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1 have sworn upon the Alter of God, eternal hostility to every form of Tyranny over tlie Mind of Mau.' Tkoinu Jdleruou
II. WEBB, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
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published every Saturday morning, a
7 1 I) IHH.i..llici jirr unuuvi paymm
haif yearly in advance, or I n o Hollar
i-ij'iij Ceiits,ifnol paid within theyeai
Xo mthscriiilion will be tuken for a shorle
period than nix months; nor any diseon
.tinuunce prrinitled,iintil idl arrearage
ire uisehargnl.
Ahl'KllTISKMKXS not exceeding
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One Dollar or Hie jirsl lime uixeriwiti
mid V'wenhi-five cents for every subse
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J.hi r rtillS addressed on businessman!
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arm Vi-Wb V
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From Ciiriuun gardens cull'd with cure."
V A M K.
I!V 'MX,'
A bright intangibility is fune:
A something iiiiili fnifil. dieHiit of man's
'Tis but an empty b.mSle uf his brain
And yel it rules thai mighty engine, nnnil:
O, man! tlmu liitlu U 1 1 i-s I of ihe power
'1'lial I'mhii iliy vain conception, sprang
w llMI I'lllll
Dulsi on ihy soul's bight altar rear a go I
. Engender) d of itiy t-lfl llad'sl thou bin
. seen
The (bii.ful storm of sorrow, loil anil
care
Which hung around, when in li y iiiijuoiir
thought
"l l.ou bowd'sl'm worship to the sucrifio
01' tli y ambitious neari In thai dark hour.
O! hadsi thou turned from such id ! .tary.
Und woisliii Mini, ilie only living God,
Though hadsi escaped tho feverish can
which now
Like lava from the lurniiig crater bins s
Where, er it falls. Ah! ,tis a fa.al caie,
Attendant on the ambition to be fnned
The natural beauty of the heart decays
Uciieath ii3 withering influence, and tin
thirsl
'I'.ir I..'zz!ni fa ue drinks tip its pure founts.
Ami where the wateis of a holy love
'Were wont o irrigate with heavenly
thought
Man' god-like mind, this lurir.g. toil-woi
lame
Falls w ith its fatal blight, and then its green
And beuU:ftUM freshness dies and there rc
luaii,, An hi idi bu.':;iii; waste.
Ii is "aid thi'fe: ,J a n ao in H.iril'ord. whf
waljl so list l'' a i pull Ills fibaJuiV out nl
biealll ,tu kei i iij) ;;!i hliu.
..Vil.. W,.t lOl' tti Hi 'I Ill'inil'l.lU fjlcl ul.itni J
; Jul. all JW i.e n"i miked in.
V ' in tli- Journey of Life are like tin
, lulls which alarm tr ivelleri iiion ilia roaiU
., ..,,. i...nii-.ir meal at a dl,lain;e. bill
' ) " "" "I'l .
when we anoriMidi l i'm we liua they ar
l.ir lesj iinuruiomiuble than we had co.icei
MISTAKES WILL UAITCN
l.'ol. W.is a line looking man, aim
,ht !' a friend of ours the other day.
'Yes replied another, 'I was taken
mi once.'
'You! why you are as ugly as sin!'
1 diin'i rare for that; L was taken
foi
fo.
;,i,n I cnd'irse.l Ins note a.id was tuhth
l-r I. nr. bv the Sl.t ntll'
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IILO()3!SHUUC., COLILMKIA COtNTV, PA. SATURDAY,
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From lliu liaston Kveniug Pont.
THE LITTLE BOUND G1HL.
BY ANN E. lMRTUR.
