Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1841-11-13

, master and the wine merchant too; 50 he grew
quite idle and mischievous, and lost mere than h.
gained for three months before
And thus the child went IN her simplicity, dis
closing more and more Of the details of her moth
ers economy, lille dreaming tina, every word she
uttered went like dagger 10 her fathers heart
He had dropped bis knife upon his plate his coffee
remained untas,ed, and he sat with his elbow res
ting the table, and his forehead shaded hy
his hand, apparently occupied with pattern of a
napkin, which he folding and unfolding Who'll
~ unconscious Of what he did
"1ou may take away these things, Marv," he
said, when he felt that he could bear no more
And as the child had disappeared, he
rushed into his own room and hoted the door
,,Ifave then been such wretch3' he eNciaim-
cd; "Yes, have eaten my chdres's bread, and
reduced my wife to the lot of a common beggar.
She who was so elegan, in all her tastes. and who
ought 10 have been cherished as the only treas
Of my life.
"lf they had shut me in dungeonl and fed me
with loati,some food. could have torne IL bu,
have been pampered migrate, fattening on the
luxures which want has purchased!-Where
where shall find an ocean that will wash me pure
from this poution!'
The shadows of evening were fa- advanced
that day while the miserable man wasstl pacing
tho round of his little chamber. Mary had knock
ed gently at his door manv times The last few
houts, and she knocked again. o say that
her younger brother undressed. aad going to
bed, and wished to bid his papa good night.
Frederic opened the door, and the little cherub
sPrang into his arms, at the time looking
nnxiously around the apartment, as if he had ex-
pected to find his mother
HIS father kissed him and bid him good night,
but still he did not feel satisfied to 90.
t'Sfhar d.o, .tao child - aSAeu Ialner.
size has been accustOmed.H replied Mary. "to
say little prayer before going 10 bed, and he al
ways says It IN this room, perhaps you will let
him kneei beside Won, just for few moments; he
Will no, stay long"
It was novel situation for such n parent TO
be placed in; but Frederic nltnos, mechanically
seated himself in tho old nursery chair, and The
child knelt down at his feet, with its little rosy
hands folded its knees, its blue ewes raised, and
IFS golden tresses thrown back from ITS snowwhite
temples, over the infant neck and shoulders, which
its half undress had lef, uncovered.
The prayer OF ono whose experience has been
ong In this world is necessarily clogged with so
many interruptions of thought, it seems at bes,
but struggle and the soul to make itself heard.
But the prayer Of child is like the unsophisti-
"a ted voice of nature, passing from its pure hos
1m nj once INTO Inc skies
There nre few hearts hardened as to resist
the impressions made by this innGent aud ar,less
appeal; and Frederic Bond peculiarly dispos-
ed on the night we have described, to BIO softened
into more than common tendernes.-lfe laid his
hand upon the shining tresses of his child. He
bent his head over him, and his lbs also uttered
an Involuntary PRAYER, against which the gates of
mercy we're not closed
He slept not the whole OF that bng night: yet
esless, anxious, apprehensiye as lie was he was
enabled in the midst of host of Midnight hor. I
rors to abstain from his besetting SIN. The next I
morning he breakfasted with his children around i
him: and if he did not Join them in their hnmble f
fare, it was simply because, after many unava- I
ng attempts, he had lost the poWer 10 do SO.
This day appeared, if possible, stll longer than
he night. He could not read. lie could not e.
ven think to any purpose. lie could only feel
md feeling had lately been the baae Of his ltfc
His children wero nil busy with ther different oc-
,upations. He knew not what TO d.; but still he
was abe TO abstain
On the following morning he was so fortunate
is 10 form scheme, with which al tho young
spirits around him were go elevated hat he could
not refuse TO rejoice in their g!adnes He pro-
ected an excursion to a ne Ighboring Ill., dinner
n wood, and walk nome in the cool of the
evening. All this however was orlv Happiness
or others. This brought little satisfaction to him
The remembrance of Lady Monfords death came
reshly back upon him with the frs, dawn of the I
morning, and haunted him through III. whole day.
Still however. he resisted. for though be belev
ID il would be impossible, with this bad upon his
mind, to support the burden Of Consciousness
through the whole Of bis future life, vet having al
'eady passed three days without hii accustomed I
stimulus, he determined to await tie return Of
lis wife, and thus TO prove how much his af +
ectIon for her could enable him to accomplish. T
10 this manner his weary life was PASSED, some
mes hoping. sometimes even PRAYING; but far +
more frequently sinking into state of utter oes-
'ondency and horror. until nearly he expiration
If the time his wife expected TO be absent 1t /
wanted now but one day TO tha. of her return. and
he children rose early with the happy word ''to>
morrow" perpetually upon their lips. Even he
limseit tell secret spring OF JOY, as he walked
With them in the little garden which surrounded f
heir cottage, and watched them plucking out
he weeds that mi ght otherwise offend their moth
srs SIGHT, sweeping away the leaves from her IA
,orlte walk. and peeping with expectant eyes a,
he fruit which they hoped would be fully riPened
~ the hour Of her return
In this manner they were all engaged, when
heir attention. was attracted BY the sound Of car
Rage wheeling down the lane and round by the
corner Of the gar9en. until il topped az their