Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1855-04-13

ard whispering in voice that laughed
in spite of her efforts to make i, low ane
de'erential, "Afer this week sister NELLY
is coming to school every day, and oh
Pm SO glad"
That is very good news" replied the
teacher kindly. "Neliy is fond Of he,
books, see, and | am happy to know
that she can have an opportunity to stud,
her books every day" Then she con.
tinued. little good natu1ed mischief en-.
circling her eyes aud di,npling her sweet
lips, "But how cxn yous. mother spare
you both conveniently"
20, yes. main, yes, ma'am, she can
now. Something happened she didn',
expect. and she is as glad to have us
come as we are to 60" She hesitated a
moment, but her young heart was filled
10 the brim with joy, and when a child
is happy it is as natural to tell the cause
as i. is for bird to warble when the sun
shines. So out of the lullness OF her
heart she spoke and told her teacher this
little story:
She and her sister were the onl y chill
dren OF very poor widow, whose health
was SO delicate that it was almost impos.
s'ble TO support herself and daughters.
She was obliged to keep them out OF
school all winter, because they had no
clothes to wear, but she told them il they
could earn enough by dong odd chores
Tor the neighbors to buy each Of them a
new dress, they mi ght go in the spring.
Very earnestly had the little girls i'm.
proved their stray chances, aud very care
fully boarded the copper coins which
usually repaid them. They had nearly
each saved enough to buy calico. when
Nelly was taken sick, and as the moth
er had no money before hand, her own
money had to be expended i'll the pur.
chase of medicine.
20. dId feel so bad when school
opened and Nelly could no, go, because
she had no Dress" said Mary. Il told
mother | would not go either, but she
SAID | had better, for could teach sister
at home some. and it would be better
than no schooling. | stood it for fort
night, but NeIly's little face seemed all
the time looking at me on the way TO
school, and ! couldn', be happy bit. so
| finally thought OF way by winch We
could both 60, and told mother | would
come one day, and the mex. would lend
Nelly my dress and she might come,
and that's the way we have done this
week.
But last night don't you think, some
body sent sister dress just like nine,
and now she can come too. o, # on.
ly knew who, would get down on my
knees and thank them, and so would
Nelly. But we don't know, and so we've
done all we could for them-we'v ve pray.
ed for them-and o, Miss NJ we
are all so glad now. Amt YOU, too?"
Indeed am,' was the emphatic an.
swer. And when on the following Mon
day, little Nelly, in the new pink dress
entered the school-room, her face radien,
as a rose in sunshine, and approaching
the teachers table, exclaimed in tones a,
musical as those Of free fountain, 81
am coming to school every day. aud o,
| am so glad !" Miss Nj fel. as
she had never done before, that there is
more blessings to give thin to receive
No Millionaire, when he saw his name
in public prints, lauded for his thousand
dollar charities. was ever SO happy as the
poor school teacher who wore her glove S
half summer longer than she ought,
and thereby saved enough TO buy that
little tatherless girl calico dress.
RoMANlsM.-We condense from the
columns OF the Frederick IN D. Exam
liner the following remarkable instance
Of Jesuitical persecution. 1t will be re-
membered by most OF our readers, that
Miss Bunkley some time since managed
TO make her escape from the Nunnery at
5, Joseph's, and taking up her residence
in Frederick she had been engaged in
preparing for the press volume expos.
ing all the denominations and iniquities Of
her prosecutors. After the Superior had
learned her place Of refuge, and failed
in making her promise silence concern
ing the holy pest.house in which she had
been inmured, the holy lady used en-.
treaties to lead her to return to the place
promising to send her Immediately to her
parents. Finding all their plans were
doomed to fail in accomplishing their
object, the Prioress and her friends be.
gan to circulate the report that she was
insane. Then, trembling for the fate of
their darling institution, they began send.
ing her threatening letters, thinking to
lrigh,en her from her task.
The following letter was mailed in the
ci,y Of Baltimore, pos,marked January
p 1855, and sent to Miss Bunkley, in
the city Of Norfolk, Va.
MIssBuNKLEy:
Il is announced in the Fred.
erick Examiner and copied in the Balti.
more papers that you are engaged in
writing work for publication. regarding
your disgraceful conduct at ST. Joseph's.
Emittsburg. As it appears to be your
intention to gain little notoriety, your
situation is anything but sn enviable one.
The notorious Maria Monk. who pub.
lished a few years since, "Awful Dis.
closures" and who, backed by host Of
vile vagabond Protestan,s, (who are now