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•49 . -‘ 4 " )' Erects Artt•
je. g sop- •e e - ke.•••
r ty .. 4,7 ,t .,... : k r ,,•': • . ; Aster
iptpkinr.to
o — an Old Eta* Tree.
yi mu . DISIOCE.
ea t h ee frtmtmy childhoods
to a tots g rown tree
ougodgelnlo, memories,,
ed Nelth thoughts of thee.
' t wat, olden time.
sult lupus heart I ..strayed
t tte heet wild flames,
sookt , orat h t hy shade.
en, el .
, r .wr
sal
.1101
fret
dart
adt
• my
00 d ft
e tna..
!tering covert sought.
nithy spreading branches,
.r
al, pale green army.
sparrow trilled his earliest notes,
o blue bird poured his lay.
thy
of
hea summer's loveliness
ushing der the earth.
ast worn right regally,
,nal of green.
a monarch of the weed.
• nlight's glorious sheen.
tht -
JIIS;Ve worm days—
and npland, grove and stream,
iledin sober haze.
st thy o nerous robes put oh
o
: . sos red of gold.
• y yield the honms op
ightk not longer bold.
kill,
,yli
in
011
owi
Dr,
to
rin g 1.
when through thy sturdy boughs,
srm.king wed has raved,
, dto see how nobly thou
violence hest braved.
oiler tali been busy 'mongst
brethren of the shade,
rgh to mark the ravages
woodman's axe has mode.
mnf
stye
' IS do
!Ate
4 be
pa
ck
%tin
nh
the
ad.
soollo
•
dbe,
n care had furrowed o'er his brow,
.d clouded his younghours,
wove, amidst his crown of thorns,
wreath of love's own lowers.
• never did that wreatlNeeay.
/one bright Bower wither,
e•on•
t
net thus with Norman's lov
!hie till life's storms have passed;
like the vine around the tree.
braves' them to the last.
to
Am
the
dv
..1
•
B. CIIASE, PROPRIETORS
-,Theclaughtersoft e mere ant Isipace were
not at-School the neat day.. They were burn
to the dust.; and their capricious - mOther"
wfs almost a maniac. Nell; .and Hefty, were
summoned from their studies;; and they boun
ded with light hears into the parlor where sat
the widow. The'iwondered ittber sorrowful
cointonance, and the smiles faded on their own
lips as she spoke to them. By the: time she,
had annouueed that they were - destitute, they
too turned pale, and, were fora moment al.
.1
most stupefied at the 'sudden news. Hefty 1
burst into a passion of tears and- walked the]
room, raving incoherently Mid' wringing 'her'
hallds, she had* in fact no 'command over her
self. Nell, on the contrary, though her Color.;
less lips told of herieep'emotiem, sat perfectly-,
stikand calmly gathered from 'the widow. all,
the, extent of their misfortune. Then rising
she strove! to twine her arms,around the neck
of her sister, beseeching her' to'beanore com
'We are not entirely helpless,''she exclaim
ed, r think dearlfetty, we have good wealth,
hands strong to work, and hearts brave to
dure. his not so bad as if we were never
poor, Hetty ; we have linown sorrow, been in
timate with poverty.
'0! but Nell ; how could he rob us or
phaiis ? replied Ilettt,-, sobbing vielently. I
could curse him, she vontued, clenching her
c h te ge cone o'er thee, I hands.
.epting's soft breathinga,
; maths fled away,
.2 matey know{ Was gemmed
id,,,,e•berriea gas.
wet . aid the violet
Im theit bed of mould,.
rk wake•rabbiu nodded
dder's.tongue of gold.
fern waved to the breeze,
fragrance fraught,
rewn thrash, for her callow brood,
ee! when the glad Fpring bro't
• bloom and mirth,
though s4orn, thoo'st stood,
tight tracery
fairypencillings,'gainst
r and star-lit sky.
;miry can Came brightly down,
geriovoerthy crept;'
twig, with frost o'er•wrought,
gems seemed dressed.
rd'st almost alone, old tree r
ram hag shrunk and dried,
beers. beneath the stn's fierce glare,
, ir old haunts hare died.
,er e i u mr, old cherished friend,
75i7 thy stately head !
ahem eatints loveliest
abtest, to the dead:
The Wife.
longto him with woman's lore,
the iry to the oak,
Sc head with crushing force,
`l't chilling tempests broke.
an the world looked cold on him,
bright hong o'er 'lite name.
hed hia cues with woman'a love,
reds him tree again.
men's mars e'er nourished them,
Thep might tdoom forever.
following parody on the above wilt PUB
my fora lecided im2rovement.)
• The Wife. -
clau g :to him with woman's hate,
frOttmed whene'er he spoke,
st o'er his heed with crushing force,
e many a hroomutic . k broke.
rhea the i.erld looked kind on him,
Aura With rude disdain,
catath'ed his hair iu Woman's -e• etyle '
I piker e'er his brain !
ben ew e t han .furrowed o'er his brow,
And clouded hiayouug hours,
e wove amidst his crown of thorns.,
A wreath. el'nettle flowers.
,d never did that 'Wreath decay,
Icor fade lone torret—never
t a
roman's wrath aye nourished them,
t they might bloom forever.
sever thus with woman's bate,
?award h rqr she's wedded last ;
le's a meelt, submissive wretch, • •
to last.
