Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-04-10

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two were fghtin' Death hand to hand fl
that boy, and he a tossin' on the pillow, hi
red checks sunk away. all his curly hal
shaved close Ia his head, and in all tha
time never givin' Us one reasonable word o
look. 1t was the fourth week, when
minded. one mornin', as Mis-. Williston Sl
ny the bed, that her hair was turnin', bu
by the seventh, ina am, when the lever lef
+ him, It was as white a. mine is now.
o "All but the least breath Of life wa
burnt out of him, and when he did once be
gln TO mend. it was 50 slow that it took
great while to find out that any thing wa
wrong. 1t come TO me. first, when | wen
into the bedroom, one afternoon, OF 4 sud
den. He didn't see me for inmate. an,
laid there n playin' with his fingers, s,-then
all To once. he looked up and laughed
That laugh ma am all the rest was a,
nothin' to that just sunk down intoa
chair. and groaned, 90 Lord have mercy OF
his mother 49, Not that =
The Lord did have mercy on her, but
not in my way. lie took her home that
next winter, and I've thought many a time
that I'd like to a been by when he ex-
planned to her-a~ I'm certain he would
some things that we down here waited
years and years for, and many more, belikeS,
that we've never found ont at all. -"
Poor little jock got well again-in his
b1ty-that was all. His mind was clean
gone. lie used to @ about gentle and
harmless as lamb Whilst his mother
lived. he'd follow her every step she took =,
but more like dog than a human child. If
She sat down, he'd Just drop down at her
feet. and rub his head on her knee, like a
N"il'' ulIli-. Nol nut tuat ne tiAed yet
" s'oI uell SonetimeS-9ui an IN weak
,eh7cieSN laSllon' that d haIi-break Your
"Cir'- lie dlIn seem To Know the reason
oil any ihlns-he might be hall-staryed and
yet never thing OF eatn' unless You put the
| NlctualS before hun.
mere was n while alter Nj. ilii' tol
hel that | had little hopes ol HIM. Tie
G~ei To wander around as II he was ~earchn
| Tor something, and sometimes, all TO once.
| ah ODD look come INTO hl, lace lor hall
| -ecpnI-you n ~aid, to look nj HIM, that
/ he Was Just a g1in To ind 1t. whatever
/ twas. IL wa~ then he took the habit that
| ,turk To INN ever alter. i cAppn both
hand> i' h~ head and ~ayn 1T comm :
W hat comm. Jockyt used 10 ~ay
sometime, anu the poor boy stare up mt"
hy lace with q datrd. wildered look Tor
minute, and then break ont mt' one al hlS
weak, ~eu~r.e~~ ~ul.r-.
There was little or rotbia' lefr t. take
.r lin Nh ~. -,
on the island would ever a LET a child o.
Capn Willi~ton's come 10 want. let alone
his bein poor unfortunate ike jock. 50
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CROWN np. and at twenty he wa great, I.
-tr"a9 !eA'T; sta4d.n good SIX loot IN hi~
~t'rAln 5. lie dlan I look that tai though /
OWN g. ii- sto'pn some and walkIu with /
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You We minded m others, maybe when the .
BRAIN dIdn hold Tie ulier-