The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-08-04

fatal house, Lady Mary was Iiuls behind
her, lew Steps higllorup. Tho numerous snr-
| wants md and silent bshuld with regret tho
departure ofu,o gentle creature thus driven
from the pniernnl roof When shs quilted
l his abode, Eva quilted the only beings sha
! know upon Tie earth, Die only persons whose
/ ply she had riglil 90 claim-Ilie world wns
I nature Aer, an inimensf Milderhets. II ,yAs
llagnr F1lng forth iuin tie Arserl.
! "Ihn - horrible, dOcioG' orird Dr. Barn
hly's nWlience, "ls Il pnssibla there hre per-
sona 10 utterly uuhnppy9 Nhnlr you Wit
messed al Ibis yourself7"
/ II have uolyei told you Rll,H replied the
village doctor "lrl me get 20 Ihp aud.n
r SLnrlly hiIcr E,h Meredulfs departure.
Lani-Inmef went 20 Loudon Once more my
own master, gave ~ MI idsn ~ further stu
I dy; ] had rnough learning for MY village, aud
Ia huste ] returned lllher. Onre moral snt
/ opposite 10 Eva IN tho lille WhIle house, NJ
had done i~0 years before. lilil how great
I " had Intervening events inrrcAted her mis-
/ fortune! We no longer dared 10 talk of tho
future, That unknown msnienl of which we
all have 10 great need, without which our
! prcsont joys appear too Feeble and our mis-
fortunes Iun great
Never ulJt wTrUrHF VriFt mother W ~ vim
pliciY, r1lmrr IN ils intensity, IlRn HAT at
Eva Meredith She forgot 40, to prov 10 tie
Gud who cliostened hof. For her, God whr
tho brlng ~ whose bands me Ihn FpriugE VI
hope, when earthly hopes nrg extinct. Her
took al faith rrinnined liked upun her child's
brow az ilHwniliug the arrival Of tlic soul her
prayers Invoked. cannot tlrsffihr lhn rouf-
HRrous patience of tlini mother speaking TO
her son, who listened without understanding.
! cannot tell you oil the treasures Of ldvs, Of
lhuught, of ingenious narrative sho displayed
before ,lInt torpid intelligence, which rcp-at-
ed. like M echo thu lat of her gentle words.
She explained 10 him heaven Cod, tho
angel, Size cndeaVorcd 90 funkr him pfny, md
ioiGed his hands, hut she could not make
INN ruisc hi- eyes 10 heaven. ~ all posi-
hlc shapes sho tried 10 gtrn him The first les
SONS w chiJlhood; she read 10 him, spoke TO
him. placed pictures hoi,te iiit ryrE-lad re-
courfu to :nusir ~ II Substitute for words.
one dny, making ierribh effort rhr told
William The story oTlds Etlidr's doati size
hoped, expected ionr, 'Fhr GiAdic asleep
whil-, yet she spoke; tear wege shed, but
they icll from the eyes Of Iva Meredith.
Thus did slr exhaust herself 10y vain rc
forts, by prrscvrrtrF struggle Thrt Size
might tnI cease 10 hope, shG continued e.
toll trt 10 Williams eyes, pictures were
merely cnlors; To his ears words were but
nosc. Tho child, however grew in stature
mud IN beauty. One who had seen hin but
for nn instapt would have taken The inmo-
bihty Of lis rouiennnce for plnchny. Bun
rim prutuuEuJ Uur ruutirrrrti raitrt iitrt
sourG-of NIL grjef of NIL tears aud strange
look had sad effect upon ~ Suffering must
Indeed bn inherent in oar nature. since WIN.
NIUE eternal smile nr1dc every Que sny, "rhc
poor idip' Mothers know not the hnpIn-
uess couccnled in tears of their clnd. A lenr
is q regret. desire u fear; IL h lie. IN short
which ltsrrHftl -, L.
,s"l was Cuutcm viii everything Al DAY
lnrg he seemed to sleep with his eyes oprn;
hnr"r, wcarincss' inipntirnce, were alike I'M
hn"Wn :" lin. lie Ind hui Que instinct. lac
know h- uoihrr-hn even loved her lie
inuh pleasure 10 resting on hrr kuecs, ~ her
shoulder, he kisscd her WHEN kept him
long away huul hrr, he innnilrslel n sort of
anxiety. | took him back 10 his mother; lac
showed 80 Iuy,hnt hr wHs hgs,iu tranquil Thi,
icnd'rncSs,lh.s Ciiut gltnmrring Of William
heart, MAS E,n's life. II gave her strength 10
strive, ;" hope, "a wait. II hrr words were
rot understood, az least her Kisses wurc!llnw
oiru shc tonk her sous hcud IN her hands
aud kissed his forehead, ns long aud feryently
as It si" hnpcd her love would warm and
viv.iy his frozen soul. How often did she
dream nirncle Whilst claspihg horson in her
arms pressing his sill heart to her burning
bosom! Oten she fingered ht night in The
village church. Eva Meredith was ola Ro.
mnn Catholic f,milyl Kuccling upon the
cold stone before the Virgins ALTAR size in.
voknd tho marble statue oi Mary, holding her
child IN her arms, 90 virgin" tle snid, "my hoy
Is Inaninlate rs The image Of Thy Son! ASK
OF God n soul for my chid"
She WINS charitable to oil Tho poor children
OF the village Girin4 s4+rrr hrruJt anal clothes,
and said TO thcm. pray for him" She con
soled afflicted mG,h0rs, in the secret hope that
consolation would come nj lust Ia her. She
dried tears Of Others, 20 enJoy the heliefIhat
one day she also would ccnsc To weep. In
all The country round, she WINS loved blessed, !
vcncraicd. She know il, md she offered up
TO Heaven, not with pride hut with hope, the
of the unfortunate in exchange for
The recovery other son. Sic 10, ed lo watch |
Willlnni'r sleep; then he was handsome and |
like other children. For an Instant, for u |
second perhaps she forgot; mud whilst con
those regular TEXTURES, those gol- !
den locks, those long lasiies which threw
their shadow on his tinted cheek, she !
telt mothers JOY, almost mothers pride. |
God has moments of mercy even for u'ose lac |
Inns condemned To suffer. 49,.
49, mus passed the tirsl Xtlrs Of Wliinm's /
childhood. tie.RttaIned the age feiglh years. I
Then sad change, which could no: escnpe |
my attentive observation. occurred in Eva
Meredith Father that her sous growth mnde |
his want of Intelligence more stTiking,or that !
she was like a workman who has lnbored all
day, md sinks Mt eve beneath the load of toll !
Evn ceased TO hdpeher soul seemed to aban- I
don the task undertaken, AHd to recoil with
WEAKNESS upon itself, asking only resignn-
ton. She lnid inside the books, the engrav-
iugs, the music, all the means, in short tint
sho had called to her mid; she grew silent aud
despnndiBg; only, ifthat were possible she
,utta nAnrn nf.,..ninnn.. ,Ln.A a.. In. non