Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-09-15
A NobIe Life.

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seouies of a voung gir. The whole town
followed tbe modest coffin. draped in white
and covered Win novers DIV French
soldiers hardly recovered from their wounds
formed n parf Of fine procossion. walking
amid the women and children.
This coffin contained tbe bodv of Marie
Edmee Pan. a voung Girl little known dur.
inc her short life Int unon whose remain,
there rests a tardy raw Of glory. for she
seemed to be a true representative of her
nroud and Gentle Province Of Lorraine.
Tier story is sbort. bnt very interesting.
Marie Edmee Pan was The douehter of a
superior officer Who returned wounded from
the siere of Rome She was brouobt mn at
her father, sick.bcd she received his les
sons and those Of a tender. intelligent
mother with reverence and She enrlv showed
a taste for all that was Great and noble.
The heroine of her country. Jeanne dare.
insured her with an enthusiastic love. and
She conceived tbe idea Of making drawings
of fine history not of the female warrior. bIt
Of the sbanberdess. She visited with her
motber the rlacss that .Teappo had lived i'm +.
she saw with her oyu owes the Bnis Cheme.
the Meuse the church of Domreny. Jeanne,
cottnre and Garden. and the half dried-up
fountain whore ST Michael anneared TO her.
Whom her eves had gozed ON these SIGHTS.
hon. mind hoinr fnll nj rcuueu,brnuces she
tool M, ber,a, and papcil anil wrote a IS Ills.
,orv Of onr ittle sister Jeanne d'Arc. She
drev nor taudin, bor fathers sheen. rlavino
,,itb bcr cop,rariops ,ravirt, in the folds
aud Tstorin,, H. tbe voicas i'm tho shade mi
tha Eairies' trae Tho hook ended with
.Teonne's pastoral life. when she handled
,bo Sword and bcoded tho tronns Misc Pan
stonpod
Sbe had boforo ber a., ,,ro,,; si,, fptpre az
an artist Sbo had strdi.d AZ parie with
NJ / oo,, Coi'r,o, and ,yben sbo re,nrrsd m
Nancy sbc n,o,cd n dr,v,ipe, class and the
svrnrStbv and con6Jencc sbc ipsnired
bron,yht 'ber many nnpiIs Duripg her lei.
nre limo sLe stndicd hard oHd also in.
structoJ tbo cl,il1rer If tbe MOOR
Tho fatal war; If $50 feli ike a thunder.
holt n, her o,iet and stndiors Ito lie,
o,I, hro,I,or i,inod HE rog,i,,o,, a,d la ,yas
Ioft o,no,,, ibo doad offor tbe LotI. n,
Woertb She l,ysd him deorly and tborgb
o,oryhod, ,ss,,,eJ bar tbot he y,as daaJ r.
yonid nof he convinced bnt set out 10 search
for him and AZ I,st fonud hin, in a miner.
Int he Il, al his rio,bt b,nd ininrcd aud wa.
also ,.on,Iod IN Ma lor, rho prnss;oT.
| iai1 cia;n, 4, hin, ana ,,en,od ~ se,d b;,,
~ Cerna,v hnt Edmec mrevented tben
and wa" so for,nnate as IL bring hack m,
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;oy she b,J IN tl;s wnrld Some Time after
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