The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-08-31
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LIIf WILsONi OH,TnE EGoXEHNEss'
CHHisTMNs HOLIDAY,

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mate friend. fn tlat me reader uay rrly up
uu the truth m the following story aluut ii
certain Christmas Holiday rlipii Wo endowed
many years ago.
~ ihai tmr Ali-- Wilun Was alat dd.
ul seventeen call "guifr nd air warrrttu.
and-twcnly She Was what dashuig and G,h.
iuuHhlo people rall 'yiai," and ",t,plg" fi
shr hhl un prrirupnuH a. BEAUTY of prrrm
~ rlrplufr ni attire, She was what hrr own
irtHt'' Hti't fri'-ri- t,,,.-.i..-
HnIihblc girl" nud 30 very rlr,cr creature"
rhu WIS what thc-o who only know her q.
"thc pnNrrurss" called "a worthy, o.rrllrui
Young wunuu," "wrll-hr,pl and highly accom-
.pl,ahcd, With thr fpmrr rhc WINS al-
Way Llll! with the ltrtcr -hc wiz. of
course, always miss wilson" TO those ,hu
know "whuir in ulur" it will hc qu,Jo
clear that "lil1y' and "Nliu Wilson" were
tWn very different lrug-.
My heroine vas, iu short nothing uurom-
mon, and NOT ~ 100 heroic, u ftr gurIi ao.
crpiliiuu ui The terms hul o. l'ly..r- owed
p'u of his reputation r hero lp hi- hriu,
90 iuurh-cudurlug mlu,' ihru lilly Wilson
"ufli iu common iUruD,. to hy considered as
"a liltlr ui hsru.u,- ilr ahr W.l q gu.pruY.s.
aud who that kuuws ANYTHING ui lhg matter
VIII dgny HAT sho uust have brvu much
enduring woman
died Whon she va. eighteen, lyptmg widow
With four children, uf Nhom l.ils, wus tLr
eldest shall net relate tlc struggle, with
poverty and "rici which then madr up her
mutlrr'- life, lilly Hud Tom (twu wears
Younger than liI/yj suuu b,DlIur ut ru.,l u-r
tu her Anrr their fathers death, Tom Wt,
t,k,u a, arlsrL tv,u Edingbur.h lppb SOLE
lrr. 400 whose huusc hc continued with uu ana.
nunlly Increasing salary aud lilly went out
Ia try her lurtmr Ia the world %, q govern
t.s,
AZ first IL was % val trnl a. her, hui NOW
',t''''it' hr' r,e'f e. . tr,'lI.ti' eel ,,-in---
She hlA lived iu various tmuir, dri storat.
"; TrTrT'fri rtIr yvrr rIririrrr mn
onc nor the other She had learned much
of human nature She found out. not from
books but from actual experience, that high
il.liiIr nhlr Illiurga. lIl- ArlA -r.lii 81.
moug Juru, whatever protectors oi q general
admiration ol humanity may ,ay;--tln' weak
n,.- and lupauurs, ut nature are very com
mon, that mu-t prr.uus are very uusatsi.tr-
tory miNturv of good, bad, and indifferent
the indifferent composing two third, Of the
indi,i,hpl. Poor lizly she had To pl, the
penalty cNactcd from all those who 90 forth
into the world ,'Nprruug to Gud there "a race
ptJuui-gods. She hndto 20 !Ig1ugL man,
stages uimrnttl existence, 4 one time Iud
and homo seemed gone from her. she cropped
painfully IN sadness and darsnr-,, and thurc
Was no bhn SKY over her At last. light came
10 hrr uurc WurU; she gIw The face 0i tie r.
tcrnal, and lcaucd that indeed al things
which hc has made are VctT good; that IT, she
was disappointed IN her expectations ur mans
cNDcllcncr-ut liirs felicity the fault wa.
neither in man, tWhum God did not create
after her desires, hut !lor hi. WisdomD nor
IN thi, life. which Wa not intended ht Col
O.. L.. 4 4 n
her u,ll furu1-r, vIi--if'''; T3sf.strsl=ss-si
Ia como forth IN due time. purcr. brighter.
stronger, aud fitted for q mobile Use hereafter.
In ihl, itUmr Of mind she worked steadily ia
her humble sphere, aud stru,c to suhdu, the
evil she felt within, anti n withstand, aS we'll
~ -','' ''''t,l 1" evil 'r,--',itl,,,a' u, wa
well for l5illy that She hod Ia work for 9th
cr,, aud Had little time tn think about her
self or she might have been ruined hy NOR
bid utruspccton.
Miss Wilson had boon for two wears roy
crncs, in the family OF Mr. Gould. the banker.
lt the time Of which | am about 20 speak
During these two wear. she had not seen her
mother, nor George, nor little Nancy. The
only beloved family face that she had svcu
during those twolung years, wa, Toms. Ito
had been IN London once, on business lnr hi-
employer, and came To Governor square to
see Lizly, and spent the evening with hcr.-
That was ten months a"o;-aud now, az the
beginning of December Miss Wilson at one
evening alone in the school-ruom at Mr. Guuid's
house, before mcutinurt, tiovcrnor SUuarc.
---Nhc was tired oftcaching. or rather
OF trying to make children learn, and had her
usual gi,r-SrdoR headache. II was very
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tender, aud lcant back IN her chair t. 90. she
lrant back A. lac ~ She could lean in q chair.
with "A hack fs,p,l ia,
cr She looked Tor q long time at n little
bright fierce flame which kept darliug out
from black coal, and il seemed to bring
many things to her mind, for tht-rNprr-Son
of her face varied as she looked. Presently
she throw glance round the roum,& thought
what comfort such room would br this
Christmas to her mother; when she gave her
usual chlldrcu's party for little Nancy.
ltwas good sized room, on the second
floor of the huusc;ir was very clean, aud neat
iy furnished with plain chairs, tables, and
desks At one end pf the room was "A pnno.
at lhG-nlAer WA - ti,., tl-iit-liottt.. l,,-,l-
ct-,-: harp stood l,t the piano, and Il globe.
on either side of. the bookcase; good stout
curtains, that harnonzcd in color with the
walls and carpet, hung before the windows
Candles stood on a large table in the centre
of the ROOM but they were not vet lighted
On the same table were Lizgv's open desk
nud several books on one chair large doll
sat upright; op srii0rl,r lay hall OF string
and top, aud,a battlcdorc was ON. the hour---
On the linautlcpiccc were h1ll;hour glass.
a large she'll, and a small case containing a
lew hali-withcrcd ilowcrs;-thcsc last ,ycrr
all three Miss Wilson's personal property.
Yes Miss Nil-ou woHld have beer, .vt,.,-.
glad of such q room tn'sct her Young visitor,
t1urIuu in: -Eizzv wondered whether Nancy
was aS pretty a, she used To be; aud whether
George could read well now. She smiled AS
,h,'- remembered the efforts Hs-le l,v l,ajb
George and herself 10 get him to read pa,z,
"a - Etnk' without lhiaealliaR "A Ward. ~ Aei.
lc was twelve years old. Dear George she
lid not believe he could rt7rti 81 as To- amus,
himself, and she thought he might work ont
iis iiTc, aud a very honorable one too, with f.
'ut learning much from the alphabet To-
'cr mind Georges dulncsS of the book-lcarn- (
ng farultr was amply atoncd by the quick /
less of his Npcrccpeion whore his affections
we're concerned, and the general dclicacv OF /
lis tcCEurs LiSlv was very tnud ni' b.r