Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-12-30
Maternal Love;

tho margin OF this solitary lake. until, near
its farther end, It suddenly turns into an OK
tou-iye copso wood of oak and birch From
this il omcrgc halfway up g rugged noun
tuIn-side and entering o dark glen through
wtIic'f o ts'fte-.t ~r-ha- amidst great masse.
OF granite, it at last conducts the traveller,
by zlg-zag oseont, 90 narrow gorge, which
is hcmmed in upon every side by giant preci-
pico- overhead is strip of blue sky,
while all below is dark and most gloomy
From this mountain-pass the widow dwell
ing was tcu milcs Of, and no human habIta-
tiou was nearer than her own She had uu-
dortakon % long journey indeed But the
Icnt was due some weeks before, aud ia
submcior threatened TO dsposse-s her. as the
village in which She lived, and in which her
tlmily had lived for two generations. was
about 10 be swept away, in order 90 enlarge
Ia shcop-iaun. Indeed, along the margin Of
The quiet stream which watored The green
valley and along the shore of tho lake, might
even then be traced The ruins OF many
hamlet, where happy and contcutod people
once lived but where no sound Is now heard
except the blcat OF solitary sheep, or the
scream of Che eagle as he wheels bis aght
among tho dizzy praeipices
The morning when The widow left her
home gave promise Of lovely day. But,
before noon, a change took place in the wealth
er Norihwud the Ky became black and
lowering. Masses OF clouds rested upon the
hills. Sudden gusts of wind began to whis-
dc among the rocks and to ulHc, with black
squalls, the surIuce Of the loch. The wind
was succeeded by rain, and the rain by slcet,
aud scet hy o heavy nll of suow 1t was
thc month OF May for that storm b. yet re-
mcmbored as thc " great May Storm The
widest day OF winter never beheld flakes Of
snow falling heavier or faster, or whirliug
with moro fury through the mountain-pass,
SLING every hollow and whitening every
rock.
Weary, and wet, and cold, the widow
reached that pass with her cEiid. She knew
that a mile beyond 10 there was @ mountain
shielding which could give shelter but the
moment She attempted TO flce the storm oi
snow which was rushing through the gorge all
hope failed OF proceeding n that direction. To
turn home was equally Impossible. She must
hnd shelter. lhc Wild cats or ioXes den
would be welcome.
Alicr wandering for some time among the
huge fragments OF granite which skirted the
base oi the oyerhanEng precipte-, She az
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