'4/ • r izeoun.---Dow n east there
n itt; D. One .very cold night
`
'meeit ai used from, his alumber by a very
mtkmg at his door. dtter some 11esi
irenilto the window sad lOW—.
titte
wasthe answei
t
todo you want
here all nig,he
4r4go was the benevolent reply.
ELltt23.2aan,Th'', ,
Fran Arthuee - Home Garette:
_ . .
Eterlr AND NELL. ,
On THE IeAOTORIEGInLB,
•
11)t VMS. r,. tru.s•rnsor;
Author at " Geetrtide Russ , ll," &c.
'Meted "mottling tout ofCengress, In the year iB5O,
by T.. 8. &Atm & (lo n ia the Ottica of tha Cbrk of tha
Dlstrkt.Court of the Coked Stites, in and for the East
ern District of Pennsylvanis. Pitbilettedin DA' pane:tar
by pamistiou ' • •
(Continued.)
4 Stoi, :Betty, he has wretchedness' enough
for One man. to endure; the Bible sister, does
not teach us to curse but to bleis those who
use us wrongly,and pray for them : be consol
ed Hetty, with—' ' ' ,
' ' 'l'll hear of no consolation; I will take
none";' she screamed,flinb ng herself out of the ;
room; and seeking her chamber, she fell upon
the bed in an agony of sorrow. l •
'Poverty a g o tin; poverty! Drudg
ery „wain, miserable drudgery! we are Indeed
born to,be unlucky, as Nell said when we - sat
in tli . a . .shes. i She thought as she laid there
sobbing. 'So many hopes btaited, so many
fond anticipations . laid ' low, forever. ~ 0! why
do I live? I poor outcast, now doubly Wretch
ed, because I feel what I have been—what I
caigli(be. VVIly was I raised to this eminence
but to fall to a lower depth ? How erne'. the
wretch who has caused all , this tnisery I ; .
' Meanwhile, the widow end Nell sat
-convers
ing together, in low tones, upon their anisfor
tune4their future, dark as the latter looked,
to their right spirits, there was some good in
store. Nell grieved much more for her sister,
i than hersel£ ' She has been so much caressed
' so much flattered, and she has, naturally, such
a taste for the refined and delicate,' she said,
'
' 111 c'ould only spare her, willingly would I
i
' work for both; but it must not be; , we must
trace the storm. together.'l I have few ornament's;
I but what I have, I will immediately sell, toge.t,
i ther with my most expensive dresses, perhaps
j Hettylwill do the same. We.are: neither of
I sufficiently educated to become teachers' or
1 uoverness. I have but just begu n French and
), Latin,'and Hettyhas taken only a few lesions
in the former. She embroiders beautifully,
I though, but that would claiui her whole titne, , i
land She is much more deli Cate than , L I could`,]
i paint, but to give up my entire attention now,
with n'o funds to sustain me, whilelam pre-1
paring a picture ; then . to get an: insufficient i
recompose, and live on nothing ..tint hopes:,
!Oh no.; we must turn our sttention to , some',
honest labor—it is a sad disappointment,
thetigii," ruld her eyes, wet with. tears, , were
I up turned to the widow's face, and her lips
I trembled with suppressed, emotion:, - ' . :
" 'YOung-as you are; - dear Nell, you have
taught me a lesson, my biased girl,".said - the
widori o svith nal:airing gaze. "I run astoniShed
at your; so tranquil ;_yon look trouble so calm . .
Iv in the face; no shrinking, tio fainting; . Y.es;
it is a great misfortune, but in this fiery ur
'nave,
,:i great soul bas cOme out, doubly purii
fled ad doubly -strengthened;- 'God ha Tod
1 '
in his hand, never fear" - '- ... ' ' ~"
.d
Miss Mott entered and, listened to 'the sad.
i tidings; with a sympathising - spirit.' She had'
become much attached to the orPbans, and she
I'
pmmised to exert herself in their, behalf.
Mrsl, Lee, after she • left . Nell, hastened to
the residence of Vie merchant;'but tulinittance;l
was denied her ;Mr. 'Laplace Was ill ; so , she
i returned home,lncisitting _down by her hum
ble fireside, beg,an'to think and plan r earnestly..
iConnOwas 'away striving to walleoff Ins 'un
-1 pleasant reflection& " - . 'r
The next meming.,,a letter came from the
Statesby the first `post, directed to the widow.
She had expected onefor some. Months past,
having. ii neice Anna 'Lee, residing.there,_ in,
the great manufacturing town of tauten ; there_
fore she opened it JnechatdezllY, int, 'as, her
eyes glanced rapidly douit the page, it brigh
tened ; and an expression of pleased,:istonish.
meat sprawl over her countenance:
this is t godsend;" she Ixturrilluid, after, per;
; using tha first page, and she lifted hir hatidain
amazement, 'to think' too, it 'alibi& itaPpen
lusty:4P- Pali of the etlpterits of filet *et:
some letter, ,wee, 112 followai
‘!.S •novr, dear IWO ; 1 SOME, ing
good to tell you, after acquainting you . IFitt!
my
erigngement' with 4r.
be a yearMid.a half before our marriage, rand
ho - wants some; young man in' am'Jideantium
as assistant elerk4iithat he can fit him to taco i
his idade, for bele ioitig;.te leave Lowelt then
New I know etmsta•Conner to be_ so terearts . .
blu for almost ever virtue, that I sPokkof thn
as a fitting per s nen:for so responsible an offige; ,
and Weblike:a With all tho eloquence
I couitlOaateri un4.lßr. Rollston is very
to engage.him. Perhaps cousin gets bet
ter wages; he have silt dollars - weekly
I here—but; then_yon know, the fine iprospect
I t of advancement::: lithink it would, be the rea
-1
king of hira . ti;!-eathe - ; - the employMent is
sure."
