Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1841-09-07

ste only pteschcd IN her actions. and that 10
what call PRACTICAL, preaching. ma'an She
~s' a little m-asicf-sotkman with her needle
] never bad a match for her since first began
business; baf-you know ma'an. there IN al
ways o bsfi IN tins hfe-sAo gave mc grca; OF
fence. She crossed nc where | could least
bear 80 b. crossed
Not Intentionally, ! am sure, NJ Ross
'1ou shall hear, ma'am. have an onl,
son John Rosa tine fresh looking. good ma
,ufcd lad. bad set my heart on his marrying
hs cousin, Amy Bruce. She o., toe daughter
o'my Youngest sister, and bad a pretty fortune
IN hand, enough 20 st John up IN any busi-
ness he iancicd, There was no reason IN the
world why 10 should not like Amy. had
kept nv wishes TO myselLbccause | knew that
young folks love is like an unbrokon colt, tina,
Will neither mind spur nor bit. | neither mis-
trusted that any thing was going wrong, ull
one day | heard the girls making a great won
deFncnt about 4 canary bird TINT they found
when they went IN the morning INTO the work
shop. N a cage hanging over Lucy's seat; and
then | remembered that John had asked me
for hive dollars the day before. and when | ask
cd whit be wanted the money for, he looked
sheopish and made no answer. thought IL
rrndent before matters went any farther, to
fell John my wishes about his cousin Amy
NV wishes, ma'am, | have always made a law
20 ms childrcn.-to be sure have taken care,
for the most part, that they should be reason
able. am a little wiliul,-I own IT: bat its
young folks business 20 mind: and, "Chlldren
obey your parents" is the law both ofscrlpture
and OF nature. So | told John; | did not hint
any suspicion about Lucy; but | told him this
marriage with his cousin was what he could
have no reasonable objection to-; what had
long fixed my heart upon; and what he must
set about without delay. on peril of my dis
pleasure. He was silcn, and looked cast down;
but he saw was determined, aud | believed
he would not disobcy me. 4 few evenings
after | saw a light in the workshop after the
usual time, and went TO inquire into it. | had
on my slippers, and my steps made little or no
sound; the upper part Of tho door is set with
glass. saw Lucy was finishing n pair of
gloyes,my son was standing 10y her; it appear
ed that they were for him, and he insisted on
her trying them on his hand. Hers poor thing,
seemed TO tremblc; the glove would not go on;
but II CANE of, and their hand met trithout
Eiores, and n nice fit they were. burst in
upon them. | asked John If this was his obc-
diencc to me, and told Lucy 10 quit my SER
vice Immediately. Now the whole matter is
past. ! must do John the justice TO say he
stood by her like a man. He said this was a
matter in which he could not obey me-; he
had given his heart and promised his hand to
Lucy; and she owned she loved him, him who
was not worthy of her love; he said too, some,
thing of my having hitherto been a kind faith
CT and n kind man; and he would not believe
that the first case OF my doing a wrong would
be To the poor orphan girl, whom Providenc,
had placed under our roof. Ma'am, you vii
wonder that | hardened my heart TO all this
but you know that anger is SAID to be a sort o
madness, and so il is; and besides, there i
nothing makes us so deafto reason and tiu'
feeling, as the singing sense that We are vii
fully doing wrong. ! was harsh, and John los
his temper; and poor Lucy cried, and was to-
frightened TO speak; and it ended with m
telling Lucy that she should not stay anothe
day in my house; and John, that if he did nc
obey me, my curse should be upon him.
Tho next morning they had both cleare
out, and every body thought they had gone o
to be married; and so | believed TIL nigh
when John cam in like a DISTRACTED mans AN
said be had all day been seeking Lucy IN vail
that the only friend she had in the city kne
nothing OF her; and when ! answered so niue
the better he accused me ofcruclty; and the
followed high words, such as should new
pass between father and son; and IT ended
my turning him from my door. | do not wor
der YOU turn away, but hear me- out. Satu
day night, three days after, John came hon
an altered man. He was as humble as #
only had been wrong; he begged my pardo
and promised to obey me in all things but ma
rying Amy Bruce. Il give up Lucy. father
lac said "but | cannot marry any body else
| forgayc him,-ffom the bottom OF my hear
iorgaye hlm,-and longed II ask hun 90 f
give me. But | had not come quite 10 II
Yet. asked what had brought hlm back
duty. He put INTO my hands a letter be b
received from Lucy; she had perseyered
not seeing hlm.-but such a letter, ladies F!
ministers could speak so To the heart, th'
would be no sin left IN the world. She 81
tho, had deserved to suffer for carrying m
tiers so far without my knowledge. She spc
OF me as the kindcst of fathers and the klI
est Of masters; then she spoke Of the dut
child owed a parent; SAID she should ne
have any peace Of mind tall she heard we "
~reconciied; and told him Il would be IN y
for him to seek her, for she had >%olcmnly
solved never TO see HIM again. The paper