Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1850-06-28


cod strange face which was moi hor daughters
O1cc or twice kind hearted passpr bv. struck
by hor look NJ yoarninr wnp. turned back and
oGrcd help. or asked her what shr wanted
Nhon 81 spoten 10. she answered only. Gou
d)1't know a poor girl thov call Lizzie I.oirh
d, yon p and when thcv denied al knowlodgr
she shook her head. and went on acain think
they believed hor 10 10 crazy But she nnvor
spoke first 10 any onn. She somp'inoe took p
few minuos rest on tho Goor.stpps. and enrne.
tim"s (verv soldom) covered her farc and cried
hut che could not eiTjrd 10 lnsp time and
chances in this way; uhilc her cvos woro
blinded with tears, The lDst ono might pass by
unseen.
One evening. in ,ho ricl tino of shortening
aulumn-1lrs, VIII saw nm old mpn. who. with.
ont being absolutely drunk. conld rot guide
himeef rightly along the f,o' rqlh and wae
mockrd for his unstoadnnes Of GAIT bv the id q
h0vs Of tho nciGhh0rhoGd. F1r his fathers sake.
/ VIII regarded old ago with tor@cipoes. evor
when most degraded ard removed from the storm
vrtnrs which dignG,d that father: so he tool,
tho old man home. and seemed ~ holjcvo lis
otan.rnTcaic6 asSoriirns that ho drank rN'hir .
hnf water. To stranger triod 10 stiff u him
self np iniO s'cadjncss rs he d-er- roarrr home
as II there was some one thorn. frr whose rr-
spect he cared. even in lis ha't.rtnX Gated s'o.r
! mr. whose feelings hn feared IN prcvn. li>
homo was cxqrs'ioly c'ran aod noq', eyon in
nntsi'c appearance; threshold. window. end
wind -w-sill. wore outward ,igre of sor7o eo;,it
of purity withia. VIII was roy.ard,d f,r his
attention by n brir'' glance or tlanks, cue oonI-
ed ly n blush Of shame. from voung woman
of twenty or thornabouts. She did not s0oa3.
/ or second her fthor's h0sri'ah'o invitation To
him 10 he seated. Sho seemed urr.ilirr HAT
a stranger should witness hcr r,'her's a''cn7's
a stately sobrictv, and VIII could ro, h>ar ~
stay and 500 hor distress. BIT whom tho Old
m m. wjib many n f>bhv c'a';o or tha hand.
kept asking him to como again soma other evc-
ming and sec them, VIII sourht ho- down cast
ovPs. and. though he could ilof read 'hoir volod
meaning, he answered timih'v. If it, arrco-
able 70 every body, ~ cono--and thank ve .;
Bnt there was no answer from t'io oi-' to u.ho,,
this sno"ch was in rcali'v nd1ra=-od and Nin
lett the house liking Lor 4 tie better for never
sp'akinr.
Tie tAon-i' about iC-a --os' ! ,q' 60 49,,
nrXt day or tv'o: 10 sc3' led lj.7,or r,r h,irr
50 fo0',h - 10 think Of lcr. onl ,lcr cr ~
with fresh ,ig0r. md Thought of hoy mora rh.o
cror. IL tried to t'Hrooia.o hrr; no ,o'1 him.
sell -ho vas No; nro''v and then n,pda ind e-oan.
aus."or THAT he liked her loo',s rlucl hotter th,r
alv b0a"'y Of lha.n all. He vfshod hn ,,..e r,,
81 coNG'rv- 'pcllirr 50 red facod so brood ebo,r
d'rod; while She was Ike lady With hor
smooth cailr,ess c0mnlcy;on. hor h-irh, d,rl
hair and her sno'loss drass pro,,T Or 49,.
r-c''v. SIC drew his f,ct,,rna towards hor. ho
could not resist the impulse tb,, nota hin, ,,;,b
10 scr hcr once moro. and find IN, sor,o f,,,,
which saorId uninrsa HE hear, from, bor ,,,,c,,,
scoN= h'o,inr. But III ,rc she was nr,o ord
meidrnlv as before. lie 60, ord l,nLoJ o.,
srcriag her father AT cr,ss.nnrr,.o. y.h;,a s',o
drew more and more into tho sb. .d,r, oc ,l,o
chimnrr.c ,rnrr ont Of s;nbi. Ti.,, ,io.-;...
that rnsace.od him &, vas nv, Lo lin,.o,r c,-r
tia' did SO impuden thing y made him got IN
and carry the candle to different rlnco. un1ar
tie pro'on'e OF giving her moro ,ioh, at hor
sowing, h1t, in reality, to ho able to $40 hor
tier; she could not stand this mnch lorr,r
bnt jumped up. and said she must M, hor lr,Ie
niece to bod and surely. there mover was. he
fore or since. so troublesome q child Of ,u,o
wears o'd for, though VIII s,aM an hour and
half longer. she never c1re down ao,ir Uo
won the fthcrs heart. ilonoh. by hi. c,nocirv
AS a listener, for some poo2'o arc not at olI n,;.
ticu'ar. aud. 50 that they themselves NAV ,aI, 4
on ruds.urbcd. are not 81 unroosorahIo 49, -