The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1851-04-17

not tln.I toll tie sory Would GA a
chang with Lim in ever, t,spcci
No. NOT IN every respect. woul,
. nAr 20 have I'll, none,
Al. William, ,ol are c,,in. rlar,
IA NoUr hear, or the entrance ol r>.
! .P"'is, lty to c'yoy folly what 20.
have, aud yon ui'l be f,r happier mar
than NJ. fr.cmau. No4r sleep i, II.
sound at night.
Il know \ man who lal,ors rs hard
n. do. cant help Lui .locp.nS sounlly
nighis
Then I..ho, is Il blessing il nothing
else. took home, to-day. couple OF
aprons for MIS-. Freeman. She lpokc,
pale and troubled. and asked her Al
she was hot we'll.
Not very welt, she replied I've
lost 50 muth rest Of late, that am al
most worn ont.
i did not a>k why this was, hut al
ter remaining silent iog few momcui.
She .a,d-' Mr.. Freeman las got him-
self 81 excited about business. that hc
| scarcely sleeps three hours in the TWEEN
/ ty-iour. He cares neither for eating
or drinking and if | did not watc!.
hlm, he would scarcely appear abroad
in decent apparel. Hardly a day pass.
cs that something docs not go wrnne
with him. Wnrkmen fail in their con-
tracts, price, fail below what BE- expect.
ed them 10 be, agents prove unfailhtnl
III fact hundred thing occur to inter.
ferc with his expectations, and TO cloul
his mind viii, disappointment. We
were tar happier when We were poor
Mrs. Aiken. There was a time when
We enjoyed thi, lie. Bright days ,-
how well are they remembered. Mr.
Freeman 5 income was twelve dollars /.
week We lived "a two rooms and did
all my Own work had fcwcr want,
: then than | have ever had since, and
va far happier thar ever cxrcc, 10
be again. on this side pf the grave
Juat then L cry was heard in the
! street.
'liark " exclaimed Mrs Aiken.
'Firc " Fire Fire" The startling
sound rose st!il and clear upon the air
Aiken sprang to The window oud threw
IT up. Mr.. Freeman new building
as live "
Aiken dropped the window, catclcd
up lis hat and hnrrlcdly LETT the house
It was an hour ere hc returned. .ican-
while the fire ragged il!iouely, and from
her window, whelc She was safe from
harm, Mrs. Aiken saw the ncw Factory
which the rich man had Just crecied,en.
tTely consumed hy the fierce devourine
element. All IN vain was it ,ha,
the intrepid ircmen wrought almos
miracles of daring in their efforts &c
save the building. Story after stor,
was succe~siveiy wrapped in iiamcs,un.
til, at length, over forty thousand dol
lars worth of property, lay Il shoulder
ing heap Of rains,
Wet to the skin, and covered Will
eindcrs. wa; Mr. Aiken whcn he return
Cd 30 his lG'nb!e abode, a.;cy ha,iu,
worked maulllly in lis un -clti-h ,N'r,,
to rescue n portion Of bis ne:cAbor'.
property from destruction.
Poor Freeman, ! pity him from my
very heart wa lis generous, sympa
lhislug exclamation, as SOON as hc ne
lis wife.
lie j. insured, is he no, 2 inquire.
Mr., Aiken.
Partially. Bu; even fu'! in,ur
ahcc would Lc poor compensation iol
such a los. Ia less than two weeks
this nc" factory, Ni'h al. ii perfect au'
new machinery, would have been in op
Grafton. The price, Of goods are now
L..h, and Freeman would have clcarc,
a handsome sum of money on the fr,
years product Of hi, mil! !, j, 4 ter
rib!c disappointment for him. ncsel
.aw man 20 murh disturbed.
Poor man HI, ,lccp viii not l.,
50 sound Il your. fortnight, William
Indeed II wifi no;.
Nor, r.ch as hc is, will he be a. hap
Try Il, you Tomorrow.
ii we're ric,i n, he j., SAID Alien
would'h. fret ,lv,"li to death for this
loss would rather be thankful fol
The property left in my possession.
Mr.. Aiken shook her head. No,
Niilimu the same ,rir.t that uiaac.
ypu RESTLESS and discoutcutcd now, wu',
be- with Won, no mater how greatly i'm
iprVyed nngh, be your external condi
zion. Mr. Freeman was once Is pool
As Won. d. won iIiuk him Iarr,;.r l,I