Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1835-07-30

recess near the fire place. The stranger
looked mp, met her earnest gnze and started
Seventeen years had not wrought So great
change in the person Of the landlady as
might have been expected for an innocent
! and active life, had aided constitution ro-
bust, and she still appeared much the same as
she had fourteen years back. The stranger
felt he had seen her before; he passed his
hand over his flushed face, and addressed to
| her some trivial question. The tone Of her
! voice answering, seemed 10 strike upon his
ear as one he remembered, but he said moth
ing.
"We have seen him before. JOSIAH" said
the landlady to her husband, when alone
/ lie has not met the punishment due to his
misdeeds. What shall we say? Something
we must do,'
| alt is, indeed, him." returned Jcdson;
"what can have brought him here? 1T would
| kill Eva to see him luckily she is confined
! by a cold up stairs-but to- o-norrow Fanny re-
turns. lie shall see Fanny; she is the image
of what her mother was when we first saw
her; il he is the person we suppose, he must
he struck with the likeness. My mind mis-
gives me strongly, but | think he has only
come here to die"
~ hope he will render Justice, before he
| goes to his great account" returned the zeal
Gus matron.-
| lie will wife, he will!'' replied her hus-
band; "thcrc is that in his face, which be-
| speaks broken spirit; he has contrlte
heart depend upon it, and if it is him, he will
do justice as far as he can"
| The next morning, the stranger was much
indisposed, and "Fanny," who had returned
from an excursion, was sent by her grand
mother as she called Mrs. Jcdson, to his a.
partment with some rcircshment. The guest
started as she entered and as she drew near,
he became dreadlully ngitatcd. Fanny wns
alarmed, hut unwilling to leave him thus, re-
malned rivetted TO the spot where she stood.
At length the invalid, conquering his emo
ton, made an effort TO receive the refresh
ment from tho hand of the unconscious cause
OF his agitation, and as if impelcd by some
irresistible motive, inquired her name. "Fan-
ny, sir, Fanny Jedson," answered the agIta
ted girl, as blushing and cnrtseying, she
withdrew.
II at is her very image!' murmured the
guest; "who is this girl? how came she here?
so beautiful so fair! to couture up remcm-
brances so painful !-recalling a form never
TO be forgotten"
\ In few moments, he had summoned the
landlord, who was prepared by Fnnny's
strange agitation, to hear intcrrogations
which he was resolved 10 answer in his own
way. The gentleman requested Jedson to
be seated, said he was lonely, and should like
a little chat, and after few preliminary re-
marks, inquired of his companion, if the pret-
ty girl he had just left, was his daughter or
grand daughter.
"She is neither" answered the old man,
"but love her as much as if she was" II
" But she bears your namc," resumed the
stranger.
She does" returned the Inn-keeper "bc-
cause, poor thing! she has no other. How
ever, it is an honest name, and never was
coupled with treacherous deed; SO perhaps,
it suits the child as well as another
"Shc is then an adopted chilG!' inquired
the invalid in a humid voice.
"Why, SIR" replied Jedson, "I'l tell you
the story, and how came by the girl, and it
you do not join with inc in saying that her
father was IA villain, you will be the first who
has differed from me in that opinion. But as
| said before, III tell you the story"
1T was about the time when the British
were leaving Boston, did not live here
then, sr-l kept an Inn on the Boston road
and somewhere about that time, one evening
a chaise drove into our yard, and all officer,
SIR, British Officer, alighted and handed
ont young lady,-a sweet pretty creature (;
she appeared melancholy, and sogie how my
wife and thought she did not look like an
officers lady, but just like one of our New
England young women, so modest and unas-
suming. Well, the officer called for room
aud supper, and desired that his horse might
be taken care of. as they were to 90 OH di-
rectly. Curiosity, you know, sir is natural
to women; people say, New England wo-
m tltp
maa who went into the strangers room, to
lay the cloth, aud wait on the table, said,
when she came out, that she had looked
sharp al the lady, and that she kept crying
all the time, and never tasted morscl of
supper. My wife, who is as stout as lion
IN the cause of her sex, could not rest min
ute; she was afraid the poor girl was unhap-
py ; perhaps going away against her will,
and speak To ller she would. SO she took an
opportunity when the officer went out, to 90 !
into the room where the young lady was, to
ask her if any thing troubled her. The poor
young thing said she was gricvcd at the
thoughts OF leaving her home. "rhen why
do you go my DEAR" inquired my good wo-
man. "ls the gentleman relation of yours"
" He is my husband" SAID the girl /; aud she
looked up so innocent and quiet, that my wife
was comiortcd about her, and contcnted her
self with giving her all the consolation she
could, about leaving her home, since she was
gong with her husband-and my good wo-
man contrlved to speak a few words to the
gentleman, and begged him to take great
care OF such gentle creature, and he prom
lsed he would.
On going away, the young lady came to
my wife and said softly, "ii you hear any one
speak Of Eva Hayward, tell them she has
gone to England with her husband" My
wife promised she would. They drove oil,