St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-01-17

cap little on one side. and IL sligh
look of apprehension on his stolid com
tcmancc.
Let madame proceed, '"
The >tlTrn%r old lady paused hefor
she began her tale. and il iraric looI
swept across her dim blue ewes.
My friends" she said. with IL quivc
III her voice. sixteen Years ago. thcr,
were living i'll Il pleasant part of Eng
land an English gentleman and hi
Wlic, who had very great wealth and !
beautiful home. amdup To the time of tn,
beginning of my story. they had scarce.
lN known what it is to grieyc. They
had one child, Il little girl three wear,
old. tn" Idol of both parents. They
were fond "l travelling abroad. and i,
| happened once that they wcrt. in Pari,
on their way home: with them tn,
child and three servants. including th,
nurse. Il strange and wild-tcmpcrcd
| woman. The lady WAS half afraid OF
| tins nurse. vet siIl;nk from sending hcI
a"dN. The nurse wits SavagelN fond oi
/ the child. and jealous of it, mother
One daN there WIS Il quarrel. Spimgimn
from tins jealousy, and that evening
the Woman walked out of the hotel. car
~ ing the child III her arms. as if Ia
give II an airing. She did not return.
and the father and the mother never
hc;Ild "f their child again"
Monsieur had turned ON his seat and
looked a>kancc at the stranger. Mad
anne. his wife. sat with open mouth.
gazing at her husband.
"Ghink of 1t. good people" went oil
the little old trembling lady. Il WIS
til" friend of that Young mother. and |
came +" her ill Paris in her atilictinm.
We spent months traNcr>ing Paris. and
We advertised. offering large rewards :
hut no tIdng> of woman or child were.
lo hc had. We gave mp the search in
Paris. and went moving from place to
place. lingering ;" sadly and making
such frantic inquiries. that people be
Gln t0 point Ia my friend aS the poor
cIdIcG mother ho WAS luuking Tor her
child. Ah. my friends. if yuu had
seen hen IT. | did her ewes dim. her
checks wasted. weeping herself to death
oven Il toy. Il tiny garment. Il little shoe ,
Search WAS Useless. and 10y the time We
could prevail on her to give il mp. the
poor thing Wis - broken in heart and
h"di. that We only brought her home
I" die. She died III my arms. and |
promised tn keep up the search 81 long
~ lived. She had Il firm belief that
l"I child Wa> not dead. and the horror
"i it~ growing up among bad people
haunted her prrpctually. Her husband
lived Ten Nc;II> after hcI death. and
though he never kept up such Il con-
>lIut search ~ did. Vet he could not
forget tha! lhcI" WAS a chance uf his
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,l,,. prnr,.rr\ viii he. L,uL,.n ~, and di-
,i,ird in charity. since, the f,tLrr.,
death. have never for one. mu,urrt
RELAXED my efforts tn discover >pn,
trace OF my friends. mo-, h,riu Ia
.rrn,, OLD and t,..,r.I ,L.,II uot H.. .,Il,.
fn keen il rp much I"mrrT / h.'lr
rhr.Ird m, h,alt MANY :, ti,rr t,.IIinr
m, self that the uirl vnuld h,. :, ,Iounb-
ten. to ru,. in my adyuuciu~ ln, and
would repay me with hen love for all
the Labor | nave h,d for her >h,
would nov hc nineteen ,r;1- of arr,
When Il child. her hair va> dark it
would now I,. darker still. IIrrr,r>.
think. vould br gral. the colon of her
mIthrI'~. have olic!l tancicd >av y
iict iikr what had pictured her to
my self. and spent t,.vcIi>h DAYS in find
what meant h, Il will % the vi>u."
Ih, faces ot the mul,crp,r aud his
wife hld changed 80 ;hIt The, did mot
seem To he the same persons who had
>at there half an hour AGO. Thcy now
modified their heads. while nci,her
spoke.
..Buf VIII, >a\ the will - th,. visn
had InpclTrd under ON root - asked
Ru-llir. sharply.
The old lad, tremhlcd wildly, and
lonhrd round on the tIlr, faces. At
lhi~ iuDm,irt. Stiu, appculrd. canning
down the, court ward. with Il fresh SIIp-
pll of coffee.
"Nl friends, my friends - cried the
little old lady. stretching ont her hands
!o them. II believe that there" point
m. to Slime =..cnur> th,. child / have.
been seeking for these many \car> ="
Monsieur Yam Nrlckclirkc Spr,Iu" to
his feet. while his wife pushed hack her
chair. and stared fIriously ut the
stranger.
..Madamc has lost her mind :" cried
monsieur. ewing the lady with terror.
"Nh. mo-. .uIuIi.i,II.' Tell mn. th,t /
am riuhr. nr hclr me to the proof of if.
been thrown upnn youl. Charity. some
feeling of honor makes you wish to keen,
i secret.