These were ; he words thnt had caused :the
widow's heart to leap for joy. Before,she had,
concluded the second page, her eyes .were
again suffused with tears of gratitude ; Ter,"
wrote her niece," we are here, quite .an inde--
pendent little Corutnunity. We have out hoar:
ding., ,-
..ing houses to ourselves,' and fine. ones they ,
. are too, we can Attend singing schools, lee
,tures, - and many other places of intilectunl
amusement.
~ We,have our 'literary societies,
,:our libraries, we are admitted into select, cir;
'cles, indeed, there is nothing: here that would
:not please the most fastidious. There ,is as
`mush intelligence, also, I will venture to say,
lin our betory,tAe all to gether, as in any
Ihigli• school in the Union. AV° have mind—
'the highest order of intellect hcre;• we have
beauty, grace, and refinement ; _ -Thc overseers
lappear to be true g,intlemen i in the best sense
l'of the, word. \ Your poor deice, who left you
So tun - rant, has even dipPed her grey goose
quill in the fountain of the muses, has explored
.the labarinths of historY, and instructed her-
Self, feebly, to be sure, in more sciences than
One ;"indeed , aunt, a yeang w oman cannot help'
improring here. ' This is a &eat asylum, 'too,
for the homeless and destitute ; and a no. _
ble 'spirited girl, unwilling to live in (leper.
denae, even upon the bOunty ; of 'intents, who
l ' I
are in good circumstances, here • is the- great
where mart of labor, • she can employ heart,
head.
and bands, to some advantage. Many,
,'Who, are here, assist the Jarge families of,
their parents ; indeed there ;arc two young
1
creaturas here, one of whom, a delicate, fra-
gile thing, supports a bed-ridden parent en
tirely, and the other has two little children, ,
the orphans of adeceased sister, whom she is
bringin,T up herself, and all by, her industry;
but,'J are extending my letter beyond the lint
iis I had intended When I began, - ,
-1, "Don't fail to write soon, that I map. give
an answer to Frederic.' • ;.. •:. . .
The widow placed the letter • on . the table,
and folding her arms, bent het -head upon
them, and a silent thanksgiving went up to !
heaven from her full heart. Bo abstracted
was she; that she did not perceive the entrance 1
of Conner, till he stood with - a carp worn I
- I
countenance, by her side.
'Don't be so cast down;mather, he said, as I
she started, and he strove to speak hopefully ;
" I have found a situation, and nedoubt - some- I
thing can be done for Nell,and Hew., I shall
earn much less in rely present place,' he added f
quickly, can no longer lay by anything, as I
intended, for the prosecution • of. study. But?
we shall nut starve nor want for shelter, and i
perhaps it will be best we have no more -in I
this poor ; , I
'Conner,' exclaimed the widow, 'Mint pp
erect, and taking his hand in her own,' Conner,
did I not tell you that if We looked.up 'confi
dently to' Hill), the" Almight y, rather would
open a path for tts,. in this °dr treuble
Yo, mother, and I Wish I had your faith,
and trust in. God, Id be a happier man I know;
but somehow when affliction comes, 'a heavy
hand bows down my -head, , s.o that I f do .not
even wish to. look up „to the Sunlight But
what are you :smiling for? something, good
has. happened, '
1 , am' surci ;- what, is it ?
In - the letter?let me - see ;''and histly ta
king it, he commenced reading it eagerly.
The good Woman _ sat,"witli bee eyes fixed
npon his brilliant face. * A rnother'i4ride
shown on her own placid brow, as 'slit; gaxed !
upon his manly proportions, Lai, erect figure,
his dark , broadforehead, over which the ,shin
hair, wavy and silken, rolled back in heavy
hoble, noble!' whispered her heart;
that a mother could Wish: 'More,' more than. I
deserve: Well Conner; - she said Oland; per
haps you think there is'gOod news in that lit.
tlo ;pace;
. is it not sci?'" ' •
*t . Cs' he anstieemi with a happy smile,' but
can ;pa guess plythoughts _
qicadily• our .thong,int; likely run in the
same Channel. As. "soon as I read the letter,
1,
sajato myself; well now, there are . ‘ the two'
is dear-to me as Conner, almest— r they,
must go to the Statesthey must go to . Low.
elkthieyntusr be factory girls: And then
Con
ner, liwas fond and - fooliih enough - to build
castles, for them, for tvho linoWs? Betty is
such a bright, pretty ereatere, so well edam.
ted,i!ip graceful, who knows but some syezilthy,
influential:man,. may marry, her there; such
:things have been; for Nell, I menu to, keep
her, for know
Conner . ..did not reply, but the' mile faded
op his lips, and Ida brow contracted only fora
moment ! but 'dill he +Bahl - nothing.
