Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1835-05-28

who wanted to borrow few hundred dol
lars. The willy old man was perfectly igno-
rant " here il could be had, and Sided off
from him as soon as he could. lie rode di-
recty down To IIemphill, and told him he had
a few hundred dollars to loan, and wished he
would take it; the payments should be easy !:
Just such as would suit. Indeed, replied
Harry, you have como TO bad MARKET
have a little cash to spare myself, and have
been looking round these two weeks for a
good opportunity of putting it ont.
While Harry was prospering in his busi-
ness, all went like clock-work ut home the
family expenditures were carefully made
not "A faithing was wasted, nor Il scrap lost
the furniture was all neat and useful, rather
than ornamonta-the table plain, frugal but
wholesome and -spread-little went eth
er to the seamstress or tho talor-no cXtrav-
agance in dress, no costly company keeping,
no useless waste Of time in careless visiting,
and yet the whole neighbOrhood praised
Mary Hemphil, and loved her; she was kind
without dissipation-and while few people
lived more comfortably, none lived more
economically.
The results Of such management can never
disappoint the expectations TO which 1t looks.
Even the angry trown Of misfortune, rs al
most put at defiance. Advantageous ground
is soon gained which the storm seldom
reaches. And the full reward comes in the
proper time to crown the need of lives thus
spent.
The music of Harry's tools was in full play
on the morning that | left the village for a
distant residence. 1t was not yet sunrisc.-I
And as the coach bore me rapidly past the
cool and quiet residence of the villager, saw
the door was open, and the breakfast smok-
ing on the table. Mary in her neat morning
dress and white apron, blooming in health
and loveliness, was busy amid her household
affairs; and n stranger who Glanced to be my
follow passenger to the city, observed it, and
said, "there is thriving family, my word For
IT," And he spoke well. There are certain !
signs always perceptble about those who
are working things right. that cannot be
mistaken by the most casual observer.
On my return to Alesbury, many years af-
terwards, noticed beautiful country resi-
dcnce on the banks of the river, surrounded
by all the elegance Of wealth and tastc.-I
Richly cultivated fields stretched them
selves out on every side as far as the eye
could reach-and focks and herds were
scattered in every direction. 1t was a splen-
did scene; the sun was just setting behind
the western hills, and while group of neat
y dressed children sported on the adjacent
school green, the mellow notes of the flute,
mingled with their noisy mirth. "There,"i
said an old friend, "lves Harry Hemphill-
that is his farm-those are his cattle-hcro
is his school house, and these his own, and
some orphan children Of his adoption, which
he educates at his own xpense-having
made noble fortune by his industry and
prudence, he spends his large income in
deeds of charity, and he and Mary mutually
give each other, the credit Of doing this"
My heart expanded then-it expands still
when think of them-and pen their sim.
pie history in the hope, that as it is entirely
imitable, some who read 1t Will attempt to
initiate it.