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AoNt GutCfpltSca lat9t anna, - WIFI
out doubt very conme1dabls; and had
yoHr appeal % me have been earlier
made, night perhaps have foregone the
ball and joined you 10 il. But now Is /
am engaged 10 60, and have made so
much preparation, | shall not relinquish
il on any account"
mot il can make It appear that .he
object ofmy administration is every way
worthy Of the sacri6ces'
Doubtless there are many worthy OBJ.
tjectsof. charity, but 1 cannot now attend
10 their claims. You will excuse me,
Miss Ellis. but | am engaged aud must
bid You good morning"
49, Ellis laft The house with heavy
heart. She bad been out All me t rs,r.s ~.
amongstlsher wealthy acquaintance, en-
deavoring 10 awaken 40 interest Tor an
unfortunate family: and every where she
met with cold, contemptuous or derisive
reception. Bot Of the apparent candor
and feeling OF Cleaner Grant she had ex :
lpected better things. She was notopu.
lsnt herself, or she would not have ap-
piled 10 others. but her heart was 30 inie-
rested that she felt asif Others must feel
also. A few DAYS before, she had been
on . visit few miles from tho village,
and was startled by the voice Of passion.
ate weeping within cottage BY the way
side, asshe returned home in the evening.
She Immediately knocked at the door,
and was hidden BY allow voice TO come IN.
She entered and found young woman
weeping bitterly; while babe lay asleep
on bet knee, and 4 little girl Of about four
years Stood on ., chair beside herr With
her arms round her mothers heck, and
heTsswest wet face resting on her hair
Anna soon drew from the weeper The
cause Of her distress. She bad been de-
licately educated id one Of the Eastern
cities; and was married 10 young clerk
in dry goods store, -whileshe was almost
yet child. Dszzled BY the exaggerated
accounts Of The fertility and richness Of
the Hest, that raiabow region which re-
cedes ever before the march Of emigration,
displaying it, glorious allurements like
fairy tokens, still 10 advance Of The ardent
pursuer. they gathered up their little all
and were soon floating down the broad
Ohio. Enchanted with the maj este sire am
and the unrisalled beauties Of its yarisga4
ted borders, now swelling with fair banks
then stretching along in beautifully snam4
elled meadows, and anon rising in bold
bluffs, Or steep and forest clad mountains.
they surrendered their spirits to romantic
dreams Of opuience and happiness, with.
ont considering how they were 10 be OBJ.
tanned. They chose place Of resdepce
in the vicinity OF Cincinn att, and having
secured o tract OF luxuriantly timbered
land. fancied themselves rich. The kind
usighbprs, sSvyrsiias ~ sAste-@ - les
cabin countries. turned out aud erected
ihema cemmodious one for their habita.
tion, and they took possession in high
spirits. w
But they were not calculated fof TIE
duties that dsvolved upon them. The
husband had been clerk, and be was
lily fitted ID fell the forest aud make il
bud and blossom like the rose, while the
wife, who bad been tenderly reared and
educated in what 10 called fashionable
school, was not competent 10 contend
With The deprivations and hardships which
became the lot Of the emigrant i
It's no wonder, under existing circum-
stances, that al The end o! Two years the
Roberts found themselves ffliserably roor
and quite destitute Of clothing and mo.
lney /; while their neighbors, who were
fitted fof their station, were becoming
rich. Children came, and sickness visited
them want and suffering begai pesyish-
ness a nd i'll. humor; they reflected upon
each other, grew cold and unhappy, and
Roberts finally deserted biz helpless fami
lily, and left them 10 beg Or StaTvs a. they
could.
Mrs. Roberts could moi do the first, and
had resolved to starye in silence. But
her poor children, when she saw them
pale and, wasted with want, she felt her
heart was breaking. Aud now she said,
as she concluded her tale Of sorrow, !
have but one wish, and dare no. hope
its attainment. But il could by any
means get homo 10 my father, | would
ask no more. The pride that's long with.
held5fhs, destitute and miserable as am,
is now quelled and am ready to go,
even Is the poor sprodigal, 10 be y hired
servant in my father shouse.
/ Miss Ellis comforled the poor weeper.
Eby giving her whereby 10 supply present
necessity !; and babe her hope, saying that
she would use her best .endeators 10 aid
fhsr return home Mrs. Roberts fell on
her knees before her, and covered her
hands with tears and kisses.
/, was ID the hope Of raising funds 70
dsfray The expenses Of this long journey
that Ann Eliza had been soliciting bel
friends, and Ameekly enduring conlumely
GOODNESS and reflections upon her show Of
piefy and charity.
| Yet il was not for these iha. her hear
SO swslleG, apd The big tears gemmed
the veil which she had gathered before
Eher face 10 Conceal her emotions, as she
v a. returning home. II was for the heart.
/ lessnesso of her sex that she wepti that .
beautiful creature would refuse to foreg
j al unnecessary ornament, 1t The display d
1.-The ballroom, to give peace 10 the wound
ed spisii, 10 restore The weeping wan6erel
Ito her:home and 10 her friends, and save
Iron want and misery The helpless little
ZONES, who. however their parents may
lhsre erred, vera gnililess sufferers. j!
IL Arrived at home, she retired TO be-
Ichamber. and sat down to endeavor 4
devise some method Of realizing the hope
which she had raised in the breastof Mrs
Roberts. She Illuminated long, and q
Iengthc gave way 10 sorrowfOl emotion
and went Ike child.
II Here il . letter FOR YOU, sister, erie,
hri1hf eyed Lille Girl ynnn;ne ;r,s. M,