The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1841-08-26
THE FAIR PENITENT.

'dto lhai IOso On AL el00es A young Iemal0
dressed 10 virgin white, advanced up the aisle \
with slow and irregular steps, her eyes timidly
bent up"n the ground, aud her lovely locke half
shading her counlenAnce in which health and
innocence seemed to vie with each other which
should add most beauty to fealutes the form Of
which was beauty ITSELF
She stopped for moment As she reached
the open portal Of he chapel that formed a re-
Gees on ono side ofihs aisle, add then turned
nio the recess, entered . confessional, aud
fell upon her knees, - t t.gsEt az
- WhAt s'Ignofanl SIM could this sweet one
have committed that required absOutiou a: the
hand of her holy father confessOrl
We shall see.
Having first pronounced her accustomed
PRAYER with tmd voice. she seemed to gain
confidence by this act, and proceeded TO relate
first, her little acts of contumacV towArds her
shnol mshess, (for though bordering on wo-
manhood, she had not left the convent school;
then her little sins Of actual commission, re.
ssrVinS the graVesl for the last. At length,
ih"u2h Nhe had evidently not concluded her
confession, she made full stop, As il reluctant
to proceed farther.
"Come; daughter" exclaimed the priest,
"proceod; you must not permit fase pride or
dtlicacy 10 deter YOU from that full confeUs ION,
without which sbSOluien were vain. What
morel"
"I'm afroid 10 tell you. good father"
The priest said something 10 encourage her
but tho prcuy peni,eni siill he.i,a,edJ aud as
she covered her swee, face with her two hands
a. If afraid to have il seen. tho tears made their
WRy between her pret,v fDpeJO.
"Come, cOmer' said tho holy father, 'thI"
must no, he. must Interrogation. What
i'i,2 Have you done ANYTHING 10 njire or
offend your pond p,rents2"
"Worse father"
"Havs you been reading in wicked boOks!"
''i have not been reading at all, father"
"Did you play or laugh lac! Sunday during
servicep
"a great deal worse, father!"
The priest began 10 be seriously alarmed,
yet he did not know how TO frame his questio IS
90 az to avoid sugg gestions, which if he should
be wrong IN his suspicious, might rendCr the
remedy more mischeivous than the disease.
AT last the young beauty, as if BY . .despe.
rate effort, relieved him from his sm1srrnss-
merit.
"Fs,her," said she, with trembling and
half suppressed voice, ~ will tell you all if
| Heaven will give me the strength 10 speak.
But. pray he indulgen', good faherl il was
the first time-and I'm Surel never thought
much harm would come oft. Bssids,. II was
no! my own fault. ii was partly his. And he
is 90 very handsome too-(he good priest
lrembled, and so fond ofme; hs used to fol-.
low me about wherever | went he seemed 10
think and care about nobody bu, me- She
paused a moment ard then continued. 'Well
father, one night after | had retired 10 rest, l.
would you believe i,?-I found him 10 my
chamber The holy father groAned aloud,
Il never could tell how he got there, for shu.
tho door carefully, as | always do.' ..
tWel!' exclaimed the confessor in an aux
ious tone, what more.' t.u.s .,-.
/ 'Oh father the worst is to come. That
night in particular, it was last Tuesday, father
he looked 90 very handsome, and seemed so
very fond Of me .-and- --in--sbou-'
But exclaimed the pious priest. with a sud.
den show Of Indignation, did your mother ne"
YER warn you Of the terrible danger Of such
conduct? Did sho never tell you the fatal con
sequences OFF,
mo, father! interrupted The fair patient,
she never told mo there was anything wrong
10 being fond of such a very beautiful cal
and
"A catl was it a cai!'
'YeS, father! large, beautiful white Ango-
10, that was 60 wicked as to steal from the
pastry cooke, opposite where we live, and
have kept him concealed in my room ever
since.'
In aonIinc Patris ct Fiji el Spiritm Sane.
ii tc absOlOO,' said the good priest, and never
did he pronounce the words with more full
and gratIied feeling of pious satisfaction.
FfoURATIvE.-John Neal tels ora Baltimore
lawyer, who being employed to defend mar
charged with cutting timber on HE neighbor''
land, burst out in the following slrain Of iu6ig'
naDt eloquence;-''L at him gentleman o
the jury. There he stands, walking about witt
the cloak Of hypocrisy in bis mouth, trying 4
withdraw throe oak trees from my clients pocl
et."
EMPHASIS. writer on English gramme
gives the following example on wrSue empha
sis:-A clergyman, OF reading the twenty-se
euth verse ofthe eighteenth chapter Of the fire
book Of Kings, generally placed the smpbasi
on the words denoted by italics. sand h
0nkka IN hia anna in vim, Saddle en-, fhA 0s