Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-11-01

fever carried off. lin one short month, about
two yeaIs after his quitting England. the unre-
conci'ed, but no longer unconcilia'ory ex
lie, aud his young and beau liul BRIDE
the daughter of his patron. his union with
whom had been construed, by the causeiess an
,ipathy of his father, into al esh cause OF IN
digna,ion. Death, whose cold hand ioosens
this worlds grasp, and whose deep oice suns
this worlds smif;, only tighiens the BONDS OF
nature, and teaches the stormiestspirlts to de-
par, in peace. Edmund lived 10 write to his
father few lines IT undissembled aud uncon,
ditional penitence; to own, that II the pain OF
duty had been rugged, he BAG IN vain sought
happiness beyond it, aud TO entreat that the
place he had forfeited in his fathers favour
might be transferred TO his unotiendlnS child
All This had been conveyed to Mr. NiohttNh
and myself by the voice Of rumor some days
before, and we had been more shocked 'han
surprised, to learn that Morison's res' ntment
had survived its object, aud tha' he discialm-
ed all intention ofc, er seeing or receiving The
infan' boy who, il was gal! to him TO reflect,
must inherit his estate. Mrs Morrison had
ex rted to soften his hard heart, al the little
inlluencr she ever Possessed Her tender SOUL
yearn.d towards her Edmund's chi d: and
sometimes the thought OF seeking eepe' atloh
and de, ot z hers Ii % rear il, crossed her aes-
pairi mind But her daughters were tie
still more powell to her unhappy home
She could neither leave them, unpro ected, TO
its discomforts nor consciously advise theif
dcscrtion Of parent how yer unworthy; SO
ste wandered, aler and s,dder innate than
before Of cr cold AM stately manson; and
her fair, ,ubdued looking daugn ers shudderrd
as they passed the long-locked doors OF their
brothcr's nursery and school room.
The accounts Of young Morism's daa'h had
arrived sincc the goo pastor dep rtur', and
it was with feelings Of equal sympathy to
~ ards the fcma'e part Of he fAmily, and sor
row for tie nnchri>ti,n frame of its head, thai
he prepared for "ur pres, mt visit. AS we rode
up the Old traght avenu perceived post
chaiss al The door, and Instead OF shrinking
from this probable accession OF strangers, tH
tina, any addition to the usually constIa II
cd nd gloom family circle, mus be a relief.
On rraching the door we were struck with
cry un sual appendage to t e usty and trav-
cl- s1ain"d web Gle, in the shape Of an am irn',
venerable looking Asiatic j. he d es, of his
ooun nv, beneath whose ample folds he mi..ht
easily have been mistaken for an old fem.lc
nurse; a characctr which, in all is skill md
tenderness, was amply su Ia ned by tbs faith
full and 4 cent Orient,l His br ken English
and assio, ate ges ur $ excited our at entiou,
already awakened b, the singuarity OF his cos
tune and appea ance, and as we got cIo'e 10
him, TIC big tears whi' h rolled over hi sallow
and fur,wed rheeks, powerfully called forth
our sympa ny and tod, better trsn words, his
70 ciple exclusion from the splendid ma"sion
VIII ha reIucta tly admitted within its pre-
cnct., the child dearrr to him than country
and Hiudred!
Our visit, had it borne less of a pa ,oral cha
racter had all he appearance Of bcius very Ill
timed. There were servants running 10 and
fro in the hall, and loud voices in the dining
room and, from Intle paror one side
front door, issu. female sobs, mingled with III
lanl wailings in an unknown dialect.
Thank God!' whispered the minister, 'thc
BARN is fairly in the house Providence and
nature will surely do the rest
1t was not time TO obirnde abruptly, so
sent in our names to Mr.. Morrison, and during
our pretty long detention on horseback, could
nor "a old seeing IN at the open window Of The
parlor before rncntiosed,a scene which il gIirv-
ed us 10 think was ONLY wInt ssed BY ourselves
Mrs. MORRISON Was sitting in chair, ION
which she had evidently sunk down powrrless)
with her sons Orphan boy OH her kn,e the
bright dark eyes Of the liue wild unearlhlv
looking creature in sleGlasi gaze on her pale
malroniv counlcnance. No cry, Madam En-
glisc, said the child, as her big tears rolled un-
Needed on his bosom--' Billy Edmund will be
wellv wrySood His youngest aunt, whose
keen and long ,repTcssed feelings found vent in
mingled sobs Of JOY and agony, was covering
his little hands with showers OF kisses, while
the elder, his ia hers "a, orle sister, was COM
pairing behind him The rich dark locks that
clustered on his nrck, with the locker which,
since Edmund's departure, had dwell, near her
heart.
A mcssags from the laird summoned u.
from this affecting sight, and, amid The pathetic
en,reaties Of the old Oriental, that he would re.
store his nursing, proceeded 10 the dining
room, made aware of our approach to it by the
still stormng, though half supprt ssed impre-
Cations oil It's hard hearted master. He was pa
cling with stern and moody agitation through
the spacious apartment His welcome was evil
IDENTIFY txtorted, and his face, to use strong
seriD,uraI expression, set as a flint against The
voice OF remons,rance and exhortation, for
which he was evidently prepared My skiliruI
conductor vent quite another way 10 work.
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