Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1853-06-10

hat he was twccdng to himself. rid.
Put the kettle on Sally said the bed \,
len wife to the sickly daughter, 'and g
father dish of tea; there's bread enonEn,
NAV be, for us oil to have a snack, and he'll
bring loaf at mint
sally filled the little tin kettle, ana put 1t on
the fire which she coaXed into blaze by the
helm of few sticks. One blessing OF a TN
kettle is thltlt soon bolls. Sally set ont three
old cups and sluccrs on the little round stand,
and the trcaclp-not which was to serve BON
for surar and butGr-milk was out OF the
uucstIon-and the fragment Of a Loaf, ana now
stood with the little brown ten pot, wllh
broken spout, IN her hand, ready to p0.W IN lhc
water the mumcn, it boiled. Thus she stood
watching the Jerking Of her fathers whole body
Us he pucked out his needle, when, all uncoh-
scIous to herself, the corner OF her apron ,
caught fire. and before she was awar she was
oil IN blaze. Her scream made Timothy look
up from his "orE. and the nGXt.momont spite OF
his poor weak !, -, he was on the floor. Inc
giIl, in her terror. rushed to the bed on winch !
her mother lay, and threw herself upon IT,
Fortunately. the bed was covered with
coarse woo,cn rug, and this eNtuguished the
flame. Her clothes, however, were all burnt .
iiom one side, and her arm and neck badly
scotched.
There was an end of the tea there was an
end of finishing the work that night tn re /
was nothing now to be done but for Timothy
to hasten Wl'h all his poor speed 10 the PARISH
doctor tor some burn SlIVe, or something to
allay the agony OF the gWi. For TINS ti'he
Timothy dd no, hcsltatc about taking the
shortest way to the doctor. With misery at
his heurt tears chasing each other down h7
hollow cheeks and tcn-iod feebIencSs IN ms
knees lie took the road up the farmers field,
sIamb,ing onwaris Hike IA man who dreams OF
running rather than runs IN reality. Scarcely
had he reached the middle OF the large meade"
IN which stool the iatm house. Wheh
sound reached his cars, which, for the moment,
drove every other ,hougOt from his mind, and
that was the low believing Of tine farmers
ton whence the sound proceeded, and there, to
monster coming ON at sure pace, with low bel
loVingS. and his head TO the ground. Timothy
tc.t ~ II h. should Gi"; a mite prayer dictated
BY tcrI,r, was in his bcart, and ne made every
effort to get forward
The large red faced tnrmcr was sitting all
this umc III the porch OF his house, within ten
var IS of the path by which the tailor must 60
'rurrc was Il pipe In his mouth, mug OF ale
bcf 'rc him on round table, and the news
proper wh.ch he had been readng in one hand.
Nothing could be more r'nio0aoie' o'Iy ana
IN nd than the farmer at that moment his ale
w,s rood, his p'Pe WAS GOOD and he ild seen
j ,'i.uL IN the newspaper to disturb his eqGa-
nnuy. lie was s'lInE there IN sort OF
pleasant rcvcrIe, when the SOUND OF me OuII
reached his ears. That, however, dld NOT
trouble hiu. for hc did not consider the buII
dangerous, when all at once the feeble terrified
figure Of poor iuo'hy hove N sight. A.
Timothy had approached the house he '~d the
poAer i,H for just one thoughi-what II he
should eco Farmer Heavy
The farmer, seeing IImothy, started IRON
his scat, and cll.d.
" m,hcr away so fast, Timothy
But NuuoHY, m the height Of ms terror
kept wildly struggling on, and c%ciaImng t'
himself.
'Vhe bull the bull. Pray, God, my khe"
II may'nt hauh!
At t.r si"ht Of the tallol's tronzIed terror
y the farmer dashed forward, and scIzng him b!
u, the collar, cucd.
u .St9p, mudmln, lis tly running that make
81 the lu. run! stop. I'll keep linn off