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

.O""S HUI Hdu IClcu kIIlHuOtiiS, iudoteiCN
science, attained to fame, there was no reason
why he should not earn bread. And bread
Herbert was determined to earn it might
cost him toll, health an utter sacrifice of self,
but what had not his mother done for him
who could tell how dear his sister was to him,
they should never think of it, but still it was
precious thought, that he would be thci
stall ard stay, that it was on him they were
to lean, and that under Providence he alone
was to he their support.
And who would not support widowed mo-
thcr? Who that bears in mind how she ad-
ministcred to his weakness in infancy, would
not do the same by her in her old age? Who
that thinks how often she kissed the tears
from his cheeks, when he wcpt for some child
ish .orrow, would refuse, man though he be,
to kiss the tears from her aged checks, and
catch them ere they roll their scaldinC stream
down the channels which sorrow ha. 20 deep
" furrowcd a widowed mother i. sacred
deposit: Joined as she still is in heart unto
the dead, and joined as we are unto her, she
seems to us 10 DC cncotnY aSScd with a sacred
a rcvcrcn.ial awe, and to be almost a connect
ing link between the world OF spirits and
ourselves.
\ small lodging in back street of Lon
don became the home of TIE young man. and
his mother and sister. The rooms were : an
tilv furnished and at first it seemed IA thou gil
their occupants could scarcely breathe in
them and, in truth, coming fresh from the
spacious apartments of the old manor house
;hc fancy might ca,il. have been excused.
1t would he aticc;a;ion to srv that they did
not severely feel the change. They did feel
but they dia no. complain an'i EIi;h. aI.no
shc could not make The room any larger
cculd vet arrange every thing with the ut
most elegance: and. above al! coultl brich
It Will, her own sweet presence.
This is womanS ,,rcro-ativc home i,
honclv, where She meets the eve in love. il,
beauty, and III grace,
Herbert. when he rtzcl on Edith forro,
the splendid Raphael that hung in the o!'!
wain>co:tcd dining room: as her sylph-likc
form was seen in all its bcar,v while she
,to,1 L.. ~, I. IL
stat cs which he had been accustomed ia
from his infancy. lie had never known how
beautiful Edith was until now. Was she nc;
well worth them all
Why do wc lavish thon>en.l> rro~ :t".'.
and statues? Why do We stand cntranrcd
before them, when we set such l!ttlc store by
those given Us hv God to lie with us day by
day? + the dead marble Of the sculptor
smoother, winter than the rounded lin',> O!
the wife. of the sister. or OF the ch:'d j.
the canvas Of the painter ovcr>rrcad with
softer tint>. and beam in the ewes Of his mar
vc,lors picture with more dazzling lu>'re,
than the checks, the eyes of such as live with
us ,lav hv day: Where is the figure tha,
stands out so clear, so well defined from it.
background of heavy darkness. as she who
stands forth uravcly amid lies troubles, us
iny cvcy deep and >ombrc shade to maNt
more clear the dStinctiycncss Of her own pc
crliar beauty?
Rich men live among Your marbles. .raz,
cntrapccd upon Your pictures, speak Of then
as men OF lud .mcnt, men of refinement, an,
men of taste: remember, however. that thcr
are others also VINO have their wcalth-,tat
ues which. unrhiscllcd hy the hand of ma,
both live and move pictures which. paintc
/ by the great Masters hand speak with thci
, ruby lips, and love with their now soft, no,
I ylittcrlny eyes vour statues, Your picture
: are, within your splendid palaces, wonder
| of human workmanship only to be admired
ours within our naked walls, are the hand
work of heaven, are mini>tcrins spirits, ar
! ali in all to us.
vi.
: So, then, Herbert ourtcnay, with h
!, mother and sister, took up their abode in tn
@ scanty lodging the poor remnant of the
y property being their support for the tutur
;, And those energies were all alive. 1t was
y service which had been allotted to him, al
being now called forth to fight in the battle
life, he cou Id not shrink but what was he
a do? This for while absorbed his though
Y he held council OF war in the depth of h
If own heart. Now he proposed enc thing, al
i now another At one time he would plum!
{ into the crowded city, and hustle and stri
h for wealth, and at another he would cxcrci
i, the accomplishments which former auen
c and his own industry had purchased for Iii
r. Forth, then, into the crowded city We
Il Herbert Courtcnay, to lay his plans, al
mark ou: his ground-thc ground on wiki
,f he would fight his first pitched battle with t
is world AM! one glance con> need him TIL
whoever would ti.ht there, must cndu
y much indeed. IIither and thitlcr rush
d anxious, eager men knitted brows, sharp al
,r wizcncd faces; eyes strained and deep Wi
10 unnatural carnestnesS, all these met the you
10 mans gaze, and no marvel if his gentle spi
r. shrank from fighting here.
% perhaps" said Herbert, as he watched
ii pale and anxious-lookins man, che has
q, mother and sister at home, OF perhaps
$ wife and child; perhaps they arc leani
on him for bread" and inScnSibIc Herbert