'And Conner,i_ continued the widOW, now
'grown Emrrialousi "elx dolbire wee.k.will - beA
91.3 sum "rape; more than Mr.' Laphioe gavo
you, and There beard that Jiiiegiitess expee.
sire in the Stateelso 10- cai pt along beaidi.
ft f dly ;' I declare Ulna evert 'me 'law IWO"-
•We shall'haire male
.fronhle 10 1 40,
thew; and Fafse,ip . ieti#lo:ol4./iim %!111-iod
MONTROSE; Pll 4 TRIMSDATI :OCTOBER 16,15M1
'There's -the dark•side, Conner; you will.
grope m the shadi, while. I , al Ways &seek. my
way in the.eleariunshine. • There is nothing
I regretleaving, but—the grave of your poor. i
ilither, her voleogrow softer.:'Relatives we ,
have none within many thousand - of miles,'ex,'
cept Anna, so you tee it will be 'so very hard
for me. Now sit.right down' , and ansWer the,
letter, you will ktiow just what ,to say,: and.'
will go to'lliss 21fott's and see if I ean.put a
'little 'hope in Nell Cud 'Jetty ; ' continued the
w
wido, arranging liCti'well worn .shawl ; Nell,
God bless her, is noesbove.work ; Betty has
a deCl of pride, foolj,4lpride,l can't help think,
ing.' , ,
. . .
CRAFTER „ -
•
Nell stood alone in her little-eltautber
Ino• her head wenrilyiag,alnstthe window sill
. • , ,• , •
: Ker, hands hung clasped ; before her, whilti hes
:poor eyes, heavy with weepirigiwande'red
.leasty over the Objecis endeared by einistant,
association, though - .Of theruielyes devoid of
The sunbeami, streaming- through the . frin
ges- of the window curtains . laid
,ortstlie'straw
matting like little paiches'of'drotesque mesa
it work ;, but to her Pr
. the present hour it 1
was as if the sun .never sl.one upon her.. Can
thiS be our light•hearte.d, noble Nell She
ani:lieen till that . Morning like a citrelesS
thoughted child. The prospeet of a
journey_ to the Stan* in company - with con
dor atdhis mother, had been delightful to
her. She had hastened, her preparations with
eagerness; had e*Mulned her little store of
clothing; reinodellingthis, and divesting that
of some
,'superfluous ornament. Until that
morning she 'had I
,never nowe real sorrow,
' either vaadexperience,and as,she
times pressed her hand upon her_.heart . she
I would Wonder at - the strange 'suffecatiam sen
t.
sation . there, that tears would nut relieve. Ne:l
was a brave - girl, but every feeling of her said
was consecrated in th - Quifectiorm.' ,
She was Onthisday.nearly ready to depart,
and quite early sauntered into._ 'the parlor and
busied herself In taking fretn,theyall the first
triumph of her genius, the;exquisitely :painted
portr,ait of her sister The frame was massiie,
and she found after she hadJiftisi . it from_ the
nailyit Was too- tuneh.for While she was
. .
striving to balanee.it, Conner Lee - entered, and
springing to her side relieved her
~ o f the pie
ture,and plat ed itotpright against,thewall.
Y 91.1 UIUSt havell,o leadefer that,
go safe, he remarked; •gazjeg at
it with.wrapt admiration: , ' •
Hetty and I have decided triSoll it;' said
Nell, lightly; ' I eau paint another.' • •-•
'Sell it,' be exclaimed, vehemently, 'ph
no; she must not be exposed•to the rude gaze
of thestranger, I could not bear to See her
Portrait hung up in a shop window, for the ad
miration of i a heartless multitude. I would noti
'sell it for worlds;'
,and then
and,
that ho !
had committed himself, cheek and, broW mint- 1
coned violently.
Po sl r Nellrshifelt faint and sick. She could
not Mistake the rante language of his glowing
, •
cheek and impassioned manner for mere friend-!
ship; no, it was something deeper, stronger;
something like what 'she had long felt for him,
and which.the_ widow by her fregeent..allti. l
lions to them both, had unconsciously oneolir.
aged. She replied.io a voice strangely - calcul i !
'That as the original ivas going with theni, I
rind the picture was already engaged,she could I
not think of keeping it,,for.. they . had barely I
money enough to pay their way to,theAtotes;',
and then with her hMirt beating wildly, and al
weight upon her spirits she had never_experi.t
enced before, She. retired to, her town.. .It l ci-;.
;menu passed, and Nell had wept and i , uffered,,
lit seemed to her, countless hours. ; But now
'standing by the window,- gazing nt the, old I
iliousea and the brass balls of the Jew pa*n. I
I bioket *opposite and the-church spire beyond jjj
!that, seen with- her tear-dim eyes, iometicuesi
made of itself &duplicate:like twin fingers of
time pointing to eternity = - she grew more corm;
i posed, and -even smiled nt .the long mournful i
face of her sister, as she enteredwith n pack..
age in _both bands. • ' • : '
I. Something Ira Laplace hits sent us ;1' slip
Fiaid,answeringto Nell's _enquiring glance.-
I 'Fortny part I think it a doWniight insult for
hint to . offei us anything lisS than the IsinalOi
whirl:the has robbed us". §ee,',ehe contimied,
biirsting,into a latidn of derision, 'Smile 'Tie.
