Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1860-04-27

know where he is, because. his mother writes
TO him often and | never miss seeing his an
swors. can tell from tho writing on the en-
vclopos what changes have been effected in
him. lie does not write the same hand now
that he did when he first went away he al
ways uses one seal, with the motto '7ouours
ia meme aud, do you know, ! believe il
heartily, stephen will never change TO me-
! cndcavored to combat and to shake her
belief but seven years had rooted it in her
peculiar nature ton firmly for my arguments
felt sure that she would be deceived and
disappointed. but, at last, in pity, | dosistod
from oxpostulaiion, ard, as the night was
wearing on. we had soon plenty to do.
There came a loud knock at the door, and
my fathers bell was rung sharply Anna
hastcnod TO unlock the door, and a letter
carrier staggered into the house with heavy
load of bags. which wcrc Immediately opened,
and their contents cmpticd into large wicker
baskets. There were bundles upon bundles
Of letters and red. green, yellow, blue and
white bills, containing different entries
enough to bewildcr the most sclfconiancd
person. All was hot and brcathloss haste.
heartily wished that those suspicious and
qucruous old maids and bctrothod young la-
dies who are always imagining their interest
ing correspondence Is fraudulcnty inycstigat-
cd in the post-ofico, had to take turn at
that hurried labor. which enyrosscd every
momcnr aud every faculty
My father was, in many respects, we'll fit
ted for his post. Like some other men, he
was far more careful and ,olcitoas for the
business Of others than for his own. SO hc at
tended we'll to the post office, lest he should
unintcntiunaily injure any one whose letters
might be delayed and Anna was even pain
fully imbnod with the same fear that by mis-
sending or rotarding letter she might be the
innocent cause VI domestic or business mis-
fortunes Ny father should have been able
to devote himself 90 the affairs Of Office alone ;
but his salary postmaster was only fl3O a
year, and the necessity Of having house in
the center of the town compelled him to give
Gao year in rent, which left Of his govern
mcut salary only GOO for the maintenance of
a family, three of whom were employed al-
moss constantly. day and night, in the service
OF the public. We were consequently obliged
to continue the business Of the stationer's
shop, which, badly managed as it was, added
about ESQ to our income, though IL greatly
increased the confinement that had destroyed
Anna's heath and soon began to tell upon
my own
applied myself diligently to my new du-
tics as postofiice clerk, which are not insult
ed to women in a town like ours, as thcy re-
ouire tho pos,ocplat;ve nersoveranco oiodi-
epco and tbo p,t;once ,,,,ior .rr,o,.,r,.s
which mony women noses. ar 10 which ,Ley
aro tr,;nod W. dia NJ, sh-;nl 80, ~
mouotony and confinement, as most young
men would have done, and it is at once eyi-
dent that if we two and our father would
give our whole time and encrpy for GOO
,oar ,ri,b,,,, a,..ao,o,;,. ,c 7.,.-..,;a. 90.
,rorn ;;n., - ,,.,r c- ,,L rIo,,-
Va h,i;ovo Thar in Er..Iard ,ho ,'ros,;1.'. B..
No, bo,.. ,ri,J .i',rn ,o r',Ii;. -, -,
mo Io,ros, 9al,r,. Inn, hal. 20 Ill t.o
80 ,,..,,,.,,,.. -. -
stlo .o,,,.,,ar.,;,,, H.. c,.tar L.I ,.,'la,'l
cficient sory;c 70 an, ,,oi..bLorL,,o5 ro,r
l., c,r,,. ,.oors b,,1js o.o tor,l,r;... -,
soyorty- and bis ircrc,si,.. ;,frrit;os ,o
I.,r,or r,rro;ttcd hin, ~ ,orf,rr, b;s ,l,,ios
Tho rptlic interest montreal What ,r,s 40 Lo
done with him
For some tin,c INV fathers manner had e1I-
al mo ,,;,b i,5ofnalIo ,rrr,ho,siorS IT,
,,os orrrossoJ and 4,,ol,ncb,l, an5 a,,,oorrl
too rro,,ccrn;cd c,r attent;or ~ hns;noss
Flo icn bis ic,t.r. r,r rs A., o,s,,or and i,-
sod or r.,I.,,, os ,,,s l,is ,.o,,t T., go.
ici.,ro t.,,r T., n,,,l5 -, s1.,,I., main,
,,s novg. and thor ,sL,r., ror,,rL . ,,,,r ,,,r
a,,,,.,rorco ~ occ,rat;nn
, Mar " said nv Gthor oro d,v onor q
long silence ..bavc vo,, whit. drcss ON -
NO father " ronlied Iooling At hin, INV
ionslv
Then. God helm me - no said 81 am NJ
r last hind There is nothing bofore INV cvcs
but dim aoating vopor was moi suro
vou were there till YOU answered Are Ettio
and Anna in the room ;"
r "No." | said and rose TO look closer
into his dear ewes. which had always rested
on us in Kindness and intelligence until now
"Nary. Won have the strongest mind amonc
us he continued "therefore Won must hear
the truth first. have been losing INV SIGHT
oradnally. Now il is irrecoyerablv come
Everythine seems to have an undedned ms-
trous outline
"Oh we will have the hest aid and advice 4"
All ha..c,ii,. - ~, ,,a Ill
aa'"' Nv uPeiuily' i'o"N ~ "0 ''O"uuJ'
will stand in a full light and you will dis
tinguish my features"
at is ali indstinct." he exclaimed. and
sank back in his armchair with groan. "I
shall never see you again, my daughters"
His gray head fell upon my shoulder, and
he sobbed as men sob who are unused to