The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-04-19

acquaintance jewellers in the mountains Tor
twenty miles around
cannot tell how IL was, bat the fact can
not bo called in question, that Laura Ilill,
neghbor Of a miles distance, happened 10 he
ia frequently at tho widows, and on boiua
strongly imporiuned, would stay during the
long winter cVoging and hear those young
brothers talk nYrsan tell any heitcr how
II happened, ll&l John usually went home
with the mountain lily " he would hc 20 gem
orous ~ 20 promise his Old srhoolfrlow that
when be returned, hc wonld not forget 10
bring her q nice new shawl, On such occa-
sions the G,ncrnns pirl woul,l profess 10 CON
'-.-... f.s.'''''-.- -s...-l, ..g-
value 10 her eyes, aud most earnestly, and
ollcn most tcndorly cntrcat him, Gor his poor
nioihcr'a sake, 10 stay ~ home and hrhayc
himsclC nm not able 10 say what argu-
mcnls she used besides, ir any lat Il T. true
that John found It quite as hard 10 resist hers,
uTrhoEu uf'hT motsCr
But when the spring began 10 open, md
the deep SHOWS ON the mountain began to
thaw and slide, aud cause streams 10 riso ard
roar which was echoed far and near, the
young men began 10 make preparations for
their immediate departure, They had man,
umcturcd one large sailors chest, making
their father their model innsmuch as their
mother would on no condition consent to
their taking TINT, Thcy had 50 Ear mrurcd
their plans ~ to enter their names nj Port.
land, as sailors before the mast, in a long
voyage.
On bright morning in Nav, you might
have called NJ the widows and found every.
thing lookidt sad aud dcsoaic, rs ihough the
abode had hccn visited hy somc awful calam-
ity, The cow was lowing in the ~ nj
wondering, n Ear ns cow con wonder, why
she was neither MIXED nor turned jujo tho
p1sturc The pigs were calling for break
fast with voices so loud as 10 preclude tho
ro. .iLili'y oc any failure nj their lungs or
their appetite, The ,hi kcns AROUND the
door were pu'in, in their shirp p'v1dings.--
The dog "o'd Rover" wa, tied np iu back
rpom, aud hoVling III the "hoy', room So
the widow on their bod, weeping Jas r. hcr
heart would break, white on n trunk know,
"a hr Inhus. 50 thckind hclrmd Itua Ill.
who knowing that Mrs Howe would feel lone
" aud s1l, hal come early in the morning 10
tho cottage. aud was now weeping too--prol'-
ably out Of sympathy. An old lady, who
was rather foud Of pccring into other peoples
matters, reported that the dlm,cl was seen to
weep even before shc got 10 the widows, aud
thnt John whispered something in her car,
just as hc bent over her to Ibid her goodbye,
whirh marie the tears come in torrents; bo,
/ it seems 20 improbable that he would have
taken that hour to say anything cruel a. 10
n~Ee toIutiiUt giri wccp-iiNT H5'vTT
could believe more than half Of the old lady.
story, Nor can really believe that she
Mcpt because in the hurry aud excitement of
/ the occasion, John snatchcd bitmo,hcr'ssc,
= 4aI4. -aul- thinking, WAilG Ahe-lEas half
I refusing and half conScnting cut of curl
/ Of her hair which seemed to hang lazily upon
her fair, high forehead.
The life of sailor is hard onc lie cx.
poses his life every moment, and endurcs ia.
tigucs which shortly wear him into old age
or he early yields up his breath in a foreign
hospital, or is buried in the Dreams bed.
Too brave to ask pity or to complain, we
who dwell in cciled houses, and sleep in case
while the storms rage without, know nothing
of his harlships, unless now and then, wt
chance to read ola shipwreck which orcupc
perhaps half dozen ines, while a column l.
taken upin describing the foot aud the drcs
Of shameless dancer.
The boys had now been gone over thrc,
I years 'fhrv- -huri brru 10 almost rvcrv pur
which is visited lay ships. They had pro 'ur
ch another chest for their uuriositirS whi
their mountoin chest was shared between
: them. They hld sustained good charactc
had saved their admnaccountabl,
resisted the strongest temptations to open sir
and we're now on their way home In the til
of their chest was the Bible which their mo,l,
or put into their chest. and which they sol
cmnly promised they would read every dn
I'LL their return even II il were hut two yer,
es," unless in such n storm tat they coul
not all day 20 To their chest This proms
they had faithfully kept, and this was one st
crct of their power to resist temptation. An
other was, that they were not ccncrg Y bot
tempted at the same time, or in the same Il,
gree ree-consequcntly one always bad strcngt
by which 10 aid t'ifslGfrcr. ."".....
They were row on their way homo, an
= hoped that in a few DAYS more the lofty suh
mi, OF Mount Washington would lin itself u
r in the distant horizon,and in few d lys NOR
t they should shout under the window of III
: widows bedroom, aud make her rise even
: midnigtc 10 get tlirir support. In their ne,
. chest they had divers pretty things from for
. eign-shores. which they had collected "fo
r mother" In one corner, however, n sma
= parcel was carefully tucked away, containin
--aaa-af the pretiirst- ShaAEls to BIC -inand i
G Canton, and which, rs James averrrd wa
. IAN abomimhlu waste OF moncy'-thc on
5 point in which they were known TO disagree,
r The wind had been southwest, aud the sk