What a pleasant boarding place fur a
. . . i . .i i . i 1 1. ..
e ' oil
lure Smiirn W lUmi Iiiiiikr 11 U'l'.M a I V II I '
lory white building, the yard in front wax
neatly loured and oruamcnisd with rose
hushes and lilaas. A clems. i-t twiuder
ivir the porch, as if eager to share a well
as make domestic love,' had ambitioubli
twined to the chamber window an I mingled
us tendril with the snow white curtain. I
had engaged lu teach the you.ig ladies' de
artmenl of the villa.-e aradeuiy during I it
nimniti. 1 was wears' wiiuine oust aoc
teat of a summer day's journey, and tiuti.
he moment of arrival knew not what kind
d a home had bo-m provided 10 mo. l'he
miside promised well, and with hajipy an
eipaiioiis 1 knocked at the door. The
summons wa immediately answered by a
irl, ten years ol age, w hose appearance
loimed some contrast of the 1'ancy picture
in my mind of what the indwelltrt, woulc
ic. Mer dres w as the coarsest homepui'
ingham.and thai was protected by a broivi
ivooleit apron. I lie leet were uare, aim
tier hand-i bore traces ol haid lal or. 1 fill
momentary disappointment, but a ifcuiiiil
lance interested rue in the child. Worn 01
ike, had rgai,led the driss wiihoui ohscrv
n g the countenance; now 1 perceived a
complexion delicate as the lily, and a paii
I those daik iiie.liug blue eyes so lanly
net w nil. Iter uarii brown hair w a.-
moo'.hly combed a:i 1 pined over a very
vhitu forehecd. 1 had lime for no luithei
bservatiun, lor at that moment Mrs. Wil
in stepped into the cn.ry and bade im
vticome.
We have been expecting you foi soini
ays, Miss Marsh, and had feared soun
ccidcul had happened to you. I am dc
ghted that you have arrived-- yen mus
ie tried and hungry. Mere, Jane,' sai.
hit, 'don't si Mid looking at the siac;
ke the lady's bonnet and shawl n to th
front i haiiibcr, and then set the table lo.
upper-'
1 was immediately at home in the litth
irlor, and ensconseed in a comfort ibh
ocK ngrhaii by an open window wind
ommanded a view ol the beautiful village.
wasalwady laying plans for rambling
mil botanizing. My hostess, whose ap
(lesranee indicated the bustling, nolabli
uuse-wife, had excused lierseP, and lc
nime good purposP, I thought, aa I per-
eived tlie Iragranms of bohea, & heard sun
Jry ordeis for thtise, ctike and larts
At table 1 met with the members of tin
family. Mr. Wilson was a in in of gentle
nanly aihlrtss, but somewhat inferior in
ozo, with a piercing black eye, and huii
,nd uhhkciv of the Fame color
'I u in glad you have arrived, said hc,&. 'I
Mreii you wnn'd not be here in Hint
,or liie school, which commences lorooi-
row.
1'liere was notiiiuj ohjciionahle in tin
.vonls, hut ihtre was .something in the ac
:cnt and tone which seemed lo imply lha
ie was a man of r onfcquencc, and cir-
uuist'iuccs must be controlled by his will.
I'here were two children, daughters r uber,
verdrtsr.ed for the time and place, but netei
.heless line looking girl?, the older howevti
lisgusu-d me at firs: sight.
As we seated ourselves I observed tint
jilalu was vacant, and being aware of tin
ujmo.ii i.i Vermont for all the members o
of the family to sit at the same table, 1
luuktdlor little Jane, but in her seat earm
die hired man, and 1 saw nonore of t!ic!lPr w,i4 (Jress, so becoming to her fom
ittle girl until 1 went lo.my room for d'cLud complexion, and don the old factoiy
night. Lingham and apron, for a lire must be mailt
She then brought me a pitcher of Itrsh , i, kiiehen and lea prepared
water, and I thought she looked as if shej I arose one morning some w hat later thai
had been weeping, and her step was like'usual.and thinking there was not lime for v
jone urnl wiili hard labor.
,.' I -I, diere anything else you wish?' said
e i.'you rai.'d.e timidly, and with a hdf averted look-
-If you think you are uror.g i nough
I would Ilk
tu have you help me to remote
' e fti1 ( r Ltd. I ttc there is a aiuttte.fc be
t t.tati.
VihuiUr there vus iUtnat tx.
in
palhy in my countenance, 1 know not, bu
her face brightened as she answered,
yes, ma'am, I often yet it off& on again all
alone.'
