St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-05-26

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+ WAS appalling. Seated in IA ricke,y oil
} arm chair was Mrs. Miller, with bo
: about six years old upon her lap, @aspin
: in the last agonieS of death, while cr
: Of walling went up from the a9noize
father bending over him, amd from th
: frightened children, crOuchcl in one cor
ner of the room. Mrs. Rankin Il lvanccd
and laid one hand on the white brow o
the sufferer, and parted back the heavy
locks of shining hair.
The poor woman's face lighted up will
a strange, nncarlhly %low. as she shrek.
ed -
"DJn't touch him! would not lly,
his precious body contaminated by &;
hand SO vile, DO you think by youl
hard bargains to grow rich upon the bone
and muscle Of Il poor man and his lami-
Iy-to sap the life blood OF his little ones,
that your own may he clothed in purple
an! fine linen? Oh, my poor dead boy ~
moaned the wrctchcl mother, rs she
hugGcd the lifclcSs form TO her bosom.
'lIeaven knows, |poor woman, | am
not accountable for your misery" sobbcd
Mrs. Rankin, sinking into Il broken chair
Il did not deem you halt 50 needy" she
continued, glancing at the untouched
breakfast of potatoes and @nlt, TO he
washed down with cold water.
MAY be you are not but your hus-
band is. My husband went to him few
days ago, and told him he feared he
should fail 10 have the wood cut at the
required time, in consequence of one of
the boys cuttin. his foot, and others be
ing sick, ami br.gcd few dollars to buy
the food for which we are suffering prom
ising to cut more than two hundred
cords. lie knew. too. that Rankin will
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little hal She anticipated what suffering
might arlsr from til" bargain She had 50
earnestly demonstrated against
Il am certain" said she, choking back
her feelings. THAT MIR. Rankin did not
r,IliIr how much hc WIS cX;tciinm from
you. lie i not 80 har'l-hearted as +"
require the work i" :" on-n"w-
She could not finish til" sentence, with
that H@"hIZ"I mother eyes blazing upon
her, rs >lIr hcId her dral boy tighter 10
her breast.
''('od he mercltul 10 the man whose
@ra>pinS hand i stayed only by the
yawnin% crave, How does he know
that the death angel is not already hov
cring over his own houscho!
Mrs. Rankin shivcrcd AMI cauaLt her
breath, a I'll" suffering womln'S words
burned INTO her heart. She regretted
deeply tLr intrusion upon her sorrow.
She had intended rood, bat she thou9ht
II better 10 leave. 81" could not speak
for some minutes, rs she stool g"/ln@ On