Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1859-04-23

The child had fair hair, and lustrous eyes,
whose long lashes gave nm almost oriental ex-
preston to the countenance as she lay in a
death-like slumbcr, and the sweet face seemed
to beam with heavenly light, when slowly
opening her eyes, she feebly whispered, "Moth-
er, am going to the happy land we used to
talk about, where every one is good will you
come, too, mothcrP" And then, after u pause,
the silence of which seemed too sacred to be
broken, she suddenly sat up and putting forth
her hand, said anxiously, "Mother, dear moth
er, do not leave me! Oh. how dark Come
close to me, mother II see egain--brght--
-anges-happy-m mother" and the little
arms sunk gently down, and the eyes closed,
and the sweet face rested lovingly upon the
bosom Of the mother, and the spirit had become
freed from its tenement, and been waited to re.
| gions of eternal bliss
With a saddcned heart, retraced my steps
homeward, and the following day found me
again in this home of misery and want. Ere
| the sun had again set, the body of little Ella
was committed to the earth and the heart
stricken mourner was introduced to a more
comfortable home in the family of an intimate
friend who had become interested in the case,
and where, by kindness and true sympathy 1.-The
bloom of health soon began to return to her
cheek, and the light of life to her eyes; yet sor-
row for her darling Ella often weighed heavily
upon her heart, and cast deep shade of sad
ness over her fine, expressive face 1t was at
one of these periods that CHANGED TO meet her
again, and learned the circumstances which had
brought about the condition in which had first
seen her.
Emily Clayton was the daughter Of mcr-
chant residing in the interior of the State
whose means were ample, and whose love for
her, an only child, boundless. Caressed and
petted, and spoiled by over indulgence, she
knew not single restraint, nor had single un-
gratifed whim. While vet a mere child, scarce
sixteen, she met gav dashng Young man,
several years her senior, thoroughly convcrsant
with the ways of the world, and perfect mas
ter of all the wiles of deceit and fattery. Com
pletely fascinated. she accented him as a lover.
ncvnr douLting bcr f,,bnr's ro,dv corson,
ub;oh rhor res,"od 's,',oJ hor ,,'r o,,J
,;nid;na ~ ,ho ,nn,,,,or sho ion har - '', ~
e'J W ,,,S -, ~ - ,'o.,e VI
w." ""u ,,Lins ,'I ,o. 'o ,to ,;si" ~. .o.iP".'
J,ro ,bo Ssorro,ys oc = ,or,bior,s Lnr,o
III ,L.aa l,,,,, -. ,,a., II ,l..,
bor Lnshand ,ros Lro,',,L, Lor,o = olI,r,,s, ha,.
;,,,, ,,,,,, H. d,o,h -, ,t k.,,J e .u IT,,
s ,v' ms uvu.n a. 'ht manu- ~ one mno'' he
A .ersr of nr;do b,j s,,s,a;ncJ bor in ,hc do
tao,, ' hr IA, =, o' ,'J
,ra'',,s I,, ,,, f,g;r'. La. io,I;,osa snd co.
tho ssLe of bor boant;G1 cb;Id shc onnoaIod 70
bnr c1,Lor c,r f,r1,a,,,'' .,J sn,,,b, ro,,,s
,o the home .be baJ cnr,,lsn - N'''
I'nc,r,nno,ni har I,.,'. ,,o,.or ro,.ho1 ,s
dc.,i"a,;on "ni far rc.Ls L lho IootcJ IN ,a;n
c. ~o.i'. '.; " t9 J;I :; t" ~, ~ ,a'', I
sbo -, -, ,n,ail, noJ,na,od ~
,b;s ,;mo II an,. rIodo - oi,;o;n;,,, H.,
~ bccamn u nrev ,n Tho mast yIonm, Scors and
Jarl foral,od;n,,s and s,rDn,, ,an,,,,3,io~s h,,
,hn ,r;na;',I, Jc -, u pp,"e.I''' 80
nia,i"j IN bor hoar, - ,old - ,
ii4 iiNA !" 'AN'N ~ N'i'ii hN''NS
,; @" s ,; " '''' VI P''e''' anu
G.w ,cors srf;ood % br;r, bor 20 ,ho NV
,ren,o of ;yont ,rhn, d;s,,;r;,e3 and S;cL sho
III. T. II l.. .,.''' ''.- -. 'ns
III f,',L bor a,,d -. ab;d Iaioa,o 60,
,hn e., had soo, ,;oldod 80 ,ho ,,nhnaI,h,, ~
fiuenc,.s sIirroundIhg ner. ana ,n,,h 80 ,h.
grave. while the mother was literally starving
TO death in order to save the little store of food
for the nourshment IF her Ella. But the tay
before her death she had cut her own hair short,
and with the money obtained from its sale. pur
chased few necessaries for her darling child.
whom she so soon afterward laid out of sipht
forever.
Her mental suferings during this period.
were beyond description, and added To her
physical evils which she encountered. laid the
foundation for tina, disease which DESTROYS so
many of our people.
1t was now no difficult task to persuade her
again to appeal to her father. and this time. not
in vain, for ere many davs had elapsed. she was
rc-instated in the home of her youth, and sur
rounded with all that co,,ll tend to comcort and
happiness. and many and off repeated were the
PRAYERS and thanks of those moor creatures who
had, in her extremity given her shelter. when
they received her muni6cent Offering Of prati-
tude.
A single wear with its catalogue of lows and
sorrows, had been numbered with the past. and
| had frequently heard from her. as betnr in a
feeble condition. and steadily declining in health
when the telegram summoned me to A. in
great haste. A swift rdr Of n few hours