As she It ft me I sat down to think ovei
the evenly of the day and plan fur the fu
ture, but in all my ihoughts.lhe sad sweei
face of the little girl intruded. Can it bt
n,.ii. , a 1 1, n. miIi I I nl in line Ii lull' (lllPrr
possible, though l.thal in this fa nily,wheri
there is abundai.ee of the comlortii anil lux
lines of lil'e,t where lha inmates have been
ored among the freedom tovmg, noble heart
ed people of Vermont, there should be one
member overtasked and oppressed?'
It was easy to divine her situation.
She was what we term a hound girl. Tin
o I worn slave in South Carolina, the hall
ita.ved English operative, and iho degrudet
liassian serf, all have theii defender y ea
norc, ilioosinds aie expended, tears ar'
-hed, and lives of good men are devotee
t the holy task of enlightening the oppres
sor and raising the poor and tl:i
the oppressed. Hut I think it is no rx.igera
lion to stale that the condition o! abovt
named classes is not so trying and opprcs
sive as that vi a helpless child bound to
i.rucl mistress. True iheie is a limit to
heir hard service. Eighteen and twenty
me are the year ol jubilee, the long looked
'or lime when they go forth into the world,
freed lioni their bhler thraldom, it is true,
hut w t'lout v f ither'a gifl or a mother's blf ss
in" and in luanv iiiKlanceg the mind had
tietn so letiered, and the spirts so crushed
hy ih gredalion, that the task . of making
one's way in the world becomes doubly
I dii'iilt. I have now an instance in mv
ninil of a girl 1 met when she was but eight
years of age, bright, strong and healty
yiie was bound lo a h ml hearted, imper
lious woman, whose pretty acts of cruelty,
including hard blows upon the head and
n'ressanl labor, so all'icled her, that when
I saw her again at the end ol ten years
vhen she would have been i woman, an
intellect and physical strength she was as
imbecile as a child, stupid in her move
iteut anil so cart less and desiilutf of aiubi
ion, th. t her sen ices were scarcely worth
her boan1. There are others, I am aware,
inoyancy of spirits ia;i never bo depressed
uid to whom Cod himsdl has givtti a pa
lent of nobility which will novr be yielded
nit with n'u 1 Relieved and hoped ihai
thai this wa in some ineaMiie the eae with
Jane, Theie was gracelul agile little form
mceased to those rude garments, and hit
'outiter.anct was indicative of far more iitn.-l
eel than the daiichius of h r nistifss liut
he child found little leisure to cul;ivale Ik i
i.ilural gifts, Mrs W ilson was one of iIiom
msy country huuse-wives who pride them
selves upon doing a great de.d ol work.
She had no help in the kitchen excepting
lane, and there iho child was kept from
he first table, i clothed in the cast ofl'gai
nulls of the daughters, allowed no prtvi
eges, except thai of going to Sunday
m houl iiud one hall' ol cadi Sunday, to
hurch, and these to Um, weib privilege!
unlet il 1 he whttc uitMin dress, ol the
youngest diughler had lallen lo her, logcth
-r with an old eotn.ge straw bonnitiiii
itter she had contrived lo whiten and pres.
