The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1822-07-31

look on hts lace, tina, Was reiufniog 70 Hs io'
me color. ~ feared,"-said the youth
with tear in his eyes" feared that the
brute's voice, and the trampling OF the horses
feet would have disturbed her." Gilbert held
tho letter hcsitstingy in his hand, ss II afraid,
at that moment, TO read itj at length, he saio
aloud 10 the surgeon You know that'i am
o poor meo, and debt. ii iostly incurred son
punctusliy paid when due, IS no dishono'
Do,h his hand and his voice shook si'gh''y as
he spoke bu, he opened the letter hom the
lawyer, and read it in silence. A, TINS mo-
men, his wife came + om her cbild's BEDSIDE,
and looking anxlously al he's husband 'o'd
him I" not TO mind sbout ,he money, thai no
man, who knew him would arrest his goods,
o. pu, him into prison. Though dear 10 me-
Il is cruel TO be put to II thus when our os''n
is dyiog, and wheo, if so il be the Lo'd's wi'I'
she should have a decea, burial poor inno"
cent, like them tina, went before her. uh-
bert continued reading the letter with lace
on which no emotion could bo discovered
and then, folding IL up, he gave IL 10 MS ~'e,
told her she might read u II she chose ano
then pu, il into his desk 10 the room, beside
the moor dear bai,n. Sne took it from him,
without reading II, CT ushed u IN her bosom
for she tn ned her car towards her child anu
thinking she head il stir, ran out hastily 10
Its beds de.
Another hour Of trial past, and the child
was swimming 70, It's iife' The very dogs
knew ,he.e was grief in the house, and ley
without s,iring, as 1t hiding themselves, be-
low the long ,sbie at tho window. One SIS
ter SAL with an unhnished gown on hc' knees,
that she had been sewing ior the dear chi'd,
and sliii continued ut the hopeless work, she
scstceiy knew Why; and of'eD, oiIep, Duuins
up her hard 10 wipe away tear. what Is
tha, I" sa.d the old msE TO his eldes, daGgh
ter; "wnat is that you are laying on the
shelf" She could ccly reply thst II wa'
ribbon and an ivory comb taat she had
brought for iiuie Margaret. against the night
of the dancing school boa Asd Al these
words, ,he ialher could not restrain long,
deep and bitter groun; at which The boy,
nearest 10 age TO his dying sister, looked up
weeping % ais face, and letting The taitered
box # old ballads, which he had been pofing
o.. Bat oot resdiUg, fall out of his hands, he
ross from his seat, and, going ;:ito his fathers
BOSOM, kissed him, and asked God to bless
hm, 10, The holy heat of the boy was moved
vub,n him and the old man, as he emb's &C.
ed him, fcn ,hat, in bis innocence end sim
L. d piye.b, md he Lord ,aketh away"
sa,d bc old man, blcsseG be the name OF
the Lord"
The outer door gently opened, and he,
whose presence had IN iotmer years broughl
peace and iesigua!ion hi,hcr, when Their
hearts had been ,ned, even as they now we're
tried, stood before them. On the night be
fore the Sabbath, the minister OF AucbiDdown
never left his Manse, except, as now, 10 visit
The sick or dying bed Scarcely could Gil
teit reply TO his 6rsl question about hrs child,
when the surgeon came from ,he bedroom,
and said, &" Margaret seems lifted up BY Gods
hand above death and the grave; 'hink she
viii recover. She has fallen asleep; nnd,
when she wakes, I kope--i beiese-'ha, the
dangc, will be past, aod that your child VIII
live"
They were al, prepared for death but now
they we're found unprepared for lite. One
Nept that had Til lhen locked up all her tears
wih,o her heart another gave short palpi-
taIng sh,iek /; ond Tho ender.heartcd Isabel.
VINO had nu 81 The child when o was baby,
i.inted away. The youngest bfotber gave
way o glud,ome smiles; aud, callinr ont his
dog Hector, VINO used 10 sport with n IN and
hi, nt,le SIS er on the M oor, he old the I'D
inss 10 ths dapu irrational creature, whose
r. I i. ccr,a,n, sparkled with sort vt Joy.
TIE clcck for some days he'd been prevented
Fom striking he hours bot The silent iio.
gcrs pointed TO the hour OF nine aud that, in
the cottage Of Gilber, A!ns'ic, Wa, the stated
hou, Of family worship. Hs own honored
,pinlser took the book:
He walled portion with judicious care.
AMI let US worship God, he said. with solemn a,r.
A cn,p,cr was read--a prayer sa,d ;-and so,
too, was sans psalm but It was sung low
and with suppressed voices lest the ch'id's
saving sleep might be broken and ncw and
then The female voices ,rembled, or some on,
of them ceased altogether io' ,herc had
been tubulation and snguish, and now hope
and faith were tried in the joy OF thanksgiving.
The child still slept; and its sleep seemed
moe sound and deep /, appeared almost
certain thst the crisis was over, and that the
Aower was not to fade. " Chi;dren," said GIL.
bert, /" our beppincss is in the love We bear
10 one sno,ber and our du'y is 10 submitting
70, and sc wing God. Gracious indeed, has