Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-06-06
THE CHAINED HOST.

lived a yerv Door widow whose sole lnherl-
ianre from her husband were two healthy
children. eirS, of the respective ages OF
three and five Painfully and by the ut
most ef,rt SIN. had contriyed to pass two
ve,r. of her slrrowful widowhood. Bad
s,J -..,ptv f,,l. obtained only by labor toe
,,reat for her delicate frame had at last
fbr,vrr her ur5n her sick bed. and death. in
,.;t, rsnov,i her in a few DAYS and with
I'M .-..,- .,fT.rin,- from her earthly troubles.
The uoyertv of the whole parish was so
-reat that nothing could be done for the
n,,r ,rpban.. All the neighborS, with the
utmost desir. To help. were too famine
stricken. and heard their own children too
often crv iu vain for bread, to assist others.
If ihe children could only be got to Xii
lurn. n VILLAGE some miles distant. said one
of the neighbors. after the poor mother had
been buried brother Of their father
live, there. and he could not possibly refuse
d, take care of them.
But matters are as bad there as here ."
replied another. e. and fear they will be no
better of there
L cannot pa~-iily be worse than here,
Cor uothin, but starvation stares them in the
c,c. If we send them 10 their relations we
nave a'ne our u.tY- '''''''' I''>''''!
beel' lHe"i .e'9' H.,
- % ''IiiaI- "Ho ""s -'''- i,'' ." M
huIn' u.s. an a'' oI ''.lI''S' '''A 1ne Two
five. In his cart with him. The timid child
rem kent very quiet and close together. and
the carrier hardly lalked at them. Towards
noon ihel IeigL''5 n. ''7 'l''' " mere tie cart
N'1.d our" Oh l"e man l'ter '"eiI OUT
~h'"e' 'AeI' ',le Io'U 10 ."e lelt, anu paue
them s' ,'''''7ill i'r"aIu' ana Il 'ley uid
not turn from 'ne niSh ro@u 14ey "9uld IN
about two hours come 10 the place. lie then
drove oH- Inc children sohoed out good
'ye' ana i'okeu aiter MN aS long as they
could see the least specK ol the cart, and
then ta'E noth began TO cry
Lizzie ceased her crying hrst She took
hold oi her ntue sisters hand, who had
seated herself on the grass, ana SAID, " Get
up. Mary we must not stay here, II we
wish TO get To hIourn. We cannot stop
here On the road
! ann 50 hungry S'hDed Mary we
have iad nothing ID eat all DAY. And
again they both began to cry; for Lizzie was
equally hungry
The children were very weak, and could
only drag themselves slowly along. Hand IN
hand they tottered on 1T last Llzne IAN
cied she saw a house, and pointed towards
the spot. But 1t took them more than a
quarter Of an hour before they reached the
farmhouse for such it proved to be. With
hesitatius steps they entered the yard, for
they had never begged before in spite of
their former misery. But at this moment
they could think Of nothing else but their
terrible hunger. When a few steps from The
house they heard the farmer violently scold-
ing one of his men. Then he went into the
house. iercelv closed the door after him, 50
as to make the windows rattle, continuing
his abuse all the time The children. terri
fled. stood still at the door until the voice
ceased Then Lizzie opepei the door and
both children entered. The farmer sat in
an armchair by the fire.
" Well. what do voG want2" he harshly
asked the children. who were too frightened
10 uttsr a word and Il, raU tbei- Grand
" Can't rou speak 3- he asked more
roughly.
Lizzie at last took caur,re. and said cent
lv: ~Oh If Won would he $, good os N
rive MS the least IittIe lit IN cat small
piece f breld or a few POTATOES
q. | tiou-ht ST.. .'' shouted the farmer 81
was sure Won were NOTHING but b,,,-ars al
though Won do NOT seem In belon, to tbis
ueiehborho1d. We have plenty Of those
here. and do not want them IN come from
other rart-. We have NOT bread f,r o,,r-
selye. in these hard times You will got
nothing here. Be off. this moment
The children 10th drea5f,llr fr;,,b+o,ol
besau to crv bitterly.
O.. I'l..!i !il ...
ed the man e. that kind of WHINING Is moth
inc new IN me and wor.+ ,nore mo Tct
yonr Parents feed Won bnt tbev M donbt