The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-03-09

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ques'ed. an early ten, lbai he might go onI
with Ellen.
Scarcely wero ihey seated NJ liable, when
Mr Loc rnmnrked' I saNt young girl here
'hia morning, in quest Of work. Have you
Hesn hsr =
We have, answered mother AID daughter
Ia one voice. whore did YOU Gnd her =
u Was ~ one Of the clolhing stores, wait
ing 20 see ibe pToprielop when elie came
~, My heart ached for her hs soon ~ glane-
ed ~ her sie was 40 III protected against lls
cold. hhe drew near tho stove, stood nO-
menl,thon IN very liniId manDor epproHcll-
ed lho counter, and in a plainlive voice ask
oil lhe clerk iflboy had any work 60 put out.
No, Of course not i0 slfaugefs, was lle fe-
ply, iu a guhrHa impudeul way when he hd-
ded win lceT not even 20 such a Ireuy
one a. you hrel Tho blood crimSoned her
face, aud her eyes filed with tears, but she
silently lnil lho HhOp. ! followed quickly,
aud oyeriaking her, Inquired an dnlicAiely ~
poHaible, III enuld rnudnr any assistance, Oh
tir,' sad she IN a touching lnuo, o,If you would
bat givo work She waH too much excited
for ne 10 learn much Of her sl0ry, ,bul gath
cred that hio Whs lhn sole stay Of large
aud afflicted family I thought NJ frsl to
give her nlma aud let her pass, but thinking
lemalo rympalhy and advice might do her
moro service, directed her hero; aud
nm giud TINT tiid 20, for kno's two suel
knd hearts would devise many things a man
wQnld not lhnl. Of think sou suid you
sHw hrr, Ellen 2
j did, ,mtheT'nnd she then gave an account
Of the SiHit, IN manner which Affected them
all Sho knew hurlilile oftho sorrowa ofihu
pooEindeed sh0 had never been IA such close
contact With ihcm-ncycr realized 20 YYdlY
now much they have 10 endure. Her gentle
heart wns moved deeper than II had ever
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ircicd hcr ihlher almost NJ much ne her Sto-
~, Tie felt lhntthe vanity he had mourned
oVor was az yet but temporary Fuesi; that,
evil spirit ~ II was, Il would soon be cast out
by The nngol Of love.
As they were preparing 20 go ont, Mrs
Lee entered with bunllr. ! intended send.
ing lbis 10y n domestic; Int NJ yol nro going
~ the same neighborhood | should prefer
your taking H. You can easily ascertain,
then, Il the tale was true. You have the
nnmc md number, think, EllcnY
'fcH, she gave it 10 me ~ the door, us she
was leaving. DO culi father
4 will--bui wo must husicn'
They passed rapidly from square, TO squsrs,
ghlug only casual Elnnccs nj The Illuminated
store Windows, where gifts of almost Oricn-
IN elegance dH22lrd the eye aud tempted the
parse, until they paused before the most bril-.
liant of all, jewelers. establishment
we viii fret look Ia here. Taoy hnyc
usually tho best aud most costly assortment
Like gliding AT once into fairy lund, seem
cd II lo Ellen a. they entered; and like n ih.
~ she seemed herself ns in her sparkling
beauty she pussod from ouo rich ornament
tn another, cncli new ono seeming "a oulvio
llIc lasi. u am glad knew before ] entered,
just what Wauted,' said she, i should have
been buNildclcd, Ind | come here 10 choose
q glt. IL 10 really Intoxicating tO ones cycs
10 behold at once 30 much that is rnrc, and
dazzling, and supcrh.'
but brilliant ns was the display, 0i,d large
us was the ussoTtmcui watch and cham
cNaclly corresponding u Jhta's could not hc
iuundi and thcy couiUnuod lIicir walk.
Turning up a cross street, IA few steps
brought them 10 one uf lhOsc dark, narrow
lanes which are at once the pest and dis
grace of every city.
The sixth houyo from Lhc corner you
snid,-This must I've il, thcn'-ds they sop
ped before n gloomy looking wooden Icnc-
nenl. In the cellar, was il y
SO shc said' and tlte young girl shuddered
ls they went down the rotten and yielding
.tcps. The street was 80 dark, ihc place SO
ow, the nelghborhood apparently 20 vile,
clarity But her fnlhcr seemed undismnyGd,
lnd olcnao lLle d06r Milhont kMockmglhcy
made lh0lr way through long narrOW HdTT
10 where, through n chnk m the pIustering,
gllmmcrcd a feeble light r'ccting U'uug the
wall, lac at length touched II door latch, and
gently tapping, was ina moment admitted
By the samo young girl they had seen in the
.... ....
Ia tho kind way peculiar TO him. MIR Lee
exchanged greetings wi il her, and said,
hat being ont, lac and his dsaghlcr had
brought her THE st-Nrifts ltis-Is!in Lad irnnl
scd.
THANK You, YOU are very, very kind said
,ho, and rather iimidly invited them III, aud
offered them scnu4. Rude ones they were
old wooden stools, which the plane aud the 4
paint brush had never touched.
What place Tor human beings to exist
M thought Ellen, as slIu glanced oround,-
There was no ilth, no disorder; hut poverty
-utint,- iitfesdbare poverty stared nt Them
with hollow eyes, aud with skeleton fingers
for chnrity. The damp,worm ca
en floor yielded ienriully at every foOlsteP,
while tho crutnbled ceiling seemed ready TO
ull ui the least. unusual jar. The winter
wind shriukrd distnally in the narrow hall,
md found It's way through thousand crew
ces into tho room-now coming with
1Srceness ihnt threatened 10 eAtlhguisi the
lin li2ht--und nEnin making 1t iinro 70 wild.
y that the shadows seemed like spectral
Iost. Close to the fireside, where burned
,r rather smoked n single stick, was drawn
,ot upon whose trnw.4lRyer reelined tue
)nle aud 6macialed molher covered only Dy
,ne thin aud taItered quilt Beside her
Numbered aluIle, mengre purple cinld, some /
hreo or four years old. Upon heap OF
rraw, in the corner. nj liitle distance, slept
wo other children, un. old worn woolcn |
blanket wrapped closely around them. Up !
ma rickeuy chair almost within the chimney !
,lacc, sat the sightlrss inlher, soothing geif' I