Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1834-03-22

naming portion Of its original brightness-a
lingering principle of good. which renders ii a
worshippcr of virtue. whenever, or in whomevcE
1T is found; and men behold the return of an
erring fellow-being to rectitude, with the same
Joy in kind, if not in degree, that of angels
when the CRY of the penitent goes up to the vaults
of heaven. Every returning day now added some
thing to the regard which those around her "a
gain felt for the unfortunate Jane. Kindness
was again in their tones and manner, and even
respect. They came to her to enquire of the
lsufiercr-to her, they expressed their opinions,
their sympathy and coincidence; and even her
father, whom the mention of his degraded child
would have choked like burning draught learned
to speak Of her with some thing almost of pride.
..poor thingt' he would say-''it is long
time since she has lain down on her pillow to
sleep; but God must be with her, for she seems
to have more and more strength to 60 through
lit
So indeed it was-and when after two wears of
confinement, in which Jane had never been seen
but by those who visited the chamber of sui
ferng, her mother finally released, and her
latfectionate attentions were transferred TO her
now feeble and infi1n father. But Jane Robson
was no longer an outcast-true the pity OF men
could not, like the tear of Sterne's recording
gel. blot out the stains upon her name, but veil
accommodation was removed-kind looks wei
coined her to the domestic circle, and to the sane
tnarles of Jehovah, and place was again accord
cd her among the pure and reproachless. Some
years after, she went day for her father, upon
some necessary errand to the city, from which
she had been drawn back by the circumstances
ola benevolent chder. AS she reached the sub
urbs upon her return, her eye was attracted by
an attenuated female figure, who, pursued by a
!rabble of boys with shouts and execrations, had
just sunk to the ground. The tawdry, though
tattcred fnery of her garb-iuy suited to the
cold autumnal storm that had just commenced Il
Ipierced even Jane Robson's cloaked and decently
apparelled figure, told too plainly her fearfully
branded caste. Jare turned on her sud q COM
passionate glance, but the distortion of her
lhaggard features fixed her gaze, and she saw
with honor that they were convulsed with the a.
comics ofdcatl. s'Oh, sir! will you not take up
the poor creature ?''-she exclaimed to cartman
who was just then passing.
''Christian folks have nothing to do with such
as she is, said the man very composedly, and he
passed on. Jane looked agonizingly around her
"a carriage which she well knew, was opportune-
|ly approaching, and new and strong emotions
rushed through her soul, as she caught the mild
and benignant cOuntenance of the quakeress-
'Look!' she exclaimed, as she pointed to the dy-
ing courtesan-"behold that poor, spurned out
cast! Such might have been my end but for you
such it must have been. The Almighty bless
you forever and forever You will sit at the right
hand of the Savior ofsinners',-and as the qua
keress TUNED back to provide for the removal of
the poor wretch, whose crimes were about to be
terminated, the over-wrought Jane, excited be-
yond all power of controlling her emotions, knelt
beside the wasted victim of guilt, and prayed
deeply-fevently- almost wildly-for the pas
sing spirit of her, whom no benevolent hand had
Suatcbed from the ab,zss of shame