The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1824-11-25
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Prom ths 7renson EwpOrnufs.
THE PET LIME.

hosfo the s'o'y OF tne pet lamb Many sum.
mers ego sweet little blue eyed girl was to
| be seen, each nothing, IS soon % ,he dew
was of tho grsss sporting in the mesduw, q.
! long the brook that runs between the village
! and The river. Win the only companion in
| whieh,she sppesred 10 take delight, . besoti.
iv, snow while lamb. II was tho Gift of q de-
| ceased sister z; and the little girl vas now sn
orphan. Her fsmiiy had bean wesl,hy and re-.
spectsbie in early life, when they lived IN
Phiisdelpbis bu, her father hsving met with
some vsfy severe losses in trade, went TO Try
his fortune in Tho East Indies and the first
news the family received sfteswstds was Of
his decsase IN lava. They were dss,ituie,
snd being d.iven from the city by the break.
ing out Of . malignant disease, wete thrown
by chance into the residence az a venerable
old lsdy. who having buried the mother and
sister came up to AIesbufy to spend her 70
mining dsys wi'h her only charge, this en-.
gsging orphan Left in this situation thus
early In life, no sonder, poor girl that she
loved her little lamb, the only living token Of
a sisters affection, for that siststs cake no
wonder ihst all the sffec,iooS Of her innocent
heart should cling 10 the las, object lef, TO her
deso!a,e youth, snd grown feshsr aud fresh.
er a. tho grs",sfev| ereener over the sod
the, pressed the ashes Of her kind'ed friends. 4
The ii,ne ereaure was perfectly tame, end
would io,iow us young misttess, when per.
mitted, through the viiisge, wherever she 1
went and when she used to 70 school on tho
vhlsge green, |, wqald lie down in the shade
of The iess nntiI sbe was ready TO return
hone with IL, She washed its sofr ffcece,
end led !, with her own hand, every dsy F.; and
50 fshhiui ws, ,he plways in her s,,sn,ioo to
her p'et,y favo'i,e, thst ,ne viilsgers all loved
hef spd rnsby warm hope was expressed
thai she, like tha helpless lamb, might ind
fond and devoted protector, when tho friend
VINO was DOW her foster mother, and wss fast
wasting away beneath ibo weigh, OF ycsrs,
should 20 down TO tho shades Of tho still tomb
and leave her, young snd inexperienced, in .
VOID OF sel6shnss, sod vice.. ..... 80 b.
rliog tho time her Kind patron lived,
Cierrisa was treated 80 . daughter.
Contiguous ioikeir dwelling was the resi.
deoce OF well living fssmef, whose little con
used frequently to chamber o~eL the stiles in.
10 the meadow 10 SEQ Cisrisss and her lamb,
and in process, of time their young hearts be.
come knit together, by . tic more tender than
,hs, which bisds . bro,her and sister,: IL was
though, they would be rnsrried--snd ,hey
perhaps ihough ght so TOO /; Tor Charles's father
often limited ihst union Of the two places
would be o delightful thing --Bu, the old Ia.
dy died, and her will fell iDo The hands OF
togues who succeeded in getting possession
Of he properly
This wss tho death blow OF CIsrissa's
hopes he intercourse between her end
Chstles wss broken Instantly cf by his lsther
--he was sent 20 medical school al dis.
lance, end she was forced 10 put herself oc
% service, among families who had scarcely
before presumed themselves cnirely her Q.
qusIs II was 4 bitter fortune, but she bore
IL with he roic lor,iiude al fist; Tor sill she
received, through q private ehennei, frequcn.
md sffe ciionsts letters from her brother
Chsies, ss she called the young companion
Of her brighter fortunes; and sti'l she had
her liuic fsvo,ite lamb. But st last this 50.
cret correspondence was discovered and bro.
ken of, and oil possibility Of further inter.
course pteven,ed end last Of ell they tovk
from her, her only remsinipg friend end 70.
yofite, the memorial Of . dying sisters love
--he, little pc, ismb. She tried all ths
means in her power 10 prevent . sepsrs,ion,
bu, IN vain the only privilege grsn,sd her
wss 10 have hef name, {" Clsrissa Beaumont,
Alesbu,,,") marked on its heeee 10 besu,ifhl
kOio tueu ouo e'sSo ~ W. Wv
last time, end saw IL delivered TO q drovcr
who was proceeding With large stoek 10 the
cry.
For month the deserted aud unfortunate
| girl gave herself Up to the destroying infu
| ,nes Of q melancholy spiri,--sicknsss .nd
! sorrow p eyed upon nor delics,e frame --she
! was no longer tho gsy end sporting belle Of
the village, attracting the sdm'>tion ot ell,
nd coorted by oil. Often a, the parties ol
| her old sssociates she now s.ood poor unno.
iced servant, end she tsit how bitter por.
tion vas ehesries' aovery When IL invade,
and tskes possession Of hearts once rich end
bsppy-she fan with how much rncsnnes. Of
pride tho ,~orld delights 70 usmple, when II
cav. on every thing Of virtue, or bsss'y, OF
ioy eli ess, that 10 superior 10 its own; shs
felt how ueseherous WAS hope how vain the
| promises oi youth; how vanishing the i'ieod
hip, Of en- crested and selfish world. Ba
- process Of me her ns'ivs strength o