wuh her own hands, r.n I lor Home M-rvici
a Inch she hd done mo I had given her i
vanl or two of blue ribbon. With ihesi
uncles she made her toilet, she needed no
more tiktute had done the rest Am
when she look her teat in the Suihh
School room on Sunday morning, with tin
village children, not a iwcstcr face or
uoro gentle, leiiehuble scholar could In
found. And she looked so happy , for s'n
had a kind teacher, and who loved the poo
orphan. Hut when Sunday evening came
,,e ,usi EU on tu her Utile aitic, lay iisiih
'morning walk, thought I woutu remain n
my room unit! breakfast. 1 opened my
window to n.halc the Irc.-h air. aud ih pet-
1 fume cf tin; n.sa and I uncy suckle, when I
l,e..d hoc! t-, ,,; i: , t - '
.moment to.u i"1'"''"- 4 -
and bb6. ;.Ju:y on uie, 1 tic.ai
.ii
pressed in the tunes of my voiee, or sy
jnarasarnc
'audibly, can they be whipping thai little
cMd-
1 nail lauglil seliool live years, anil in no
me instance had 1 found the rod nececsary
in the .government of pupils. Love and
(erision had proved my most poweilu
auxiliaries in the trainii.L' of children, So
grest wag my aversion lo this mode of into,
agemcnt that 1 immediately Inst my respect
i oi t tie individual who could inflict it
'You little lazy huzzy' exclaimed the
well known voice of Mrs. Wilson, '1 have
told you that I would whip you if you laid
so late in bed here lor three mornings I
have waited an hour for you. 'Dure, take
that, and that!' said she, us she continued
o apply the lod. 1 grew sick and faint and
ivhn called to bieakfasl my appetite 'va
(one. Mrs. Wilson arneiired all smitls
mil attention. Indeed it must be ucknow
edged that her daughteis had improved
rapidly they played wiih much spirit and
kill on the piano and were more studious
tt home. This fact had drawn a double
shaie of kindness and all. nuon from li t
parents towards myself.
There is to be a great abolition moriing
in the hall this evening,' said Mis. W ilson.
shall you attend?' addiessing herself In
-i i
me. '1 tliniK not, iMauani, suit I.
Mr. Wilson raised his ryes in aslonish
menl and laying down his knife and fork
said, with some animation 'Is iU pogiitli
that vnu are not an ubolitionis !'
'Perhaps not in ihe sense in which lha'
word is generally understood,' 1 answered
is f i nelly broke an egg.
'I do not see, said Mrs. Wilson, 'how
any one who has ths common feelings ol
immunity, can refrain from taking the p.n
of po 't down tiodden slave.'
How arc they so truelly epprssand.Mri.
Wilson, can y oil explain?'
' W hy, starved and beaten, and overwoik
.old like cattle, families separaied, and I
ki'ow not what, but wu take Mr. Ci.irrisou',
paper, and 1 will lend you llie back file
ilso Mr. Welk's great book full o! horribb
Moi lies about slave holders.' 1 politely
dccltui d the loan of said books, much in tin
surprise ai d chargiu of Mr. and Mis. Wi
sou.
When I returned from the school ar nooi
there was an unusual buMle in the housi ,
ind evident preparation for a much largei
dinner than usual. Mis'. Wilson, wiih i
Martha looking face, careful and troublu
about many dishes, came lo my room li
ay that an itinerating lecturer, a colorci
man with some oilier ftiends, was i i tin
parlor, ami would lake dinner with us. 'I
suppose, of course, you w ill be will be wil;
ing lo dine with him, for he has letters Iron
a great mai,yj'ninister.ti ich men liut wha
I wahl is, tl. at you will n di w u into tu
parlor and entertaining them, for for I ban
a great dc;,l to do.' That was a task 1 Ire
iiiontly'perltii med for her but I now respeet
luliy declined i', and lemarkcd, 'that as 1
was busy with a scholai in my room I mu.t
he exr used from dining with her visitor'!,
hut would take a seat at the second labh
.villi J. inc. Mrs. Wilson looked nirpiised
oid perplexed: the hint wav mote than hall
aken. However il produced but litllo et
lect; Jane's situaiion w as not materially mi
jiroveil, thoi.gh 1 lancitd ihai in my pre
seiice tin re was a little more kindnes
diown her In llie meantime 1 had becoun
note and uioie inleresled in the child Sin
A'as In fjuri.ily in my room and I had eon
idi uble conversation with her Upon bet
.neseiil situation and future hopes. It seem:
ier mother was the daughter ol a ehrgy
nan. She married a yonii" gentleman
who had'lollowed llie piul'essiun of leach
og. They were poor, but Irugal and in
lustiious. A raging epidemic, aitaikidtln
iiis'iand, an I the wife whose- cousti ultoi,
vas naturally feeble, sank from the exposuie
if nursing him. Slie died the day follow
nig her husband. Their little daughtci
Aas but loin years old at the tune. A pom
nil kind neighbor look care of the child
r some time, but. being taken sick her
,i it. she unwillingly resigned her charge
o th' aiiihortics of the town, who bound
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out 1.1 Mrs, W'd.on. Jams rememhcftaml there wrpi like a child. To be any
t r minim h i
lut't, tleaih. and cheri Tlcd th ;
leaih, and cheriTlcd (lis
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l.o.! day s wlicr. ."lie was the
hi,- d f.".:d parcels
SEPT. V.l, ISI',.