pea ot rich 'silk . , as I live; just as if we wanted
tuw-ear r purple, , and ,fine in a factory; -
'Of well, perhapi we 6ati '43.lsiose of them
*sometime, to advantage Omit:look ; he is not
wholly; d4mved, here 'A -ten gonad note;
this will help us - exceedingly. - -
' Ten pounds,' reiterated 1 - etty,svith'cuiling
lips; a beautiful returti . for four thousand-1
don't want a farthing his mOney—and to
think, Neil, how we hare been insulted by
those -Laplace girls; hoW they have 'looked
down upoir us, and- spurned -ns, while their
'father bad : stolen our all, bad actually become
a thief, to `furniah them - with l'funds for their'
extravagance; oli!.-hare'you any patience 'l' .
confess it Is a difficult virtue to cultivate,'
sighing ; but are you
. 01 ready
We Start at lire in.the morning.'
'Ready,' yes; and long to
,gcl . ; any where
but here I shall be happier now. - Even te
factory, to endure;the smell of:cited machin.
cry.' nad th . live in the midst . of.,eettoe bags; I
had - rather go, and the quicker the betta,—
catfkeep teFi't See,
for the of mo,;.liese MyleMpereverY Ovi
_minutes, andY itt Winin't for spoiling:my eyes
and ierithitine my feritiend,l elthurd weep and
Vet ell the timer'•
Ali t' thinight as dowdy rov
ed as'you are' by Conner Lee, .1w
- ould go to a
, , •
'.wilderneaS, an' underground cavern, and find
contenin3ni 7 --haPpiness there. But it is often
that bive is phulted - in an uncongenial soil; fer
liin; Betty, ruin 811:1 : 13 You do not lOe'
Hetty's' i portrait was consigned to a picture
'deale'r, and owupied a conspicuous place. in
back . slipze-r00m,., • -
. . , _ • ... ._ •
4 Fttrowell to, Qunida;`, vvhispered
. 111e11, . as '‘
theladd shore,faded,out of sight, end with her
sister she„ descended the. cabin of the pack-,.
et, in :which. they had : ,talien. passage. :The
party . did not reach Boston until nearly a fort- •
night,for •thp , little vessel encountered much.
rough weetber..-. Though -.wearied, on the af
ternoon el tl;eir, arrival they continued on to
Lowell. ThriTpupd Anoal...ee awaiting !beet
at the-depot, where she said 'she had been tiv- i
cry evening fur the past week,expeeting t4th y ,
; and the sisters were direitly pleased witiv.her
, round_ smiling, thee. -, -. ~. ~;, • I
L She had iired.part of a, steal!, dwelling for
t her aunt, in a:retired and quiet street, and fur
mished it. simply, - according to request. 34a.
Lee was .delighted with the little uew looking,
1 house s: . with its '4
feanly - outside, and ~bright
green'blinds,.,bat especially,
~heeautie there
were trees large ; green old .trees, growing
.
1 around it, and a Hower garden' in front, that
I showed the band of culture. bad been busy up.
. .
I- on it. . .
, ,
. •
I have engaged a room at my boarding
hopse for your friends,' said Anna Lee, look
ing admiringly at the sisters, as they: , isat, side
by side attired inpluin;but neat'hubits.. 4 . You
irad better go with mq how,' she continued ;
addresying them, for you must ho fatigued
with traveling. I told Mrs.FallowS;our land
lady, to get tea fur you, and although it -is so
moch.later _than we expected you, the kind
soul will have,a good "supper ready. You will .
find the ways of the people'. here somewhat
strange to you, at •first, as I. did, but b think
everyone will endeavor to make ypu .happy.
Will you come now? I called a carriage, for
it is too f?? for you to 'walk, fatigued, ms you
must be.
. . . .
Nell and Hetty bid the widow good night,
not without tears, for they felt painfully that I
they were in a' land - of strangers;.they knew
they should miss the kindly smiles of loving
and tender friends on the morrow'
You Will he.at the tains early;' said Anna
to Conner, as they parted. .
carriage'stoppedat annat roar of brick
buildings,niueh superior to most of the houses
it was a lovely moonlight ei-enieg, 'and' there
were Many . . heads -nt.the 'window, iindfScime
feW gazing curiously from the entry doors, as
they left the earriage.und followed Anna into
her boarding house. • , .
They were astoniihed, to hear the .tones of
a piano, lightly and - skilfully touched, in an
apartinent adjoining the hall. 'Three. or four
syoung - girls, dressed in white, stood near one.
Of the rooms,: and.. as Anna Lee .game -back
from the dining ball, she was beseiged with
questions. , - - .
' What do they look .like ?' ' How old are
they?' IDo you think we shall Ilk() them P
were successively asked.
