Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1841-08-05

u apptafeo to hin', "tbf'W one consOIa
ton, or one hope. Tonneuied with per
petual resiiessness, he went inlo The
liitle parlour where he was occusio,net
10 breakfast, aud he found his cid =
daughter seated al her sewing. She
started up on seeing him ontor, aud in.
mediatciy brought in his breakfast. !
Was a choice and savoury repast, sucl
as Eleanor always had in preparation
for him whenever he chose TO patlake o
it; and he could not help this morning
comparing 1t with the honeiy meal b,
had seen his lie and clitren cutting ir
the garden some hours before. AS sooi
ns his li,tle daughter had placed /, on th,
table, she sat down To her sewing again,
aud only looked up occasionally, 10 SEE
wh ther her father wanted any ibing she
could bring.
Gladly would Frederick Bond have
sharpened bis appetite dis morning, by
adding 10 his coffee lle usual portion OF
brandy, with which he was accustomed
TO strengthen it, but there seemed to him,
in the presence Of the quiet little girl
who sat beside him, endeavoring to
supply her mothers place, sort ol
tacredness, which he was not yet SO
hardened as 10 violate.
MARY" said he, edo you always cat
that brown bread for your breakfast,
which l saw you eating this noining"
''iss, always"
"And have you always those wooden
bowls for yeur milk"
ooh, es; We like them better, be-
cause they never break"
"And does your mother always eat
The brown bread and milk with you"
"Yss, when she eats any thing; but
che sometimes goes almost without II
breakfast at oil"
"D1 you think she likes the bread
and milk"
~ don't think she does like it much
no more did Henry and Isabel at first,
bu. We ats all getting 10 like it now and
mamma is always trying to persuade us
10 eat the simplest and cheapest food,
because she says we shall have to d. go
some time, and il is better to do so nov
while we nre young, and healthy, than to
wait until we are forced, and may nci-
iher be so strong, nor so well able 10 eat
coarse food"
Frederick now rccoIected that hislI
children never dined with him, and the
idea struck him, they lived through the
day on the same hard aud homely fare H
ilo recollecle8 that his wife generally /
made excuses when she sat down with
him, that she had previously dined with
the children, thinking it best 10 keep Or
der amongs, them by her own presencc;
and he recoilected, too, that his own
iittIe board was always spread with dain-
ties with the game that was in season,
or with some choice vianas cooked so
"a In tempt his failing appetite, ard al
ways served up IN such a manner, as to Il
'Void reminding him that he was not
gentleman still. Il,
"And these poor creatures" snid he [
10 himself, 'haye Eeen ell tho while
living like the paupers Of tho parish p- Il
lie could scarcely swallow the m0r.cl 3
i- bod put into his mouth; and If ever ,
0an loaihed himself he did so at that mo- !
nen.. by way Of divcrtiDg his ihoue hts II
Iowever, he made an ehol 10 change =
he subject of conversations !
Who are you working for, Mary"
The child bInshed deeply, while sac
ns"ered,-"l am making shirt" \
Her father had asked the question with v
'e most perfect Indifference as to any h
n'wer she might make; bat her cmbar- p
i"sment awakened his cuiiosily, and lie n y
'ent on !.
"ls II ior me, or for your hrqthcr?"
"Oh, II is too large for George" said r,
larry, cndcavouring to smile away her u
IUshes. I,
IL is for me then, suppose. WHY d,
'n'i you answer me, Mary; ~ 10
The child burst into tears. at is n on
crei," said she; "my mother charged its
= not 10 bring this work into the room u,
here you were; but | felt sure you DIR
'uld never notice it, and so ! dsobcye
II commnnds, and now she has hardly ha
zen gone ao hour, and my judgment ly
IS come upon me-" tn
But what secret can you have, Mary, co
'out shirt :" str
''Oh, don't ask me, father / dare y,
Il tell lalsehood, and yet must not 80
tray my mothers secret; she has kept fl,
go long"
"Poor chiIdr' said Frederick, in a 70
ice so kind, and so unusual, that Ma no
. little heart was melted; and looking r,
through her tears, she said, 81 am nj,
re you would like my mother better If mi
u knew, aud yet 1 hardly dare tell Iai
10 49,:
'Wel!, Mary, will leave it to YOU an,
your mother has ever charged you ,r,
To tell me--if you have promised her we
i you would not cannot urge upon
u to break your trust" min
NO, she has never charged me at all : s;y
has never even mentioned the sub ,r
directly, but she has been go stu fro
hs TO keep it from you, that we all know ing
wishes; aud ought We not to regard rou
N as much ns her wordr' .bo
Ceitaloly you ought; but in this in AFT,
90 ! do beg you will tell me the whole he
10; !, may be of the utmost conse- da,
nee, both to your mother and to me. " ,hs
'ia'y looked anxiously at her father, Tie
then began her story. lie
Wen, then, we take in q great deal bee