St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-09-29
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'''i ''iI'lli W N't7 Al l'J't bl'l Illslil. III
had Il back room in thc top of noisy
. lodging house where lac slept nj YhIS, anu
munchcd his meals OF Tread and chces,
COR BJlrgna s;lusace-, when he could ai
ford iD, and from whence lac crtpt Il.
harmless and unnoticcd is fly, down
tic corner "t the diney street, TO the lit.
tie muse shop of Carl Bcrtman, II Ger.
man settler somewhere in SJho
There lac Infcr,d all day on broken
NIulins and other musical instruments,
never ab>cnting himself for Il moment.
save Oh Saturday Afternoons, " hen l.,
went to the house Of small tradcsmal
10 teach the piano TO three or four very
stupid girls. Sundays he curlcd up III
his den, and amused himself, nobody
knew how, until Monday morning.
There are Il lew crrlainticS, he never
went 10 church but he picked RACED
children from the pavement when they
tell Hear him, and gave them halt-pen-
MES when he had any shared his din
ncr ui'cn with Il nanny, dirty cur, who
acted rs 4 sort Of escape valve for the
i'll temper oi half the men and women in
the street; and he reused Pat Ryan from
h!- midnight smooze in the gutter many
Il cod night, and literally carried him
home 10 Nolah and the "cLildrcm."
\. far his Ln,,.t,. u.;,,I,I,nr ,..,,,.,,I.
cal .If H.. t,r,.d ,;,. .I,iiI;u,s J., H.,
street, he'd wear out ten shilllmg,' worth
Of strength and shoe leather 10 find the
owner,
On. cold n;.ht p,u u.. r.,nr,,;no
from his yu,k viii, =, I,,r nf Lr.,,J my
der uu,. arm ,nI ,,i,I;n u,.,L.,. ,,I,,r
when .,t ,L,. street ,I,.,r H.. .,r,,,II..J AL
nearly fell y.r , small ,J,;.,, ,.r,u,J,.,J
80, ,I,. .,,,,
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"onlv me .ir'., ami ,L, .u,,II ,J,;...t
stood M. ana h,rnu.. = y,r- u,I. him
and RACED child.
Arc Won hurt. llrtl,. oirI."'
..\n SIR
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c,Jd,'
.NotLin.."
..Whv don't ,ouon home -
II amt 90, any,
/ Tb. winter of iS,;-c,u,. IN ike y Ii.
on ,s m,nv , nonr u,,,,l, ~, II r.p,.,n.
| he,. and will In. ur.,t Hast ,,,no
Paul's enemy. II. turn,d ma. ri.ht -
sad face from his warm corner in Bert
mam,'s shop amunu the ,iolius. and hob
bled up the cold street, t,clina the ap-
proach of the old rheumatic pains. and
w,uI.,iur vI,,t ,y,,,lI L,c,,,n. nf Li.
poor LITTLE Camille.
Ills excitement carried him up 70 the
last tIiuht Of stairs. and h,ariuu CamiIIa's
| voice. Lc uauscd to ret and listen. She
was singing in that sweet and cxpressivc
manner which made her voice seem TO
! him the sweetest and purcst he had ever
/ heard. At the end of the star.z. she
| took breath, and AN other voice said
Child, you astoni>h me. Either | am
IL poor Judge Of music, or else your voice
is the finest ever heard. You are ri.ht
in prclcrring lis cultivation to amy-thing
else
An electric thrill shot through old
Paul's frame, and quickcncd his blood TO
rupidity that quite carried away his
/ rheumatic pains, and in twinkling hc
was up the stairs and in his little attic
| He was terrified at the sound of Il
man's voice, but the sight of handsome
and polished gentleman, with diamond
studs i'm his snowy linen, a heavy rinu
upon his dainty white hand, unqucStion-
able broadcloth upon his back, III close
conversation with his Camilla, whose
wondrous beauty had OF late startled
even his dull perception, was more than
PAUL could bear.
| lie was very small man-had been
/ in his youth-and now that Times with
ering fingers had touched him, he was
shriyclcd and dried ike withercd fruit,
but in his virtuous Indignation he pulled
ont 10 his fullest extent, and in his taset
to voice piped, Camilla, how dare you
invite any one here ~
"Oh Uncle Paul This is Mr.. Claver-
lng, Il gentleman whosc-whosc-"
"Wlosc mother she saved from death.
lour niece, sir, few days since, waS
passing through our crowded thorough
iare, when my mothers carriage drew