St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-07-19

earnings. and the. whole matter cam,
so much n thing of course. that if wa,
no subject of Conscious thourbt an,
nroduced no emotiou of delight or main
But the giving mo of his tobacco for tn,
sake of his little Lizzie WAS an act O
self denial entirely out of the ordinar,
course. and il brought with it its owl
reward.
When Claire got back to his home
Lizzie was living AT tht. hottom of th,
stairs. waiting for his r.tuln. :. He litt
ed her ,s usu3l in his armS and ,.nri,d
her mn to his shnu After nI,ciur he,
upon the rude couch he had prepared
for her. he sat down upon his bench
and as he looked upon the white
Shr1Inkeu face of his dear child. and
met the fixed sad gazr of her large
earnest eve, a more than usual tender
ness came over his feelings. Then
without Il word he took the orang,
from his pocket. and gave it into heI
hand.
Instantly there came over LizZir's
face deep flush of surprise and pleas
ure. A smile tremhled around her wal,
/ lips. and an unusual light glittered in
/ her ewes. Eagerly she placed the fruit
] ~ lltl lllolll II anu It's ItlItSIlIllS
Juice. while every part of hel body
seemed quivering with IL SENSE of de
light.
lis it good, dear ," at length asked
the father. who sat looking on with ii
new feeling at his heart.
/ The child did not answer in words :
/ but words could not have expressed her
SENSE of pleasure So .luuuent\ is the
smile that lii up and made. beautiful
every feature of her face.
/ While the orange was Vet at the lips
of Lizzie, Mrs. Claire came. up into the
shop tor some uuluosr
AN ORANGE" She exclaimed with
sunrise. ..Where did that come.
from"
.Oh. mother. it is so good '" said the
child. taking from her Inns th, uortiou
thar ,.t remained and ln,l,iuJ .t II
win, :, b.nn,. f,..
..Nhar. IN rho uo,ld dill thar c,,,,.
from, TLo,n,s - ,skad ,I,. ,n,tL.,
81 Lnu,ht il win NM. last n.n,,, ,.
ul;,J ,J,ir, 81 ,L,u,,I,t !, u,,,,IJ ,,-,.
,rnnd tn her"
..Rut vo,, b,d u, tohocco
..I'u IL, v;,L,ut tL,t mill ,,,,,
row" r4nli,d Claire
..It W.. Lind il, VA, T., J..r,. ,-,,,,s.It
fnr izzi,..s sic
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,rJ .,Jl.J .,,.,,I,, ,I,I,i,I a.. 'o,,.,,;,,,
+, ,bos. h. v-.,s -,lr.aJ, f.,Iinn m.
moth.r s.,t dawn and f,r. :, f.u mn
m,nts euinv.d tho si,,Lt nf h.r ,i,k
,biId ,s u;th un.,h,teI ,.,,,,.,nn.. sin.
continued tnextr,rt th, refresLing iuir.
.t,irs and ro.,r,..i h.,. h.u..L,Id Jr-
rio. be, b,,r, I..,t r,,,. EGh,i, i, h,,.
Losn,n th.n il L,L h.,t.,, fnt :, I,n,,
tim,
Znt ouc.. ,br,uoL th,, ,,b,J. d,,. lid
TLon,. II,ir.. I'll n. want ,,f hi.
nine f,, th. thought nf tL.. or,ng..
I'm, hi. mimi in so nIeos.nt =, to-
thnt a mer. sensual desire Iik. thot of
~ Whit at tnb.cco had no ,,,y,er over
him.
Thinking of the orange. of course
broupht other Thoughts and before the
day closed. Claire had made a c,Icul,-
mon of how much his heer and tnhacro
Nancy vnuld amouut tn ina ,aa, Th.
sum astonishrd him. n. maid REM for
th, Iitrl. house in which he lived tour
puupds sterling a v.ar. which he always
tboupht . large snm Rut his he.r and
tobacco cost nearly seven poundsr A..
vent over and over th,. ralculatiou =
dozen times. in doubt of the first esti-
mat. hut il oIv,ys c,n,c ont the s,m,
Then h, her,,u tn Oh over in his mind
tL, man, rnmfnrts seven nounds u,.,.
anuum would give to his family. and
r.,ti,uI.,I, bnv many luvui.S n,irbt
IL. urn,ur,d for I.illir who's. delir,tr
,un,tite tutu,L tr,,n th.. ,,,rs,. fn,d
thlt MAS daily -ot hefnre her
Nm to riI,. mn I'm. h,.r and tnhac,,
m toto. when if was thuupht of .,rinus-
|k. apprared impnsSihle How could
he live without them
On that evening. th. customer whose
hnnt> ne had taken hnIn, in tb,. morn
inc. called in. uu.xrectedl, and uYid
toI them. claire retained = si\uruc,.
! of th,. n,,,,., and p,I, tbe h.,l,ur. T.,
his wifi. with this sixp-ur,. IN his
unrL.t H., vrnt nut f,r , nur nt h,.,,
and som, tobacco to repleuish his MIN,
He STAYED some tim. Longer than, h,
usuuII\ took t,,r Surh am GRAND
When h, cam. h,rL h,. had thI,,.
oranges in his porkct and in his hands
vrr, two fresh hnu, and 4 cup of sweet
new milk. No beer had nas>cd his
lip>. and his pine was vet un>mpIird
He had passed through another long
conflict with his old apprtitr>: but
love for his child came of. as before.
the cunuucror
Lizzie. who drooped ,bout all do>
kiur down most of her time never
vent tn sl.ep early. She WAS awake
,s usu,I. when her f,thrr returned
With scarcely less caperuess than She
had eaten the orange in the morning
did she now drink th, pourishinu milk
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