The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1841-11-18

you mus, submit to my attendance.
But where Is Rebecca? she must be III,
or she would be here
She is not i'll, and you will see her when
you are better but, dear madam, | must
no, let you exhaust yourself by talking
aud the feeble invalid, wearied, even by the
slight exer,ions she had already mhde, pas.
siyely submitted to remain silent aud soon
sunk again into refreshing slutnber.-
When she again awohe, it was very evi.
dent that favorable change had taken
place, and the doctor, who called soon alter,
pronounced that few more days Of careful
nursing would place her oul Of dauger.-
Her recovery, however though ceraln, was
very slow, and weeks elapsed before she
was able TO leave her bed. During all this
time, the attention Of her nurse vas unro.
hitting, and the invalid grew so nccus,om.
ed 10 her swee, voice, and tender mlnstra
lions iha, she could no, bear her cat Of her
sight. She still continued TO inquire for
Mss Thornton, but the doctor, eho was
DESTROYS of sparing her any agitation, Goa
iinued to evade her questions. At length
she vas able to sit up, and, supported by
the arm Of her ycrug nurse, to reach the
sofa Of the dressing room, which adj0iued
her apartment.
1T is very strange said she, as she sal
there one day, that do not see Rebecca.
She must be i'll and you conceal it from me-
mo, my dear madam said DR.. Bland,
10 whom this observation was addressed
che is not III, but she has left the ueighbor
hood
( Left the neighborhood, and while was
i'll impossible You are deceylng me,
doctor. My poor friend has fallen victim
TO her attachment TO me-
81 am not deceiying you, madam" an.
swered the physician, blunily. Miss
Thornton lel the house as soon as she learn.
ed tba. your disease was contagious. Ii is
TO this lady alone he added, that you are
indebted, under God, for your recovery
TO this lady 7 echoed Mrs. WalsIng
ham, IN astonishment, and who is she, aud
how shall | requit herr
By loving ne, my dear madam by Civ
ing me place in your affections !
That you already have, my yourg
friend | feel for you all the affection Of q
mother, and you will stay with ne aud be
to me daughter
'Oh, how gladly would do so, but, can
no, leave my husband and my child =
Have YOU a husband and child, and lef
them both 10 come to ne, 10 incur the risH
Of disease and death ? VIVA, IS the mean
ing Of this-who are you 2 exclaimed Mrs
WaIslngham, looking wildly in the face 0
her attendant
| am the wife Of your son, answered
! Rose, sinking on her knees, will you no
, forgive me 7 will you not restore my hos
, baud 10 bis place IN his mothers heart !"
Unable to speak, Mrs. WaIsinshau
could only motion her daughter 10 law Il
rse, and caspng her closely TO her breast
she sobbed out, Ny daughter, my belGv
ed child A burst of tears relieved her op
pressed heart, and she was soon abe 10 lis
ten 10 the explanation which the doetor
whose benevolent spirit reloiced a, this
scene, was ready TO give.
But why has not Henry been here I
said Mrs. Walslngham, as the doctor con
4, cluded surely he had not ceased TO reear
! his mother little as she may have deserves
his affection,
4 Oh no. answered Rose, do moi wroni
y him by such suspicion hot our child de
: manded his care. We could not incur ih
. risk Of leaving him on orphan, aud beior
B left my husband obtained from him
promise that be would not venture With
!. the reach Of couiagioo, but would remol
: TO watch over and protect our boy. prom
r ised him, she added, that ! would WIN hII
d back his mothers heart
And you shall! keep your promise, m
J. sweet child {: least you shall give Of 1t Z
much az you choose 10 part With, for has
II gwen it entirely up to you, SAID ilf
0 Walsingham, as she embraced he. ne
is found daughter
r. 10 a few days, Dr.. BANDS permissic
: being obtained, Mrs. WaIsingham accom-
D. panied her daughter on her return HON
II and from that time she resided with h.
k children, finding in their society, aud IN III
IL Of Der lovely grandchlld, as much Of haPr
IN ness as in this subIuuary state II IS psrml
N ted US to enjoy. Rebecca Thornton return'
TO the obscuri,y from which she had be'
:, raised by her beneiactress, mortified by u
: failure OF her ambitious schemes, and
: being compelled TO return TO her form
:" associates, in the state Of single blsssedne
" from which she so ardeatly desired
3 emerge. She made one effort to regain b,
" place 10 tho esteem Of her former pa,rone
" By writing her long letter, in which 81
r. attributed her having left her during b
illness entirely to a conviction that /; "
: her duty 10 preserve her own health, thong
:, in doing so she had done the utmos, vi
a lence to her feelings which would ha
- impelled her to remain to watch over b
beloved friend.
ie Rendered wise by suffering Mrs. Wa
ID iogham was not be imposed upon by Ii
= shallow sophistry, but in replying to Mi
70 Thorn,on's letter, after complmenting h
'c on the ease with which she sacrificed fe'
logs which most persons found u dfIcnlt
control, informed her that for the future h