The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1855-02-10
TIE BATTLE OF LIFE.

TIE BATTLE OF LIFE.
EY TIE ,.rH"r "r
"7he Srioo'ma>tr' ot Me Cu'acorjs."
Conc!"tcl from la, week.
That v>rv evening IIcrlcrt'S angel was en-
snrinel in a bright .ol;l frame Mr.. Chan
der ha,! come home earlier than usual, and
seeing Nice 50 delighted with her picture.
had ordered .he carriage. and taken her with
him to a shop where She could please her own
taste. The town-council0r was for her hay-
nS very heavy. ornamental frame ",hc
more gold about it the better" 50 he .!ourht
and 50 he told Alicc but She was simple e.
mough not to see the force Of her fathers Oh
>crva,ioa. Nice was on!,a ch;ld and there
fore She might have been excused for choos-
inc a liGht and elegant frame for then, "
sad she. III Will seem. papa more as if the
arr! We're really flying and in t,:r air
Mr.. Chandler excused the fancy. but
thought Alice fool anl 50 hc though, a
GAIN when he saw her asleep tia, :-lt. an1
tie anreI. in is simple frame, fixed up =; t;ic
hcn, Of her bed
Mr.. Chandler lid no: care much for an
gc!S; he had never met one in his line of
business, nor was there any record Of ones
ever havirc been in the town co,.nci, still he
tolerated this ore Cor his daughters sake.
/ Atcr Alice had found out that her broth
er'S tutor could draw sur! beautiful facoe. Sic
became more frequent visitor to The school
room, and. at ia>t. her father having mad.
an explicit condition that there was tc, y, Nc
increase OF clare". She also became Uorher..,
pupil in drawing. This WAS one relief f.
The Young mans aided mind. 1t was har(
work 20 @rt on with the vounr Chanllrrs
Ih"N seemed % have taken VOW arain>t al
learning. AMI Herbert hal found ont tha. e
be an IDEAL schoolnr,>tcr was much more difi
cult than he had supposed Lizzie Alice
however, was TO him the l.r-A, >;.ot of hi
existence as tutor. She W. as ant As hcl
brothers were duIl, and under the tcachne
OF her nrw master. progressed 50 rapidly thu
She could not only follow his copies. ha
could even '!c>i I'll fresh >uhioct> ol her own.
Very terrible were some of the picture,
which little t,cc drew: monsters with knit
ted brow and di>hcvcllcd hair were hcwr
down hv an~c!$ and ar-hanrrS. whose sword
were flames Of fire: and very sweet wcr,
others, for She drew spirits helping on til,
aged and young. and bearing up souls tc
heaven, all Of whieh were drawn from hc,
own fancy. There was one thing, however
which Herbert noticed. and that was that I'll,
chief angel in every piece had face cxactl,
like the one he had eiycn her.
"Mr Courtcnay," SAID little Alice one .lav
as she showed him 4 picture she had been at
tcmp'inr. ''do vou believe that there is an,
one in the world Ike that beautiful face vo,
drew the first day came in? look a
every one meet, and | cannot see any on,
like her. The most ike was a poor Girl sell
iny roses in the street. and | coaxcd a sh
ling from mamma to give her. Mr. Courtc
nav" asid the child, lookin" earnestly at him
II think it is very wrong ;or people to rul
those h"artifill lo-vo,,. and brin. ,hcni int
this smoky city to die
But think" said he 'how sweet ard re
freshing they are to many who would Other
wise never see a flower They are God
messengers, telling us in the midst Of the bus
tie of buvinr and selling. and amid thcs,
high and din"v houses. how beautiful arc
the simplest things He makes. Even tn,
poor who cannot purchase them can smell
their sweet scent as they walk along; the,
are like The charity we read of in our Bible
they Give choping for nothing again" some
times buy them" said Herbert. "tor my Sis
ter. for they remind US" and here he stop
ped short. as though he had said too much.
"What do they remind YOU Of" asked lit
y
YOU never told papa YOU had a sister: shoul'
like to see her very much. and should lik,
her to he exactly the same as the angel yo,
gave me-
Herbert Courtcnay looked at the child
she was only clili-to tell her would no
be like telling others, from whom he should
receive that pity which is more CALLING thar
contempt Little Alice wou,d not think t!s
worse of him for being poor, so he told hcl
all about the old manor house, and the tall
waving trees, about the beautiful picture:
: which hung upon its walls. and then he In
formed her that his mother and his sistel
lived with him. and that he had drawn hel
angel from his sisters face; For Edith,