The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1843-03-30
.TEFSCEEEnf.S'EOES.
THE REVENGE.

BY D. c. coLEs@oRTHT.
How few who speak bitter word,
Can tell the Pang i gives,
What angry feelings Il hlta stirred
VIVA. malice Il reyires
Like barbed arrow, slre and deep,
!. sinAeth Ia the breast
And though for years !, seems 70 sleep,
It's al uEGui-t guest
" Mol cannot learn a trade said
Cara 20 her mother, sobbing-"l cannot
do i. What viii people say, when they
hear that one Of the Howeils has gone into
telar's shop. or q mautna makers TO
work Oh, cant 10 i'll can't learu q
trade"
lou do not realize, my child" said
her mother, that am unable 10 support
YOU and the ether children, now your faith.
er is dead, and that something mus, be
done. or We shall soon be in want Of the ne
cessaries Of life. Would you not rather
lcara q trade, than 10 have II said that We
we're supported by charity ~
You can &c, along, mother, without
thinking about my working 10 a shop
We hag: never wanted Tor any thing"
Tie .i;:le your father lett me IS almost
gone By the utmost care and prudsnce,
Il "a ii uoG last over t8elyemunsh longer,
aud then We shall be sadly of without any
I0come. You must learn trade, Clara /;
and you may as well consent 10 il FIRST as
list"
No-no-i canro'," said The proud
giri, s,bbng sill louder, -" cannot DO it,
What ou.d The girls say - see me 20 10
a miI.nef's shopl They would all hu-h
a, me. On, mother, JJp't see h0w you
can expect me 10 d u. | acgd @ilugly
lake IN ulce sewing-da little lace work,
or teach painting, OF keep q school, If |
aefe competent, but csnnog-l Cannot
.easn trade
My child, you talk very foolish indeed
Who would laugh al you Tor working -
Not one Of your acqIaiu.ances. They
would commend you lor i. Now, Il is fre
qIently thrown IN ny teeth, HAT support
Two OF ihfce girls 10 ldeuess, who are able
to earn !aeir own liying-iLl. wish 10
bring them up as iadles,-to The run Of
them and myself There is a great deal
Of truth, confess, in what hey say-and
I feel ashamed Of IT, # were f.ca and
ab e u ,Iralsh yon WITH suitable clothing,
would ~! make !.;s request Of yaa-b1t
as 1t IS, you must Do something soon, and
you better make Up Jour mud to d. Il
chesrIly."
Well, ! can't learn trade" sad the
daughter, Silt. crying, wi!! Lg auy shiny
else"
you aus. DO il. Or be compelled to live
Gu the charities Of others"
"lf three or four Of my acquaintance
would q to work IN a shop ailh ae,
should not hesitate TO 20.
d" But TIE parents Of most Of your &C.
qr1ia'arces afo rich; and there IS not 50
much necessity of their learning a trade.
Your school rate Jane Carlton, has lost
gene m'o a shop, aad understand Il. was
BY her particular request"
"Jgpe Carlton is nobody she never was
thought mDca Of, ami she aas aIways been
used 10 such KIND Of ~oth. hope YOU d.
nol pat her On an equal " IT'D mer'
a." Certainly, Clara, she IS your eq.al. I
am 10 better 81 than her mother. sho il
poor and so am l. and # II was no, too no.
initiating for Jane to learn a trade, cer,ain.
~ It vii not be for yo1."
How you talk, mother. When father
vas alive nc we're veil iii, aud had every
thju2 ~e needed-but James mother has
always beca poor, and she has always as.
sociatsd with low set Of girls"
Who do you call low, Clara ~
Why, the Hodge children, and the
NoFious and some others"
they are poor, know, bu. certainly
they are far from belog desplsed, aud at
Of them are honorable aud industrious gir!s.
with all their poverty, SO long as they
are Ylru9ls aud behave themselves, they