Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1867-11-08
A Wi!e's Deyotion.


We copy from " Hours at Home Sc tie fol
lowing interesting narrative, by an Englist
missionary among the claritalso OF NowZ
and:
After crossing Muddy creek, (tac creek o.
the banks OF which We had e-cimpoI )witi
no small difficulty on account 0l its muddy
Bottom and great width. being nearly a mil,
across, we arrived toward uiEht.all of tlg
next day AT another creek called Little Mud
dy creek. Here we found living 10 n lag hut
a white man. Old and gs.g-h,aI,i. with DIS
WIFE p native and old lie hiI- Dr.. b-t O.
how ir-itiu4y hi1e3u- 1870. -gly An her
flesh seemed 90 have driri aY. end her yyrin-
kled skin hung m loose g.. '- about her rer-
sor. her face was al dlsf.l-.I D with luos OF
tafto1wE. and her Cye- ID 'loll-h1t and
Ilc1r.d wiki the llrg o..s- .t ihe w0ld-
fires -ae cooked over Size gave ms. however.
an excellent supper of r.~r-.-.ashr f-h. and
potatoes, with good dsmrl- ard bot fos
/ could not. however. I.s. Ur eyes Of her
al tie tine We were Ia H.- aitlr-sur-
TT. Leonard and ] wr. ... G.. slHs our
pipes.
.. Leonard. Icx.air.s. -. d-Ly g.. ever
se. more hIie0H- cr. -... t.gu ria. w.-
mlu I-2 De Prc.e.E r. 40. 300 u.tIge w.-
men if r. c is @ SPECIMEN . t.li beauty"
e.. AE. sir 80 ~flf 81 r.sr Hr...fI-E y.s...
recognized as her t--t...'- .aF Dee
ugly 20 yYur tve-. i1t -'. ..- Ir ul...
II i> now weil-u Ea -aH.- t.. -ue. ..u
away from a w.ale slip. .l r.s 60 living
ttre among tie savage. 80 warrant Sou
they were savage enough f.t.. .ulrai g.
iuIld for tie chief 0i nj. -r.. came a-uou-
O hat. and Lc gave mc ti, woman .- q ra-
ward for my services. Sic WIS good enough
looking then. ana sire is'I.t u,e build O.
house and planted my I.-st.c.. and caught
ny fish, cooked my i..l .r3 MS faithful
and true wife 20 ne. S.u. ,,--- afterwards
! fell I'D. The native t3..s .-. or doctors.
tried their hands 81 c4rlr- u.. all 10 wa.
not for want af nurs,n. .r a,I part ta. !
dId uct get well w-.ty.- ~ worse ia-
stead OF better. and H8ru. mv wife. began @,
tangi (ircU Tor me. On, lal the heard from
some of her friends Who has J4z- returned
from Auckland iae c'.. hr--ish -ottle-
ment --ai there "t- -Ea"" w-itc
man J there Who could c--s m. and the
next day she started g. see lin IA L,r canoe,
but she had WgA-ui-A twenty miles u walk
az well before sic 81 th-le. He ttAd Jay
she came back her sister having nlI-,d me
It did me me g'5i, but could not cure me.
She told me the doctor Ws-."l .3 -c ma, bug
could not or won.d not como OUT 90 me.
Alter week trlal 90 sre sun he had
sent me, and my being o.. great deal hct
ter, she determined u tah. me @ hlm, and
ana sl she Tut ne I'D i.l canoe, ant then
carried me twenty mll,- 100 -,r b2ck-ay.
l tell ye' every foot OF the way; and was
there well nigh two months .n a lIttle hut
she built me herself outside the town
and every week she went backward and
forward between here and -.era laden with
the weeks provisions A. length l got
well anu came back with her home !, and eN-
e since then she has bleu, ay. and l. n0w'
beautiful IN my eyes .,.''H- alone she has
twice saved my llle ir n i-t niggcis oi the
NgitIwaIs, ANA once from browning. 81
would Ike e. know, san .r- what wnlte
woman would have DON. ..s Ike and
tcll ye believe Ged Almis 49, viii give her
place ~ heaven, ugly ani dark though
ste be- and haii heath-n Us lou Woul4 coB
heT'
found afterwards 'lat TIE man taie
"a- true, ana must e-hit-- .ii> narrative Oh
he soitened very much her ..i'iy lnhrml-
LOVE AND HoRNEis.- 4 IAli-r'-e' 1u-
lAharIassing lncoent occurred 10 an a.-
qualntance ol ours ia-' Nt'N- ooF Hlend'
VINO Is gallant yo-I- ".i'"'t' was 'isil-
ing house IN the count - "'icl auoa z
Us other tenants, c'Al1!.,- '-'e. N.au'l-- ID
ana accom- !isne1 eIng I-4l's' is 81 pos
co uy me showing olts '"'' one Vl 'Nes'
young adleS va the nrinil Il iI.r "nIsl az
uae'ed our lIlehl 10 oAel'y county, DC 'naI
as II may ne Went 10 say the "e'k GU. anu
was uuly snpIli0Sl 0 Win Iail.-Gn' suitable Ior
the OCCASION on nis ll'l'ai ne was SHOWN
hls lOOil, us icili' c2iiil'eDe .,i
ca geI'ing nln'eii y i1i oiutiei ILA'n1
rom nls 'Illse 5'l9sy o!'all-''I ooA.' ne
hunglHuP y aH " 60 ~I'l-," ~ - - & ~
"[4nAiSs 10 II gyS sol," I'd, zlioo'llel %.
OeIoIe I'nn,I- Len 'l-a' IN Iran. e''i..
arrived our nero huII'eIly putting On