The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1859-10-04
"Plninly." said |.

oight children, brought up in tho good old
State of Connecticut. My brothers and
sisters were all dear to me--but not alike
dear. Alice younger than myself, the
companion of my youthful hopes and struG
giles, was dearest Of all to me. Amiablc
and gentle, she seemed pure rs tho beings
Of my 'immaeinalion--a concentration Of
all that was good and lovely. Oh, how |
loved our Alicc. Too well, too well =
She was my idol! | remember how | al
most wished to chilo hcr for giving part OF
her love t o George Dane. the village law.
yer. | wished to be all that was dear ia
her, as aho WAS al that was dear to me.
George was manly and intellectual
and had no reason to oppose hor choice.
Mother did J, only that 1 regretted to
loose from the homo so,ic,y one 80 dear ---
They were married. anl life of happiness
seemed a sure rowald fer their rurl" and
devotion. For two yoars--ycars, | have
reason to belIoyo, of unsuliel JOYS to ,hom
they lived in the same village with Us.
At tho end Of that tine, George dctcrr'jn.
- ca - ',,r'l"- " -. 1"oy moved
to 7, and for time, long and cNloar.
inc letters Of their condition and prospects
II their now homo wero received and co.
reriy read in the homo cilcle. Nut after
a time, th Y grow less frequent, loss on
couraginr, and at tho end Of 4 year and .
hall, ceased altogether, There was cloud
IN our Old hom9---a shadow on the hearth.
s'ono. Fearful forebodiHgs waro f,lt 10y
tha. loving band of hearts. Again and
again we wrote but months rolled around
md no tidings camo. But ono gosoursa
r'naiucd-l must sook my lost sistor.
"Pyrmt mo h. observe hers my friend,
that M scruplcs woro not opposed t. spir
il drinking. was not drunkard--bu
carried n bottle with mo at timos---drauk
when | wanted it, and WAS slways IN f,t
jolly time. / WAS, in common parlanca,
y moderate drinkor, rs the most dobauch
cd are, previous to becoming jrunAsrl'
II thera wore no moderate drinkers, thare
would b. no drunkards.
" n Due courso of time arrived Mt my
destination III t. ] WAS surprised ~
the shriitlc.' ana general e-bogoaa ap
pesrauca Of enterprise sni business, but
a look OF wrctchednoas and roVnrty, thgs
malp mo sLulJrr f., IA, E.tc uf ,,v JAay
AEcn. Fut Nli,, Wa. coma In lD.v,y
ia my ipuuir;oa. a-c.,t,iual thu, th,y
had iIvcl in cOmparati.o comfort and ~
spcctability, tut that ,tterly they had
come " want, and Iofl che village. Moth
ING mora satisfactory coul he olicitua-- 40
clue to their whereabouts They had dis
spI cared 10 ono knew whore =
II spcn, week in visiting tho ncighhor
inc Villages, and then returned home. Tha
jov uf our household hii departed forever.
'Abouta ycnr anrrw,td. M oprortHlil.
occurred for cngagin. ~ tu ireaa, ~ aseui
for raruipcinrina coinr-ny, " h;rh r",Iuir
II irs,ri in Vermont and trnrla In t'a
r,ursc f III. tour, one cold day. in ~iutor
---c cold epd stormy that travrlirE = w,4
imrractj'tfln-- found m, .elr laid up vi
Nolgcs. with Gi- prospect Of = r,ek's
-t-y, AVID g. tell tn" truth, rather liked
the ilea. ! had in m, travels become IL
/ ctod to the sMcrt; and. =. ! va. .he
lion Of The place, the rich stranger. Who
was ~ liberal with hiS tr"ats. found time
p1'-ni swiftly, aud-l hls,h to own il
now. .ir--ric1sanry. The storm continu
Ell three d,ys without intcrn,is.ion-ono Of
tho.c cold north west blows and snow
storms, tha. leave 'he snow piled in huge
drifts, or Nreathod fsrciluIy into shapes Of
Eesutv.
al, thc c-nni,r NJ III, tb;rl Ia, Il,
10 Girl ,biplr clad hc,u,ohoJ r;;h cola
came ,oftly into the bar room and ann,
ylcd in between tho great ,fov, and ~,Il
T W., NOT 40 rct th,nt uo,ronI h..l,aJ
enough to look uron tho svtyo,i,c nomov
cd; and I instinctirslv Elt sr in,.,e.t II
the rttlo stranger from the ,romont that
saw bcr and INV i,to,o,t va, c,o,Ir =,
h,nce6 whom r,ticod tbst .Sc tic,;l,
sbr,nl from observation and ..crcl il
fcntlv watching foy ,o,,o orc ! div;,,I
At once thst sbo ws,an .rcoI of ,,crcv
sent hv some lonely suscring mother 10
homo soma I,nrton rcvcIIsr
ron, tb;s ,,;,,r,I1o jor ~ l,o,L n
inc nv chair close to tho stovc and ,nc,t
n9 a, kindly a, no4sibl. a.lcJ he, ,o
ONO n mo
"Don't, don't. rlc,sc do,Y vb;r N, air,
sid tho little ono. sohbinc,
orNo mv dos, wi,b n b.,n ror
Whs, arc you hero for. ,bi. cold nigbtr
".pleoso .ir. 70 find ma
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