The Illinois free trader. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1840-1841, 1841-05-14

only consolation, the only CLEAN OF sun
shine that remains to me. And you have
influence over me-you have, May, how
ever much you may doubt it. have
avoided the haunts of vice for days after
receiving one of your kind and soothing
letters. | wear them upon my heart,
May-iorgivc me, but they shield it from
some sins-and when find mast fall
Oh don't scold me, May, for saying
must-you have not known the tyranny
Of sin. yes, May, when | find |
must fall, lay aside the sweet talisman,
for that must not enter the abode of the
DRUNKARD and the GAMBLER. oh my
child
"You are like your mother, my sweet
girl--you have her beauty and gentencss,
and mingled with these. all, and more
than all Of v~rr fathers talents. You
viii ncvr. as he has
done. ~ child.
They nothing.
unless G. principle.
Yes, / sa PRAYED d
sinners. y, and il is
the testimony @ experience,
that beauty and tai, id Kindness Of
feeling are bu, as a r5lJ to The soul, uu-
less they are supported and guided by
deep religious faith. ! know you have
this, May. Your aun, is pious woman,
and have r,ioiced 10 find d,at your let.
ters p?Ija.e Of her spirit You viii b,
happy, ,hanh God e.. canno, write
more-oh May Cast i. from You it is
moi worthy the light Of your sweet eyes.
Could ! once feel that | might be pure
enough to clasp you to my heart, and
press my lips to yours, should die hap
py. Blu, this can never bc.--Oh, my
child, pray for your miserable FATHER"
May put the letter back into her bosom,
and continued kneeling, with her hands
resting upon her aunts lap, and her soft,
fearful eyes enreatingly upurncd to
others as fearful as her own. There was
a silence OF minutes. Mrs. Rosehy was
the first TO speak. "May, we will 90.
For my husbands sake | will go--his
last prayer was for his poor brother; for
your sake, my child, | will 90, and if
God wills, you may yet save him. No
other one can
This decision was carried Immediately
into execution. The limits of this sketch
will not allow our entering into the de-
tails of Mays history, but her efforts to
reclaim her father were not unayaiIing.
Often at sunset might she be seen stealing
through the mcanCst streets of the city.
in search of the poor wretch who had
been absent from earliest dawn, glancing
limidly INTO the grog-shops and cellars
where men were carousing, and if by
chance she found him, entering boldly the
presence of the crowd, and grasping his
fevered hand to lead him away, having
no cnticemenls but her sweet loveliness,
and the spell OF her celestial purity. She
was always instantly obcyed, for he
would sooner have died, than have seen
his daughter exposed to the rude gaze and
insults of the wrctches who were his
boon companions.
Her influence became daily stronger,
as his affection for her increased, and she
had the JOY of seeing him gradually pre-
terring her company to that of his guilty
associates. Her great object, now, was
to persuade him to leave the city and re-
tire with them to a small farm which had
been his brothers legacy 10 her. Many
were the entreatcs and arguments she
was obliged to have recourse to, ere she
could prevail.on him to consent. But she
did prevail at last, and the reward of all
her anxieties and abors of love, awaited
her in his entire restoration to virtue
But those anXiclics and labors were con
tinued many years for the vices OF twenty
years are not conquered in day, and
Roseby's passions were strong, and temp
talions many. But he loved May as sell
dom father loves a child, and though his
struggles were severe, he perscyered al
most to desperation for her sake. lie
made her happy at last, and vino will
doubt that in doing this his own happi-
ness was elfarMally secured
From the New YORK SUNDAY Mercury.
short Patent sermon.
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