Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1843-12-28
From Graham 5 Magazine.
Ert2tER.


by MRS. FRANCES SARGENT osG0oD.
"This above ALTO thine own self be true!
And it must follow, the dav the dawn.
Thou canst not then be false to any one"
CHAPTER IA MOTHERS INFLUENCE.
MoTHERl mother" exclaimed sweet,
eager voice, and he speaker, child OF thirteen
wears, burst IN the room, where Mrs. Carlton
sal at work." don'i you think iheie will be q
prize given on exhibition day for the best COM
position and | mean 10 lrv Tor iI,-shau't ! Z"
She was little harum -scarum looking Thing !
] suppose she had run all The way home from
school. for her straw bonnet hung on her neck
instead of her head; and pro!uslon of soft dark
hair was streaming in such disorder about her
glowing face, that YOU could not tell if she
were pretty or noI but you could sec pair of
hrlllian, gray, or blue OF black eyes,--lhey GER
Iaiuiv changed Their color with every new emo
ton. bat think ;Aey were really gray,-full of
laughter, and love heaming through the lFuan,
rresses, and al! eloquent with the beauty of a
fresh. warm soul Ths change in The chlld's
ewes j, no freak of foolish fancy; for every
one noticed il; and her school-crony, Kate
Sumner. used 10 declare. that hen Harriet was
angry they were black; grey when she was
thoughtful; riuIe, when sad and when happy
and lowing. they changed 10 The lenderesi blue.
Mrs Carlton drew The liiile girl towards her,
and smoolhed back the rebelIious ourls, al the
same rlmr excaimng. with long drawn sigh,
=" My dear Harrei how you do look.
Oh lno,her lis moi the least matter how
look II were only beauty, now, like
Angelina Burton. | would keep my hair as
smooih As. AS any thing: but | wouldn't rub my
checks though, as she does always, Just before
she goes lno room where there is company,
-w"ud g0u mother !"
The lnuher gazed al the chiId's expressive
fsce, she spoke, with irregular, yet lovely
i~s,ure~, The strange bright eyes, The changing
check, the full and swee, but spirited mouth,
aud SAID To herself, Whatever YOU may think,
r,v darling, | would not change your simple
rnIld-like unconsciousness, for all Angelina
hrauIy, spoiled as il is by vanity and afec.a.
But, mother, do give me subject for com.
position, for want TO write it now, this min.
leW
Harriet" said Mrs Carlton quietly, "go
and brush your hair, change your shoes, and
mend that rent in your dress as neatly as yol
can"
Harriet half pouted, but she met her mo!her's
tranquil eye; the pout changed 10 goodhu
rpored smile, and kissing her af1eclionstely, she
bounded off 10 do her bidding
While she is gone, you would like.-woulC
you not, dear reader ito ask a few questions
about her | can guess what they are, and
will answer them, 10 the best of my know edge
Mrs. Carlton is a widow, with a moderate
fortune. and handsome house in Tremou
street, Boston She had been star in fash
ionabe life, but since the loss of her husband
whom she tenderly loved, she has retired frou
The gay world, and devoted herself TO her child
wild, frank, happy, generous and imPeiuou'
creature, with half dozen glarng faults, ant
one rare virtue which nobly redeemed them all
That virtue, patient reader, you must find on
far yourself. Perhaps you will catch gimPs'
oI il in
CHAPTER Haunt ELoIsE.
Harriet was busy with her composition
when her aunt, who on visit 10 Mrs
,N%.lon, entered the room. Aunt Eioise was
wea'.> '.>-minded and weak,heared lady, Of ;
yerv unc ,sI!an age, unhapPlIy gifted with more
Sensibiliry thSn sense. She really had dea
of ieeling--fur herself and an almost mex
bau,,iblc shower of tears, varied occasionally
be- mysteries aud fainting-6is whenever an.
pressing exigency, in ihe 'a'e Of her friends
demanded ,eIG- possession, energy OF immediate
assistance. If, TOO, there happened, as there
will sometimes, in all households, 10 be an ur
gen, necessity for instant exerlon by any mem