The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1856-03-08
Chc Californian.
FOR THE BOYs AND GIRLS.


Lie IL the autumn Fl last year, pale,
c,,irt little yiri came I" INV school. REQUEST
In, 10 b- admitted. saving that she had re-
,-i,v come from Tie country. and now hvctf
10 the district wher, tn. :, hool was situated.
Her dress inii. a:ed pov-r'y. hut there was
a iric,;e cleanliness in he: person and gar
,nen'. tat, 10 An experienced eye. b,tokencd
Intelligent parents. Several months passed.
sni i.y her .wcetness Of .lisr,os;'ion. her pune
,u.iit. and 2o"i scholarship. Ellen Brown
hal become very 'lra~ 10 me. had often
sisil.l 10 learn something more 0: her err
,u,nstsnres, bat the pres Of duties had post
.,orcd thu: ia .iimc..t Of my wishes form time
10 ',..'
She w.s sh.ent from school Of q Monday
morning Dnrlrs the afternoon session !
.-ut . it'll. girl 20 her house to inquire If she
WAS III! The messenger reported that Ellen
wa, well bat that Mrs. Brown was sick in
bed. anl that Ellen could not come TO school
ut present: and then with tears in her eyes
and a sudden grasp Of my hand. the little CIR.
said. III you will only 90 and see them,
.la!l be 50 glad. ior know they are very
poo.. There va. no fire in the room, and It
III ,d.. NE shiver to stand there" promised
togo. while Inv heart smote NE for my past
negligence.
In. early shades Of December night
were settling upon the crow''e streets. a. !
wendell nv way to this suffering family. The
street was in a miserable locality, and the
= noHHSSf Vicious s people Upon reaching the
door nv light rap vas answered bv Ellen.
who seized nv hand, and almost ran with me-
10 the opposite corner Of the room. SAVING
sof'ly. When she reached the bid, "Mo.her,
wake up and Sc. nv teacher who has come
to see US
A small woman. apparently about thirty
years Of aye. lay before me, hut thin and
pale. At the sound Of her daughters voice.
slight twitching Of the eycids was obServ
aile. and then the langni,l eyes opened. those
ewes that would 30 soon close for the last time
upon all earthly things.
She saz-d in NV face moment, and then
family SAID, .Got is good. He never utter
" forsakes those who pat their trust in linn"
The efjrt Of utterin. these words brought
on violent coughin. fit. which. however.
lasted but few moments. After it was
passed looked about he room Besides
the bed upon which he invalid lay, there
was only a table an1 one chair in the room.
and over thu fir, an empty canliest;rk.
asked Ellen if they had camille She re-
piled that there vas little piece whirh she
had saved. az that she could strike light if
her mother should be very bal in tn. night
] babe her light it, and keep up courage liz
tie while. till returned
1t was the work Of half m hour t. order
q small supply OF fuel and food. leave word
for \ physician TO call! obtain little wine.
and return. Bu, SOON a flame WIS dancing
in the CRATE; Ellen was making A supne~.
and the invalid was somewhat retre>hr.! -
When the physician arrived. he confirmed
nv wor,, fears Mrs Brown saw it as we'll
asI
Then Won think, SIR, tia, can last bat
little LONGER :"
IL fear it is 81" he rr.li-,l
1T ia welI,' were her softly u,tcre,i cords
ani tue c!os,l eyes. he lapel hands. the
sweet expression. told US that she was con
versing with God. and almost face, to face
The veil OF fe.h was nearly rent in twain
DR.. VI. left only cordial. and bade me
w,tch carefully through the night It was a
happy privilege. Mrs Browns energies seem
ell to hav. revived. She dill nor sleep. and
before morning she had told NE her sad his
tory. Mt one complaint did she utter, not
once did she h'.trav any impai-ure. AMI
when cnln:r"l. u -h. flushed her tale, If
her courage hal .ver f,It-r-d, il sh. coal
always put f,it, in Gol.her reply was, Does
he not v-ov',I.. f,r 'h.. rseen>? Ar. not ths
L. ,
she continued, bless Cod ,,t he has en,-
b!el mr fhrni., all NV trials. - So. his
hand eyer ir.',". me. Y..s. oven with ~
gar: (, T. i.', i~- u 'lin II. Wi! temper
tn win. 10 t >l,rrn lanp. 'honuFl INV poor
Wisdom rinno' SCI tn. wav h.. will fake"
Her husband. who had hrena m"chan;.
hal died. leaving only HE honsrhoIi tnrni-
ttra They had no friends tn whom thy
could apply. anil in their >el.l.i home there
was no work 10 he had which Mrs Brown
was strong enough t, do. She sold her inr.
nitnrc. except what would furnish one li,fl..
room. aud came 10 the ritv. hoping 70 earn
living nv 'ioin. fine >rwin.. AZ whlrl, >hr was
very ex' err. l'u' un ,c,;na;nt"d with the city
and with city customs, she hui trrt! in vain
to procure work Of the kind she needed. AMI
was Obliged to take the very courses. from
one OF the wholesale establishments. She
could not earn enough for suppOr. withouf
working almost all night. and her he,ir: fail
Ell at once. Piece hy piece her f,irni'ur.. had
been pawned. and till this very night no
friendly face had crossed her threshold. She
hal kept Ellen at school AZ long az she dar-
Ell, tor the sake Of til, warmth Of the school
room. anil when entered she was praviny
that some hand hi ght be near to close her
eyes AT last.
Toward ioorning she fell into short Stun
Der, ard on awakin. rose in bed. and called
in a clear tone TO !, len The child spran,
w. aud il moment was f,Idrd in her moth !,
er's arms In clear voic-t!.a mother said. !
" Trust in Col, my child always: lie will! J
never for>ase YOU" and fell back uron her
pillow corpse !;
After the funeral was over. took Ellen to
st., ";ti. E.u .iavs ill Dr. NJ and
cOuid tinh home for her; but she r!unv 10