature in her best is seen,
Was he handsome Some of his rosy.cheek
ed CUSTOMERS, as they skipped ligh,ly over tn
. threshold, were often seen peeping from beneath
their wells into his roguish black eyes, as h,
was waiting upon another customer, and exclaiu
to their companions, A" Isn't he beautiful Sucl
a beautiful mouth, such sparkling black ewes
such whlskers, and mustaches do YOU think h,
is eng" But, as no one heard them but me
it is not fair to let the editors know all the,
said for they are such poor hand. too keep Sc
cret; half the time you tell them anything abou
love matters, and the next you see of it, will b,
| IN the newspapers.
\ Yes he was handsome--could nirt and dane,
with any one who would give him and Cd
porlunity, until like the fly in the spiders web
he was caught in the meshes of loves not /
don't care king of a passion, but his was trul,
the sentiment of deep-laid plans for futur
happiness with the only girl he ever cared {,
wed.
A" Harriet" said to her one day., A" when an
! to be the bride s-maid to yoursefa and Albert p
When ?" said she " when the sky and III,
sea have exchanged homes, then, and not unit
then, shall stand at the alter with Albert Dun
roy. In his walks of late, have noticed til,
w'thering glance he gave the poor, as grud
A., gingly he shared the sidewalk | leaned upol
ms arm in silence until las, evening, when, a
We were strolllng leisurely along, we were me
by feeble looking woman with an infant /
he. r sI'; As we came opposite, she held OF
az. o'!h' a'tenuated hand and asked for fe,
'eh's 10 buy milk ior her babe he made n