Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1853-01-21
From Peterson's Magazine.
THE CHRISTIANS VISIT.

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be kept up. and Tom was the only brother
had : and Mr., Floyd scrapod the back bone o
! the turkey on his plate with renewed vigor.
Mrs. Floyd settled herself in her chair, fil
/ liped the crumbs Of her napkin with her deli
cate rng-Covcrcd fingers, and said:
Il am sure, my dear, have no objection, bu
had we not better leave it fer while Christ
mas is so near, and suppose, poor soul, she
would feel out of place during so much gaety
Mr.. Floyd held up his glass of generous OLD
| port to the light and gazed lovingly with hall
closed eyes Mt lis ruby oilincss as he replied
4 don't think Mrs. Tom will feel herself at al
ont of place, my dear, for she is a very rcspec.
table lady, and has some money of her own,'
a sure sign with Mr.. Luke Floyd that person
was respectable.
And so it was that the letter was written
which put Liiln Floyd in such state of cx-
ccment.
Mrs. Tom, as her brothcr-in-law designated
her. declined the invitation for herself, but ac-
Cepted it for Lily, who, with the unsubdued
spirits of seventeen, danced about the house in
deight.
Isn't it good thing, mama, that I didn't
get a new bonnet and cloak last winter" asked
she. Mine arc as fresh now as can be; and my
garnet colored cashmere have only worn two
Lillian ia kcd on, making the best of her small
wardrobe.
TO Mrs. Floyd's greater experience, howev-
cr, her daughters outfit looked very slender
but then her income was inconveniently small.
And now, such altering and fitting, such
making up of new things and doing up of old,
the little cottage had never before witnessed.
First, there was the new dark blue silk, and
the French chintz dresses TO be made Then
there was the white II ul, which had been
bot for the last winters colllon party, and had
done church service during the summer, to be
washed by old Matte, and lroncd by Mrs.
Flovd's own careful hands; and the short
sleeves were to have new thread edrlng and
blue rbons on them; and the white silk stock
ingS were to receive new flesh tint, from
dipping in the cochincal waters and the one
PAIR of white kid gloves, 1--WE are ashamed to
confess it, dear reader, but Lillian never had
but one pair,) had to be cleaned with flannel,
ana new milk, and white soap and her col
ored Oncs had to be rubbed with stale bread
crumbs and India rubber:-oh, altogether, Lii
ian never rccollectcd 50 pleasant and busy a
time.
She had no misglyings to mar the pleas
urc of these preparations She looked upon
her uncle Luke as Il modern Aladdin, who pos
ScsSCd a magic lamp, that made him master of
countless riches, ana on her aunt Floyd as the
most Iady-Iike, 1asclnatlng parsonage IN the
world and on her cousin Harriet as the per-
icct embodiment OF lne young Iadylsm, as loves
" as iaccs ana sllR could make her.
he warmth ol her reception IN no way dis
chchantcd l.lIlafl. oHc was usually pretty,
lady-HKe. ana well educated ANA her relations
were TOO thoroughly Dred TO nave expressed
any disappointment, lid she not been so while
she was OF 100 heaIthy moral nature to lmag-
me sl4ht' Wherc none existed.
The whrI, the g1lty and the splcndor OF the
city perfectly bewlIdefcd her. Magnificent fur
mlurc, superbiy bound books, gay silks, rich
JcWeIry plled in the windows IN
splendid confusion, which she, in her little in
nocent heart, thought must be worth kings
i4'So'ii ''.'ue o'' S,"'G "'lo"s one ION? Iiho
~ va S'o "''IJ' .','0'o' l't
q 5'I ~ Fio'iI' VI '"J -Alao'"n ;>IS"'' were Hot
i'''' "!uD''i0' ep''o oHc'''iu Win
so'u' anu "oo'S .hla'u Win precious stones,
mus, 1!' W Io"''non LI io '.'inss. ,..c
i"I'aI' lit' ii'f oco' uSs"V'S'eu WIN any
J ,n'E II, ngI ,,o "r.oiu oul II mus. DC confess
littIn viIloro home r,,Lor n dnll a,1,,;r
And so several wool,s noesod hut .iI,,
FIovd wos hog;nnino to ho ;rs, ,ho IoaSt bit j.,
tho wpr'd disoncbnntp1 SLo b,l hoon arcuS
toned 70 ali ,hn Lonnrs Of ,o hololsh;r IN ~,
Imm,bIn ,vav. ,ho first to bo ;n,i,oJ ~ ,Po nar
,;cs ,;cs Hics and slo;,,n,r o,,o',r,;o ,h
Grst IN ,Io danco arJ ,7 7 ~ ,o ,, Wv
rcvoI hnt Loro ,finr tlo no,ol,, af cro,inJ
roo,,s ;rr,'n,or,lIo Ich,, s,,.r;,,'. ,,;,' ~ ou
,, ,.'' ,,'' "t"''S' S"y
na' Iilion d,scoycrod tn,t sho Lod G,,ia shorn
IN the sronc ovcont os - IooI,cr ~, Sbo ,,.,s
,o, ou;o, nJ nm, h,ru-;,,, ,,,,,,,,,'. ~
81 ,1,ors tn ho ot aII "otnoJ ,Io',h "a"!
,f,s' yonr rentIon1nn wnn,d nrnnon"re. h, 'p"o
nrI : V snScimcnot st,I Tfc, or ,a hoam,ifni wall
iIowGr thcv vowed sbe ,1ns, no - fnnI f,r sha
could not talk at all; in truth. the pure hearted
Girl had 10 svmpathies in common with them.
so they went off to flatter and tlt with her more
Jrillan, cousin.
THE n,,ip or u;dJIo ,rod oor,lo,oor 70 bo
sure wrre MOST noI;tn in aS;n1r her - donon
who, M moro f,.r;onaLin nartnor, v,nro - ho
hal hYt ;l1, so,'ot;,an ,ha, sIa
Jero;er rceorI ond ofinn rc,SoJ With I,'o ono,
.oycnso mo sir r. ynw ,,oasos ,,I'an lG-o. fao.
,yoro forIv tw;tchiIr 70 po o koom,nr ,i'on ~
,bn ,,a,, rtn,;c '' 0NF'"9 '''''' ~
~,
gut Arthur thornton, her cousins admlrcr,
Or or loVcr' as sho thought Nih' formed an eNcep-
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