Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-07-29

find it.
She took up her work and babe her leave
it. You viii not set another stitch, I.ettie,"
| said; "you may just play on the old piano
and sing your bits Of songs and get into the
fresh air-you have been kept too close, and
are pale to what you we're Go to bed now,
like a good little lasse III do by myself"
But there is so much to finish. Janey."
"Not a stitch that you'll touch Lettie; 80
kiss me good night and get away"
And you don't think much Of what Doc
tor Nash said2' she asked very wistfusly.
No! I've no opinion Of him at ALL"
And hearing me speak up in my natural way
| Though my heart was doubling all the timel,
she went away comfortcd and in better hope.
| had put it of before her, because she would
have given way TO fretting, if | had seemed
to believe what the doctor said but az
drew my needle through and through mywork
till three hours past midnight, | had often 70
stop TO wipe the tears from my eyes.
There were only two of us--Lettic and
myselt-and we had neither father nor moth
er, nor indeed any relatives whom we knew.
Lettie was seventeen, and | was four years
older. We were both dress-makers, and
either worked at home or worked out by the
u"y' we h'ou III small, uha'oneui three,
rooincu cottage oe'slue 'ae 'own' wh,cn h9g
nic' gaIuch in lro,'. some people haa tol1
Us 'nal II we ,no'ou in'o 'ne Town we should
sv' po'ter onnPioy put ootn iet'e anu l
/ liked the place where we had been born so
much better than the closed-in streets, that
We had never got changed, and were not wish
iui To- puI ren' was NOT iluch' ou' VIC were
I"' 70 II soi'V''invH " so' 1t iu"uo UP
" ue uay' "' our tanu,"uy was FoIy sharp
upvu ner 'ynan's' anu Il 'ney were ever 80
l''',e pc''inunonu' sue gave 'neui no''cu ul-
reG'y'
sv' my ",,s 10 "oIA now 10 ~. 'ne mon
y 70 ''Ao i'V.''o 10 VOW" uu' al ,n"' h'gn'
no ''ea c'"y NY, 70 '',e' uuu ."e nlAt uay 1t was
'po sainc' Nl'n 'wo ''r o' h1nuS we nau
ina'nta'neu ourselves uo'en''y put now was
II going 10 pe now 'hefe was ohly one hlch
loIAS niue 'hlnk now nara Is Is ior many OF
US poor uay-"orAers 10 i've OH our lltIie earn
ings' muoh more 10 spare ior an evil day
II
sunday lound me sun uhdecided' but that
was our hoiiday, ana 1 meant 10 see Doctor
Nash myself, while Lettle was gone to chapel
She made herself very nice, Tor she had
pi'u0 !" 10 'ooNa ~" po0as'o Ie y
e"i1 T., 'nousI' "el 'e'y Pie'ty %ysuii, anu ,i
80 uiu Tue neIsnoois' sue n"u oie"I' sii'acl IL
e"'uios' anu 4" Pa'o oo'or j" nur onoeAs' sun
brown nuH anu h'1ol Eyes II was not easy
to see that anything allied them, unless you
looked into them very closely, and then there
was dlmness to be seen about them, which
uign' Ve u'se"se' '9ne hau pun on 'ninA,ng
a1ou' "eiso.' e"u vac "I 'le'y "s q 'i'Seo'
wneu sue NeIl' uoWu ,ne ,. lilc III ner Wn''S
ponne' "a anu slcai' -lnuslin eSwn ons nouucu
10 me SAs wa'O'lns hor "pnl nouoorNay J,
anu suhl'eu qu''o n"ppily' vas ,S pioue q, ol
l.e''l1 as ovor my nlo'ner hau peen, on one
was ""ays Su.n a ei1'eri ""r"'-ne"r''u ii'''e
'"iugi w ior al nui MN 'e"ipe', =,
~, " non ' s''1 vas la sone' pi. 'ne ."u'o',
set of into Tho town 10 500 Doctor Nah Ue
,vos a. home and HE MON sbou,e5 mo into ,Lo
surgery where had 10 wait NAV he nm hour
When The doctor came in. he asked sharnlv
wbv I could not have mt of NV visit iii
Monday: was NV business so pressing? He
did not consider how precious we're the work
davs 10 us or NAV he he wonla moi have
] shaken so--for he was benevolent man as
we have every reason 10 know he HAVING at.
ltended our mother through her last illness as
carefully as if she had been a rich lady.
though we could never hone to nav him. I
explained what | had come about. and he
sohened then. but would not alter what he
had told Lette himself
"She has been with me three or four times -
he said. "She is an interesting little girl
it's great pity but do not think her sight
can be saved-I don't indeed, Jane
He explained to me why he was of this
opinion, and how the disease would advance
more lengthily than needs to be set down
here Then be said he could get her admitted
into the Blind Institution if we liked; and
that must keep her we'll, and send her out
of doors constantly. And so | went home
again, with very little hope left, as you may
well think, after what l had heard.