The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-04-14
4 BLESSING M DLsGnIsE

| Contributed to The MORRIsToWH GAZETTE by a
little school girl aged eleven years
| Amy, Amy, do come here; you may take Della
and Myrtle to the cliffs this evening, and hurrylD
Amy Leigh was poor governess, teaching Mrs.
| MontgOmerys two children, Della and MYRTLE
She had not been engaged in this for more than
Elk months, but the children loved her az we'll if
not better, than their mother. Amy had long gold
| en- curls hanging gracefully down her shoulders
Her eyes were blue as the sky, and when she
laughed she disclosed set Of pearly white teeth
Her disposition was as lovely as her features She
was kind to all and thoughtful of every ones COM
fort Yet with all this, Alice (the person who
called Amy hated her because of Amy's beauty
With sigh Amy fastened up stairs and exchange
cd her sun bonnet for neat, though cheap, riding
hat. Calling Della and Myrtle who were already
prepared, they started for the cliffs Hardly had
they gone cut Of the house before Della tripping
along before, fell down sjust as a carriage, driven
at very rapid pace, would have run over her had
not Amy, jumping forward to save Della, been
knocked down and run over by the carriage. The
carriage beng stopped by this time beautifully
dressed lady, accompanied by a strikinRly hand
some young man, got out and asked If any one was
hurt. Alice replied, ono one, only the children's
governess. D." Mrs. Vernet (for such was the lady,s
recover But this was not the end Of Mrs. Vernet's
attention. Every day she was at Amy's bedside,
and she drew from her, by degrees. her whole his
tory. She learned that Amy once BELONGED to
rich family, but that she had been stolen when
child, and the person who stole her having been
arrested she was taken to an institution for the
education Of orphans. From this place she was
taken by Mrs. Montgomery where we now find
her Mrs. Vernet noticing that Amy was treated
nke'a common servant, and that her feelings were
often hurt by Alice's cruelty proposed to adopt
her. Alice said, Why, Mrs. Vernet she has not
one silk to her name !" "weu, suppose 1 could
get her one could not, J." said Mrs Vernet G.Yes
but" "You don't want to let her 20, !" supplied
Mrs Nernet; when does her term expfreP"
Next month" said Alice. ''Then will take her
then, returned Mrs. Vernet. ''Oh you can have |
her now, for all that matter" Alice said when she
found that Mrs. Vernet would take Amy So it WAS |
agreed that Amv should be the adopted daughter |
Of the rich Mrs. Vernet. After she had been there
two or three days, lady friend of Mrs. Vernet |
came to spend a month with her. Mrs. Peterson
the lady who visiting Mrs. Vernet) seeing one
Jay 0Aby's dress in Amys wardrobe, tainted and
'el back in Mrs. Vernet's arms. On recovering she
'sid she had once lost a child whose dress WAS ex
'ctly like Anly's. She then asked Amy if that was
Ter dress. When Amy said ''yes," she clssped her
n her arms and said sob, Lizzie, Lizzie nav long
ost daughter have found you now, after 30
ong search" Amy and Harry Vernet are mar
led now, and he often says that be won his wife
y driving his horses fast, and learned that kind
less, even to the humble, will be repaid.
April 6, $780, LIS