The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1869-11-30

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hal havs satsd a5 SISTER 40 bsuthsf sram b.
ina burus1 up
fgv niNhis since ~ . certain village IL canA.
n uas ttiag happy fAmily Az unsusposting
father, ~ sHectioeals mathef And thrhs limo.
cvni children saa and twe daafhtsru Thsy
bal retired, "a usuAl 10 their gniss slamhcrn
Thar verc 30 farsbeslinEs u evil The sslua,
still air seemed oaly % whisper words ~ oum.
fort u pesos and secanty Tws Atsla ss,ors.
and h,ts brother lac - many nestllas doves
verc sleepag together "a shs sams cot The
daxcu curs wcre tsftwp prunAscuoasly over
their lovely faces beneath whose shade fron, the
moons rays. wsfe playful smtiss. sporting over
aimplei cteaAs. expressive u tho happy thots
- sweet innocent childhood. O. happy, thrice
hsppy, uhe consciousness The careful. ever.
usiehful mother had bat jast laid aalds ,heir ba.
by-dalls aud other toys. preparatory fos the
pleasures ot tho coming daY, Indeed. both faith.
- and mother had fallen ssleep hoping 10 dream
pcrchAnca ii thusc levtd ones on whoee rosy
chesks they had bus moment before imprinted
the k,ssi Of hove, Alas lie bat moment This
heavenly homo is disoschantvd forever destroy.
"a There is no more peace M more comfort
The ascending spark FROM the fireplace has
resehod the easement u wood Oh. il proves =
fatal spafk, The serpoatHke aamca creep
htealthHy along and soon their mastery ia com
pleto The cracking noises oi the burning
weos have aroused thc paro9ls, and the smoke
has already reached thcir sleeping apartment. 81
iHteaso is their sufeeaiion. they make haste 10
eseapc @, ahat aufMsh what terror How
slfb.bs' They behold ths angry hret.
40 sFr sliae rapidly, tturail,. What eau
bs s3Hc1 There s TO tnu so Is, llst "Whore,
., ~i.ers, are The dear ebHdrtns' 'Bhcro, o,
they beyond onr reach Can We not saee them y
Already the aamos hover wrathfal, around
sweeping up The stairway. even ,corehing tho
door leadiag TO the room where sleeps the nno-
c.at children. All, the awful suspense What
agony IS depicted on tho OoaBtonanre ~ this
pour mother But bark She hsienA. Hopo
rashes 10 tie rescne, Her frantic sorosms have
awakened the oldest litlie girl not twelve
years oi age who eemes quickly % tho window.
She erios 70 hor 70 thrpN herself oHl but With an
indispensable calmness sl.e snaEers enc my
brother and sister mnst bo aaved" racl, then.
through the heat and smoke sne passed. once,
twice, aud With each rttnrn came bringing In
her arms her brother her sister, whose lives sho
valued more than her own, aud throws them out
ca 10 the ground. She now let's herself down.
feafiully butnod, she roeo and said "fm done,
mother; bat have saved Ny sistcr and brother
from bong burned up"
Yes, II was true. She had saved their lives,
but III doing So had sacrificed her own. Tho
aeorebing flames, aud the chilly air of the night
we're too much She dropped, alas. too sadly
true, but her spirit had already plummed i,asH
for another world, and when the golden light of
the morning sun shone upon the liioleas form Of
this little heruine, her spirit took flight to heav-
en- amid the escort of angels.
Thus passed away this httIe girl from The busy
seohos Of life, TO many, soon forgotten. plain
tablet, perhaps, may mark her resting place in
some obscure graveyard. bat the memories which
will cluster round these noblest expressions Of
unselfshi disinterested love, that ever burst
forth from human action, will bo transmitted 10
coming generations, in All u their tenderness
sHd fragrance This Annl-elaqannoe can never
die I'm done, mother bat have saved my
sister aud brother from being burned up
Salon, N. Y, Nov. a. 1860 JDM.