The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1851-05-22

tiint mis- psS gave for gtan-.4 CuFr. wI Z.
they must tc worth. | r,n'i i,ll ho,y
much. Here are one. ,vo. three four
Of them. aud the one misses. 90, y,.
/ worth five rounI, i,.clf VIA, shull
va d, with 60 murl m~o,,2 IN r.,I
what's on these no,c.. how,.ycr." So
approaching n lamp in., inside Of the
gate, she with some difficulty JtcinLcr.
ed the amoun, of the uo,c., Of which
two we're fifty pounds. the other Two
respectively tor TWENTY-FIVE rounds
"W hn, a happy ,hiu for me and how
sad for the Icrs, n who lost /, - Her,
the curreni of Bessie. ra,,nrous ,,,,'s
received a .udJrr rh,rk 'b, emit, r,I
ed from her lips, and she remained 81.
lcntly looking on the nr,,tv nu,.. v;,,,
perplcxit, amounting To- di:trs,. "Ol.
M. bat ii i, not mine" She continued
her thought. iindiuy ven, in n half n
tirulated form. "Thi, brlong. to same.
body, who is as sorry 10 lose !, "a am
glad to find il. Oh. villa. mustI do ,
| wisi. had never seen il. Mas, T
give it up, ius. when we want il ,oy--
And then it was living in INV way and
nobody near could have drorncJ it."
Poor Bessie , fine sirucplr hr,w,cu
conscience and want WA, ,,ry se>.rc.
She tried bard for little while to con.
vince herself tha, she had a rich, to
wha; she found on highway. but her
principles were too s,rony 10 allow Of
such self deception and bes;,,e, in test.
lug the matter by the golden rule. she
fcl, that if she had droupel her two
shilling on the pre-, ious ni.b,. ,hc shu'J
have hecn very indignant y i,L any find.
cr claiming ri,ht 10 them .No /
have no busin.s, with !, ;nIeod" sh.
mnrmur.d. "a ,he ,e,r. or 1;,,n,o;r,.
men, started to her ryes urnt Lnw.
ever, surely I NAV lcop ms, n,. W.
two of ,hose bounds for tpJ;nc !, ,nI
that would uut NV moor mn,Ler nn, or
,roublr, .Ls, -, Iii, ,non,,n, ,L.,,
words, which She Lad l,,nlv ho,rJ
dar,ed into her mimi l;lo -, rlonrn or
ljnLt. "Tbou GoJ s.os, M, :" .OL
what am ,link;n, of;, .bo oxo,o;n,
ed, frightened bv her avn ,Lo,nh,.
isn't all ;u., one ne ste,l;na, TO, ,no
nut this ont Of NV s;,h, a. soon ~ I
can. lcstI should bc tno mnch ,emr,.d
won, kec, !, an h.,rp 81 ~
" concea!inc III. tem,,a,;or Res.;..
set off NJ bcr nnicket naco ,o ,ho no,;oo
Immediately. for ,Le two.c,IL nurnnso
Of securing herself og,;p., ,eun,a,;o,
ard of ,Hor,,ip, ,l,c o,ynar an npnor,,
/ ni,v for recov3 r;no ,Le ,os, nrnn.r,v
When sh, told her rrr,nd ~ tho n,J;cnr
of the station. he looked n, her from
head to foot with som,. surnr;se
So Won d;dn't ,b;uk nf t.or;,o !,
yourself?" he asked os he took the
purse.
"Ycs, sir. 7 did. for n minnie. for
we want it bad enough" renli.d Bessic
with "A blush. "bu, I wn, ken, from il
thank God, There il n deal of mon.
ev there. sir will you nlcose conn, il,
,iat YOU muy know wien it's owned
that took none Z"
The officer counted il arcordinclv
and gave her n recent for the amount
taking down her address at the same
time. which she tLoucbt nothing abou,
then. with n thankful bannv heart ard
clear conscience. she hustencd home.
Freoucntlv. dur;pc tLc Labor. of tho
next day. Erssi. wandered whethor
owner of the nurse had reoo;ncd i, and
pIcased hersclr in ;moc;,ino ,hn nIo,.
sure Of It's r.covcrv must hayo c,n..J
Then her ,houoh,. s,dlv t,rnol tow
ards her uoor mo,h.r and IN. wo,I,
snecul,,e on the nos.;Li,;,v of hor -.
cciyinp, n reward som. r,e Oh,
knew had been reward, Il with fen sL;I
lines for fodino n (iyc no,nI no,e nav
hans she mirbt have n nou,I c;vn, he,
-howeycr. She scdnlousIv .pdeoyore,
to withdraw her ,lon,h,. Cram ,bh .nh
iect. and occupiea Them in ,Lc o,,omr,
to devise some means of c.rr;nr , ,;uL
money in the family somehow, to carr,
Them through this terrible crisis, Sc
passed Monday, and Tuesday was mas
sins IN the same way Bessie was bu
>l'y engaged IN washing the kItchei
h'or-'aIA'ns to amu'e the baby, wh'
was 'ied on cfa'r III one corner OF lh'
room ana thinking oyera brilliant pla'
Nhirh had Just occurred to her, OF pro
posing one OF her brothers as an crran'
boy TO the grocer round the corner
when her mistress looked in, and sharp
y saiu some wanted TO speak TO her