Literary cadet, and Saturday evening bulletin. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1826-1827, 1827-02-10
Edward passed the night in walking tho

brighter ed by the ever sprihgihS hoPes
which seldom entirely torsake the bosom oil
youth. That he was doing what was wrong
or inprudenl, had never entered his mind
Ellen he regarded as treasure lar pre-
ferable to the glare of golden wealth and to
win her y ung love was e glory and the as
surance that She was his and his alone, was
q source of pride and satisfaction. But ne
remembered too well the raging threats
breathed against that innocent beng, ana
when he reflected thai she might suiier on
his account he was indeed distressed. Ills
fancy painted her in want and wo, win
countenance mutey imploring the asais-
tance he could not render, or uPbraidlng
him As the cause Of her wretchedness.---
Then he imagined her heart weaned from
his, and beheld her resting as the wiie OIL
another mans bosom, and the VISION was
agony unspeakable. He threv himself ON
the bod and wept Till he was Calm soon
| he arose to pace the cod cherries room,
and look out on the broad waste OF snow
and the twinkling stars Il at seemed by 'heir
lnstre to taunt his misery. AT last the duh
heavy night was over and sleep fell on HIM
t,ll he was walked by a servant who brought
his breakfast aud lttle wood lhe man
with a ptying t~rie said that he was TO De
ken, nri,oner, and the orders were that he
should have 10 fire, but the servant had
yentured to bring him some iuel, trusting
that the inva id would no: discover his diso-
| bedience Another servant entered s0itly
with more wood and the means OF klndinS
II. and then both hurried away, carrying the
kew to be d posted under NJ Nna's pillow
rhus seyera long comforlcss days passed
by, and Edward knew not the situation oi
his Ellen, Tor the servants, though they
r,s,lcd much for his sake, either could not
or feared to give hun any account ohs
evening the man who brought the supper,
darkly mtlnated that she was IN difncuty.
fhs was sufficient in moment EDWARD
wrested the key from his wiling hand, dart
ed tnrough The door, and Instantly had been
ia the street L. a kind-heared girl had not
caught him by the coat, reached nun ms
hat winch he thought not OF, and whispered
IN his ear the gaoi
Il was even so Ellen and her mother
were IN the common gaol The cottage
belonged - Mr. snai, and an accioehta
non-p ayment oi the rent Tor snort period
afforded the means OF wreaking his veil
seance on the poor VIC inns. y wretch was
found sufficiently hardened to drag worthy
;, aud respectable woman, under the sem
b.ance OF a legal process aud without pre-
4 yiou, warning, from her warm hreslde IN
- stormy winter evening Ellen would no
# be separated from ner mother, ana INT
;, weeping couple wadcd through The deeI
snow, and Almost chilled to inSeha'Diiity
y we're thrust into cold dark cell 70
4 three days had they remained in that dis
/, ma place, almost fearing that God mad lot
;. gotten them, or VIZ, naedless o! their cries
a Edward bufsl ,ntp ttair cell, aud there VIZ
Il a once rich and stately woman bendin
~ over the straw paiiu on which rested IN
4 snverlng form Ut her only child Ellen
:. NV dear and beau;iiu Ellen. do find the
- thus i'---aud warm was the kiss he plante
:. ON a cheek thai now Redeemed with anothe
y GLOW ,han that OF disease. The attemI
: were vain to paint the mingled feelings q
:, pleasure a. ID distress which marked thI
i snort interview. The mother thought oni
= oi her child the disgrace which had tale
,t upon her in her old age had yielded I" ann
,t icty, when her daughter could no lonsf
ID conceal that her mental and personal suftel
ri mo had been too much for her delicat
~, name. Short was Edwards visit, for 10
10 tunatoly he mad money enough with HIM
ed discharge the trtllng debt, and soon as i
O. mad procured suitable place for the pri
oners, he returned a d they went With M
IN in carriage His breast was the si'
in Ellen's pillow and quick and tumultuouS
m did he feel her heart labour with disea
- and emotion The c rrIage stopped be'o
mt "a neat house whose plying inmates readi
or assisted the mother into a warm room, VIII
m. Edward alone carried the slight form
tn the dropping daughter The g low OF 81
net islactlon which spread over his features,
,c,, he beheld them once more comfortable a
I'M, secure from oppression, began to fade
,en he watched his Ellen. She could n
nm though she strove, force down a morscl
ned the nice supper that was n-tantIy prepare
de- and though she attempted to speak
his smile cheerlulIy, the effort was too vlslb
is and it was soon sppare vt that her sulierir
CO. we're not to end with their immediate eau
re- Even her mother knew not that she was
of an ardent fever, for the gentle girl S
lor- pressed all complaint, saying only that
tail had taken a sIight coid. In u moment
,ted truth was a!aln to Ed ard, but he ALLOW
of a not his anxiety to appear ;hc desired he'
,at;ra immcd i3telv and hurried away f(