The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1843-03-30
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the best of attendance. After lingering D
few months Mrs. Howell died. Her last $
advice TO Clara was to learu sohe trade, u
that Size might earn her own hving'
~ "a cannot expect 10 find such friend
as your mother" she said land IN the
world YOU will ave much 10 encounier'--
Ii yuu sull indulge IN your foolish PRIDE, II ;
nil eventually prove your rum but Il you
look upon yourself, as you are, poor De
pendant girl, and eudravor 10 do what Is
right you will gam friends, aud succeed IN
What you undertake.. Above all, be hum
bled at the feet of your Saviour, aud learn
,neehuess OF him, and do what be CON
nands YOU and at last you will meet me 10
heaven"
Clara was deeply affected at the death OIL
her mother, as we're also her sisters
They followed her 10 The narrow house ap' 4
pointed Tor all living, and came away wi'h .
sad hearts. Clara went to the chamber I
recently occupied by her mother, aud sal
down in her loneliness and wep'. no"
she ,hoogb, Of The advice Of her excellent
parent, aud how liule che had regarded 1t
what sorrow she had brought upon her
and lhe anxiety she caused her during her
sickness, 80, that had been more ODE
dent, and appreciated her worth ! she ex'
claimed in an agony OF leellng-and she
retired TO res; TO lose her sorrow IN the
arms OF sleep.
+ Clara occupied the house IN Which her
mother died, some few months, occasional
Is dong some dne sewing. When her 90.
teis had completed their trades, they ali
kept house aud hyed comfortably. Time
passed on aud the young women with
trades had worked hard and lad BY little
money. Their hab.,s we're noticed by two
0fo,hers, Who we're ii business for iAom'
selves, aud bad accumulated lil.le proper
Is 81 iudusiry aud economy, ond they offer
cd themselves 20 the Young women Who nc
cep,ej aud the girls became the happy
alNcs c! y,ftuol. aud aud heated iaca.
Cara now wea, 10 reside with one Of her
t ss.ers, and was obliged to Do most Of her
work IL the kitchen for the wife coutnucd 10
do something at Ter trade whenever friend
} brought is o garment. Sac thus material
Il assisted her husband and While incy
! both exclted themselves il could not BE-
Otherwise that they should prosper.
Though her sister dld all she could for
her, Clara seemed 10 be unhappy she pro-
. bably fell she had douc wrong III 10, going
!. 70 trade, when her mo,Ler so urgculy 70
8 quesled her. Indeed, she expressed be-
e regret 10 her sis,er. | she had bcen es:
D proud and moge oD9dieai she might haN,
K been as peascally situated herself. so
IS ,elt tia. She lad though. too much Q! aei
il aamo and Shal people would say -especal
i lysoaPg women who now diduC, care Us
,or bar, or II ste were N The utmost coed
g would not RAISE a finger or 20 rod TO tendc
!, her assistance. she might have been th'
: happy partner Of young man "ao ne
c, once selected her hand, but who on benz
ID rejected, doubtless blessed his stars 40
found voted wife and an agreeable CON
u panion in tho person OF Jane Carlton, u
% young woman once SO lightly esteemed b
81 Cara, but pattern Of industry end morn
(, worth, though N low Circumstances. Il
D. see aer sisters and those oil her companion
e she once passed win scorn, berome 3
u pleasantly aud happily situated 70 I'i", va
j. calculated 10 leave no pleasant reflection o
i lie uunl ol Clara. She saw anJ She real
NJ ,z-d auat she had lost By Der proud spirit
- and Il was not TO 30 wondered At that 81
. was unhappy that she vas sour and nc
IS rose in her disposition, and that all lAe IL
IN 10 chillfen fGu ,tom Ter trembling vii
70 fear.
Clara had now arrived al the age Of lhi'
% q I've bu, from the disp,xiiion HhIeh 81
bad aurufed 4tl toe unpleasant [eeIings sh
" ulligcI, she appeared great deal older
q /; vas t0s thought Of her former conGug
l.L TIE course she bad pursued to her tai
81 Iy years, 3hgB she was too proud L. lcaf
r q lrala, when flqacsed by Que o. the b.,
4 of parents, that plcyod 50 deeply upon he
ID spirits sae had ri c.ed, too, the ai,ru
HOBS Of iao or three young men, vh
., we're then starting IN lfe, silh bat ana
80 income, b9l Hho we're gov 10 good cifcum
/. ylaaccs, makpg a handsome hv9g, an
b we're b,cst u,gh kind and happy cotppln
= IONS. To realize that all the blessings d
~ SIC lad once becn within her reach on
. HAT she had Eorcied them was no agree
le able sublec, to reflect upon. And she va
e growing o j, nud The prospect was that sh
.c would become ahat she had always desps
j. ed, and shat she once was certain chi
% should never become, an old maid. A
she though; over TIC ma:.eE dlJ By day
aui saw how rapidly her face was wink
ang, her hair turning graz, her teeth dc
z ca}iog, the color depanin, from her cteeks
II She cane TO tho conclusion, II ever he
q aani shoud be solicited o marriage again
l 30 acecp, Of the very first Offer. Any hus
- baud would be better than none, and 'het
r the Disgrace d. dying an old maid would b,
. destroyed. Clara had go often ~, on hni
BEST dress and tr.uod L? as spruce as pos
,, s,ele for tho last few years, i haply sht
o Hi-hi cu'fap n beau t1a. she had we!
. nigh daspaircd Of accomplishing her obIect
BU, noFer despair white there Is life, ga
& her motto, AID sic peGscyerel in her m
:, deayoFs 10 obtain the drsliela,un. Fail