Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1853-07-07

seemed 10 hate his child, and to abhor eve
ryth!ng that he once loved. Ii would be
foolish to repeat what he said--it was the
lncoherent speech, the rawlings of mad
man.
/ The day before the note held by Ned
Brown matured, Mrs. Pyper was sitting in
her chamber dwelling on her husbands
unhlpplness, and the gloomy prospects be.
fore them, when suddenly she was startled
by the fall of something in the attic, which
Jared the whole house She rang for the
nurse TO see what 1t was. But fortunately.
all the servants were out listening to an
organ grinder IN the street She accordingly
went herself, aud what think you she foundl
AT first she saw nothing: but in turning
round chimney, she uttered the widest
and unearthiy shrek that ever fell on hu-
man ears. Mr.. Piper was there He had
fallen A rope was round his neck, and
staple To which 1t was attached above, had
come out; aud thus was his suicide defeat
ed
ii | were not giving a yerltsble history
of this affair, might give loose rein to
fancy, aud allow Mr. Piper to kill himself
IN more puetlcal manner. And vet If a
man IS fool enough, or mad enough to de.
siroy himself when he has lived too fast
and must necessarily abrldge some of his
iuxurIes, he may as well swing in the attic
as die by less gross and violent means.
Mrs. Piper did not swoon--she was not
one OF the swoonIng kind. Furthermore
she always had remarkable presence Of
mind she went TO her husband, took the
rope from his neck, aud, quick as thought,
thrust II, with the staple, into an old trunk
that was standing near
The Lord have mercyp cried Blddy.
who, by this time, had reached the top of
stairs
Holy ST. Francisr responded John
what's the matter wild himl
Hush hushp said the mistress; he had
fiji
How naturally some people will utter
falsehoods--just as if they had always been
used to ii.
Mr.. Piper manifested sings of life and
the servants we're ordered to take him into
the chamber below They were then dis
missed, and the wife applied herself assid-
Iously to the work of restoring him. The
vital principle was much more nearly ex.
tnct than she had supposed Al length he
opened his eyes and fixed them upon her
IN anazement He looked inquirlngly as
II trying TO ascertain whether he had made
an effort to ruthlessly hang himself Slow
ly returned his consciousness, and the
manner ~ which his intentions had been
defeated, he understood lntuitweIy With
feeling otImpauence lac turned his face
to the wall. aud exclaimed
That staple! tina, damned stapler
Mrs. Pyper could RESTRAIN her feelings no
longer. Lake the pent up gre, which. when
!, once breaks forth. blasts wlth ms consum.
Iug breath everything with which It comes
IN contact, so the violent emotions and pas
sions which had been preWng upon her in
ner life, expressed themselves IN most start
ling and fearful aspect She became cold
aud rgld, her face assumed the hue of
death. Like a statue she sat on the bed
side, the lmpefsonauon Of hopeless misery.
Wheu tins overwhelming sorrow gave way.
she was flied with remorse, with a conscl-
business ot having lived bad life, of reck-
iessly having squandered wealth, which had
involved them IA rum, aud she began to
lremble AXE ala aspin; she poured out
flood OF bitter scaldlng tears. This par
iaily reused Mr. Piper. He put has arm
around her and gently drew her towards
hun. He kissed her forehead, and tnen
gently land his maud upon her head, as If to
alay er grlef
Two days had no, passed, however be-
fore he reIdpsed INTO his former gloomy and
wretched condition. He became again
perfectly regardless of the sufierings OF his
wife.
'when come, thcs single spies,
But bat,ahous.'
At this time AIDA was attacked with
sc arlauna-that dreaded disease that has
robbed 50 many Of us of our sweetest bios
oms that has vacated one little char IN al
most every household.
In less tnan twelve hours after the attack,
AIDA was alarmlngly III. The most skllful
phys sic aus we're summoned, but all to no
purpuse-she grew worse aud worse. The
mother, and the father, too, became fully
alive to her dangerous situation. Their
minds were diverted from all other Interests
they forge! their former troubles, for now
the llie of Their child engrossed Their whole
being
Mrs. Piper, although fashionable wo-
man, was a very afiectiona,e mother aud
the fathers whole heart was bound up IN his
darling. 1t is true he had treated her We
ny unkIndly within few weeks, but he
was evidently deranged-he knew not what
he did. Now, he would give all that he
ever had, aud all he might ever acquire, to
save his idol. They glIded nolselessly
around the couch of the little sufferer; they
gdzed earnestly into the dun eyes aud on
the lived face of their loved one. Hour at.
ter hour as passed in suspense aud 10 an-
gnsh. and the silent watches of the night
fou nd the heart stricken parents bending
over the dying child Anon was heard the
wall ofpray et, aud The Good Father of US
ALL who never Willingly aiillcts ms children,
was lmplored to spare her. Mr.. and Mrs.
Piper we're not praying people; but they
prayed then-they prayed for their child
they prayed for themselves.
But death claimed for his own the beau
tlful AIDA. On the third day of her illness,
when the morning sun struggled through
the closed windows of her SICK room, the
little form that had been burning with le-