The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-10-12
MISCELLANEOUS.
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FILIAL WORTH REWARDED.
You are too parsimonious, Henry said
Mr.. D to one of his clerks, as they were
together in the counting house one morning
give me leave TO say you do not dress sufiici-
emily genteel to appear as clerk in fash
ionable store.'
Henry's face was suffused with deep
blush, and tear trembled on his manly
cheek.
Did | not know that your salary was suffi-
cient to provide more genteel habiliments,'
continued Mr.. ID. / would increase it,
my salary is sufficient, amply sufficient,
sir replied Henry, in avoice choked with
that proud independence OF feeling which
poverty had not been able to diyest him Of
His employer noticed the agitation, and i'm
mediately changed the subject.
Mr.. ID. was a man of immense wealth
and ample bencvolence he was widower,
and had but one child, daughter, who was
the pride of his declining years. She was not
as beautiful as an angel, or as perfect as We
nus; but the goodness, the innocence, and
the intelligence Of her mind shone in her coun-
tcnance, and you had but to become acquaint-
ed with her, to admire and love her. Such
was SdIOIiiiC DCIhhCys WHICH, AACH uCCuuC
an inmate Of her fathers abode.
No wonder then that he soon loved her with
that deep and ardent affection--and reader,
had you known him you would not have won
dcred that love was soon returned, for their
souls were congenial-- they we're cast in Vir-
tues purest mould----and although their
tongues never gave utterance to what they
felt, yet the language of their eyes told too
plainly TO be mistaken. Henry was the very
soul of honor, and although he perceived that
he was not Indifferent to Caroline, he still felt
that he must conquer at once the passion that
glowed in his bosom. must not endenvor
to win her young and artless heart thought
he'll am pennyless, and cannot expect that
her father would ever consent to her union-.-
he has ever treated me with kindness, and
will not be ungratelul.' Thus he reasoned,
and thus he heroically endeavored to subdue
what he considered an il.fated passion. Caro-
line had many suitors and some who were fully
worthy of her, but refused all their overtures
with gentle yet decisive firmness. Her ia
Their wondered at her conduct, yet would not
thwart her inclinations.
He was in the decline of life, and wished to
see her happily settled before he quit the stage
of existence. 1t was long ere he suspected,
that young Henry was the cause of her indif-
ference to others; the evident pleasure she
took in hearing him praised, the blush that
overspread her check whenever their eyes
met, all served to convince the old gentleman,
who had not forgotten that he was once young
himself, that they took more than common
interest in each others welfare.
Thus satisfied, he forebore making any re-
marks upon the subject but was not as dis
pleased at the superstition as the pennyess
Henry would have imagined
Henry had now been about n year in his
employ. Mr.. Delaney knew nothing Of his
family, but his strict integrity, his irreproach-
able morals, his pleasing manners, all con-
spired to make him esteem him highly. He
was proud of Henry, and wished him to APP
pear in dress as well as manners, as respect
able as any one. He had often wondered at
the scantiness of his wardrobe, for although
he dressed with the most scrupulous regari to
neatness, his clothes were almost threadbare.
Mr.. ID. did not think this proceeded from a
niggardly disposition, and he determined to
breach the subject, and if possible, ascertain
the real cause---this he did in the manner re-
lated.
Soon after this conversation took place Mr.
ID. left home on business. As he was return
ing and riding through beautiful village, he
alighted at the door Of cottage, and requested
a drink. The mistress with an ease and po-
likeness that convinced him that she had not
always been the humble cottager, invited him
to walk in. He accepted her invitation--and
here a scene Of poverty and ncatness present
ed itself, such as he had never before witness
ed. The furniture, which consisted Of no
more than was absolutely necessary, was so
exquistely clean that it gave charms to power
ty, and cast an air Of comfort on all around
A venerable looking old man, who had not
seemed to notice the entrance Of Mr.. ID. sat
leaning on his staff, his clothes were clean and
whole, but so patched that you could have
scarcely told which had been the original
piece.
This is your father, presume said Mr..
ID. addressing the lady.
: 1t is, sir
He seems to be quite aged
He is in his eighty-third ycar--he has
survived all his children except myself
My husband was wealthy, but false friends