Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1836-04-16

God, the offer had been one which she
could have accepted with her own
willing consent, and with my full ap-
lprobation.'
yet said the Doctor, y have Of
ten thought how sad a thing 1t would
be for you ever to part with her.
Far more sad will 1t be for me TO
leave her unprotected; as it is but too
likely, that in the ordinary course of
nature, l one day shall, and as any in
that same ordinary course, | SO pos
sibly may! Our best intentions, even
when they have been most pruden-
tally formed, fail often in their issue.
I meant to train up Deborah in the
way she should 20 by fitting her for
that state Of life in which it had
pleased God to place her, so that she
might have made good wife for some
honest nah in the humber walks Of
life, and have been happy with him.
And how was it possible, replied
the doctor, that you could have sue
ceeded better7 Is she not qualified
to be good mans wife in any rank!
Her manner would not do discredit
to mansion; her management would
make a farm prosperous or a cottage
comfortable, and for her principles
and temper, and cheerlulness, they
would render any home happy one
You have not spoken too highly IN
her praise Doctor. But as she has
from her childhood been all in all to
me, there is no dancer that l may
have become too much So to her. and
that while her habits have properly
been made conform, b. to our poor
means, and TO her poor prospects, she
has been &c 'ustoned To u way OF
thinking. and a k!ni of conversation
which Las given her d.staste Tor
those whose talk is only of sheep AMI
oxen. and whose thoughts never get
beyond the range of their every day
employmen,s. In her present circle,
| do not :liink there is one man VIII,
whom she would not have the sanle
intellectual objections as to- Jo5epl
Hebb!cthwaite; though am glad that
the moral objection was that whlch
first instinctiveiy occurred to her
IL wish it were otherwise, both 10!
her sake, and my own; for hers, be-
cause the present separation would
have more than enough to compensate
it, and would in its Consequences. NIT
igate the evil of the final one, when
ever that may NAV be; for my own,
because | should then have no Cause
whatever, to render tie prospect Of
otherwise than welcome,
but be as willing TO die as &c sleep. It
is not owing to any distrust IL Prcvf-
dence that am not thus willing now
forbid! But if | gave heed to
my feelings, should think that | am
not long for this world; and surely it
were wise to remove the only cause
that makes me fear TO think so.'
Are you sensible of any symtoms
that can lead to such apprehensions?'
said the Doctor.
-Of nothing that can be called q
SYMPTOM. l am TO all appearance, in
good health, of sound body and mind.
and you know how unlike V nv hab
its are to occasion any disturbance in
either. But l have indeiinablc impress
slons-sensations they might also be
callet-which, as cannot but regard
them
Can you not describe those sensa-
tIonsf'
No better than by saying tina: they
hardly amount to sensation, and are
indescribable.'
DO not said the Doctor, 4 entrca,
YOU. give way to any feelings CT this
kind. They NAV lead to consequen-
ces which, withou; shortening or en-
life, would render il anxious
and burthensome, and destroy both
your usefulness and your comfort
'1have this feeling, Doctor, and YOU
shall prescribe fer ii, if you think it
requires either regimen or physic.
But at present you will do me more
good by assisting me to procure De-
borah such situation as she must ne
cessarilv look for on the event of nv
death. What have laid by, even If
it should be mos, advantageously dis
posed Of, would afford her only bare
il Is resource IN case of
sickness. but while IN health. il would
never be her wish 10 eat the bread OF
Idleness. You may have opportuni-
tics of learning whether any lady
within the Circle Of your practice.