The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1839-04-30

w" 'e"o"y iuinsihe, tne griet ot MRS. Dctt-
son ni the persecution To which the friend
OF her youth was thus suhjec, from the hus.
hand Of her bosom. rs we'll as the still more
bitter anguish whish pierced the bosouis ol
Edward and Emma, mud rem, the heart Of
the widow.
Matters were at this pnss, when the rent
of Mrs. Holcroh's farm became due, and
the money which had been laid by TO dis
charge II, was in The pocket Of the lawyer /;
while, tn add to her calan,ities, the county
assizes were ut hand, whru, us the cause
would be undefended, the triumph Of her
prosecutor would he complete, aud the
widows field would pass into the hands
Of the spoiler. The rent day passed over,
and Mrs. Holcroh was in daily expectation
of the dreWd summons to The Hail. which
awaited defaulters, far il was the custom OF
Lord Dalebury to see his iennnts upon such
occasions. At last the mandate came, and
the widow prepared herself to obey il. She
had never seen his lordsbip, cxcep, at dis
tanee he had the reputation, with many
who prolesscd TO know him, of heing cold
naughty nobeman, and so reserved and cx-
elusive IN his bearing, that il wus said ol
him, that he was rather felt than seen in
the neighborbood.
The feelings with which the widow en-
tered the library, into which she was ush-
cred to the presence of Lord Dalebury, will
readily he conceived. He wns standing
with his bnck to the fire. reading a newspn-
per, from which he raised his eyes as his vis-
ilor iimidly advanced few PAGES from the
dnor, which wns Immediately closed behind
her. HIS hardship glanced at u mcmoran-
dun which was lying on wriiing.,sblc at
his elbow, and then snid.
Your name is IlsIcrofi, I believe =
Yes my lord, falisred the widow.
How is IL, he inquired, that the rent
which has. | understand, beea hitherto
Punctually Pnid by your late husband and
is not Grthcoming on the present
occasion } an told that your crops have
been abundant, aud the price of corn is
higher than it Inns been for years.
The cold, equable tone in which these
words were delivered, struck like ice 10 the
bsnEh Iaqf bui' ,sqailsI.l .MhisR, .lrssu Ssr"yrs
ry, which, when she had finished, his lord
ship referred again to his nois,, aud then
SAID:
And so the last years harvest has found
its way int" The pocket of the lawyer, in
stead of into thai "f the landlord 7 As he
spoke lie rang the bell, and ordered ll,nt hi.
might be sent to him, when quick
as thought, TINT functionary Was in alten-
dance.
Henderson, said the noblemnn,' take
this good woman To your office, and give
her receipt for the rent in hrrrar, and then
see thnl the papers relative to nm action Of
eJeciInent which has been brought against
her, by The person mp NJ the grange yonder
be transferred from her solicitor to mine,
and bid him be prompt, for, as l gather,
there Is no time 10 lose.
The steward hrsita,ed and yen,urinp n
step or two nearer to his master than Tie
prescribed distance, he said, Your lord
ship is aware that Mr. Benson has u vote
for the couniy-nnd my young lord
And If he had twenty votes, it would
not affect the justice Of this poor widows
cause, retor,ed the peer, in n so,newbat
sharp key, which however, he Immediately
nnd added mildly, Henderson,
you will see To this matter for me- His
lord'hip then, with sameihing approaching
to smile upon his lip, dismissed his visitor,
and, dropping his eyes ngsin over on the
newspaper, resumed its perusnl as If moth
ing had occurred To interrupt il.
The result was, that ia the cause, Ben
son rsrsus HoIcroh,' the plaintiff was de-
f.aled, and in addition tn the privilege Of
paying his own costs and the defendants,
had the satisfaction Of know ing that instead
Of running tie widow, his prosecution had
been the means of raising up for her, pow
erfd patron in Lord Dalebury.
The modification Of his pride however,
was not the o"Iy punishment which Benson
WAS doomed to undergo for his nnholy per
secntion of the widow aud tue fslherless.-
With all his fsulis--and they were not \
few want of natural affection was not Of
the number; and, if lie loved one being
more than another, IL was his daughter Eu-
mn. For some time she had been droop-
ing but her father attributed the change
that had come over her to the circumstnn-
ces which had separated her friends the
nor perhaps, the frat instance
was he very wide Of the mark. At last,
however, his fears became awakened; pre-
fessionaI advice was resorted to; and then,
siIer some weeks spent in medical expert
men,s, there fell upon his heart, with al
most beaun,bins force, the ierrible-sy,
terrible 10 the werd-announcemcnt that
Death had Sc, his seal upon her brow, aud
there was no hope Ains,' IL !, on occa-
SONS like these, when our worldly prosper
iiy is at the flood, and we are adding house
To house, and field to field aud when we
say to our ssul, Soul thou hnsr much
goods laid up for many years ,hs, VIC feel
the arm Of tile Lord is not shortened, that
1t can smite % well a. save. o! Whist 10
weslih, what is fame, whs, the smile Of the
world. or the worlds Kings, TO the father
who gszes upon the death. b.bed Of his child =