Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1837-1839, 1838-05-19

s...a 1ss LADY's soOK.
10 w Z = . = l..

- ~ 6owers7" saiJ n sweet vo'cc
= - stepped from her carriage,
~ e.aes;ag one u the most fashiona-
4. - mat poruIOus Of our southern
-. ~ stopped, and regarded with
- 1.a,s. = child Of surprising beauty
b4sss<eA bunch Of moss roses. She was
- ~eusise 10 SOB one SD fragile and deli
ned ID selling in the public street.
la - IN vyus roses, 10 order to support
III gihr' she asked IN a tone Of kind
..m:n she replied, dropping, a curtsy
-.osAer i sick, and ] walked from the
70 sen I'll tho roscI that was on my
KsA. viu you buy them, lady" and her
- - syss filed with tears.
40 vas much Interested by the snno-
~ srtlsss simplicity Of the child; and at
- aoss isquirics, determined to 60 herself
~ - s;ek woman, who the child 500 was
aB- Shc waseone whose purse was
49, N the calls Of charity, and taking the
ns3 - tho carriage, she ordered her coach
saSe 70 the cross roads, about two miles
E61fey. They stopped before a low, hum
- isuse; and the lady entering, saw ex-
Ne bed, nnd apparently dying, fe-
Ne couutennncc, wasted rs II was,
e,cd tho remains Of great beauty.
l.
,-x.k kted 10 her tho glazed and closing
- AA.esut IoukiDg woman camc forward. and
~ - lsdy learned that the strangers name
I-i~en. al ske had como there sick, and as
49,. - had boarded her and her child
- - t. NJ three weeks, had regularly re-
r.;v,Ak ~ ~ :ssd ~ she wanted Some comforts,
=. ~ s;ssa l.ss, 10 child, leave To sell the
m,ss-sl1n LMsss, ] guess, has seen better
DAYS. ~s,d IN venss, in conclusion, ''bUt what
+ chsN = viab ~ child when she is gone, 6un't
pss, ssoseA - = 30 good and swcei-tsn'rercd.'
M Asky ssss her servant to procure the
usy esa(bsts TOE the night, and leaving some
rosy Wmh the w0mln, returned home with the
xnnd visiting them the next day.
hsio6ows 0f Mrs. Audly's mansion opened
poscszzs, and she sat alone mIsing ON the
~ 1ne had been, when the voice Of child
60l it, thrill through the mothers heart
~ sound oil mirih and gladncss rcsoundcd
- bes silent dwelling; but ono by ono, the
1as5 beautiful beings who clustered ar
1As hearth aud board, had COMO down in
1noeencc tn the tomi,-only one remained
ai distant land. The lady sat in sadness
shnband cntered, aud seeing tho melancholy
II sslsd on her brow, began relating some
= snasing that had occurred during the day.
y Gin ,ppcascd aistraciot, and upon his ten
hsf.y iaas3ae the cause, she related to him the
|scijes1 & he Dorning.-'s'rhat child reminds
p Tey dspastcd ones," said she, and tear
~ spss ~ hand her husbnnd held. 'Roberi, ]
- Int you seldom deny a request of mine but
|s.h1 ~ importnnt ono am nb'ut making
|npos cnsl0, m AN w.. Ioauty ""J sweetness,
|0ss 6 sent to supply the places Of tho dead
|4ay not adopt her rs my own? Our home
|aMsPpcar so lonely"
y Audly gladly consented To any thing thai
al&ssf the solitude Of his wife, or while hel
| 6As melnncholy that was undermining hcl
! ~; sad they concerted together to take the
duln, - soon as Mrs. Lorton was dead.
hssxt day, when Mrs. Audiy arrived nj the
- shs found that Mrs. Lorton had died in
hiyht, without giving any sign Of conscious
ne discovering who she was. There was q
ol1us Of her,-takcn when young, and Sc
sAea1s, very rich, in her trunk-thc only cs
- 4 hitter DAYS. And after the last sad du
- sapeiformcd, the little lncz returned will
~ lEtscss TO her new home. Many an hon,
q - ssdearing affection render happy, which
- esAsswisc have been filled with sorrOw;u
n6esaces, and Mrs. Audly, in watching eacf
|cssos new charm Of mind or person unfold e
r., vas doubly repaid for her charity to the or
-. The child. possessed great sweetness o.
pr, united 10 great powers Of mind, and the
aasters wero procured for her by her kind
ds. In music. she particularly excellcd, anG
soSnd Of her sweet Voice, pouring out some
os sad strain. sooahed and chccred theiI
asfs, sed made hSe aI0"st seem again bright
MON: she vas very dear to them both, and
could $50 The interesting orphan, without
hef. Her life vas one Of sunshine, though
sa~~s tho .hought Of her mother, would cause
- N steal over her SUNNY face, and cloud
1w: Lace Iorton was fifteen. and had been
INC evening with some young friends
oe returned in tho evening, she threw
INTO Mrs. Audly'. arms and wcps bitterly
.oe,es Of her childhood had become dim
.ad always called, and Of late years
n: - hat lady to be her parent.
-! my 1uezw said she, "what mean.
.~: What has thus caused you sorrow
Wis not your ehild,r exclaimed the sob.
Tonight. in the dance, Miss Laurence
- aosice me, because, she said. va, NO,
- herself, foe lived on charity, And
1rss Of tears folIowc this explanation.
Aud'y was much shocked, but she gently
10y related In Insz. all the circums,,ncc,
nosher's illness, and her own acoo,;oo n
q her family. Shc told her, tina, birth and
vsuld weigh little with the wisc and GOOD
prison with tho purity and goodness ofhc,
90 N conclusion, added, MY lnez, in IN,
Tnihs, you will have to bear much that !.
Sas; but have taught you TO look abov,
Ss and guidance; and think, my love, a
|Se on earth was ~ despiscd Of men, an,
|GehDoa at submission. Go on steadily IL
duty, end eoovert sc0sn into rcs2ec
ness every trial with patiesce, an
L dcd BY the shaft Of ill-nature, remem
So ~ shelter "f the parent wing yos
aSsty and comfort~