'D"lft detain me now, Lizzy and Jane, 11
am going to . see that their baggage is put in
the right chamber; all I can tell you • is, that 1
they, are elegant girls, and lam quite in love i
with them already. - ,
' And I hope they are educated,',s'aid a pale,i
faced but remarkably thoughtful brewed i
young woman,' we have too runny ignorant
girls here—always excepting present coMpa.
ny. How Idu long to see the time .when fe
males us a general thing shall be as thorougly 1
n formed'as men, that too. upon all` he leading
movements of the day,and as well qualified to i
act upon their', as: the lords of creation; she I
added mockingly: '
'But then, bliss Green, Said a merry girl,
touching the aim'of her 'companion, , 4 do you,!
really think the intellect of 'womaican be as i
fully developed? ,DO you thinkher—' •
'Hold your tongue, Lizzy Lewis, retorted
Miss Green, playfully lifting her hand ft - tow&
Lizzfri Car, with a threatening inotion; ' you
'know I - despise - such sentinients; and should
be angry with my own motherfor, entertaining
theft'; I really should. Yes, 1 say wriman is
as capable as man ; nay; far simerior; there,
what do you think of that?'
1 . ' Thakyoiarecrazy, of course,' replied Liz
{ zy, inerrily ; 'so I Suppose ymir idea' is, that
Fwe-ladies should de the voting, and the men
i should put an caps, and stay at home, keeping
ihouse -=ha! ha! ha!' '' -• ' ' .'
'AO that's all they're good for, half of
theny I' , .9.intsi Miss Green, litug,hingly, as for
you, _tizzy Lewis, you little, poor.sPirited
creature, how you can set so small value - upon
- yourself -as to acknowledge that woman's "
sphere is home; and only honte"--A and in a
factory, put in Liziy, archly—' I can't see:-
''. 0! I'm 'one:of the weaker vessels, Said
Lizzy tneckly.
4 31iss Green,"said another girl, merrily,' I
wonder you don't apply for tired. Barnes' place r
he is-going to leave to.noirrow.• The pay is
three times us much as you receive, and more
leisure,"-and the roguish girl scanned her %girt
figure..,' You can lift those heavy rollers'se
beautifully • beSidee overseeing the workmeit,
andorderiirg them round: , 1,
.
ck
4 .01 I anowledge they go Aced of is is
physic
~-•- , . J .
al strength; but then it, is - beciuse'of the
colyfraininUrgirls; if they*yrel:e properly*r.
"',Hush 1': Ltiv. 44.3 2 .*:.11 .0 1 9er• —
.. 415euiw1,1411. auagutty appearedout!ido the,
dining:ioprn :461)0a - the',controversy: ivui
bidetnitely postponed: 'll6 -ibe,tivo 'ea 04.
ed , lbeit, We ilia iro#p lietibed':iliiiiiiity
.
tiilhing together, but iii':rkialty they were earei.,
fully seeineing.the:.tteiti'epinerii...:iletty'i knit
bnd eieeped. frerd. tasteeings,. ' , hung in
1 fooke wavy 'curls, over herrnee nud'elioilders:;
while the Witrar-blood-kunntled-:hei:elieelts,
called ,up by 0(4, tzneonviuwinospat stranger
eyes werO . ,upon thenic j . .Nekt with her calm
nimmured step, commanded as much admira
tion as the more 'remind, They
cci On; and up stairs to their chamber. '
‘ 0 :don't they- fouls sweet.?'--antl'Oey have
aeon .better days, depend ,upock it whisPeied
one girl to another, - -
_
•, ;61,wisk they were goir.4 to work with.
exelainied Lizzie LOtvis. 7.. • - • -
.. . ~ .... .
, ',`You'ileedol for olyeourio. they -will. go
.where they
,put- all newt eomers:;.s:thl 31i-114
Green,' under Ihe ' tiii,!rintancli:nuo . 'of'iiiiatly
Hannah 31eralith: , • . . .1 .: ...
. . 1
.
-. •I?or.shatne: to speaki so contemptuously
of Hannah, Iliss . Grel'in z' 'said a tall,l'air:haired
, .
girl ; ' j-bi:i ieiny 'OW are jealireS - :bee:Oise , ' 'she
has - isO'rnuch iallueliee: Site . is a 'gentle angel
—fir better, than any of i ns i,.and -AA-the one,
with ,her:nieek -- iimile,ait:patient,insnrier to
teach those'whe •'are unal...quainted 'witli - Oull
work ; how can, yon clieijsh such spite against
here '
: , ~ _ . .• -
1 , "Betiause I believe she, is a hypocrite; said
11iss. Green,- on-- under iMoue, - hardly caring
Whether she was heard Or not ;and she inured
I*laid:ly away, for sue knew-she Shuutd find no
sympathy with the present conipitny.' -
There is always u crooked Stick Ma bundle
of faggots, if you:ielect them with - ever' se
much care; and in this httle coninninity: dis.
playing Such diver3ifiekilliStes,:taleiits, and
characters, Miss . Green the crooked stick
—though, it must be centessed a - very_ pretty
one—never agreeing, never agreed ivith, AI:
I
ways 'fault • finding, 'and complaining; to. herl
the world was turned iiP3ide down. Good in
one' she never,iaw, but through the "glais of
prejudice thrice Magnified....flie was unqueg.
tionabliendowed With talents of a very sups:
rior order; but these - without die" warintli Of 4
happy disposition; tli4 quick susceptibility,
derierninated'senSitiveness, which so finely.
tempera the keenness ofji'discriudnating and
powerful mind, were petV:erted in' her nature.
