Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1841-01-28

WIN HIhctuilce ; Dut mere was no re-
Slsiins her silent, palicni, unrepInIng
sorrow. II WAS useless to upbraid her
They saw that her seli-recrimInation
was severe and unccnsing I; that NV"
only thoughts occupied her nind--Ihc
mrnory oi her offence towards her mo-
her, The memory Of her tenderness to-
wards her husband. She had no longer
any care for her rhildren. Their dcs'i-
uics were secured ;Sshe had solennly
oequraihed Them 10 The protection oi
Auhur's parents ito The still holer
secpiug OF their heavenly Father and
her own.
IL is written, that there shall be Joy in
the darkened chamber oi travail when
IA naD-cllld Is born into The world -
eager congratulations are heard - and
even the niulher's feeble voice has an in
hexion of triumph. But there were deeu
s"bs by Caroline $ couch when the grand
mother, III broken tones, announced that
II son was added to her orphans; and
ner own accents had sort Of stern So
lcmnliy when she replied, ,-"Icl his
name be called Arthur, in memory oi
the dead"
From that hour, however, her strength
strengthened, and her courage grew
lirmer. 81 am now the mother OF Bur
lr,on's boy," she would sometimes say,
IA an exullmg voice. Aud then her ex-
uilaiiun melted into tears, rs she hung
over the nesting infant, and slrove To
t,tl. "a,
aud unconsciously looked round, as il
expecting 10 meet the Triumphant smile
OF lalherly tenderness with which the
graliiied lusband had greeted the birth
oI his elder children. "Ilc has no ia
iher" calculated the poor hearl-riyen
widow, as she claspcd the little ten
der being closer into her bosom 'but
| will love him so that he shall never
leei himself an orphan. Aud RHO
who will love aud cherish me? de-
stroyed my own fond mother and Ar
thur was taken from me in retribulon of
The crime"
Let no one presume TO say, 81 have
drained the cup of bitterness to the
dr"gs :" dark as the night may be, the
avcngcr has storms in his hand TO deep
eli n thousand fold its murky obscuriiy.
The chances Of war, which deprived
poor Caroline OF the father Of her chill.
dien, now began to operate fatally on
the fortunes Of the elder Burllit0n. -
The branch Of commerce in which his
funds were vested was affected even 10
after rum and he and his aged wife 4
low reduced to narrow provision, were
chiefly dependent Oh the labors of the
iaughler-ln-law, 50 long rejected, 50
iumbly submitted to their arbitrary will. \
"A nursing mother, grieving widow,
he still found leisure 10 supply to them
he ministry Of the servants they could Il
10 longer command; and To bear unrnur-
nurlng the utuust irritation OF their pee
'ishness. "lhcy are Arthur's parents"
whispered she 20 herself; "io work for
hem is duty he has bequcaihed me.
)lher duties have ou,raged--let me
lot be relniss in this!" If her spirit flag
,ed in the execution of her task, it was
enough Tor her to contemplate awhile the
sweet face of her boy, and it seemed
u If her husbands soul were shining
,u from his eyes, and melting her TO in
luslry. "God will at length forgive
ne, Thought poor Caroline. "If labor
iligently TO honor his father and his
'oihcr, my days will be long in the land,
} watch over my orphan children" II
The summer came again;-ihc second
lat had put forth It's unheedrd blossoms
nee Arthur last culled and plnced them
her bosom; and Caroline persuaded
&c old man, whom bankruptcy had now
LEASED from his duties, to remove with
'r 10 n small cottage on The coast, near i /,
the well known spot where she had
ST behold his son They dweIt there
seiher, If not without rcplning, without p
'braldins. The old people blessed her II
tn their tendercst blessings; and the >,
IIdrcn grew and grew, and promised y
do honor to their fathers name. ''
One evening, IA glowing afternoon in {
me, when the beauty of the cath seems S;
mag OH the eye OF aiilic,ion as if in /
ockery OF its tears, the little family /,
ere assembled IN their one lowly apart ~
cnt: Caroline with her infant upon her II
lees, the elder girl rehearsing in The ear -
her grandfather one of those beautiful n
ssons OF scrip,ural wisdom to which tho :,
'reaved turn yearningly for consolation
was the Raising of Iazarus!-and "
hen the gentle child came To the words, c
Lord hadst thou been here, my brother Il
ID not died." The scaldng tears drop i,
d from The widows eyes upon the :,
lie lace that smiled up into her own.
strange object had attracted the in 0
Ms cye-even the figure of an officer e
10 stood iransixcd at tho open door.
"A cry Of madness burst from Caroline's 4,
$. The gnls called loudly upon The II
Inc OF their dead father. The aged Al
Dple alone were seI-possessed 10 see n
It It was no appnrlion, but breath. GO
form OF flesh aud blood that stood
lore them.
Caroline, my blessed wilcw cried
hoarse voice of the happy Arthur. be
ny wounds and imprisonment alone on
used me TO be reported Among the
IN. l have returned TO YOU rich ia
Nay--iurn not your face an
m The infirin veteran who comes 10 he
'sed ana coressed among you, and to an
We you no more 80 TN,