j 'Oh, Miis Maid , Md d. m ..
sy,
idnn'i know how 1 hned j on il t liisi day
uame, because you snoU so knnllv lo me
your voice Mounded like mv weei moth
er's.' Her earnest dene was to otudy, thai
she might one day he capable ol leaching
She blushed deeply hs she expressed tlut
Wish, and added
'You mij think I am very aspiring, for
a poor girl.
I rather encouraged her desire, but some
how, asl looked into her beautiful ;f.icu,
1 thoii.'ht I read in it lor her
oiiguiir liesiiny. He only two
i
books she owned were the Uiblo and 'Ara
bian Night Euteriaimuti, rather a ningular
ltbraiy.it rnusi bo acknowledged. The lal
er work was given her by the 'kind woman
vho look care of her, aud it 5iad been a
ich source of amusement. Her bright blue
:ycs would glisten whenever she spoke of
Aladdin a lamp, and she fieipieiitly did when
none but rnysulfjpresciits.
One evening she brought a lamp, and wip.
ing llie dusi from it as she placed i upon
tlie table, remarked smilingly
'Miat good tortune shall I rub up foi
oil this evening?'
'A leltti from my f.-icuds,' I carlmly ad
led.
'Here il is,l said she, producing it from
mi It r her apron
It was I '.i a I v,ry evrn,iig, and while 1
was y el reading the If tier, ihai 1 heaid a
L'real commotion below. 1'ioin the lone ol
Mrs. W iUom'a voice, il was eMib iil that
she was vciy much exi ited, und I
knew uooii whom her nuibieaU d iatn
till U fallO
J. me, ( sho had unlo. ornate
ookeu one or two n,co dislus, aid had
'niiif? aln r.:auou w ith the daughteis, They
ilten reiiroai bed her I ir her noierU and
idding lo r to do tin most mcniai 0 Tiers
or them.
'lleie Jaiie,' s dd Jnphi j, one morning
rc mt' and lie my slim s '
'1 dunk you had better wait upon your
ail, she mildly answered,
i he words "fie narccly out i f In 1
uouih, when she ri-teivnl such a blow
mm the I .dies foot lis s nt her reding l )
0 toe floor, while iSc haughty hide Aliss
1 g ily asked.
mV Ii 11 does tnoihur keei y ou for lull to
vail upon ud
I lie Inst impulse nl Jane was to use
old return the Mow nh luleies'i bin it
ailing llie last tSnml.iV 'm Itssuu, Kcs.si no
vil,' she silently walked into die kuditi,
o weep there.
These, and other circuiiisiauces couihini'ti
lad made in at unpleasant week loi tin
dilld. Shu had become discouraged and
ndilleient; she rereivet! no ir; ise lot good
ouducl, bui seveie censure lot the leasi
1 .tilt.
Jane had a fine ear for music and a sweei
v nee. Now and then, when about her
vork. she aimiM sine like a bird in a .May!
M, w.i..... ....! l.-....l Mich
lltJIIIIIIU. ..,. . llf.l, ..... ,'..,. t...UL
.'hgiul piano lor hi j daoghlers: it stood ln
die pallor, snd iiifiti ucliou books, u al
. .1
lane had found tune, when the family wciu
ibseiit, )o tcacli in rsdf the rudiments. Mr.
Wilson had once found her there, 'in I tin
(er penalty of a severe punuhineut b ui
lolblildt'ii her to touch the instrument again
15 l so gri-al w as her denre '.0 play th.it
tlie vcntu e l.m I ie s i'Uiii'0 ')l Mrs. Wilson
h.it eveuiiii;, to go in and play.