By some of the quill girlS much'
liked: loved
,byTtiivs. Many admired her poiv4
era, all reverenced'the niolives that proMpted
her ilaily,labor. But even theSe were kiied
wholly on intellectual griitification: - She had .
an bretheri Oat triciportion.of
sisters. The lad ; was a Wonderful-scholar;
and filled with the hope Of seeing him some
day shine in the rankS of the literati; she was
[appropriating every cent of her earnings for
the Purpose of giving hie[ a college edecatida.
When she had first come Ito the mills she had 1
I roomed. with Hannah fe, redithL4he Saintly
Hannah Meredith;, and seemed from the first-,
I-to take a deep dislike to the sweetest . 'girl in
the factory. The reason fur this, though not
obvious to those around (her, was her utter
contempt of religiOn,:or what Slic . .ilenominated
6spiritual cant.'-
. 1
Hannah had been educated by a gentle and
pious mother; she 'was a t weet,"christian girl.
Miss Green had been carefUlly instructed
by:an infidel tithert—niuther, she had none—a
man of strong mental eapacity, !mt.atl open
scoffer; and tie hat succeeded but too well
lastillhig his princiPlesinth her mind. How . .1
could she be lovelk with lauch qualifications
for a life that must chequered ',more or. : less.'
with trial? fyt tnahi Meredithwas, the only. . 1
to
one Who dared
.eUpe with her upon the sub
jest of her belici
.„ • ~•
• Her aroOrnenis7n t rere alWa-s 4 nile but the
power of truth spolien , with the simple, elo
quence of one . who 1148teca taught of_Henr 7 .
en, was weightier than atl ,the :subtle meta-_
physical, reasoning eith !whih- the ,tikeptie
father of Miss Green had tarnished
_ _
Hannah's words Sank deep , but to Miss Green
they, were as millstones, creshing, or harden.:
ing her beam ; 'Hence, sin; disliked the meek
girl tuid made no,secret of her indifferenee.7!--
Indireetly she had inflnencc,.for her little store,'
of books always of the iniiitek or skeptical 0r.,)
der, were freely distributed.to all who would
read them; and what wonder if contamination
rullowed_the perusal, ,
Bat-we must leave Miss Green for the press
ent, and follow Nell , and Betty to, their new
lodgings. They were surprised on being
ushered intoa !size room, with . some six beds i
ranged neatly around, agaihst the. walls.
So we are not.to be Melte, after all
~'.,: said
Hefty, throwing her bonnet upon the bed ap !
Proprinied to . Lerself and sister,anti seating her:
self with s melancholy face Upon its side. 'lt
will Le , horrible.; we shall have , - no privacy,
no opportunity.to commune with *IA Other
always nurrontided by , others, morning and
evening, , 0: for the degrlittle room itt7Miss
Notts;=-Nell, arc we not ;the , most forlorn
creainres on earth I fcei ;as if we had no
friends itkthesvide, werld'-- 7 and burying her
face In the pillow, she burst into tears.
bnt we have eaeb otpet,.iletty,l,said her .
' sister, violently struggling to keep down her
own.: robelliet.s, heart, and forcing
_hack the.
moisture that dimmed her oyes.
s , Ves; ; but oh lsieli,it %,I;outd be so sweet, to
liave a tuether; A father, nah.the most distant
refatiVe,whoni we; might call our own-but
thi n t w in/ frjendiess : und 'unprotected, so
1 lonely-44 two antino more:„ : : : ,
Lam : sure sludis., never ,need friends'
Lefktiq C 01 1 .1 1 . 0 000 Wit l , l Ale -.
Oh Nell,why . ernildwo not tit4r,witit there
ask . ed Rath, her. 41i?rieqPiPS:114.stie..ro,14-
ed it.tobereNtel*
*C44 - *).^rine; . 11 14 e; 414,--1 UOt /00k
VOLUME- 7 .ftiti-:- . :N..p.mji..Ett .- 0 7
• 0 I ;on. account 'of ,Connor,f I..sUpposo ;
hody.cares tor kiwi . ..though Y don'tisee,why we;
can't board, tliere-L•we tutor Nell, It' tvil•
'sho continued 'earnestly.
n 0; not for the worlid t 'sadd'lmorNelti,
hurriedly, her cheek and brew: 1:4;414 tussle.
spoke; don't drearo of such• a thiOgiefietty;
you would , spare+Af you "wotdd, t;ot, eubje4,- -
7 -aho turned her heed histity vote :vow
'would - avoid scancial:ihe eoutinue4 , :kureledly
iTre are orphans, ifetty,..and Conhersi,‘not -;;;.
bretherno—or4a cousin, We: inUst
Our ehUnictera from iniputation: of;wrolig,eveit - -
in ,thought; - and though there Otilif
[mini in ;boarding with lifrao - Lee' ; the =worm
would make harm _of ;:
queer world, then,' tiourninrettlietti.„
"This is a nice renal,' eontinuediNelk, 'Ahem
is - spaue enough,, there - are ..windoive
as to the ol Other. gide. Westiluritsson•i,
Bret used to it, and'inore than e likely, Pleased, 4
with-it. : -Perfect neatness-is stamped Upon 'eV..
erpthiog, and.how !eican,, and- evitek the
look We'ennfind - somelittle..y. orlr,ne doubt . ;
when we wish to be alone, at I•hope sLz
for I do not wish to give. up my painting.
