The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1866-10-24

revealed itself TO me.
I tremblc' and forgot the precious
burden in my hand it dropped to the
ground and was shattered TO pieces.
How shall describe the rcctors rage
| fear he said something for which lie
would have blushcd in his calmcr mo-
ments. And she came out.
She who had the angel voicc-his
niecc-came ont, and saw her | for
got the disaster, ami stood specchlcssly
gazing at her face"
'Iou awkward scoundrcl Lool, ut
your work. Thirty pounds fifty pounds
an invaluable treasure gone irreparably III
"A moment! Why don't you speak
Why did y,u drop it p
"Dlop it - said waking up. "Drop
what And then it flushed upon me
again, AMI slammcrcd ont, ''shc sang :"
"Aud if she did sing, was there any
occasion TO drop my beautiful vase, you
duuhly stupid b!ockhcad! There, 90 out
Of the house, do, before yon do any fur
lhcr mischief, and tell your father to
hors.whip You for Il stupid doIt.'
said nothing. did nothing, but only
locked at her iacc, and went shamhling
away, changed and altered being. -
There was Il world where horse shoes,
lemons. and moriccs, right hands or left
entered not. That world | had seen
had breathcl lis ail and heard its voices.
Nv father heard of my misfortune,
and laid the strap across my shoulders
without hc-iiatiun, for in my young days
boys were boys until eighteen or nineteen
years Old bore it patiently, unrom.
plaininsly
What is he fit for :" every one woull
ask, and no one could answer. .ot even
myself.
wandered about the r1ctory in the
summer evenings and heard nrr sing
tried lInrd to get the old gardener to let
me help him carry the watering pots,
AMI when succeeded felt, as | entered
tn rcctor's garden, that wa, cntrrin! Il
paradise. Oh, happy months, when af-
ter the horrible labors of the weary dav.
used to follow the old gardener and hear
her sing.
My Old wlherel heart beats fuller and
irecr, when the memory comes back to
me now.
Alas alas. my awkwarnc,s again
bani-hd me. She met me one evening
in the garden as WAS coming along the
path with my can, inlI OF water, and
/ spoke to me, ana said
~ ou're the boy that broke the vase.
aren't You! p
dil not, could not reply; my strength
torSook me. | dropped my cans on the
. ound, where they upset and hJolcd
sume els ON which the rector set most
especial store.
"lIJw awkward. TO tc sure :" she OK
claimed. Sand how angry unc,c will
BEL"
| turned and fled, and from that time
the rector! g,t,, were closed 80 ,n,t me.
led "a miserable uahappy lite for the
next three yeats had ouly one conso.
lalion during the whole of that drcary
time. | SAW her at church and heard
her sing there. | could hear nothing
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h'afd "er' not i'n'ly bnl t'nlrr!y, e
ioNln@ly; l knew the change had come
she loved : 1t Thrilled IN her voice ;
and at the evening service he was there
| saw him. y soldier, | knew by hi,
bearing win cruel hard, gray eyes; an
she sang knew 1t, detected {
lremble and gratitude in the notes.
ielt She was to suffer rs | had suffered
not that sang | had no voice. A
harsh, cultural sonni was all could give
utter nee TO- could whistle Ike a bird
ANA often ANA often have lam for hour
IN the shade OF II tree AMI Jpiaed the con
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