The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1840-09-17
.HEFSCEERnF.gEGES.
From the Io4tLs Cabinet.
MARY MILLER AND HELEN PARKS
5r the follg of Discomfort.


o. ths fong Of Discomfort.
Many years ago / real a story which iar.
cibly illustrated the folly Of discomfort. Il
vas in poetry, but here IS the substance Of
IL, 10 a dress Of plain prose.
A farmers daughter, will cell her Ma
~ Miller, was permitted to take a walk ia
The fields one Saturday afternoon. She had
been to school all the week, aud this priv
lsse delighted her very much. She soon
le!i the dusty road, and ran5lod from hl
l5ck 10 hdlock gathering the flgefs which
leased her fancy. Sometimes she watch
ej toe CLASSY brook, and listened 10 the
merry birds. Sometimes she bounded after
he gay butterfly, and then ran q pick some
flowers whose gasdy coiors attracted her
ere. 10 short, wherever her light heart
prompted, her nim5'e feet carried her.
she was rear The road side, when she
saw a gl.uefiag coach pass sloaly By -
There vas 10 one II il bat I;:ie girl bout
Mary'sage. A driver sal 10 front, guiding
the sleek horses, which troi,ed 10 their rich
harnesses. When the grl wished 10 stop.
INSTANTLY checked hem; when she wished
10 20 forward, they started at lis wori -
4 i59t1aa vas on SIS stand behind. ifthe
LILLE strl saw llser Ia the field, OF bv the
road SIDE, she had oa.y to speak, and the
carriage stopped whIa he foo,nan ran 81
fetch II. In sh7rt Sic seemed 10 have rs
visa uugratfed. A Mary locked d. lie
coach, her heart sunk, her feet lost their
lishlness, aad her spirits their gaiety, and
her face is smiles. She walk glo9saig
along, and With sour looks aad pouuag io,,
she entered her mothers humble dwelling.
Have you uo. aa1 delightful SAX nv
child y SAID she
Oh 10, sad Mary palu.hiy, " ! should
have enjoyed j pretty sell 30, Helen Parks
came along 10 her cgrfi3Ee, end aEen saw
hos happy sic appeared, with her coach
man and f3oima1 10 @ati upoa her, std re.
menbersd that gas a paor girl, and nust
uiEays 70 afo5i and wdn upon larself,
could a4rdiy be,p crying. II she waited
any ih.ag shs bad oa.y % speak Or poin.io
q, AID tie fo7ltasa instantly bfoasl.. il 10
Der. Be- w4ea saw something wanted,
lt u IVES ever 80 ar &c, | mus, 20 and get
itmgse!a ! 31a's Aea4 10 waii. OH II tia,
read aoy moro"
Her ffet64 voice #as scarcely hushed.
when Mrs. P4ias came 10.
Hos d. sour daughter cni9v her ride
ibis afternoon sa,i Mrs MILLER, - hen her
wealthy gges had thrown dsrssl. l4.u.aiy
upon al Gaclsts,aeI char.
Here the reader should know that Helen
was lama, 50 that sue had not walked for
several years.
Sic would have erjoyed il PRETTY we'll
sad the lady, 70 a tone Of cuaJesceus on,
s. bot Us, az she came where she had the
finest prospect, she say little gil skipping
about t8a fields. Size watched ner happy
movements as she ran wherever her fancy
led her, and when she remembered that she
could never enj ~ herself Linus, she said she
ccJld scarcely restrain her tears You
caunol thlak,' said she, bow sad It vas 10
feel tsaI mast be lifted into the carriage
whenever wish 70 take the ar aad wien
! sec pretty flower, | can never p.cl y
myself, Bat must wa ttN soue oae, whn
works for money, can y .. 4rA Is 30 me.
Z" watched the hap5g str!, sad sae, 50 IN
q fes minutes, asshs danced 81, ga.iy among
the birds and 15s:krr.a then ordered the
iootman 10 brng ne few daisies wb3cb
rev b. the road eide: bat | saou 'b.eU
them assay" she added foT | could uat
bear to f03k at them" She directed the
c9acama1 to lnye hone, that her feelings
might % longer be aEg'avated BY The sight
a pleasure ~A.cl aas colld MOI share
When tae foo,man brought her tn, and
placed her carefully upon the sofa she ldlt
he, iace uDoa my lap, aud wepi proiusely
" Mother" SAID she, " sd, never ride ou,
by these fields again"