Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-06-29

4 True story fot Little Girls.

the last morning you will have to fix me for
school :" exclaimed little girl, as she casped |
her arms around her mothers neck, and
imprinted kiss after kiss upon her lips and |
checks.
"And why, darling, will this be the last
morning -
Because. mamma, shall not 60 to school |
any more
,.Oh YES, my darling, you will. |
thought YOU loved your teacher and school |
mates too well to stay at home and beside
that YOU will lose your place at the head oi
the class, which know you would not like |
to lose - and the mother smoothct back |
the glossy hair from the broad forehead OF |
the childas she spoke
" Indeed mamma, | do love my teacher |
and my schoolmates, but know never shall |
20 to school any more. 1t seems as IT was |
going to some great place, think ofso many |
pretty things, and see such beautiful forms
but | cannot tell you how they look, they are
so beautiful, and such sweet music seems
floating in the air listen, mamma, hear it
now : it is so sweet it must be angels sing |
ing :" and the little girl clasped her hands
upon her bosom and raised her head as if t"
catch the slightest whisper.
The mother gently Gliding her for indnlG-
ing in such fances, tied on the little sunbon-
net. and kissing her pouting lips, bade her go
directly to school.
81 will. mamma, when ! have gathered
| moor sick Ellen some flowers so goodbye,
and do not feel lonesome until come back :
| and with her satchcl on her arm and singing
raylv, the little girl tripped quickly down
the path that led to the gate
The house stood upon little island at the
mouth of a small river, which emrties its
waters into lake Michigan,
The little Kitty, for 50 the child was called,
tripped lightly along the gravelly walk which
led to the river, now and then starting off
through the grassy mead which bordered the
pathway. to gather some wild flowers, or
| pluck some bright red clover heads which
! reared themselves above the rest The littl"
girl reached the river, which was very mar
row at that place small toot-bridgc, com
posed of planks without any railing, was here
built across it. The little Kitty seated her
self upon the bridge, and arranged the flowers
she had gathered, into two lunches. This
she said as she tied one of them with n string,
is for poor sick Ellen Murphy she has
been sick 50 long, and loves flowers WE'LL
and looks so pale and gentle, she Will never
gather any more flowers ] fear, for the doc
tor SAYS she has the consumption, and my
mamma says, when the frost comes IN the
fall and kills the leaves and they fall to the
ground, then she will die poor Ellen, how
/ pitv her and vet she is so happy and so
die, and leave all that love, and he buried
in the dark. cold ground and yet mamma
saws it is lust our bodies that stay in the
ground, and our spirits 20 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 beau
tlful. And this bunch, she said, as she
arranged another, - will give to dear Miss
Maitland. for love her almost as we'll as |
1 I,,ct tbo md ot
music came floating over the waters Of the
lake. Two noble looking steamboats, were
starting from the pier each boat had band
, of music 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 Chicago, the other down the lake to
y Buffalo.
So absorbed was the little girl in witness.
ing the grand scene before her, that uncon,
sclously she raised her hands and clasped
:. them together in so doing, the flowers drop
, ped INTO the stream. d" Oh my flowers my
pretty flowers" she exclaimed, us she saw
them floating down the stream and lodging
y against some drift wood g how shall ! ge
my flowers !" She trppcd down the bank 0
the river to where the flowers were lodged
and boldly ventured on the small dccayct
wood which had drifted in n bend Of TIN
river. Carefully she stepped from one sticl
y 10 "nother' unth shc 'ni'c "ith'i I''."
the lowers she stretched out her mana AM
graspcd them, but the irail and trcachcrou
bridge gave way on which she stood, and sh
- was precipitatcd headlong into the middle o
the stream The current was swift, and
carried her several feet down the river bcior
she rose to the surface OF the water. Whc
T.. she did rise, she grasped some bushes
and screamed ioudiy Tor assistance a llttl