Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-10-28
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h'.'u' one Cutes tnr me, and rHH s..'.' '.'' '
u,g T1.r p-uni.rss being whose ',H '.'-.' D. ".''
.u'Nu. Alas bow hr0I r. Is o. TO- ''.' '-'
the world tr.cuI'Css aaH beloved ~ I.'''- ''' ne
bufici be 'tr, r DIE H-H.-' OBJ .'.'' "'' sac '''
, an. r..F.sr. .1.l 90 rlsrr s.l,gry voice be-
.bi,lf.r,. --I r. Har1 81 ~eu'', ilii bI, sIoul.
iJ- DE started old 'ruIrs rocud sad:
aY.. ycs. Ellen. r5sdIu uir. spike uu,h.ukiug
ry You sI'l love" he odlej iuq .triugIy.
I'D Charles unJ nv l.her---"
"Yc.. your hrher. IN Eo5le benellCior, Helen
. hc sail loves me-"
"'raen Why leave us Charesl" she sliI. ia a ten.
/ der tuuc.
"B.c1usc, Helen. Won know have hccn already
/ the Clu>a OF much dfsseua1u iu your auI.y--Gol
forbid hat I should De- ATTY lngcr. Aud no.
sides. N elem. yuu know what treatment have r..
cetyed from your mother aud sisters have blrnc
% out of respcci your father and love 90 you bat
con hcar 30 no longer will 60 forth into the world
900 Ihe hopes "f bui.d.ugrT ifriunc. and sly. Hell
eu. NO SHOULD hc successful anal return. Vail you
Il VIII ovc YOU STILL" she sand. interrgping him.
. "Oh. ] vail always love vnu- Charles
Farewell said be. ard impriutIng a kits upln
her rrsg lips De- tore himself away. 10 another hour
. De qulugd the house where he had spent 30 many
/ happy days with Helen.
/ Charles Ellison was dependant on The bounty
af 81. Merton. lie h,i found him one day. when
saoIt four wears old, wandering about the streets 81
tine ,ify Lost child. lie k,li,y tplk him horle and
used every "a lcayur Cd discover his parcuis-hUt
al 90 up purpose. At Last, Ending ms enquiries
were useless, De- raised am educated hun ~ Do. u,,u
Du.tte her husband. Mrs Merton was OF a rr1ul
arsrocr,J.c sPiui anI colid nnt benr one Whose
rIrh was 50 uncertain a that or young ElIis,'n-
Slc bad d Hisci some pf this sprt iutp her eldest
d1GFlrcrs bat Helen. the youugrs', Ike her athrr
possessed nuhlc aud kiud heart; and looked ouIy
with comps ton upon The poor noble youth. lie
was now about seventeen YEAR OF age. ani the IN.
". 81 .H q l. e.
% is trus, when Mr. Merton was present, none dare
show ,hc least tsresncCt towards him; bat tins only
served Co make hm feel q more arutcy ia has alb
scucc % was Tins very mcntipncd evening tlial
q new insult had been offered To- hlu; aud he deter
mined Upt 90 1--we au ,iher day where he was exprs
'd TO them. Nor would IL have caused him a feel
ING Of regret had % uoi been for Mr. Merton aud
Helen; bI, however dear they were he resolved 10
leave them. lie ten, too. without informing Mr.
Morton, Cor he veil knew he would insist upon his
sisr G-nud he would not bc the author Of dscord
IN ialt family Where dwell the ouy TWO On cor,h he
could call hts friends
d WIS near the close Of summer day that n
Steamboat touched ibe wharf OF one OF orour South.
cities, aud from .is crowded decks poured forth
stream at weary lrlN sers eager once aelin % set
foot upon ,hc lpul. Among ihe last who siepgcd
upon Ihe shore was tail youth with yaIse u kis
hrui, Who walking slowly from lAe landing. hen
has WY towards ttc shipping warehouses. along
z
bal alas, hc was stranger. amt had uo rrcHmmcn.
daiiuus wish detected msiD, and sprrJ, iui sep,
be wus about giving 90, % hope rhyH Dee came o.
l. rye yGrthau-c. where saf gentleman apparent
ly about forty years Of acc. TO the ynu'hs en4pry
whether be w.s .ae head OF ,he csIlJli4imeuI he
rcni led Iu The ATTENTIVE.
"N.ai 10 yo4 81 -h ms lalY ho Cuguircl.
