St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-11-26

and was towing II ashore. As soon as
the boat touched the land he turned 10
his wife. and. with face all smiles.
said. a. he lifted the box carefully Oh
shore
Wife. told you that some day |
should find treasure on my farm.
Look at that =
She looked into the box. with face
of great surprise. and cried out :
As live. a baby , surely. it is an
angel from heaven. come 10y water:
sure enough. there was the sweetest
little baby that WAS ever seen. lying
there. smiling on the fisherman and his
wife who took ii out. greatly pleased
with their prize. Then they found
clothes in the box. and knew that the
dear little thing had been east upon the
water by cruel parents. t" drift into a
home OF perish.
lit is not ours to keep" said the fish
crmar'> wife.
YES. il l.. said the fisherman. 1--WE
found II on my farm, and what find
there is mine. should like t" see ANY
one try to take it away -
And he took hold of an oar. as II he
would do harm To ANY one who should
think of such Il thing.
Then they carried the baby home
and il was from that time the pet of all
the fisherman and his wife. the eat
and bird
1t was a little girl. and they named
her Ripple" fancy OF the fisher
mans though he called her ''Water
lily" .'Coral-branch," "Sea-foam, or
any pretty name that came first. She
WAS very dear to him. and atteI little
while Il great change took place i'll his
conduct. The money he used to spend
in drink must he laid out ful Baby. The
house WAS cheerful all the time. He
never scolded his wife. and the cat and
bind knew that some wonderful change
had taken place in him. Ripple and
the cat and bird We're ere I friends and
played together all the time. The
ti>hclmam> wife knew how the change
came about. and would say To herself ::
she l. an angel from Heaven. come 10y
water. | said -. and ii i 81
Ripple grew very beautiful. with
white completing. i"Mg golden hair,
blue eyes. and had tine sweetest smile
YOU even SAW. All who SAW her loved
her but more than all the fisherman
ana ms WIFE, ne H>Htluldn Nbul'l
hold her hours at II time. telling hen
tales Of the sea. the home al the mcI-
maids. who lived hrurath aud drnV,
about in clI> drawn 10y beautiful dol
pliu> on sat on the. rocks and com bed
their hair She would listen to this till
She wished that She could 90 down uu-
der the. Sci and h,. with Them thou"i,
,h. MAS sorry she. had wished 81 he
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SWAIN lu and rur their uns,, INFO th.
en- hut rb,. Princess ,1nped them win
hen uhir. and they went away.
Soon they came, To the Kingdom under
;h.. set and then Eirpl, nreucd he,
,.,r> 1T the sights she saw. lin, house,
ncrc >paunIrd with Gem, and v.r,
lighted with diamonds a> biz as pump.
hin>. There were beautiful garden,
and orchards. forests of cor;tl-trce>. and
vines hcarin. ,hr rLrc>t flowers. Ia,
King. father of the Princess. wclr"mr,
little Ripple and told her that h., had
often hc;ld her singing ON the beach