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

The career of Livront9ue was short-;-he
committed forgery, and was hung by the
neck a. the Old Bailey.
old Thorne never recovered the disgrace
"f his unexpected bankruptcy, and ihe siig-
ma "f his connection with the Infamous
Livroniiqne; IN consequence Of which, and
from The inexplicablc nature Of his accoma,s
the creditors refused to sign his certificate.
lie became seriously low spirited he seem
ed ashamed to look his fellow men in the.
face; and, skulking in the dark corners of
the tap rooms and parlors ofihe lowest iip-
pling houses, cared aot for the welfare Of
his children, or procuring the means of cx-
isience for himself and wife. But Mrs.
Thorne, with the superior energy Of char
ac,rr so often exhibited by the weaker aud
'nlrror sex, ms we men say, IN our
PRIDE of social rank, dashed the tear of re.
gre' from he, brow, and went resolu,cly to
werk with the intent of procuring a living
Tor those around her. Another shop was'
opened IN the name of her sou Shirley;
and although their means were small, aud
aud their appliances Of an humble aud IN
Terror grade, the lapse of a few weeks con-
V'nced them tha, cornmon industry would
: supply the sources of all their moderate de-.
sires.
But, Catulina-
Were | pcnning series Of imaginary
events, or depiclurng the peculinriies of
characters eXIstiag buf as creations Of The
brain, might find il necessary 10 apoorise
for the apparent vIolaiious of probability in
the following details: but ! am merely nur-
rating the positive occurrence of flifc--some
(which, particularly the catastrophe, were
given To the public at The time Of action.
but in gnrbled and Informal shape. I am
describing the acts of n proud aud pcttcd
.child-of u beautiful but perverse girl, WIN
had never been taught To check her own
imperlous will, or brook the language Of
reproof do not attempt to excite the
grand sympntIles of the reader in behalf of
the unfortunate Cutalnn; the nature of her
misdeeds forbids the hope and yet the
mnn of observation and worldly experience
will find more ground for an excuse in
Catalina's conduct ;hnt can be discovered
IN the action of the sentimental love -strick-
EN- heroiues of The generality of the modern
novels. A knowledge of the operative.
powers which influence the sad realities of
life is an important but neglected branch Of
our domestic philosophy Thc roei's line
-" The child is father to the mar" has
become an ndoge iriio ns il is true, but we
have never enforced n practical demon.
stration of lis value. We spoil the sapling
in ns cnrlies, germinntiop, and find not our
mistake till the branching of the immature
tree hetrays the rankncss Of the culture.
CnnIinu fondly believed the statements
of her betraycr, and accepted his exculpn-
tory account Of his Parisian life lie con.
fcsscd that he had gnmhlcd away n prince
ly fortune, and supposed that he had bren
suspected Of connection with the house from
the frequency Of his visits. She believed
liat he was the point of receiving nn inn
nense fortune and bore, with moch peiii-I,-
ness the Intermediate passage between The
ohscurity of ~ sojourn in lodgings, aud the
blaze of fashionable life, wherein she ex-
pec,cd TO cousplciously figure when l.ivron-
,iqne could afford TO resume his station I'M
the world. Her proud temper forbad her
I" associate with her plrhian parents her
brother was refused aduuiance--" the wife
of n nohIrman's son could no, be visited Ivy
bakers boys !"
Catalina was within u few weeks of be-
coming a mother when she heard Of her
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Of his numerous aliases, aud the whole
course Of his dishonored life. The truth
flashed upon her mind with congnerfng
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