ID yuu want q DAB l1o-s 50 iu ypu- store have
900 recommendation Co offer yoH,' hc confined
MpI,s.lg. g have Hst arrived 'n sieam11lt lr,m
iAc gul,H, .ut have neither friends nor money. ]
ga urf even tuy i.a-Ia- t,r .He night" and see
I.E Iig, rhe merchant i1asaI I.gTeIuous. De could
cuailH h.mse'. ID longer tut sad im .uungly-
con, sir '' nIi refuse aul tears trcAleI doNH
his clock
The merchant touched by hls grief uuI tho cren.
mess Of mIEUur, hrsi'aleL !1r moment. and il1ll.
took hm Co. bis home. few days proved The iruui
Of !Ic yuuhssnry, aud hc was employed al once bog
his beuoAg'or. ID nc course OF time hc arse by
degrees uaii Bee heCamc heal clerk iu the cs,ah.
llshmeui OF M. Thompson. lie also, hy h.s umia-
h!curs-, became the avorIc ogihc wealthy iullyof
his employer. with whom hc resided al loved
him, aUd he loved lhrm 10 return father, mother,
uud sister. For nJhiuEh Charles C.isrpu though;
that Emma Thompson was aim - as beautiful a- hl,
own Helen, yet he remained faithful 10 the latter.
ani he could think Of lhe former Only ia the gh, OF
sister
Five years had rolled hy nni he had now become
proprietor OF ihe large osiabl ~hmant which hc had
entered rs m crrauI day-Mr Thompson hlvilg
retired from business One evening he was sitting
pa familiar con, or-aiion with the family when Mrs
Thompson, u.jcr looking seuLtas.ly al Charles tor
some 'imo remarked huw much he aud Emma re-
s-mHIod zach other
yes, sll har hus1lnI, Il have often observed
%: they look as much alike though they were
really brother aul sister. Ger lost Cllries-aoor
Iui.0 rlIov'orull no, bc more like Emma"
"E"Ir Charles. mover knew You had any other
chri thln Emma, lac remarked" when did he
Would 90 God hc had dicdr' exclaimed Ms
Thompson chen I would have known he was in
heaven. bet now, perhaps, % be so lives. be u1y
be hutielcd about hy strangers. whose hand heart,
can g. q 800 feel Ike plreui's; che lhcu gave vent
10 her la IuEs 100 tears.
"iC WIS lust" then inquired Charles
"Hcs" said Mr. Thompson, "ahpyc seventeen
years ag', aud M1ry Iruueyiug north flrtlc ben.
c.i. of her hca Ju. md @, visit some friends % New
or. city took with as onr little Charles who
then scarcely four years old. aud hen only child.
We arrived there IN safety. end nner staying with
our lr.rut, some time, set uu' on or return home.
AnNlnas IU prosecute our iDuruey. Immediately
on "ur arrival, tok the scambolt TO proceed direct
ly on. ! went 90 SEQ % the safety of the baggage
thinking t"st my Mary and Chules were ~ the Dab
u "ui what was my surprise 10 gpiug into The cabin
s'utilmc after iIe boat had cn the wharf. 10 find
Mary iInro alone. She thought had Charles with
'''t "HA .aN .NOpucu away when informed HfT
bad NOT. We searched the buut over. hut no Charles
was Co Doe iIuud--an theu Of struck as that he must
ha'o wandered on shore before the boot lcit The
wharf aud couscq was. len behind How hat
rowing were our thoughts to think Tint the distance
vas increasing between ~ and our dearly beloved
child. But there thought still more dIs'res-
s.ug-P rbaps be bad fallen overheard unseen and
had been drowned. However, determined on M
rFIng 40 New Orleans. aud leaving Mary with her
friends uni rolaiyez 60 return ugln 90 Pdirdslpha
ira sparng no plus or 'znes-c in trying t1 disr0y-
ar bis fate but the great mental excitement and
bodily fatigue had undergone. threw me iuf1 "a.
ver uu llis way sui 90 rms several months before
recovered. When ] Jud. and arrived OF pHilalcl.
r',i7 n1 lncs could bee discovered uf,ur Child anI
never su~c h1yo Sc haari my thing concerning
h'm--.nt co. hc Irusaj, Charles. bee has gwen us
p sHu Iu SOU"
'.I'l' N1s i.cr0 n1ma-s by which be- could have
'Fln huH"u. b. ar hGT been IeU behind as 500 sup
v'-. .ssaa CUEH.s slr,ry.
hr. ...-g W..6 s.ar- OF % dogs teeth 1a he Ian
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