The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1855-02-03

all.
Herbert, then, having brought his goods tc
market, to whom had they been hired OF
sold
Samuel Chandler, Esquire, town-council-
lor, and ricmbcr Of tic Company
known in other ard less aristocratic quarter.
by the familiar name Oily Sam" purchas-
ed Herbert Courtcnay smini and body. wit!
his Greek, Latin. English, arithmetic hs.o
ry, ancient and modern, use Of the ciohcs
and drawing, for ten silillincs and si~rcucc a
week, which, taking into account all tl.at he
was to tcarh, even Mr.. Samuel Chs1,lcr
hIElScl! had the conscience 10 think chca,,
seeing it was very considerable less thar
what lie had to pay lis .irnor clerk IIcri,cr,
was to teach from I::'r-rl>t eight in the morn
ing until two in the AFTERNOON. and was never
to be absent for day withc"t especial leave
Manfnlly he applied himself to his task
anl that task, ike all others if it had mu,.,
: TO discourage. had, at least, some br;ch
CLEANS to cheer.
Mr. Saninc: Chandler. town-counc.llor ant
member ot the -Companv-cvcn tloucl
he spoke s-,n wretchcl English. was know,
As nhari<tocratic. a fearful discount - wa.
r-.arricl to 4 lovely woman. as h;ut-lrrl anG
nollc-mindcd as he was low and mean.
: His wife was the daughter Of a cl.rrvm1n.
who. from his connection with ~o!!c tami':
! hal been the incumhant of ? respectable ;v-
inr: but when her father .:r1. size hal been
. Obliged to earn l,r: or bread. as Herbert
. Cour.rnav was lin now. She became a
coycrnc~<. a:'i Mr.. Samucl Chandler fell in
love will! iicr for her tail. Sviph-likc frurc.
aul tcr dari, eyes and hair He offered he.
at,nI>omc establishment. and hi, own rcr-
Sonal homarc. and She hcram. his wife.
And why did Alice Bland become hi>
wife: Because She lia,! vo,!nr sisters and a
crippled brother. who looked to fo- bread.
and she sacrificed hcr>cl. 10 enable them To
live.
:. trrc and f,i,lful wife. however, had
Nice Bland been 10 "Oilv Sun: She ,!i! all
that lay within her rrarl, 70 make him no!l..
IN heart: S!c Sou-l!; 10 elevate him hv Der
own high example IN dali y life. and to pitch
his standard on :hc same level will! her own.
which proved. alas altogether bcvonl his
short sighted rarcr
Nice Knew what woMan'> mission wa-, and
She had vain'y imagined that it could be cx-
crcI>tl or the man 10 whom She hal lccomc
wife
Mas poor Alice. ;lou vast a true woman.
lion had~t toe large faith,
As years rolled on. the fair wife oc hc
town-councliior hrot him one daughter and
two sons; and tics" were messengers to their
nothc: ci fresh hc;c: Tie, wcrc nt.rs. aAi
she would mould thcm after he lonrincs of
her own roblc heart. t;rca: aspirations fill
her sou! for these three Children Size would
-h:cil them from sight or SOM! that was no.
of the hottest anl Tic test She would watch
over them. Pray for them, .cach them: from.
The first ta"n OF though! they should learn
to think o: what WAS exquisite, Of what was
holy. and what WAS pare.
Eut mothers dreams Of ,Ici. children l.,
not come always true, ana The two sons OF
Nice from time 20 time showed that they in
hcritrd other blood * wei As he's: ami, a:
months rr>>cd on, this showed Itself nor,
! ana more. With C,.a: rapture, therefore
t she hailed tilc alyc!t of IA tutor who, iik,
. Herbert Cou:cna.. held thou. .l,ts rc>ron>iv,
t to her own. "And lie shsl never wait.
: SAID Alice: 1.-The man that forms the chalac
: ter OF our children is worthy of our gold"
1t IN.
: Let us pause awhile. and see the little Al
a was Ike her. even as little bud is ike II
parent rose.
Little Alice was ten wears old when Ilc1
:. bert Courtcnav came to teach her brothers
many things for hat Gnincl week. Sl
was a great favoritc with her father. who a
WAYS calculated that She was to be wcddc
to some one rich and great. She was to hay
a lord, or perhaps an honorable, ii he had
good estate. And whoever welded little \
ice, was not to have a hcn4ar, for the tow
h,,l -bn ,,t
~ as dowrv for her The dowly was not to .
- with her if She these tor herself, but A!it
was to 20 with the ,lowry If the town-cou:
cillor made the choice.
- This little Alice was her mother in face
- heart. She read great hooks, thought S:ran.
= thoughts. and was at once woman and
''' child. Alice could tell how the heroes c
lc ollen times fought, and blcd, and died f
liberty and low the brave endured the
r. borne in The fires, and how the noble cv,
n chose death before disgrace. AM! Ali,
Or could sketch out her own dreamy Thought
:" aud play upon her little harp the old anthem
IL which her mother used to sing to her, al
," which had so often swc!lcd through the ais!
d of the venerable church where her mothc,
father had been the pastor Tor many year
u and, above all things, Alice was haunted |
'c the thought that Il true woman is ever Ic
tined to do something great: a"d 50 the III
i" thcr had daughter exactly ike herself.
81 This, thea, WAS little Alice, aud one d;
o' she came into the room where ,icrDclt Con