The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-09-14

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IAN, ne sald, "pernaps am NOR
al coward, l presume am. Neverthe-
less nave had much to try me. Let
me give you shoM sketch OF my LIE:
You are per1eee stranger, put |
should Judge tnat you are sympatnetlc,
and | think there Is the ring OF true
mettle about you
81 was born tweilty-nine years ago.
My father was man OF position, well
: connected, ana alse possessed OF large
means. My mother dled when was
quite young, so that L remember put
little OF her. After that, my iather
broke up housekeeping, Tor the reason
that was ms onlN. -chlld' ana placed
me with his sister, q married lady will
but one enid, mughler. Ailce hei
daughter, lovefyehlld with dlsposl-
ton almost angelic, was nearly two
years younger than |. we were reared
the same as brother and sister, no par
tiality being shown.by my aunt, who
strove to treat me as If ! were her owl
son. Her life was quiet and kindly
charitable works occupied much of tho
time which was not taken up by th'
care of her daughter, myself and hel
household. She saw but little society
although her .WeaRt ana family con
nections would haze led an ordinary
, person to have sought that amusement
! Her husband was aman OF great natu
raj abilities, and who was also well ed
! ucated, lawyer by profession: HE
great failing was love Tor alcohol, o
which he not lnireHuently lndulged t'
excess. This weakpess on the part o
uncle seemed to empllter the lite OF my
aunt. She was Kept III constant state
OF alarm lest he should meet WIN some
mlshap. l was aware OF my uncle
foible, and had been accustomed to it
but one evening when my father called
Ill a state OF complete drunkenness, my
grief was so great that 1t was scarcely
| controllable. My aunt consoled me
and with many piuos precepts taugh
l me that 1t was my duty, to bear, a
lightly as posslDle,a burden so grlev
l Gus, and to learn lesson from the ms
fortunes OF others. "A short while
afterwards my father died, and then
: learned that he had not only hastenet
his own death by 1ntemperance, but al
g so had so worn upon my mother
= through his infirmity, as to end an eX
istence wholly wrapped up in his wei
fare. Although | was but fifteen, In,
fathers fate made such an impression
upon me that determined to be al
ways an abstainef from alcoholic Ii
| quors. My father, after my mother
death, had speculated to such an extent
, that there was little left of what wa
, once large fortune, yet there wa!
, enough to form the nucleus of another
. was only sixteen when my aunt advo
+ Gated my entrance into Harvard col
f lege. Twas admitted, and went tC
, Cambridge to prosecute my studies
! When left home-as | always termed
' my aunt's residence-Alice and partet
with much sadness. We thought it tn,
same as brother and sister separated
have 10 doubt. we felt so then. Du
7 ring my stay at. Cambridge | only re
= turned wheneyef' there was vacation
!, Each year Alice seemed to grow NOR,
T, beautiful, both in mind and person
-. We corrcsponded during my sojourn a
college, and each time we wrote, thu
letters progressed in tokens of endear
ment. Although was possessed of
c large amount of .ahimal spirits, haC
} escaped the ordinary designations of
0 students life uhth the senior year o