Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-09-06
Vol. 66.-33S6. No. 46.

except mine. Ny aunt and uncle looked at
each other with swimming eyes. Edward
tried to laugh and look gay, but broke down
utterly, and took refuge in the library, where
found him lying on the floor, with his face
buried in Annies lounge.
went home stupefed, bewildered. | could
not sleep. A terror.strcken instinct told
me that all was not right. But how should
| know more than physician, mother, hus-
band
For ten days saw my Annie every day
for an hour Her sweet, strange, gentle
steady look into my eyes when we first met
always paralyzed mo with fear, and yet I
could not have told why. There was a faith
omess serenity in her face which seemed TO
me very superhumau She said very little
The DR.. had forbidden her to talk. She slept
the greater part Of the time, but never allow
ed the baby to be moved from her arms while
she was awake.
There was divine ecstacy in her express
sion as she looked down into the little face
il never seemed like human motherhood
One day Edward came TO me and said
" DO y0u think Annie is 30 well as they say
! suppose they must know but she looks to
me as if she had died already, and it were
only her gloriied angel body that lies in that
bed?"
| could not speak to him. | knew then
that he had seen the same thing that had
seen if his strong, rather obtuse material
nature had recognized it, what could it be
which so blmded her mother and father and
the doctor2 burst into tears and left him.
At the end Of week saw cloud on Dr.
Fearing's face. As he left Annie's room one
morning, he stopped me and said abruptly
"What does Annie talk about2'
She hardly speaks at ALL" said.
HIM." he said Well, have ordered her
not to talk. But does she ask any ques-
tions ?" he continued.
No." | said not Of me. She has not
asked ONE
| saw then that the same vague fear which
was filling my heart was taking shape in his.
From that moment he watched her hourly,
with an anxiety which soon betrayed itself to
my aunt.
William, why does not Aunie get strong
err" she said suddenly to him one day.
81 do not know why, he answered, with
solemn sadness and emphasis in his tone which
was, as | think he intened it to be- partial
revelation to her. and warning. Aunt Ann
, staggered to a chair and looked at him with.
out a word. He answered her look by one
: equally agonzed and silent and left the
room.
The baby was now two weeks old. Annie
was no stronger than on the day Of his birth.
She lay day and night in tranquil state,
smiling with heavenly sweetness when she
. was spoken to, rarely speaking of her own
: accord, doing with gentle docility all she was
told but looking more and more like trans.
: figured saint All the arch, JOYOUS playful
it look was gone there was no additional age
y er any sorrow but something ineffably sol.
d emu, rapt, removed from earth. Sometimes,
l. when Edward came to her bedside, a great
e wave of pityng tenderness would sweep over
;, her face, with such Christ-ook that he would
&c fall on his knees.
90 Helen he said once, after such mo.
l. ment as this, shall 60 mad if Annie does
d not get well. | do not dare to kiss even
II her hand. feel as if she never had been
g mine.
y AT last the day and the hour and the mo-
e ment came which had known would come.
ID Annie spoke to me in a very gentle voice,
a. and SAID
ir "helen, darling you know am going to
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