Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1841-10-28

rice as with u pest'lence the strong
aud the weak-lbe wise and the lgnOrah
-the yiituous and the deprayed --aH tell
victims to the plague, and many nm un-
timely grave-many broken heart,
which 'brokcnly lives on remains to
attest the fearful rayagrs Of the disease.
MIR Harley had risksd all, and LOST
From condiiion Of nfiluence aud splen-
dor, he was cast headlong into beggary
Every thing was gone his money hts
credh-even his character, as man OF
honor, was lost, in his vain attempt to
sustain himself, and in the very cr'sls ol
mislorinnes, he was found y ing dead
on The floor Of his counting room. lie
had died in a fl of apoplexy, produced
by intense mental distress, but the good
natured world, Of course, suggested that
an event 50 judicious'y tuned, could
scarcely be n natural one, and thus the
cloud Of suspicion rested even upon 'hr
grave OF the unhappy bankrupt. MAJOR
Morris sought in vain 20 discover the re-
treat of the bereavcd family. Whether
from pride, or some accidental cause,
they had left no trace of their course al
ter the final sale Of all their furniture and
effects, and Mrs Wilkinson, whote sense
Of past wrongs had long since been for
gotten in sympathy for their misfortune,
IN vain lamcn,ed her ignorance Of their
condition.
Some months had passed away, when
Mrs Wilkinson having occasion to en-
pIoy u sempsiress, received information
IRON a person who kept u sort Of haber-
dasheiy store, that she could not
perform n greuier act Of charity, than by
giving her work to a lady who lodged in
the upper part of her house. Upon
further inquiry, Mrs Wilkinson ascer-
lained that the person whom she was re-
quired TO employ, lived alone, in great
Sc clusion, and that her name was never
mentioned TO the ladies' who gave her
work. '1he work is left with me,
ma 'am,' said the woman, 'and am res
ponsible for il; but the lady does not
want to be known; believe she was
once very rich, and she is afraid some
of her acquaintances will remember her ,
Has she daughter ? inquired Mrs
Wilkinson.
She has ma'am, but the unnatural
creature has left her mother, aud gone
off with young Frenchman, who took a
fancy to her pretty face
WAS she very handsome
\ yes ma 'am, but she was no better
than beautiful wax fgure-she did not
seem to care for any body, aud all she
4 "A in oil "a litf la
fncry she could get, and sit by the WIN
dow to attract the attention OF the gentle
men. Her mother WAS almost killed by
her dcsertion, but it did not destroy the
lady's pride; believe she has gone with
out dinner many IA time, because she
was too proud to let any one know her
poverty
Mrs Wilkinson's interest was excited,
and she insisted on being allowed to visit
the namcless lady. In spite ofihc re-
mvnstrances Of the kind hearted shop
keeper, she made her way up the mar
row stairs, and in the miserable apart
ment, found, as she had expected, her
bercavcd and impoverished niece.
Mrs Morris did not insult her unhap-
py cousin by calling to see her in her
carriage, nor did she make her way by
stealth to the abode of poverty. A COM
Portable home, a competent provision for
her comfort were provided, and then
| Mrs Wilkinson conducted her daughter
to the presence Of her relative, whose
claims to kindred were not now disavow-
ed. Doubtless of all the parties, Mrs
Harley felt, with the most acuteness, the
difference between room RELATIONS in
80 and 40.