Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-03-02

ePo'V NAshoAlS tuAt Vlu NellaE Top, thouHn
Insignificant in ITSELF told the peculiar dis
position and temperament OF each, and wa
the shsdowing forth of the current Of their
after lives.
"Well Mother, tell us what happened in
after life, ''sald Mary, who was quite impa-
tent as Mrs James paused, aud seemed to
fear the story was finished,
"Yes,my daughter though my story will
be short, for | have no romantic incidents
to relate about them, and | fear "young
America" in these days would think they
led a very humdrum sort of life They re-
ceived most Of their education in their ma
tive town, and that you must recollect was
before the era Of High Schools and Female
Academies, and education, in the hands of
the village school committee, was somewhat
of spasmodic eiiolt. Beside the common
district schools, select schools, for the ad.
vantage Of the favored few, who could aE
ford the outlay, were quite in vogue. A
flaming advertisement would appear in the
village newspaper, headed "Select School,
taught by Miss --n and followed by
a recommendation for the teacher, and an
enumeration Of the different branches
taught, among which drawing, painting,
and fancy needle work, occupied a con-
spicous place Thither all the juveniles
of the village elite would flock. Geogra-
ply and Arithmetic, Murray's Grammar,
Whelpley's Compend of History and
Books of Penmanship would be commenced
and all things 90 swImmingly for q while
and then, all at once, would come "break-
up somewhere between the parents, COM
mittee and teacher, in which, as in mod
ern railroad accidents, nobody would be
TO blame" and then an interregnum Of an
indefinite period would follow.
1t was during one of these intervals of
rest that the trio were sent to a small vii
lage, in what was then called Lower Can
ada, to be the inmates Of a French family,
for the purpose of becoming perfected in
that language.
This somewhat wild scheme was never
quite able to understand, inasmuch as,
| (though with reverence be it spoken) it
didn't accord with the usual discreet judg-
ment and anxious sohcitude of their parents.
I am sure they must have had unusual
! confidence in their children, and hoped and
believed that the seeds of piety and wisdom
which they had implanted early in their
minds, would surely in the time of tempta-
ton, "spring up and bear abundant fruit,
and the event proved that their confidence
was not misplaced The lessons learned at
! the mothers knee, and the teachings Of
Il DL,,,..l -, -, l. ~, l,osov,, tho,r nod heen
nurtured, and into whose fold they had
been grated by the holy waters Of Dap
tism, were not forgotten, while they So
iourned in strange land. Together thew
read Gods holy Word, together they re-
peated their morning and evening prayer,
and when sickness fell upon the youngest,
she was tenderly nursed by the two elder
ones, and was still, as she ever was, the
''weak sister, always fearing, and yet
feeling comparatively safe and happy I'M
der the sheltering wings of her companions.
Thu, did the gentle Shepherd Of Israel
watch over the lambs of His flock, to de-
liver them from evil, and they returned TO
their homes without any untoward acct
dent Or any "apostacy from the faith of
their fathers
But / must pass over the year At board
ing school, which, in those days, always
comprised the Finishing off" OF school ed
ucauon, and Immediately preceded the
"comlng out" into society, and bring you
down to the Autumn Of Is when the
trio stood at the altar Of the little village
church III V as bridesmaids 10 a
mutual friend and school companion. As
they stood there arrayed in spotless white,
flushed with the hopes of youth, and sur
rounded with loving friends and so many
of lite's blessings, the boundaries of mere
human vision could have discerned nothing
for them IN the future but long life ef
happiness.
In one year more there was another bri-
dial in that village church; the eldest and
the youngest Of the trio again stood at the
altar, and the youngest was the bride
and where was the other? Alas Death
had dissolved this triple union of Young
hearts. and q few weeks previous, with the
fading and the falling Of the leaf, with the
dying Of the flowers, she had died Gift
ed by nature and education, lovely and be-
IoFcui II Seentu mysterious providence
which had removed her thus early from
the pleasant things of earth, but we mus.
believe that He lInoweth his chosen ones,
and so sent His messenger TO take her to
her home in Heaven.
You may be sure that the thought of cher
whs in her youthful beauty died" cast
dark shadow over the bridal festivities.
bridal, which was none the less JOYOUS.
because by it, the elder and the Younger of
the trio were really made sisters. Still. as
ever was their won't, did their loving hearts
beat in unison for few short wears, and
then the gentle spirit of the eldest was laid
to rest amid the Western praries, where
she had chosen for herself home
For the youngest, hfe's cares and trials
still remain to her, who seemed the least
fitted to bear the freaks of fortune, a large
share of the Yiclssitudes of life in Ged's
providence has been allotted. But we
would lain hope that after having suffered
much, and "borne the burden and heat of
the day, the promise, TAT evening time there
shall be light may be hers. Blest mem
cries OF those who return no more still live