Think ng she heaid some one eomina,
the. arose, and in her haste on lliiflied
irgc glass lamp, filled with oil, upon the
lew lligfil'l carpel, aiid lipcl. ihc music
inoks, the olluuce 10 the noiahle Mis Wil
ami was unpardonable. Jane confessed
ner lanli most humbly she was conscious
if disobedience: but there was ro mercy foi
the boii'id girl, Jin. Wilson took her
roughly hy the vhoulder 'anil shook her un
id ihe child could scarcely recover her
ire.nh. In the inoriilni! she wis not visi
'de, and horn some convei satton bet ween
Sophi 1 and iier sister I gathered lhal she
had been banished lo ll e cellar ami there
ticked up all nighl. I retifed to my room
Ion," r w i:m ts 1 .1 the der.id ,iton of such a
longer witne
child I could not to quit the house my se.t
would be no rclitf to her,
iiost always Ivinc upon 11 listenis 11 at's,, B r ho a no "cttini.' 01.
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.Atniihcr
o 1 lie acliool bell iaiit and 1 went fo""
. . . ( I.
you
o my daily iik. not xaclly Willi t1 e
telings ol Cowj cr when he prayed
a lodge in some vast wildei nt ss, 4wl.ti
uiiior of oppiess.on and decut niighl
levtr resell him,' hut breatiini this
l-rayer, 'l-'atlier.I i r.y noi thou should-t
late (tie out of tlie woihl, bin givu Iho
power lo if mcdy sornu of Iho evils.'
About half way on my road to school
stood a blacksmith's diiip, Mi. Kilbuiirn
was alinost alvvay sat Ins foi g'-, and I
li(fjiienl!y paused to admire ihe stienutli
I lhal luawiiy as it vmiMiiI the heavy
l ammfr with the case of a child baiul
'tng hi!) plaything!. Moreover his (jikj
and manly cuuuieneriee, u indicsl:va
of benevolence, whs wi ll wonlt stoji
iog lo look at. J always waulul lu
atcli a glaiice of him in a cloudy day
il teemed so like a glcam.uf mi light.
Jf was full of humor loo, ami ihou
args bluu eyes looked ol ten ss if lull
ol nienmieiii. He was one ol those
happy cliaraclers inat ui ikc ih-j unj,i 0f
il'c'i blessingsand ills kisof Hi l,uu-.
oks. lie walked a little lame.
and I si-IJom think of his gail ho' I r:.
Oil! the circumstances that caused its
if culiar it y. My some accnli-nt he cot
otl'iwo ol his toes upon lnsric,lii fuoi.
I hinking IJr. l aikir, a suijini whn
hV'1!) sonn tj or eight iiiilcs disimit poc (I
nend Ihjoi a) ea-i y asho oulumenl
I broken giidiron, he wrapped ihtiu u 1
'an fully and laid tin in on a In 1 lo si
II his shop. Wiih some ilifli-uliy li t
lound up his foot, made le.nly n.s lut e
md huguy ai d siarteil oil full scd t
he Doctor. When ai 1 ivjd, he nu l l
novvfi hisrrfiiid, am 1 1 r kin, I phyi
'Ion, bidding hiin b: sealed, n 1 ) , 1 , f m . I
,u (X rmi on f rr mil: Hale.i in'ru'ii r
1 1 . .
l'il
l,J " c u :sl 1 cju I'.r 1 0.1, s.ni I. , vn-ro
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ai J i iic ioi;r i ue 11 ckmiihii ich la
ijlll! pricLc t t'lcjr vvi'ie Hill iIii.ii; in lit
oher t ley were not then buisiot mio ,
oiilliuii lu ix ai 11 tl 1' ilh. I'm
left them 011 the sodi, all uic ly pick' t
op. Never mind, il" nut w ii .ii whilo
0 return lor them; do u,i my loot a
;oo. as yi,U 0 11 and I'll go hu iic.
