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The morning was cola and ramv.
Drowsy through fatigue and want ol
rest, i drew my cloak around me, and
fell into a kind of hall slumber, from
which, however, l was soon rou ;ed by a
complaining cry from the infant which
rav fellow traveller carried: 44 Hu-.h,
poor little outcast/ hush, my poo •
babe,” cried she, in a voice ol mournful
tenderness. 44 The world has no phy
for you / Oh, it is a cruel world/” Shi
pressed her suffering little one to her
bosom, and sobbed in anguish. Here
was an appeal to my feelings too power
ful to be resisted : in the impulse of the
moment, I seated myself close by her
sidt —44 Young woman / yon seem to he
i distressed—trust an old man: I can have
no interest in deceiving you?”—-4 I am
distressed/” she replied in a voice scarce
ly audible; 44 but I did not mean to com
plain.”
44 Have you travelled far?”
44 From Philadelphia,sir.”
41 Painful / And you go farther still.”
41 To Boston—”
4k V* ho are your friends in Boston?”
I inquired hastily. She burst into a pas
sion oi tears, and I felt I had asked too
much. “ 1 have no friends—no home.'”
she replied—u i expect no p'nv hut from
heav n, and i have forfeited even that.
For myself, I could suffer in silence—1
deserve to suffer ; but my babe->h,
ijir/ my friendless little one lias a better
claim to compassion /”
u You have both a claim—anti be
mine th • task to guard you / We are
all the children oi transgression, and if
you have erred more than others, your
sufferings must have b ■ n in full pro
portion. You are distressed—1 claim
your reliance on my protection.”
There are tint s when prudence and
compassion appear at variance, and
when pity won d seem to deserve tin
name of wcakn ss. The unfeeling sen
sualist may sneer at my credulity ; and
that cold, timid selfishness, which sin 1
ters itself under the sacred ga.rb of pru
dence may u point its iron frown” at
actions which it cannot imitate—littl
do 1 care. Be it lr.hv to pity the fault
ed sooth the sorrows of a repentant fel
low mortal ; and if that Being, whos
high st attribute is ni rev, should throw
errour in my way, may I ever lie th.
victim of my he irt, lather than the dupe
ol try head/
hen we reached Boston, I procured
attendance for my protege at one of th
inns, and went immediately to the house
of .1 widow ladv, with w iTom 1 had necn
intimately acquainted liurfvj a fonnei
residence in that town. Mrs. Bari •
u as a Quaker, and possessed, in real’ll) ,
that pm ily and simplicity oi mor tis so
g\ nerally apparent in pcopl • of in r per
uusion. To this woman I iinmedi ite
'y r luted my adventure, and conclud <.
with asking h r assistance and protec
tion for the unhappy strung r. To
ladies, I am well aware, w ill frown at
this: u A witless ot l cullv/ Coul 1 li
not i>e satisfied with being a fool him
self? I wish he had applied to nv /
I would have shown him the difference
between—but let \s hear what his Mrs.
Barlow said to him.” With the smile of
eager benevolence on her face, she re
plied : “ Friend j. thou art full of thv
whims, but I know thy heart: bring th •
poor girl to me ; I must not be behind
thee in succouring the unfortunate.” I
waited not for a repetition of this offer;
and in a lew minutes the u wav-worn”
sufferer was introduced to a protector
<>{ h r own sex. W ithout waiting for
1 a iy tiimg Dut a nasty refreshment, i
| borrowed Airs. Harlow's carriage ; and
i in a lew hours h\l tii • happiness of em
bracing my old friend. 1 foun 1 him in
much better health than niv fears had
predicte 1 ; his disorder, a severe pleuri
sy, had yielded to prudent treat.n n
in 1 a good constitution, and h • was
hist recovering, ffis son, whom I had
not seen for two vcars, was now at
home. This young g -ntleman seem *d
• xaetiy whit his fat iter was when my
acqu untance with him c >m:neuc • 1— \
■ strong cultivated mind, assist d hv a
’ literary education, and an unusual pro
I hciency in clussick learning : a graceful
iorin : a fine open countenance, and a
manly spirit, checked by the restraint of
true politeness, rendered Kver.ird Dr.y
not only an object of general esteem.
•*ut, in a high degree, what our novel
-•vnting ladies would call a dan?;, eon
vi,n. lie was melancholy, ho\v< ver :
S Hue hidden sorr< w, which neither th •
confidence of friendship, nor the anxi
ons inquiri es ol parental tend erne.-, ,,
could elicit, pr.y d upon his spirits and
impaired his 1, ahh.
( I i ' on*hwt‘ft,)
“No charactei is mo:* glorious, none
j mo,v attractive of universal admir
| and respect, than that of h< ming •!.. S4’
who are in no condition of h b,;. •
fhemstIves.” !fir'.« ..lormu tor,*/;-:?*
distress, v. hat is ;t to be the ejute of it.
FROM TTTF TlOSTOM RFPF.RTOftT.
I) c. Pah-.—*T send you n ez tract,
•aith'nl’y tr > isl tied from “ the Catechism
published J\r the use of oil diuretics in
ins Frem h < ipir *, and so established by
h urchepiscop d authority’.” It m iy
amuse some ol your readers. A. A.
Ext ruct from the cutehi sm, published for
tiieuse f churches in the French empire.
.f'estion. What are the duties s»f
t inijduns towards the princes In whom
•b y are governed, and in particular to- .
wards our empt ror N tpoleon 1st?
Answer. All cni isiians owe to the
princes by whom they are governed,
and we,in particular,owe toouremperor
X tpoleon 1st, respect, obedience, love,
fidelity, military service, tributes order
ed for the preservation of his empire and
his throne : we owe him also fervent
prayers for his safety and for the spiri
tual and temporal prosperity of the state,
Q. Why are we bound in such du
ties towar Is our emperor ?
/v. i lisi, because wou, who creates
empires, ami distributes them at plea
sure* by disp using his blessings in
peace and in war to our emp ror,~ha»
confirmed him as our sovereign, and
h is i stublished him as the minister of
his power and as his i n ige upon earth.
1 > nononr and serve our emperor isthe
s i lie as to honor an 1 servo Ci.nl himself.
S condly ; because our Lord Jesus
Cdirist him .i ll, both bv his doctrine and
iiis exmpl<‘, has taught us what we owe
to our rul is.
C h Ar • tiiere not other more par
(ic oar mi>tives, by which we should be
:n >i c strictly hound to Napoleon our
emperor ?
i t because Clod has raised
*>i n up in such trving times, for th?
p ii pose ol r -establishing the holy wor
S|uj) ol our anc estors, and to be the pro
tec.or i> nur sacred religion ; because
Ik- has brought bark and preserved pub
lic or ler, by bis profound and energetic
'V 1 ,;u ; b» c uise he defends the cm
p'lr I-y lii; powe rful arm; because hr
•i.ts •cconi;- th • Lord’s anointed, by
m -an . o' tbe consecration which he lias,
r eei\ • 1 l am the sovereign pontiff, the
ciiii-l ol die universal church.
0- What are wre to think of those
v • > ■ in these duties towards our
c nipt ror ?
A. Thn according to the apostle St.
* they resist th.- decree established
1 . b-i I him * li, ancl ren ler thcinsolvct
su ’j-'-'. co eternal diminution