Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1853-03-11
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BY FANNY FFRN.

'-OUGS ltAiIt ~
BY FANNY FRS.
She might have had twenty otter nltnas, bu,
that was the only appeliaton ever heard Ii
was, get out OF the way, ilatty,"" dare say
! llatly broke that vase, or lost that b b1ok !
Don't cJma here what fright You arc. Hat
! tyr till the poor sensitive caIid almost felt as
If she had the mark OF Cain upon her forehead.
She had brothers and sisters, but they were
bright and slucy, and bold, and cunning; and
when they wished 10 carry out a ilvorate
scnene, could throw their arms about the par
entail neck, llltlcr some weak side. carry the
day, and then laugh at their juvenile toresl4h; /;
50 Their Golfers were always filled. while poor
flatty's was empty; ana she lid all these
things up in her httle grleved he elrt, an rs
she saw dupcIty better rewarded than SINGER
ity,Lagan to have little lntile doubt whether the
Bible that their father read 50 much out of, WIS
reliy true Joscpn's "colt ol many coorS"
tlIuntcd ever before her telrtui eyes All her
childish impulses were checked AMI crushed
AMI where thi sweet llpwrrs of love an con
hJcncc should have sprung up, the weeds Of
dlStruSt ana suspicion tOIk bitter rect.
She took No part IN the conversation Of the
domestic circle. "SAe was stupid So they
told her, AMI she h I'd heard it tlll she believed
1t truc. Sometimes as was often the cisr
some tl,cntcd person made part ot the 'anrly
circle; llatty would listen IN her cornef, tli
her great wlId eyes giowcd AMI burned like
living Goals Of tire. But there was one spot
where none disputed lilttg's right to rrlgu; i
little lonely room at the top OF the house where
she was free from repro Of or intrusion.
lou should have seen her there, with her
litt.e yelruIng heart half broken by neglect;
lDUitttII a her nu =
such plssonllc tcIrs thlt she was "s) stupid
ana u!y AMI dlslgrecaJlo," TINT nohoIy cOui
ever love her. AMI - sl2 made lricId- with
the holy stars, AMI the G.ecy clouds, AMI the
bn,imnt rainbow, the SILVER mponDetmI an /
the swift ll4h.nng; und anartStic eye, TO have
seen her suul-.lt face 1t thai snll window,
might have iancled her some Itllrn Improves
atrIcc. 1here, the tet,ers fell of. the S,u was
free, AMI the crrnten,nce wirroral 1t FORTH.
Back in the family circle sh4 was again O.T
Hty"
"Fld young dtu inter Of yours dii'.r. vecy
much from tne rest Of the f,mHy, Mr. Lee,
san MAIDEN l,dy that WIS visiting thrte.
"lcs, yeS,' sud the Old mtn with a >nrug.
a she don ioJi much like Ice; IN fact she's
very plain. Shes Il strange unlccuuntab.e
cM.l likes her avn company better thln any
boIy's else, l"I dalt clcc Il rush!i-ht for all
the kuick-Hn cNs oHrr gir.5 are teasing for
Sou,une, lluH sne beinu.s t. an,tuot b.oo4
rot chlnged Ia the crude. or 50 netting"
How dos 81. sp.n! herln.: = as,ul Miss
Ta5pthL
"l'm sure Id3at know. VIII slys 81, has
"a llttle den Il u.t to- ct tn h'u,:, wIrrn ,A,
SIT, srlrrlz.nr QIe,r cl.iu. tu Urty
pain AS p,.>.-.fltf;' am! Mr.. zee tn Il uo IA,
n.ws-paprr. and lul his fat on the lnlpt.n
Ms, T,bctna wa, coulcuudcdl She In,
} an un.u.u,uo,Iy warm heart for an old maid
She had never been a p,r4n, she wished .l,
r had. inst to show some p,,,la wlltn pe..ull
= she'd hay, made! 81, InH,rdIv resolved I.
+ kno,, more Of "Olr U,,ty.'
. Ea3! tn on the door a. i[l,ty'S itti. den -