The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-10-05

your basket She dmw tho iaiial a. AL4ri-
Hrr-G t1rrrr7r-7i -v-rrt
the c..llr with .enmlnl lanal.- al.i.---.a- Z IL
.lnor brhiud her with o. Ftsi a. usi 20, i-,--
'ihio Maria, viii toau in hor egfr ii,rI
lup lho lhshot in rlrurr and pa-srf ou Ilrr
fathor bad not e'cua s'a0 i.r ~ ioarv.y ,,td
Maria had oniy hrr tul,, haslst Wluhsserl,-
llg. eyr. nnd forrmdill hrsu Maria faE'ei
@isumly on hor 00tl Mpls haiur, VbIfI $50
va nov 6incd lo lebg f1reg5, ALuy a
hundred times d,d slle loak lstk, uuti- a. lalt
vycn the spircs of tho church and ihc uYurs
the rasilo ,rcrr hidden frmu llr i5'a ~ .
high hin which they pl"ri w. when thr
o'licrr who had accompanied them nr,'r thr
hprlrrr OF The district orrJtwI, JiF' uir' fttt,
fall Of sorruw and painful rrlc, tionniat i yu
upon a mn-sy stone boucaih ~ ag,i cal --
Conc my diughirr.' snid he. Giliag Maria
Ia hi' arms, aud pressing hor lltuit togrihrr
--'coiuc, and lrt usi first of nll, return ih4nls
90 God Tor hi. having iu hi, griat nery de-
li,rrcd a. irum tho black nnrrrf pri-nu Rnd
once more brought us under nj, avn blue
ky, and permitted ~ TO brcithu lhe purr air
w H'hf'Nf fNhs NN Nl1 II'F'INN'l HH'f HN'Hf
md restored thee, my irnr rhiiH TO n,y aged
arms' once nior' he raised hi- oyes up
warlz q lLe clcar duo vault afhrnyrn, whi,h
glanced through the rich green ioiagc Of ,he
noble oak, and he prayed with loud ,oirc.
When both had fni,lir-l their solemn ,leSo-
tion., they i;lt thcmsclyc- conailoi9bl, com.
lortcd and joyful IN thep arirlt Thr old
Z al. "a. 1.
With Jacob, nov cnmc up g. thr plar, vl,crr
the latter was -till ,ratcl. Antony (1t ~
be- was called) had been hl putspit of q stag
since dnybrcak, God be- with yo1 Jacob
said he; 4 Thought | heard your yoicc, and /
see I am not mistakon and have they really
banishcd you 'lis very hHyi ior person
to bc compelled 10 leave his b,,ov,,l hnnie ia
his old days
Far as the blue heaven Is thca,' uid
Jacob, i, Gods dominion The earth is his
property, over which he rules ia hove and
mercy, but our homo is ia heaven
4, itpos.ible?' said tho old f,rc.,ct 'Thcy
-sals ,Aesil ont just ua lnl siaur, With not
-GXrn LLe clnilrng nGce4ArX for aulh . iour-
'--'rte VINO ciomps tnV np~CrH VI uir rTG,
tlll bh'hut VIII aiHh tlhINN NT
= Jacob, said the forester, talc this stout
thorn stick, ii worse times have made my
way hy its assistance over tie steep md rul-
ccd mountains, aud have kcpr it cyri since
through go1d and evil forinne--lnkc il, far
yon have no, oven a walking stock Az
there he contnucd,drawing lr'thcr-purso
from his pocket take that loo you win 6nd
in it a little money; received it lat night
for some wood, in thc ,llagr where passed
the night
Tho staff said Jacob i viii g'ally keep
in rcmombraucy OF ~ fdrcTf, iyiT#fsFssfT= sizt
the money cannot accept; Ms il IS IL. wood,
it belong. TO the count
Honest old man, said the hunter, have
no fear rhp money rs paid 10 the count
long ago. Several years rggu lent /, -Vn
old man whose cow had pcr,hcd, aud who
was unabl, to pay his wood which lee had
buurht I lioneAt po mara shaut it. an,il lass
night, when saw him he returned il 10 me
Nith many thanks ~ he is nnW IN tHecr cir
eunsanccs. God has destined the money
Tor YOU
We'll them. said Jacob, Il VII acrcpi it,
aud God will reward you in sumc oth,r way
See, Maria said la 10 his dprghtcr how
God, even at the beginning "f our io,upcy,
begins to care and pro,.lc for W.. ll'r, be-
fore We have crossed tie borders, lc has sent
: us NJ, old friend, rat onlp with a l.lh, bu, a
so with money fox our iaHrocy, 1ciorc have
risen from this stone hc ta- heard ". there
fore, let us rejoice. God will still care fos
TTUnt prurrrt -
: The hunter now tuok his-lrare with tts.ss
in his eyes and Jacob, rising fium ,is srAi,
5 took his daughter 10y the hRnd, an1, fllowing
the. iooipaJh through The ItnSst, wauSiurctt
forth into the wide world.
Maria and her aged father continued 70
i travel onward farther and tartho- from their
r once happy home. They had already wan
5 dcred upwards OF hundrra miles without
il finding a resting pacc;thcir little money was
all gone, and both began 10 feel very sorrow
I full for they found it indcscribaLly hard 10
4 ask Tor aluiss which at last they n,mt do ~
s many door they met with harsh rcfId,
e and at others, Of much grrinblins. they Ir~
4 ,s.iyed a morsid OF dry hrcad OF "hIeh with
r the water of the next stream, thcyCittn noiiSil
1 n rcpast Sometncs they received pieces
of broken meat or bread or porhers hhle
soup; but AlhOsa often noticed Tlrlt ssSr1tiRH
d hndinquiries they were -ahiseted tn b.sore
c they could cvcn procure a mnrsol oi arrsd-'--
: One day, when they had travo lcl for a ions
r time through woods aud over hills without
$ coming to any place, the old nhr Serau,e dn-
4 welt pale and Speecleas Ne sani cnwn ~
4 meath tir-tree. Almost erlzel with distress
{ and apprehension, Maria lyseked BsouRd Ola
/ all sides, and NJ inst trsyryTnE r+F' -ls'-11
Z she ran to it and implorcd assis-apse' This
t was readily granted by tho farmer and has
= ,pie,.rhe psrEe Kind pill lic slacub va, plaG-
i ed in lad and carefully nnrsea, and as anii-
' he soon rsllicd. Ibo old nan, who mover
wished Il, ess tRe broad OF sllrnoA', 10 s',aarr