The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1843-09-22
FAITHFUL. SON.
"My tale is simple and of humble birth,
u tribute OF respect to real worth"

"My tale is simple and ofhumhIe birth,
~ tribute of respect to real WORTH
You are too parsimonious. said Mr..
Dana to one of his clerks, as they were
together in the counting house one NOR
ning-'give mo leave to say that you do
not dress sufficiently genteel to appear as
a clerk in fashionable store
lIenry's face was suil'used with a deep
blush, and tear trembled on his manly
cheek.
did | not know that your salary was
sfIicicnt to provide more genteel habili-
ments, continued Mr.. Dana, Il would in
crease it..
MY salary is sufficient, amply suGi-
cient, SIR replied Henry, IN a voice
choked with that proud independence of
feeling Which poverty had not been able
to dives, him of. His employer noticed
the agitation, and Immediately changed
the subject.
Mr.. Dana was man Of immence
wealth and ample benevolence; he was
a widower, and had but one child, a
daughter, who was the pride of his decli-
ming years. She was not as beautiful as
an angel, or as perfec. as Venus but the
goodness, the innocence. the intelligence
of her mind shone in her countcnance,
aud you had but to become acquainted
with her to admire and love her. Such
was Caroline Dana, when Henry became
an intimate of her fathers abode.
No wonder then that he soon loved
with deep and devoted affection; and,
reader, had you known him, you would
not have wondered that that love was
soon returned, for their souls were congo
NAL: they were cast in virtne's purest
mould, -and although their tongues never
gave ulterance to what they felt, yet the
language Of their eyes told too plainly to
be mistaken. Henry was the soul of
honor, and although he perceived that he
was not Indifferent to Caroline, the pas
sion in his bosom was stined. Il must
not endeavor 10 win her young and art
lcsss heart. am penniIess, and cannot
expect that her father will ever consent to
her union-he has ever treated me with
kindness, and will not be ungreatful.
Thus he reasoned, and thus he heroically
endeavored to subdue what he considered
an ill-tated passion. Caroline had many
suitors, and some who were fully worthy
of her but she refused all their overtures
with a gentle but decisive irmness.
Her father wondered at her conduct, and
yet would not thwart her inclinations.
He was in the decline of life, and wish.
ed to see her happily settled before he
quit the stage Of existence. 1t was long
ere he suspected that. young Henry gas
the cause of her Indifference to others
The flow of spirit and evident pleasure
she took in hearing him praised, the blush
on her cheak whenever their eyes met
all served TO convince the old gentleman
who had not forgotten that he was once
young himself, that they took more than
common interest in each others wei
fare.
Thus satifed, he forebore making any
remarks upon the subject, bu, was not a.
dlspleased at the suppostion as The pen
niless Henry would have imagined.
Henry had now been about year il
his employ. Mr.. Dana knew nothing o
his family, but his strict integrity, hi
irreproachable morals, his pleasing man
ners. all conspired to make them esteem
him highly. He was proud Of Henry
and wished him to appear in dress, a