The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1838-09-26
SELECTED TALES.
THE BAKERS DAUGHTER.

This loaf won't do; its not full weight
give me that one in The window
Ma = SAID the pretty Catalina /; with an
indignant toss of her rich nut brown locks,
Ma why do yon suffer me to be insuIted
by these low vulgar wretches, who expect
me to attend to all then insolent whms as
if was their servant. will rot assist in
the shop at all, | declare.
The fond aud patient mother endeavored
10 soo,h the offended pride of her petted
child, and FASTENED TO change the objec.
ticnable loaf. The purchaser was tall,
but back bent, tim aud shrivelIed man, 10
a suit of rusty black his dark eyes spark
led beneath his gray aud bushy brows, aud
his very pale, thin lips, and the strongly
marked lines about his suuken checks, told
plainly of suffering and sorrow. He clutch
ed the loaf Of bread with his attenualed fin
gers, aud after weighing it carefully in his
hand, placed 1t beneath his arm, and de-
posted the necessary pence upon the coun-
Ter. lie turned towards the door, but as
he gained the threshold, he turned round,
and gazing sadly upon the offended Catali-
ma said Young woman, | had reason for
my objection To the loaf you proffered il
was many mouthfuls less than this aud |
have too often experienced the want OF
bread to quietly resign my rightful quanti-
". have lhlee children waiting for me
they are pale, squald and cadaverous, for
hunger, dirt and disease have long been
their only portions, but they are my own
flesh aud blood, and my orphan boys are
as dear to my heart as you with your bright
beauty aud sunny looks can be to your hap
sy, wealthy friends. was oLce-no mat
ter what am now a beggar: the very
pence with which l purchased the loaf.
were wrung by dlnt of painful suppllcaiion,
from the unwilling hands of my fellow men.
1 have not another coiu IN the world to
purchase even the coarsest relish, or to pro-
cure candle that might delight my heart
by seeing my boys devour their Jumps Of
coarse, unbuttered food. You see now why
i required the largest, not the smallest loaf
What would your trouble have been in com
parlson with the value of an extra mouth
fu of bread to five hungry wretches who
look to this lnaf for the whole of their daily
supply ot food. Check then these paltry
feelings of pride, which unfit you for the
station you are bound 10 Gil you are blcss-
ed with health and comparlliye wealth, be
grateful to your Maker, aud do not Insult
INN by exhibiting impertnence to your feI-
low creatures. You may "ue day be as
destitute, as wreicbed as ! am now
The poor fellow vanished from the door
way, aud the sound of his shuffling foot.
steps faded into gradual nothIngness before
any of us had recovered FROM the effects Of
his forcible but unusual address. My
hands instincuvely clutched the silver coin
a, the bottom Of my pocket, but before ]
could frame my speech, the man was gone.
Mrs. Thorne first broke the silence, aud
Poor man only one loaf Of
stale bread iur himself and his four chill
dren If had known it, would not have
taken his money
The impudeut fellow called me young
woman aud no pnserty can excuse such
imperrinence us that said the proud beau
~, as with sparkling eye and glowing cheek
she dashed from the room, looking most
pre-eminently beautiful tho exhibiting this
hateful deformiiy Of mind.
Catalina Thnrne, although not perfectly
beautiful, possessed an attractive set of pref
iy features, a moderate stature ard round
and graceful form. Her head and bus, DIS