Madison Whig advocate. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1839-1841, 1839-10-26
CANTON, MISSISSIPPI SATURDAY, oCroRER %, 1850.


nearly concerns YOU"
Did Dick Saunders tell no story,
mother e interrupted Charley, sitting
upwright, and again unconsciously scru-
tinIzsng her face. She raised her eyes,
met mis- for an instant, and then sank back
in her chair, covering her features with
her hands, and weeping dolefulIy-
| ask pardon, MOTHER said the gen.
erous and hitherto gentle boy, as he gain
ed her side, and put his arms round her
neck: "you always loved me, and |
shall always love you. let them sev
what they will of US. Kiss Charley,
mother, won't you ~
Fondly, almost wildly she embraced
him, and resumed. g No, Charley
Master Turner, my husband, was not
your father /: stop moment.'' She slept
into her little bedroom returned with
a small, oval, red leather case placed
it in his hand; sat down averted her
head /; began TO move the work on the
table, and would vainly hide her contin-
ued tears. as she added, g Open that. and
you will know more of your father"
While he obeyed her commands, Char
ley recollected that he had more than
once detected his mother weeping over
the little red leather cases. When the
miniature met his eye, the boy started.
g My father was ships captain p he
cried.
8. He was an officer, in the kings ma
W." she answered.
8. And gentleman, mother ?''
s. His commission made him one, Char
ley but he would have been true gen
tleman without it,
g And he married you before Master
Turner married you mother p
50 Charley, your father and never
were married
A pause ensued. Charley's features
betrayed a bitter, and a fierce inward
combat, as his glance still fixed on the
miniature.
50 Is he doad p he at length asked.
81 hope not, but am not sure. Some
time | think one thing, sometimes anoth-
er. Listen, my king. | was very young
when | met your father and | wonder
ed, any others wondered, what he could
see in me to love. | was his inferior in
every way To be sure my poor moth
er had managed to keep me at good
schools till | was great girl, and perhaps
Then, when we began to keep company,
with fathers and mothers consea
taught me like master, himself,
many thinqShat improved my ssindol
manners, ay,-and my heart too but
am not going on with my story. We
we're to be married at the end of two
years. Before the first year came round
he was ordered from the blockade ser
vice to ship, at only few hours no.
tice He ran down to our shop, and
showing the letter, prayed mother TO let
us be man and wife that very evening.
She would not hear of it, saying | was
too young, and did not know my own
mind, and would not know how to be-
have as his wife. He begged and prayed
once again, and cried tears, and went on
his knees she held firmly to her word.
But, alas Charley, it had been doing
better if she had not held so firm to it,
or else not have left us alone to lake
leave of each other that evening. Cry
ing and sobbing, in sorrow and in love,
we forgot ourselves, Charley and next
day, ay, before it was day, your father
left our village, and have never seen
him SINCE"
:. But he has sent letters to you moth
CIR 2''
ssI got none, if he did /: though be-
Iieve he did, and that an enemy kept
them from my hands. A very short
time after he left us, my father died, my
mother grew poor, and we were turned
out of our comfortable little house, not
being able TO pay our rent. The shop
was reopened by a woman and her
4 10 h. nd
on your fathers account too. He had
paid some compliments to the daughter
before h. met me, and they blamed me
for taking him from them. An3-God
forgive me if wrong either mother or
daughter-but do fear that letters from
you father to me, and from me TO him,
were stopt by the new keepers of our
post-office. Well, Charley, you were born
while nv mother and lived in very
poor way, trying to support ourselves
with our needles, and keep out Of the
work house. Your fathers silence al
most broke my heart. | did not suspect
foul play about the letters then; it's on
ly lately people gave me some hints, and
all | could think was that he had forsa-
ken us both. nv king. Mother died too.
and you and | were left quite alone.
Charley. Years after, when, try as
would or could, we were getting worse
and worse off, Master Turner came from
his village to ours, on business and know
ing my whole story asked me to marry
him. He was man we'll TO do In the
world at that time, and kind man too j;
and so, after giving up all other hopes,
thought, Charley even for your sake,
ought not to refuse comfortable home
and comfortable living. But it seemed
as if every one was to have ill-luck with
me- Good Master Turner began to grow
poor from that very day, till last year
when he died, leaving US as badly off as
he found US and thai'sthe whole story,
Charley only. here are you and ilv-
ing alone again, with your little half
brother, Billy, to keep Us company.
swell. and be glad of bis company,
MOTHER said Charley always loved
little Billy for his own sake, and because
he loved me'-t the mutual affection of