This evjiiiog as 1 relumed lu.ne, 1 -tcp-pe
J into his shop 1 11 91 m i crnud le.loi.i;
O.nll iron lube bdo ging lo li e C'ktii,:i
r, 10 11. 1. tine j me I11O isi e 1 w ith s i no
iitehetl II ll'lii thai had be '11 men 1 i-o
iltr tyis weie led and s .voii.n sin' look
ed sick and pale and hei step was h;:,,-,
"iie av, 1 Icil in J aud sanl 11 iihui.j t, !,. ,-.
ilicr dui.ig my eriaid, fvilbiu,: ,; , ,
l me tt niomuii', and in the soot .net t:u ,
ipoii his i i. e, md icli their h j'C ilioiu c:
iressive eves ol Ins theiu was u nie uf ', ,.
i jiai miith, but iwu :e.ns b nl 'nc, i
w,y t iroiii.li upon liua i.iu-. k '. 'I"nr,' wj:
, j. ansa .md then, us ll n 'O'i-i i:i.; c , .
Il sal. I. 'I bd ce I must spcaiv aid I'
i imk I hive not mistaken y ou 11 1 .,;
A'lll hot betray me.' That p.1.1, di ' .., s
e leiiuveil Irom v il. 0 is .ho .s i'.i)i '
iticiies. 1 would com:! 1 ,0 ti- .
11c 11 of the I j'.vi ; hut 1 f 11,1.1 .e ,1 1 0 1 .m
in piovcd against tin: fcni'v. a,il sooiila
it ily lose my credu, and .0 Ii.im li s; :oo
lor W itsnn is the r,di.,Dl ami mo-tl inll 1 ..
lid mill in the v 1 1 age. .A i l he is r ;u-
'c nous, and his wiln so ex 1
t.:, Ill)
A lu will slay wiih tlu: m.v
iv9 man iged I t have ihoi . b ,d hoiia i ,
ihem, and I H ie is no way "I 11..1111J . ;
I', out t ! e 1 tl . Oar miiitsti rs w I h t.ii '
in vain to p,' n ull! her, but Mi. V I s 1 1
.
111 i;'i 1 1 p ,v
iir w ay a 11! slie ioa I not piiiwih i r.
' Jan out J 011 tin fioiniilrnj !'-aid he, 101
pioilllilv, and iiddcil, 'I love hei p it. 11 it
till I'T lll'l Ijllltia H jkli I Willi'. I 0,' Woll.14
li inn soiiiH nli ioy- ii.' I icpiied,
'peihips Mis. W il.oi 1 an Sfl nolo' i-d lo
leal her more kindiy.' ) 1 0 s. e ttnt
r of iron!' add- tl lie, 'w ell, Im iho aid of
lire and uic sircni; h of mv a 10 I can I 'sh
ion -anil in m'd i' 11 my sh.cie 1 ;. . .' ! !
p it l'. I woiiiao s he n t 1'Uo
nv o. . u:l
ii v anvil ,ma I tniL'-ii uvr it,.e ;i i.v.- vi
... ti i
I . '1 ... .
11 w'onhl lie : tl mi Heart sim .! in.
iilboefii' !) riiaos sniiielbiitii cm !. (Ida
I ai least will try for I hue the child.'
O.i mv return, the suno letter that I ha I
received ihe evening before liv upon I'l"
talilc. ll was from a helmed s s er and I
4al down to lead il g till.
'We hive lost.' she say, '"ui dear babe,
nir only child I am verv lonlv and dull
1. 'company mv hushain'. in hi" next vo i.'b
i-, Europe. Mo hit bus n-'ss in lime,
vhidi will detain him some mouths.'
Mere, tbeiti w as a chum e for little J me.
Why could nol my sisler take lor as a
ompaiiion.' she has no rlnl.lrtn, and
means mllicieni; 'l w ill be -an amuse c 'i'
to tram so gentle a dispo'itiotl. Uul !'
in Imi"l' it about I knetw no). I
WdS
1, nl : a M ; W' '.;ii't not only
fur
8 nt f.ol a deieriniiiatinu in have hu
cwji way, ULld ml Id the tli.u to.
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