The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1855-10-27

Bat thc prosperity of The little family was
destined NOT to he. Of lonr duration. Some
thin- or"urr" which promised to break ~
all fil"ir peaceful happiness. AuLr WAS
drawn for th" con>,rlpfInn.
On the .yrniu, "t that eventual lav. Anc..
with heavy heart came to see M.rcuerrr.
and arIu,nt her with the misfortune ~,
hal hciillcn them: the tears lowed silently
down M,r"ueritc> pal" face. and An.r could
tiud uo words 20 comfort her as they S'oo..
toyrth"r IN the ,w,li.ht. in the porch. and
The old >inn of Ike Bell swung Irrarily 10
aud f:rO before them. Long it WIS E,i re
Anrr could tear himself away that II, ,|t. a,l
YEARLY and lrcarllv poor Marguerite enter
cd the house. after she had watched An.r
down the street. aud seen his ii .urr "row less
and less IN the dusk Oft the rvcniur Then
Marrnr,ic retired TO her own llt,lr rnotn.
aud threw herself on her bed and crr, As
'hon.h her heart would break Then She
sat NJ, and thought.
There was a WAY 20 free Nnoc but then
that seemed itself an imro~>illltv
Hlanchr> husband had been drawn h,i been
houe!t off; bat to do thai for An.r. Mar
cuyfitc must possess twenty louiS-anI that
seemed perfectly impossible poor Mar.ucr-
iteS wares We're only ten crowns a wear ard
that WAS Just two lo'ji> and half then tll..r,
were the four sous that had been rivrn Mar
rucritc in the Ind" purse: ana the hri.ht
gollrn l"uS the Young count had thrown
from the window, all Of which Malclainr had
in Keeping for her. Then Marguerite though,
% her "ar rings and cross. and wondered how
much They were worth. th" earrings dear
: Ange had civcn her. and Marguerite kiss, 4
them for his sake and with all this woe
weighing upon her mind, poor Marguerite
went 20 bcd and fell asleep. murmuring TWEEN
" l"ni--twrotv l"u'>
The next day, As >''e WIS dressing herself
Marcueritr remembered how Ann-i1uc. the
daughter of Farmer Bon>ct. had admired her
rinG>-how she had said they were the
pre;tic>t sh' had ever seem and that she
; should try and yet pair ike them Yes
certainly. Any-l,quc would buy the earrings
and, perhaps. the cross too: for he was 4,
rich man. Farmer l'ou>ct. and very fond of
AnGelique. So Marguerite asked Dame
Pon>ard'S leave to 90 out for the dav; and
: she would not say word about it to Made
lame or Ance. for fear he would trv and pre-
vent her selling the earrings, M,rrueritc
put on her cloak and hood, and tied up her
earrings and cross in her landk kerchrei and
: she then. with a heavy heart, took her way
, to Farmer Bon>et'S. quite alone.
1t was long. long way, up hill and down
dale. but very beautiful road. The morn
ing was fresh and clear, anu everything in
: nature looked very lovely with lts young
spring dress and there were wild lilies and
violtts, and Frinro>es, on either side of the
} road, and the birds sang very sweetlv; but
, Marguerite took no heed of all these beauties
: now: and the birds songs did rot seem for
, her. and the flowers looked faded in her eyes.
torrhe thought that Arce was going to leave
, them had taken all beauty from everything.
, And when Marguerite reached the top of
: the last hill she felt very hot and weary, and
So -: down OF the soft grass. mxe1 with