The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1868-04-17
me to be like you both. Write me
long letter to make me good, please.
Your loving sister,
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AOiiS tNtiti W Ildhe lie SOOu, please.
our loving sister,
DORA Lee
she lost these lines in the garden as
she passed through it, and puff of wind
took them up and bore them where DIR.
Manly was, III his accustomed fashion,
pacing up and down the gravelled walk.
Ihey caught his eye, and as he read he
brushed away a gathering moisture
from his eyes. This man as he stands
is volume of humanity worth reading.
He is plain, and grave, and kind You
know him at once a. great and good a
man that women reverence, that child
rem love and trust. You feel that he is
living grand inner life, and that the
outward corresponds to it, that howev-
er nigh passion may rise, the 9ndR il in
finitely higher, and rules right regallv.
that however fierce may be the conflict
through the might of grace and truth he
is invariably conqueror. His brow is
serenely intellectual, his glance, clear,
calm and strong, his jaw square and
heavy yet not coarse, and his mouth in
dlcates warmth of the aflectional nature,
hut nothing sensuous merely, for rea-
son and will rule. He is a royal man.
Dora missed her pencilled words and
came back in search of them. She saw
the paper fragment in DR. Manly's
hand.
"Its mine-please give il to me.
want to talk to you first about this
sad trouble OF yours.
Il don't know as | want to have YOU, "
she said falteringly.
Poor child!n
SUCH tender pity was rare music, and
her eyes were full of grateful tears.
Dora, | think you and | are much
alike
She shook her head doubtfullv.
Il have dreadful temper, sir | am
wicked enough To kill when it il on
me-.
80 have / felt.'
You! o no, ii can't be true
Il never spoke anything truer Sit
down and let me tell you about myself
was poor boy once, bare-footed bow
l was very sensitive to riduculc and
this was soon known tony schoolmates
who made me the butt OF their iests.-
They laughed at my patched clothing,
and one, more aggravating than the rest,
called me my mothers walking sign
board. She was in the habit of mend
ing and making for others, in order to
earn an honest penny, and hence the
cruelty of the thOughtless speech. was
maddened. There was murder in my
heart, and picked up stone anG hurl-
ed it al him with all my little force. Ii
hit him on the temple, and died he from
the effect of the wound in few DAYS
| shudder now at the recollection. for |
regard myself that boys murderer. |
felt that | was a dangerous person. Tn
less | could subdue my evil propensities
il was not safe for me To be around with
my play-fellOws.'
did you succeed How did you do
it?" Dora eagerly asked, and her hand
sought his.
"For a long time did not trust my
self to be with them. / studied during
recess and avoided them everywhere.
If they said aught to provoke me, | ran
away. After while mingled with them
more as gained command over myself.
When they bantered me about my shah
by attire, / told them my parents could
afford me no better. In conquering
myself. | conquered Others They ceas-
ed to make sport of me altogether; but
child, my main help came from God.
from whom comes every perfect gift.
If you could see my heart, you would
see the scars of many battles upon it.
fought by the angel and devil in man.
81 am so glad you told me this. / am
not glad you We're wicked, but l am
glad you know how it feels"
That experience made me grave,
Dora
You are good and strong NOR, and
perhaps | can be too, sometime she
said, with a new courage shining
through her really beautiful eyes.
- | am sure you can become much bet
ter. But tell me the whole story of your
temptation and fall"
u II 81
lions he learned every particular. He
smoothed her hair tenderly, a way he
had with children that won for him their
confidence.
Dora, you and l are grown fast
friends, | hope"
80, yes sir, indeed
"And if Mrs. Ray VIII consent, would
you like to 90 and live with me and be
my sster?'
She was in little transport and
frisked around him like a kitten.
May |, sir? Do you think she will
let me ,"
think | can persuade her"
and will you ?"
- Yes.v
- 1t viii be so nice. 1t will be so easy
to be good if | stay with you"
Mrs. Ray was quite willing that Dora
should 20 with him.
+" don't see how you can want the
little fire-eater about you, Ernest
- | want to educate herr
Another of your odd notions, but if
you want the trouble, you are welcome
to her.
Dora was called in.
"My little sister," said Ernest,
STOPPING to kiss her forehead.
md IN IL was settled