Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1843-01-05

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naDi.
III hope so, ~, piled Mrs. Bell ""
they say her Mo'her IA urging on hs
match. Bat indeed, poor lady, wh'
Gan Mam. her , when Mr., Palmer is 81
,wh, and they have nothing"
"i'ut the Cottage" said Mrs. Co-
mani.
10 that is not their own rhey live
there on suiTeranc-," replied tho orhev.
The place is owned by the Rev. Mr.
Forester"
@ ",vha,, Cherries Forester :" inquired
Enn,v Copnns
YES, / believe his name is Charles
ss my rate Ne IL N.sou,hern gentleman,
ami came here with his Invalid mother
who had been ordered To Try our bracing
ciiwaie, " said the loquacions Mrs. Bell.
"fie tilted up the cottage, which he
bought, aud OrNamenlrd the grounds,
bud lived there two years, or more, nnd
bscame very intimate with The Nali"ns.
] told YOU they always visited the sick
So Mrs. Forester had Cla,a with he'
neatly half the time anJ Mr.. Forester
gave her lessons she was mere child
when they came, no, more than fifteen,
you know so he gave her lessons IN
music aud drawing, and all sorts OF Ian
snnges; some say he taught her He-
brew and when they went away, they
put the Waitons into the cottage to take
care 81 it,"
"The Fmesters have been absent
near three wears, | believe" observed
Mrs C0nant.
"Thrreabouls," said Mrs. Bell.
"But news has Just come that The old
lady ia dend, aud Mr.. Forester is COM
ing back soon. So suppose Mrs.
Walton will hurry Clara's Darriage /;
otherwise they would have To go into
cheap l"dgings, which would terribly
mo'riy her, alter living so IoDg in such
lovely place-so people say"
And thus, under the shelter of that
convenient oracle, the sayings of the
ihough,less, the idle, or the envious,
,i,d Mrs. Bell virtually bear false wit
ness against he, neighbor- and yet they
both kDelt at the same altar, and took
the q, mbols OF the Saviour's dying love
tom the same Pastors hand. Nay,
mrre than this, Mrs. Bell, in her own
soul, believed Mrs. Waltoa TO be pious,
humble Christian. Truly, evIl-speaking
IS the sin which, in social life, requires
our most constant wa'chiulness. Let US
pray each morning not to be led into tins
i.mptaiion, but that we may have our
hearts filled with that charity which
sufrrrtb long aud o. kind, which believeth
no evil, aud givelh tongue 10 no sander-
oIa report.
AT The vrry time when this converse
lion between the Conants aud Mrs. Bell
occurred, a scene was passing at the
cottage, which, could they have known,
would have read them lesson never to
bav" been lnrgot,en.
Mrs. Walton was sitting by her work
inbir, which stood not far from an open
wIntinw that ov-rlooked the river, called,
IN poetic lore, the "soi, flowing Con.
n"c,icu, - (but which here, coppr ressed
in us channel, was deep and rapid, u
aud the g,een hills beyond. IL was a
soil June evening The sun had disap-
peared behind the western mountains,
but his beams yet rested on The heads OF
the tall cliffs that bordered the river and |
brighIened The old evergrecns that
r rlmhed the broken hills on the eastern /
shore. The flowers, that surrounded the
were filled with fresh fragrance
~ the evening drew on and the birds,
Al s.,l -,
us'y of peace, were pouring forth their
~ e"tesi songs Of thankiulnrss and love.
BW all these beau,ies and perfect ions
" nature were los, on Mrs. Walton.-
Ter thoughts were busy with the past,
while her heart yrarned towards her
daughter. She ieIi the time hud come
When the deep lessons, which crrofs and
sufirrings bad engraved on her own
heart, uiisl he told To Clara. The sweet
,"l was leaning beside the open window,
he pal. roses that drooped over her
lead aot 50 whne as her cheek. Yet
III. she'd 40 tear, breslhed no sigh her
ives were, ia truth, bright, rs though
he had ne'srd her soul for some deep
ncriicn at self n, the shine Of duty.
She had, that day, received The reite-
a'-d and Urgent one. Of marriage from
,,r. Pa'nier, sith a pledge that if she
'ouid become his wife, her mother and
'rdhrr should be amply provided for
h"uld have " o"dbine Cottage, If it
oud be obtained, or one equally as
'o"d, aud y~a,ly allowance besides, Of
Thousand dollars
"Ciarn, my darling child, come here
. me ] want Ia see you smile once
more. You have not smiled oi late. -
Some and SIT here close beside me-"
a,d Mrs. Wahon.
Clara ob-yed, and seated herself on
ush,"n nj her mothers feet-but she
id not look up.
Her mother took her hand-it was cold
<.h trembling. "Clnra," said MIS-.
) alton, nnpressiveIy, you must not
ccrsd this offer"
"MMber %
$50. yon must not. You do not love
jr. Palmer, and without YOU can give
'n' ,"ur heart, you must not become his
ilr."
But What Will you do , What will
eeon,e al You and poor Henry ! You
ave no longer strength To work-nay, 4
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