The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-12-14
MIRIAM TEMPLE
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THECONsEQUENCEso or \ KIND ACT.



CHARTER l.
"lhorc b. enough 90 make 10 BEGINNING
with -oIiloguizcd Miss Miriam irmpIr,
,mptyiug tIc contents uf rrrru .iIk net
purse upon wort-tahlc by her side.
Tho yellow gicam ~ Two half raglc- vas
discrruihr among thr silver coins ut dl.lrr,
rnt .izc, which las ou thr table. and, al-
though -hr knew the exact -gui, contained u
iAc whole, shr counted 10 vilb great CARE
When -ho bad aElsArl, .Ae again sAil Co
hcrsciG
"Yc.. there Is enough go make brr.un'n0
with"
The little roum, where Miriam rrmplc a.,
had once been u-rd ls "a milliuur.- shop, and
urcupird one half u. ,ho ground loor ut
.mall building vhl' T--br had received, ns
bcquc-t FROM % dJstiui relation, who, sever
al wears prior tn hs lrcrt-p. had been %
helpless invalid. llr lived long enough '1
,pcnd what lttlc uropcriy be- nl4,gNrept thl.
,u.iu IuiIdlul, ul .hr .Vut u' -r.HuI Hu
which t ,tupdj lud udw 'uai hc 500, -nu,. 10
became uccc-.ary'lhat Nli. Icnp.c should
lu .omrthiug q 4, i.-,s---ol. She uAt often.
durin. thc UG(moF IUc .W .ruuruau
whom sh, hnd u1r-vJlA 49, uauriu- 1s-.lpitv
when .hy 'upscd 90 che c\.U uuutur ud
.hcly,s. Thought tuat above 40 dining. .pr
should Ike to hrop Store and now. with iHr
money ny her sidv, which -hu IHu UtAu"l
with her needle. It -uUH Imtf us urr Nluuuf
lid not require all h,r Jttruuun.,h she Ulmu lu
,hc determination fd ralis. l,r .ival of H
pleasant mode OF ub'a,Dsle % living
Early fhc next morning size aommou..f
making urr lur hl.y,. a fw articles .I
oorthrru ware. 1- DvIng 1t once cheap and
howv; several tiuH- utrdrird init-, rud t
variety 1i those belonging fu 'hr season. .yrru
shelves, with 40 thr tas'c und -Aill nt which
N.s rcwpic was mi.ucvs. i}ut what come
.ililit.-I ...G .-rgt dgLgli ~ l,r hu1r'wa 'up
show-upN. which had .lum,.iF '0T"F5''r r7-
tty,mlliupr. '0r which shr had procured vac
1'iru- articles which She Anprd vluld Jt once
sfrikp the ,vr -uri .7rrjyatr fup lurv ut fbr
1choldcr RuI,.ot rihhou. comprising aIi rhr
roIorg ui the niuhow, ewing ..lka nt fh"
.TvrFr y7rsFis
ont PATTERNS and -tlvs. we're Intrr-rcr-rd with
brass and brll meta, thimnl,-, row. ut shining
pins, and cards ot ~it buttons. Ou fao c0uu-
tcr. near rho window. vcrr iu-hr's l'vd WITH
crnrkcrs. .rcd-,aIcs Td U rir 'd.
Mis-, Temple arranged 100 thr.p with ,ln.-
nd .huttrrs, hy the ght admitted from thc
"A aliuIuiuc apartment She lld iurf Eu.-hrd.
when man, whom She bad ouwgrd for chat
purpo-y ,1mc lnd gllui her IGN over thu
door. /, had hrrn PAINTED -ryornl vrre Is
- preparatory strn 'u 'h- Er7ut rr0~rrrru'
which She had no uug'h ,ru,gruJ uu. Th,r,
was barely daylight enough len fu ,uahl, The
man Jl Trrt7rru hiv sa-i, aud when 'r W.
Euac. Mis- Irwulo ItNrvd lamp uu tbr
counter, and seating herself 40 point which.
commanded "a Kind 40 panoramic wow ~ the
whole Apartment she cn-tcd hpr ewes. ~ the
same time that she cmrloy acr fingers loo
knitting "a chlid's reel worst,,t sock intended
Tor slir
Whom The Hofi ruur Tor 1THc sHg fTd Hy1r
her knittjgg and taking the lamp from 'hu
counter went a. far a. thp ,ipur. Here she
turned and lacked aHuunti. to zer. rs She SAID
mentally, if spark did not tall iium the
lamp ia its transit FROM the counts r. go the
door, hut, jn reality to take auothur took ot
the shelves filled with rruHkrrv and fruit
and thcvindov g'-nishcd with oranges. irni-
ous. and pcachc-. aud tumhlcr- of ,hr-tnuts.
almonds and English walnuts She cvcu
thought ut going to the show-UoN. fo see II. Uy
yomc incunprchcusiu.o means, q spark had
nor fouud iTs way 1cUcdtii rhe giHss covUr r.,
IL must have been midnight before Miss
Temple could compose herself 10 sleep. She
had never. from plrasurablc cNcitcmcnt been
kept awake so long but once before IN her
litc,and that was the night succeeding "a rainy
day, on which Simon Short. a Young mau
whom she thought particularly good looking
assisted hcT across a gutter. AZ Is true, that
owing rithcrto hi-. awk warincss or her own
trrpIdation She slipped and wet botlrof her
feet IN consequence ot which She took cold
ind wits confined 20 the house week. She
knew, however that he meapt to du her a
Kindness. But that was when she was ia
her teens. Twelve wears. with their weight
oi toll, and care and sorrow. had since been
added to her life. and she had few months
before she concluded on opening a store
madc Simon Shorts wedding vest. as calmly
rs she would hayc made the wedding vest OF
any other man.
"S4mou. said she, "has ihadc, a very good
chnicc Sally bikes tll make him good
witt. ard -ttt r It great tirat handsomer than
- - 4--4 -4l.---ll-
meek and patGnt-qmttcs whirh bring in
constant rcquisitioh under the trimming of
stern, severe urr ryartlur task mistress. sFore..
~ rrryrr-r, r1turr Hnu' more ,icyeiopcd. They
stamped themselves upon her cuuntenancr,
and were exhibited in every movcmcnt--
ThHrv was something even in the manner Va
which she braided her hair, and parted il ,in
her forehead, which showed thkt She was ol-
gentle. submissive dispositions, and it "A phrc-
uo'"rryt had examined her head, he would
have found that the bump Of reverence was
a.arummuriy prominent