The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1855-07-21


ers she had gathered, into two lunches
"This" she said, a, she tied one of them with
a string, "is for poor sick Ellen Murphy she
has been sick so long, and loves flowers so
well, and looks so pale and gentle, she will
never gather any more Aowers,T fear, for the
doctor says she has the consumption, and my
mamma says, when the frosts come in the
fall and kill the leaves and they fall to the
ground. then she will die poor Ellen, how
! pity her, and yet she is so happy and so
willing to die-well, should not like to die,
and leave all that love, and be buried in
the dark, cold ground; and vet mamma says
it is Just our bodies that stay in the ground,
and our spirits go to God how strange it is.
| wish was as good as Ellen, then should
not fear to die and 90 to God, who makes
all things that are good and beautiful. And
this buneh," she said, as she arranged
another, IL will give to dear Miss Maitland,
for love her almost as we'll as | do my
mamma" Just then the sound Of music
came floating over the waters of the lake
Two noble looking steamboats, we're starting
from the pier: each boat had band of mu-
sic on board they backed out from the pier,
formed large circle, passed each other with
both bands in full play, the one boat vending
its way up the lake to the busy city Of Chi
cago, the other down the lake to Buffalo.
! SO absorbed was the little girl in witness
in the grand scene before her, that uncon-
scionsly she raised her hands and claspcd
them together; in 50 doing the flowers drop
ped rto the stream. ''Oh my flowers my
pretty flowers" she exclaimed, as she saw
them floating down the stream and lodging
against some drift wood how shall ! get
my flowers" She trippcd down the bank of
the river to where the flowers were lodged,
and boldly vcn:urcd on the small decaycd
wool which mad drifted in bend of the riv
or. Carefully she stepped from one stick to
another, until she came within reach of the
flowers: she stretched ont her hand and
.raspcd them, but the fral and treacherous
bridge gave way on which she stood, and she
was rrcciritatcd hcadlong into the middle of
the stream The current was swift, and it
carried her several feet down the river before
she rose to the surface Of the water When
she did rise, she sra>ped some bushes, and
screamed loudly for assistance. \ little girl
PLAYING near by. heard the screams. and ran
to the place from whence they proceeded.
"Oh. Kitty, nifty. is that you:"
YES" said the struggling child, ''rur
quickly to NV mother and tell her | am
drowning"
The girl stopped not for the second bid
ding, but started oil As swiftly as she could
to bear the ttlings to the mother. The
strength of the current and the weight of the
little girl proved too much for the irail
branch to which she cluns it broke, and
again she sunk but before the water closed
over her, the murmurcd words Of ''mo:hcr.
mother" broke from her white, Iuivcrir =
lips, and the gentle breeze waited them to-
wards the place where that fond mother was
As vet UNCONSCIOUS of TIE situation Of her
child. \ second time she rose, but no scream
or word was audible, and third and last
time she sunk 10 rise no WORE
Bv the time the mother reached the river
all traces of her child were lost. The alarm
was given to the inhabitants Of the place,
and in few hours the body was found,
The sun shone mildly on the scene as they
bore the little girl to her narrow resting place
in the quiet burial ground. The music Of
the tiny son.stcrs Of the air the rnstlinr
Of the leaves, stirred by the gentle west
wind the low cadence of the waves a. thew
lavel the pebbly shore, were ittin. rcqui-
en- for the departed one.
~ Color Sergeant of the goth Foot
writes to his mother from camp; There arc
some beautiful places ahou: Scb,S.opol. bu,
hey al. seem to be seized for the purpose of
defence. Whilst admrinc some beautiful
house YOU will most likely see a cannon dis
charged from one Of the windows. which win
dowS, think, should not be left Standing
others are of,he same opinion. Iwi! give
yo" case in point-,!rring the last lombard
mcnt, The order was given not TO fire upon the
town, but upon certain batteries. and, if pos
siblc, to silence their guns \ sailor Captain
of one of the guns, an excellent mark sman,
! who had done considerable damage to the en-
envy. and succeeded in disabling several gu, $
thinking he had done sufficient this wav, turn
cd his attention to the town, firing several
shots, and batternS down several houses. en-
|'y'nc the fun amazingly. lie was, however.
seen by the officer commanding TIE battery.
who ordered his grog to be stopped for ,!;<o-
hry'ng orders. Jack vowed the croc was
not restored he would knock down the town
Unfortunately he received light wound b.,
fore being able to carry his threat into cxccu-
ton.
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