Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1871-07-20
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From the Philadelphia Saturday Mighty
- Fl - DELI.VERANCEE.
BY LoTTI2 BROWN.

4 stiff breeze b!eT up from the river,
freightcas " ith fragrance !Qm the VII
lows that dropped their houghs almost to
the waters edge, and tho the sunlight
crept through tho rosebuah, and fell n
9 golden shower ca Margaret Caslor's
brown hair.
She vas sitting IN the doorway, shut
tug her eyes, and opening them, and
pinching herself ike silly child. to
know if she YVES awake or dreaming.
A few hours before, she h@d been in
the tip-top ola New York boarding house,
With the dust comisg up in clouds FROM
the street, and view OF reek ing horses,
perspiring humaaity, foul-looking meats,
witbercd vegetable and fruits, being The
only object on which her weary eyes had
rested.
She had wished that she could go
away, anywhere IL the vide world where
she could breathe freely and get cool,
and she had she'd hot tears, that fell Ike
great seething burnieg. bliEtcrs on her
uucon portable black dress.
OF the rest, she had very confused
knowledge. H
an ipdistinct memory Of goiag out, TO
Enow # her, a3Yera selnep.t bad broeghit
I her anything, foGted through her brain,
and after It a din reeQllec lion Of 3
man who was there ia The. Office, and
Who HI ightt have held The keys Of aqayen,
and have suddenly unlocked its gates be-
| fore her tired eyes, SO completely dld ha
I'LL her breast with happiness '
b. Ihenthere' fblloMed 3 fitting from the
| dark boardine -house, end the hot sun
scorchod paYemeets, to this cool; gofi-
Gus country, fresh and indebted fron.
Gods own hand, q .a'fa. eaJgd
Here she was to live as. long as she
pleased, with, the three little motheEless
girls who had been her companions IN her
fitting. .gir..,l
Here, in the beautiful and xurious
lshome! ga i3aa"
She held her hands out, drinking in
the perfumed air with thirsty esserness.
! fAnd | had nearly lost faith IN you,
my God !'t7hi 92si HI
i It was a fair picture to look upon.
The white, up lifted face, wish its frame
Of dark ha If sweeping back upon her
shoulders; the strange eyes, aeEotionall5
raised With, . far off depression, baaufliyr;
ing their dspk depths the optsuetcaedod
hands ,,she sweet. SAD culver of the
/ tender mou seemed "a wonderful, q
powerful appeal to Heaven.
1 Gilbert Maynard, the owner OF tnis
/ fair donain, came Just then around the
house, by the way of the Maple ran 1t (s g
called from It's Bkirting Of maple Trees
aud saw this new governess.
/ He. too, had been rejoicing at ms re-
/ lease from b is downtown and up-'ow,n
house, in, u raauper common 70 people
who have plenty of money, and iaceess..o
/ porfumod baths, iced claret, ana af'sss lp
the park but he kpew at once that IS
rejoicing was nothing II coasPaf is0h g
.Tgea he came out in full sight, with e
/ brisk noisy step, ind called out;
! This is worth having Mss Caldor.
Yesterday I would not hayo believed that
/ suehua Paradise existed on earth,
/ Paradise, indeed you can never kno"
what it is 90 me-. s
j we will'take q sail on the river, this
afternoon. if,yout like M
# when are my duties 70 commences Il
i Duties! !, Don't speak in that way
Yon are nos a,alaVe. II you makeayour
work alduty, you viii have q sorry tue
oft. The children came down fof q
holiday, and 90 did ~ e.
/. Ii would be long, long story, and ?
lsedions one ALSO, 10 attompt to follow
q The pale, qos0t goveracss, aid her wealthy
EMPLOYER. trough the acquain tanse
tat.c,. ! liz rip5 sca into friendship, and
,friss.zz .i'st5 zoge and 50 + viii leave