The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1841-08-14

free from dcl,rlum.
:.Rcbccca," she said, in feeble voice.
"arc you here? why who is this?'' she ad
dcd, us the sweet, low tone OF her new at
tcndant replied to her question.
~ am your nurse, and for the present
you must submit to my attendance.
"But where is Rcbccca@ she must be
III. or SIC would be here"
"Shc is NO, M. I'D YOU will see her
when you az better; but, dear l,.,., IN ]
must not lc, YOU exhaust yours, If by
talking" and the feeble invalid, wcaricd
even by the sligh cXcr,ion she had al
ready made, passivcIy submitted to remain
lon! and soon sunk again into Il refresh
liz sIumbcr. When she again awokc, il
was very evident that favourable change
had taken place, and the doctor, who
called soon after, pronounced that il few
more days of careful nursing would place
Ler ,r,, danger. Her recovery, how
cv,r ,hor,j, tain, was very slow, and
weeks elapsed before she was ap,c ,oI
leave her bed. During all this time, the
attention of her nurse was unrcmilling,
and the invalid grew SO accustomed to
her sweet voice, and tender minis trations.
that she could not bear her out Of her
sight. She still continued to inquire for
Hiss Thornton, but the doctor, who was
DESTROYS Of sparng her any agitation, con-
tinted to cv;,dc hcrqucstionS. At length
she was able to sit up, and, supported by
the arm Of her young nurse, to reach the
sofa of the dressing room, which ad]olncd
her apartment.
at is very strange she said, as she
sat there one day, 'lIiat do not see Re
bccca. She must be i'll, and you conceal
il from me-
mo, my dear madam" said DR.. Bland,
TO whom this observation was addressed,
'shc is not i'll, but she has left the neigh
borhooh"
'I"lt. the ncigl borhood, and whilst |
was i'll; impossible. You arc dccciving
me, doctor. My poor friend has fallen Il
victim to her attachment to nc
II am not dccciving you MADAME" an
swcrcd the physician, blmtly Miss
Thornton lett the house as soon as she
learned that yoEr disease was contagious
1t is TO this lady alone he added, TAX
ing the hand of the fair Young nurse,
''that you are indebted, under God, for
your recovery"
$40 this ladyyn echoed Mrs. Walsing-
ham, in establishment, sand who is she,
and how shall requtc hcrl's
:'By loving me, my dear madam; by
giving me il place in your affections"
That you already have, my young
friend; feel for you all the affection Of a
mother and you will stay with me and
be TO me a daughter"
ooh, how gladly would do so, but !
cannot leave my husband and my childr'
'llavc YOU Il husband and Il child, and
left them both to come to me, To incur
the risk of disease and dcath2 What is
the meaning of this-who arc vou?0 cX-
claimed Mrs Walsngham, looking wildly
into the face of her attendant.
81 am the wife of your son." answered
Rose, sinking on her knees, 'will you
not forgive me? will you not restore my
husband to his place in his mothers
| heart?'
Unable to speak, Mrs, Walsingham
could only motion her daughtcr-n-law to
rise, and clasrlng her to her breast, she
sobbcd out, sMy daughter, my beloved
child" A burst of tears relieved her OPP
pressed heart, and she was soon able TO
listen to the explanation which the doc
tor, whose benevolent spirit was rcjoiccd
at this scene. was ready to give.
..But why has not Henry been herc'''
said Mrs. Walsingham, as the doctor con-
cludcd; ''surely he has not ceased to re-
gard his mother, little rs she may have
deserved his Affection
sob, no." answered Rose, edo not wrong
him by such Il suspicion, but our child
demanded his care. We could not incur
the risk oflcaving him an orpl an, and be-
fore left my husband | obtained from
him promise that he would not venture
within the reach of contagion, but would
remain to watch over and protect our boy.
promised him." she added, "that would
win him back his mothers heart"
'And you shall keep your promise,
my sweet child; at least you shall give
him as much of it as you choose to art
with, for have given it entirely up to
YOU" said Mrs. Walsingham, as she en-
braccd her new found daughter.
in a few days, Dr. BANDS PERMISSION
being obtained, Mrs. Walsingham accom-
panied her daughter on her return home,
and from that time she resided with her
children, finding in their society and in
that of her lovely grandchild; as much of
happiness as in this sublunary state it is
permitted us 10 enjoy. Rcbccca Thorn
ton returned to the obscurity from which
she had been raised by her bcncactress,
mortified by the failure of her ambitious
schemes, and by being compelled to re-
turn tc her former associates, i'll the states
of single-blessedntss from which she had
so ardendy desired to emerge. She made
one effort to regain her place in the cs-
TEEN Of her former patroncss, by writing
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