The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1867-07-16

| burning through the night, Tor she Is
afraid of wolves. Another morning and
she is almost hopeless. o, will not hca-
ven pity her. The little one grows
weaker he cannot hold up his head.
Another terrible night; the baby moans
pitcously; he falls into convulsionsi the
next day he dies. All day she carries
the little, lifclcss body in her arms, and
all light, beneath the implying stare, she
holds it TO her bosom.
She carried the little dead burden day
after day, until the purple hue of decay
was rapidly setting over it, and she felt,
with pang of her heart, that she must
bury it. Then she looked about for Il
spot where She might dig the tiny grave, 50
deep that the viii lcat and wolf would not
scent it out. Weak as she was, this was
no easy task, hu; in cr wanderng5 she
came upon a giant tree, uptOrn at some
former time 10y hurricane. In the soft
earth where the roots had lam she scooped
out the baby's resting place, and, making
/ il soit with moss, covered the cold little
form forever from her siuht. Then she
sat down by the grave in Il slupor Of grief
! Hour after hour passed how to com
mcncc the dreadful pilgrimage Then
she noted everything about the spot.
| Here was rock, there stool an immense
hcmlock. Yes She wonld know the place
/ She could find it easily with Robert.
Then began again the struggle through
the wildcrn -. Day after day, wecl,
after week. she passed ON. Ter garments
were torn to tattcr.. But the DAYS grew
warmer, AN the fever that was burning
in her veins made even the soft showers
that fell upon her welcome First she
ate the buds Of trees and bark of the birch
Presently She began TO iind the young
thcckerbcrry leaves, aud now aud then
she ceme upon partrige's nest, and
greediy sucked the eggs. After time
there were red raspberries and black
thimblc berries in the woods, aud then she
knew it WAS July. The trees had row
pat on a!reSI their beautiful garments.
But for the delicious poetry one linls in
| the wools, sauntering oct from the busy
world iUr an hour, she cared nothing.
She saw nothing but trees, trees, trees,
in intcrminable succession 1tvsecmed
wears, We, noos 400. tb3t she swrnt the
| hooith with u hirch b,oom. and enr,,
the baby to slecn in Rohert'..cab;n. Her
mind grew beWillerl still she went
ON, ON, on. When she came To Il large
stream she went up towards It's source
until she could wade ucros, il So she
said: and She affirmed that She never
cros,ed,a stream wider than \ brook.
| She paid no attention TO sun and monn as
a nui,lc or indication of the no;uts of the
commas. but She must have taken a north
westerly direction. There were E,,cl,
river, Mill river. Watcroqeechv. and
WHITE Waits Wen. fl ,wiur into tLe c,n-
necu,icut river from the Nrrmnnt s;1c.
bnt she constantly inserted that She s,w
none of tLnm. Thruunh July and Au,,,st
there were berries of yarou, kind. and
by means of these she sustained wln, liz.
tie life wa, left. Andnow the manle bcoan
+, tnln ON lis cnr,,ons crinsn, anil tbo
silver h;r,Lc. ~ wear tbcir rnIo o,ll. of
Septomncr the birds wrr, aa,in, r,n
C,rrst ncroeionlv she hnJ ol;,,nscs of ,
Hack hear tnrn.d ont or The nt,l ,(r,iI
otibe hum,n form. hntno bpm,r L.;.,,
did She meet. AMI lonr before human
voices h,d ceased TO cal, her mama
Was She ol,no on earth and ,y,s ,bo
Garth , vast wilderness v;tL,,t o,,,l,,
without 4 c,earin, or a settlement lid
Cod taken all Gr. hnt thot Of hr,,c. onI
f,rrot,en her. or ordained her TO wnnIcr