Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1841-06-10

''Thiss The old song 1t won't come over ose.-
| must have my rent
"We cannot pay it to. night, Mrs. Cringle,' said
Caroline. mploiing'y-''if you have any human
feeling let my mother remain in your house until
Tomorrow afternoon, and in the meanwhile | will
see what can do to raise the amount due you
Surely charity and generosity have not lied the hu-
man breast. There must be some way of relief
There is a way you get the money very
easily, my pretty Miss, said the vile bag, with
look and glance, that the purity of Caroline IS ma
ture could not understand.
"Oh how tell me how" she asked, eagerly.
'Do you ask me hom, with that pretty face of
yours, and nice young figure could show You
many fine young gentleman would make your for
tnne for ye, and in one hour from now place ten
times my debt in you: hnnds.''
"Ftend-I understand you now Oh God !
Oh. God that should come TO this -
For moment Caroline struggled to suppress her
hot tears. but in vain. Her pure, msulled spirit
was crushed, and she burst into shower of bitter
tears She wept if her heart woH,d break
Even the devii.sh landlady was at length moved.
''Well, chl!d--l've greater matters than that
limited at make less to do r. you wont, why
'hen you wont. Eve known many young girl sit
iv ted like you would be glad of he offer | made
yo". Well, if yon can pay me a part to night, five
dollars or so II wait till tomorrow shutdown fot
the balance-an' ifyou can't pay then. w you must
tramp and no more said =
81 have four dollars and three quarters-f that
will satisfy you, take it, said Caroline, going to
her reticue at is the last | have saved from my
wages for my sick mother. Take it up she said,
laying it upon the table, and thinking back from her
insiactively-for her decacy had received too Sc
shock for her to bear the sight or touch of
the iniqutous creature who Lad been the cause Of
il.
We'll, this II 10 FOR tonight, III call to-mor-
row shutdown, and hopes You Il have the balance
Has how you do, Wy | be " hin to try ye here
another quarter, if ye choose TO stay"
Tins speaking, this iuiGnitious wretch, who is
the counterpart Of too many andladies and land
osds Of ce tam class left The house. She had
scarcely closed The door when with an agoaizing
SHREK o poignan, suffering, Caroline lhrew herself
upon her mothers bed, and wep III gentle sleep
sealed h'r scnses il oblivion.
VII
The next morning Caroline put on her hat and
shawl and went mechanically to her daily task
at Mrs. Carvs, On the way she was sadly
thinking what she should do to relieve her moth
er, and was busily dcvisng some way to obtain
the money for her. The idea occurred to her of
throwing herself upon the generosity Of the lady
LII, -,
knowledge ofhuman nature had taught her that
some ladies' are apt to look with suspicion upon
unfortunate girls, and apt to haye less charity
for them then they should have; while she
shrunk from applying to a gentleman, lest her
motives might be misunderstood and her delicacy
hurt by dreaded offers Of conditional assistance,
that might wound her maidenly, sensibility far
more than the landadys words had done. What
10 do she knew not, and with thousand schemes
in her mind, she had come to no discrimination,
| when she found herself in Walnut street, and
within few doors of Mrs Carvils. IS .s-z
Oh, what what shall | do If 90 in she
viii not let me 30 for the rest of the day, and
something must be effected before I return home
Oh, that could find purse with twenty -one
/
relief
She had hardly spoken, when she beheld ly-
ing upon the sidewalk, few steps before her,
small green pocketbook. She bounded forward
and caught it up with cry between hope and
doubt A glance showed her it was full of bank
notes The next moment she was in Mrs Car
Wis little parlor, and, as she was the earliest
there Of the apprentices, She was alone. With a
trembling hand, she took the pocl,et-bool from
her bosom and furtively unclasped it. Within
was miniature, and she recognized as the same
the purchaser of the gloves had taken out to pay
for them. She trembled still more, and partly
unfolding the notes she saw the figures so, XXX,
X, $, upon them, She offered up short ejacu-
aton OF gratitude, while visions of the happiness
she should bring TO her mother that evening, fl
led her heart with Joy. But what means this sud
den paleness ofthe chcek-this sinking of the
spirits-this dropping of the whole form just now
so animated with hope and joy What means
this Responding air andaspest Of despair mingled
with resignation ? Why has she slowly re-clasp-
ed the book, and why dejectedly return it to her
bosom? The reflection has suddenly flashed up
on her mind, that the treasure is not hers-that
it belongs to another-that she has no right to
make use of it without the owners permission
that it is a sacred thing
Mono she said with virtuous resolution
that gave brightness to her eve and a heiphtened