, 1842-11-26

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I'll used to read, in old fashioned
novels, about Indies visiting the sick
and the poor" replied Edward. "You
remember CGlebs in Search of a
Wife,"
Yes. truly; that is to saw. re.
member the story part of it. and the
love scenes; bat as for all those ever.
lasting conversations of DR.. Barlow.
VIZ. Stanley and nobody knows who
else, ! skipped those of course. But
really. this visiting and tending the
poor. and all that seems very well in
4 story. where the lady goes into a
picturesque cottage half overgrown
with honeysuckle. and finds an ema-
cIated, but still beautiful woman prop
ed up by pillows. But come to the
downright matter Of fact OF poking
about in all these vile. dirty alleys,
and entering little dark rooms, amid
troops Of %crinning children, and
smelling Goldfish ans onions. and no.
body knows wha,--iear me. nv be-
nrvo'ence always rvaperates before
! get through. I'd rather pay any
body five dollars 4 day to do it for me
than do il myself. The fact is that |
have neither fancy nor nerves for this
kind Of thing
"Weii, granting then, thatvou can
do nothing for your fellow creatures
unless YOU are 10 do it in the mos,
gentee'. comfortable ana picturesque
manner possible. is here not a great
field for a woman like you, Florence,
in your influence over vour asso-
cIateS? With Your talents for con-
versaiion. Your tact and scIf-pos.es
sion. and lady like gift ofslving VIVA,
you choose, are You no. responsible,
in some wise. for the influence YOU
exert over those by whom you are
surrounded"
81 never thought Of it, replied
Florence.
Nov vou rcmem5er the remarks
TINT Mr.. Forrc>que made. the other
%cveninr. On tie religious services at
churrh,'
YES. do; and ! thought then that
n was 900 bra.''
".And ! do not suppose 'hera was
one %! you ladies in The room that did
not think SO too; bot vet the matter
~as Ill passed. over with smiles. and
with not 4 single iusinpat,on that he
had said anything ~unp!eas;ns OF disl-
~grcrablr."
well. what could we do? One
does not wan, II be ruIe. Won know"
"Do!-couId vo9 not, Florence,
yon who have always taaen ii.e lead
in society. anl who have been noted
lor always briag able to say and do
what you p!case-cou!d you not have
showa him that those remarks were
unp!elSng toyou, as decidedly ms Won
would have done if they had related
10 the character OF your llthcr or
brother? To my mind. a woman oil
trHc moral feeling should feel herself
as much insnIied when her religion is
treated with contempt. as if the con
tempt were shown to herself. DO
you not know the power which is
gwen 10 yOu women 10 " and re-
strain lis In your presence. and tn
guard the SncrednesS Of things which
you treat as holy? Believe ne. Flo
renee that For.csqu". infiIel as he is,
would reverence q woman with whom
he dared not TITLE on sacred sub.
%jecrs."
Florence rose from her sea with
Il heightened color, her dark eyes
Frightening through tears.
liam sure what you say is just,
cousin, and yet have never thought
of it before. | will am determin.
ed to begin. after this, to live with
some better purpose than | have
done"
And let me tell you, Florence, in
starting a new course. rs in learning
to walk. taking the fit step is every
thing. Now, have a first step TO
propose to you"
swell Cousin"
"WeIl. you know, | suppose. that
among your train of adorers you
number Colonel ElIiot!'
Florence smiled.
"And perhaps you do not know
what is most certainly true, that a.
mong the most discerning and cool
part Of his friends, Elliot is consider,
ed as n lost man.
"Good heavens! Edward, what do
you meant
"Simply this, that with all his bril-
liant talents, his amiable and gener-
Gus feelings, and his success in socie,
~, Elliot has not self control enought