Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-10-18
MABEL,s STORY.

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ms family scantily and clothe them decently .
was sixteen, aud housckeeper-my mother
was dead-and was the eldest Of us four
children The rest being younger | stroye
to do my best for them
My one great trouble then was my clothes
Other young girls Of our station that asso-
ciated with dressed better than | could, and .
II grleyed me. Vanity begins earlier than
That IN the female heart. had made up and
re-made every article Of my mothers ward /
robe, Tor the children or for me, had worked
up every shred to the best advantage aud
now that was oil gone, and did need new
dress Tor the coming winter. made my
5nves las' as 'ong again as other g'ris diu' ior
! NugW my la'noF la'1noF nooueu every siAponCc nc
Sgu'' ~. IaIn' ai'i / urcauou wanting "ny'nsng
~ ,"a. nc G'Vr was cross pu, nc o',cn
slgnou, auu 'voseu so palued ana S9fro"Iu'
W,gn 1sAvi ,.. Ior money 'nat urea 10 10
WIN I1 as niue as possible co
pu' notu was 'no 'aa' o' 'u'ooer my
summer urosses' poor enough at all u'no''
'VOAuu Nuly 'nln any pa'tTy DOW
Ono 9a'utuay AFTERNOON l sn''' mover forget
/, Is VIVA. au' go'ug 10 'e" OIL NY "orS
an uone' 'no onl'uren AT pay iu tne orcharu'
l co'npeu OUT my long brown hair' pun on my
Dos' cotton rock selected pam linen col,
'Ar VI my own niaS'pg' auu plnnou 1t rounu
my necS WIN an o'u breast pun ,ne neon 0niy on
VI VI !v"u'Iy nau u'cr o"uvu' WIN me, /
tnluN II was an Instinct 10 uress we'll Nol
nuei oniy neat Inen' taxing out my iast
winter $ pest irooS, sat down oy the window
s'e ,;%, gua' Ill.,. ou,u Wv ~ .ouo If.us i..I ~,
"Sa ''sI' J'ue | "'e' e'.''o'''y ,su.' 'uue'U'
7 - IN s.'.s 1I - 80. - '',Ii
p,,. h.. a'ti 5 h"n1 yc
sDrJ ri III r'I' ,st. ,''o ;'Lt 9%u1 t o
nodo ,o ~, n "u,." T 80. 70 "U' uas ,a;,h "' ;n
''',,,1 w, " -'',"'' - " "y'N "''D "''''
inc work was VeXlhg' was trying TO
DO What scarcely could DC done ana as sat
or poverty 'us1 'uen Tue 1Vg on the door
sill set up louu parking ana looked 70 see
"uat 1t was a'' q man was coming III al the
gate WIN PACK on nis pack a travelling
peduler l knew; ne sm'iou ana came IN,
aIthougn l saiu l uiu not want anything ana
'he chhureh, seeing h'In' came running IN 100,
cannot aio1u 10 puy lnueeu cannot
Aep' saying pu' inc nH ohly kept on
sln'ling' anu oponeu MS paoA on tho Parlor
moor; And II was TOO great treat TO me to
see r., tne things 70 MAKE great opposition
Inc nrst 'na' came out was us' tne very
Ining hau 'los' longyu lo' d beautiful un,
rrehch merino' oil oaIN crihsoh color' nae
once seen oress OF thls kluu' put none nae
ever peen ohereu LOT sa'e IN our llttle place
'nal cou'u equal TINS III s"oue or texture
The peddler looked at me with his keeI
black eyes as knelt down to feel the prize
had no hope OF winning " The lady vii
buy, he SAID but shook my head, anC
crossing my hands behind me, stood up reso
lutely' trying hard not to long for the mucl
desired piece OF goods
Not buy !" he exclaimed IN broker
language OF some sort, lcould not tell wheth
er German or French and he looked so as
tonlshed, even pitliul that felt sorry at once
and confessed that had no money, and coul'
not purchase.
But the beautiful young lady have som
old silyer-old jewelry-old silk dresses
Just good as money " said he.
laughed at the idea, but he only opene
= another package to display to the boys som
dumb watches with very gay chains, and hanc
ing them each one, he took out small do
Tor my httie SISTER and told them to run ava
- now, " t'll sister bought her dress mer
toned to the boys to stay near the doorstep
:, ana then taxing up the much coveted dres
! piece, again examined It, satan was temp
i ing me- or some yexatlous spirit that do
] duty Tor him. and never had been so sorel
6eset' How could | let it 60 yet how pa
:. Tor 1t
. en- uo ol''0A oJos ro'er ,o'' iny '"oe' pu' u
le,'o% was v '.I.,I'' ouly DS"'"s 'o"er'
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n 'uuOu i =, ~, ou' ~ "a' u, 'no LIVELY ?
Ia oe'9Iu ,I ;" ho ,p0 M, MI pO|ja p, @ " y ~"
IN Vn nr y"o o"oA' ''"'''' Du' II was "''i'y
p ''s,Sie aWo nT", ;.. ..;1L. .; IL.
'Ily I''.ei 9A.l ne' '"'"'"s ~ AO'
m !" ui' n"iuS' very poo''
sl- And this was true the poor thin gold
1t was gold, was all dinted and mashed II
'r, the original pin gone, and a needle tied in
re the eye with thread served to iasten 1t.
III, large stone was set in the centre as large
I'D pea, surrounded by nine smaller ones,
one OF those was lost out long ago, and
re often tried to find a piece OF white glass
ny fit the small cavity, but had failed.
1T, stones were all glass, as | believed Some
* the girls in the village would ask me wh
he wore the old fashioned thing and the
ut would show them the dim "Mabcl" on
ey back, and tell them | had been named a
,e- the name there. Some one had given
ere mother the pin for me when was born,