suppose we we shell, heYe,a littletiatelto 9uniellirk
But tvehad better retire; for . they . tell.me tho,
Igirls ull riSe . by- s four, thorigh.wesh'a 11 , be ex
sahle if ste do not get upAnite so soon,
fatigued. ,I shall -get out, my
morrow, and go to bed . ; for realky,.l, have,ii- •
violent headache; beret/so:4bn you hint •
better do the same?, . •4. • •
Nell," exelaitned tletty,.,•unloeking her
trunk, "do you remember the old black ebest P, -
and the time We to9k oat the black tirestue l ,
std the s bank notes How little we .knew
then of the comforts money : would give-cts.w, , -
We are rational, thinking;beink,s tow, we
might hnye been, ig,neratit:sculiiuus hut fur ,
that money: . said, Nell, thoughtfully "and:
yet
. 1. doubt, if money'can. gie; happineas. l '
'I think it dc;es/ said Betty fast. recovering: •
her usual spirits' ifs'.she hesitated.; between the
choice of two very ,becoming _dresses. 4 i tuft •
bound to Marry, arich 'num, Yon : know. tot
I ride in my coach:.the fates have decreed
1-iave you forgotten -old Nat, the ft:irtune tO•
ler, with his great owl eyos„.Ond lenglwited
nose, and the old red sash he wore jarotindhis,
Waist, and his leathern ; breeches all aellaok
and, greasy, and the green : lia, on. his hetul tor:
a. cap, with the side 'hanging- everZ, • You, ..
know how be twed,;9441ak9..1deye41v4444%-`
71 3' "after at tee,aPd say ; little
ell be a 'eddy yet:. „ •
Nell could not hell! laughing At' the secure.
ay with wbiolt Betty mimicked, the old funnies.
0.. See, continued I:Jetty, talcing.uP
object, let's open_ the-bos, santy !gaV43;.l
it's certainly empty—P mid she sluiok it play
fully, • -• :•
•
" 0 ! put it down ; put it down f 'exclaimed
Nell," ripidly, :front I.IM ;; I can't
bear to look: t it; I don't Want * - open
Tut it down;' and:she 'shuddered with iti.uper.:
stltionS feeling she Could not control;
1 ttrellidon't worry,' s.iid betty, and' she pit
the box back; while . threugii 'taisWeit
mind the dark ' scenes 'of her' early
passed in review; and_ she laid her head .bite!.
upon her 'pillow, with 'the oft re-peated
tion at her heart," \Wm was my ilithdr
was my - motherr -
Hitty. on the'continty, was just
to wonder if she Ethoiilci Dot brake sensittioil
in her now sphere n' 3;oneg and IhiniOilesc.
girl; fond of conquest, 1440::
felt ax she bound.up her lu:indent tressen4lnn4‘ .
clog the , While in ber Hatterin 114 . '1.0;11mi
must makea favorable impression" on
behold ht 4., I will be knotena will lie nth - died."
were the last.thoughts that were'julit . iiieltinti•
into firms, when both KILLS Were sti.4l.led
die appenumee of n new '
Both' looked through' their 'heir eiostd• eyo
lids with peonliar feelings, 'on that*itig face
With a fair 'Mid - Perfectly' eolorleSs ebtaplei,
ion, and soft,' though' far . from funtleis
tures, the' young fiirl t as ehe'retreate&tutin
farther end 'of the room; ark sat tiftenfivelr
reading., seemed 'aimed etherial: - Isrite- •
large- and 'White, her Ryes spiritual atift . de4v . ,::
her glossy hair gathered :sail:l6llY' Black trout' ,
that clear forehead, all impressed 'the i ßister•i'-'
with feelings such as.. ono would eezperinet
in gazing upon -the embodinient - of Same
ly thought. : Nell said tif' herself, foie had . :
never seen anything to heavenly; as when ar , ;
rayed : in her simple fright dmis, 'yoinfit
eresturo knelt;t the foot of herbed. her 7 largti
illadonruißyffs uplifted, her: lipif silently lilts;
fling, I-unconscious ;that sha - .was :ohaeri'eti.'''
They felt reproved by het etiniesCflet•fitied,
so different froni .their: own eareleas tiepo rt. '
meet ; and a half formed prayer went, up
lently.froritßach heart,' 'lluftfOod, Wit& lauds i
fir trittehed , 'over` thein, , Weald 'keel . ) . tlterif -
through thenight, and guide tlinuit't&fe fuer:
r o w _ ,• i - • ,
It was very late when ;they arose the next
morning;- after a somewhat , luisty - Oilet thiy'
hurried =down dewn •to breakfasil ' • Weed,
Mrs. Fellows biistlings abont, withzu plessum . •
homely face,-and they felt iastinetively,draw!t
towards her; bat their:meal wet ii lonely one,
the long table lobked 1103416th:4i, streteheit
from one' end of the' room; lover . ether', eiw.
ered Daly With *kite pletea iiudriiuj iy i afiai
except just whbrw they sae,'
NOW -wOulti'yea'_ - like thstiiiitet*:
asketl3fr&Feiliiirs, lifter thoy . haa got tlinet4
-4F
breakfait; /ify s i
way,' end' lielitiittel#ll afro tti . 14t i t ttimaa,- ;
with_-Mies
I * wit I like her vejty.'„utpsitieYer.V.44o4ii........it.'-
ltill Betty hared it tati;ht be the