Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1856-10-17

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peetVu mo utter uurkheSs, ne couI1 see
t ,'.t' 10 '''''p" ptss"S' openoU III U'a[ cour'e
c"' "r ''"'' "hIy zee some tnfee OF Ionr Ieet
IRON, .'."'
"''' I'' }'" ne asked.
=, "''1 u, "'aIu ti' t'nY NoIc' reply.
'2"',' t''' up"t Is Wh''e ana strong.
~ W. i', S'''i'"'' vu' '''7 nl'as on eIlh ,F
SI',' "".' l""' E'1I'' "l. way alohE' slowly
""" .'" I'"'t. ~, 'i'' pom "I'I "HI lnuu
. ~ "I"E l".h'" U'"n NAV IT. I'It lke a
'''n'"' "''' n''nh' VINO tO' loVI stencil lhAt
I'r'I''i lI' pace was almost o'etloWeriuS
va "' won't eyer ana anon speaking to
lH"".' j" ,''Gt tn't "' mISH' nr sure me- was
rIH"'' anu ""'h sne answered. he would Iol-
10" ON d. i'hG'' inc 'nIiI opened ~ door
. "I',u ''. ''-"l manu. anu th, "lh' ghost ~
I-,' "",'' WIS 'hus "Iml'tri seemed only
to have the riiect oI revealing the full horror
OF the gloom lie moved with quicker
stop now, and when Joe reached tho door ho
rntersI Tie stoI within the apartment
whore the child and her parents lived II
was u small. narrow place. in the back inner
corner o., the building, mot over seven feet
long by about six wide b.caus, d small bed
stead took up the whole width, and good
part OF the length and in addition to this
the ceiling was 50 low that Orion could
scarcely stand upright with his hat on. In
tins apartment was the bed, a. small table an
oil chest one chair, a stool. auI within q
small niche IN the chimney stood a common
l3fA1le furnace, such as women use to heat
their fat irons by in summer time. in which
burned lew sticks Of pine kindling wood.
his "as the only cooking apparatus in the
FIaCs' Inc 1oor was worn through to the
bottom boards IN several places, but yet it
was neat ana clean, though the walls and
cii-Ins winch couid not be cleaned without
money We're black and foul.
non the BED lay a young man. soma thirty
years OF age, whose let-black hair and large
BLACK eyes contraSted strangely with tho
mIrbIe-llkc look Of the sunken face. \
single glance at those features was sufficient
I to assure the beholdcr that the poor man had
no. long to stay in this vale of tears. That
dread Gsnd, consumption, had set its seal
upon him, and the dark angel was near at
hand.
Near the head u the bod, when Orion an
tered stood woman. She was small in
frame not over seyen-and-twentv years of
age and very pale and wan Yet she was
beautiful Her features we're singular and
symmetrical in their outline her ewes Of
deep, liquid blue. and her hair Of light.
golden brown-almost, If not quite, pure
auburn Her dress was coan but scant and
patched, and the visitor quickly saw that she
was trying to hide her bare feet
There was but one window in the room-a
little square concern, close by the head Of
bed, which overlooked a small yard in the
rear. This place was hoac. Oh, God and
what a home If that dying man wanted
fresh air, where was he to get it Did they