The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-12-14


..WiU uut tAr snuurman.. .... d.. .--..,I.
'-r want WON r1'r'1v -t-'i it-- r,,-',.-- ,,,
Alfred tur urNt wufWul as thr, at. r
breakfast
.l hardly HuA Doc 1vN mr s..trrIa, ~.
slid that f. should Dee Obliged t1 It.mi-. mrl
acr,i so suIftir-- yhvn -,,,.'d lhr Di,,i,-r.-.a.
told him ih1t { we. weak tlr thy want NJ
.pWufliug goo ,Hf, lud Hr only .lIl chat
must m,ui chem and uot O, .n greedy a. to
.lt go tlr m,1t uud nrrpd bad 'or .,e,ri-
-F IL ......l-4..
bad Such q mcr breakfast a- Jbi-. iAiua tllt
ruv.I have swept 'n -uit him.
.l have 0ryu looking 90 rpu." .nil Nj.
Iemp.v, amt San .,r that you look better
..-.L ,.sl,i Cd Ll.L nL.hl "
Ali,, r,mp,r uk,a t1 .nos az him. Ilc
Ha- handsome though so thin tud uilc. and
it gaze hvr plrasur. go lvgk ,t whatever ,ya-
t-..ifi',i,ii ,r -i,.. l...,l...4..s.
.ll.t .irs1 ss, -lnd that tli,. -...,t r,tt..
lou,h She had never recognized b. hv ir,
true rumrt She bad uryvr rcHd uu, ruvtr,.
rsccpi Dr Watts Psalm, audi li,mu~. ana
.vrir pprm-. lnd -H, .urpu--d pr. Watts tp
lv thr sruattst uuct Duo tho world Her uu.
,,trv va,.uut iiSr his. .tJgrud 90 bc Nriticu-
uu paper, lut on heart. and ilcr-, iuo. tor
Aiu4ucss and .cutiv Wuui,, vhpu fhry find
their way to the heart, viii, ike golden sun
hcam-. alancc nap thence and .rraJiatc the
luuutcp1ncc.
The tcudr.- which Miriam Tcu.,..a.. i,c.trt-
sent forth IN vrarrit af some object 10 which
they might cling for sympathy aud support.
even when rudcly thrust a,idc did not recuil
uuon their source aud weave around 10 @ nest
nt selishurss. but turned TO other ohicctsr-A
ilirri = iit,-sf Lea "a
lttr patch ct blue -ky arching the space be-
tween the roots oi the houses. wrrr things tn
exercise aud cherish her kindly -vmpathic-
and ctuottoH-. liourr Aer heart. instead of
hardening, rs is sometimes the casa. under
ungrnuc usage received lu childhood. had
become guickcncd and iuvigo1tcd, IN AL its
more generous ana loving impulses Ns she
uu1v-sat inukttt-r- ~ Altf,.,i-"l lie ,gill She
thought ''bc beautiful hov when his cheeks
ict-.sall- -4alllIad- AMI Ala4aa.n- tA.Aaretl+
he sure to do as -opn as good usage brings
haek his LrAllh----- ----------t---
fhCrr- was 4 ittttr rtut ~ yruuurt, vrarrriv
two wards square. nc the hhck door where a
lew clusters Of hardy, latr blooming flowers
remained still unhlighfod by the frost. and
Alfred. after breakfast, went out Ia look at
them The morning being bright and sunny,
Miss Temple threw opcn the storr door and
took her usual seat.
\ minute or two afterwarl. a very tall and
a very pompous-looking man walked slowly
hv, Who, during the whole time. kept his
ewes UNFu ON her lace. Nnt turned vera rel
aud the moment he had passed, she ran to
the iooking-giass. for she felt afraid that hcr
hair. or perhaps. some portion of her dress
had become very much disarrangcd. But
her hair. far too meek to ever think OF sueh
n thing as attempting 10 curl. much more OF
getting into a tangle, lay smoothly parted ~
bovc her forehead. and the iittlr and ~omr-
what stifIiy sstlrGhGd cambria collar cncirchng
her throat was as smooth and and white rs it
carved from ivory. This not the first
time that he had walked by and looked NJ
her as intcntlv rs on the present morning,
tuuutr vru rtirt mt hutff','i t s'l'S.AFte him.
The next day and nearly at the same hour
the tail, pompous-looking man again passed
Miss fcmpic's store, and kept his ewes fixed
upon her as pcrtiuaCIuusiy AS hFtorc. ShU
did not know what to think, As for Alfred.
thCnomrnt he appeared in sight. he hid HIM
self behind the counter; but Mss Iemple's at
teutinn was too exclusively directed another
wav IN observe hIm.
Miss iTcmpIe ieil into a fit Of musing after
the man had passed. which Alfred, for rcn-
sons of his own. rid no, interrupt Before
night. hr ra--ed -esoud ilmf iBalR gahng