Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1843-07-06


work ill two O'Clock lhrn she m'a hi he
seen climbing up Ih" l'ng -ieps, and rnn-
ming brcnihless with hast" Ia cheer and
comfort the olG man with the meal al
warm soup, So dear 10 II frenchnan's
heart. Unw,ling a. she was io leave
him, his veiy nccrs>iiics kept her AZ wo,k
I'LL the late hour when, with her hard won
earnings III her hand she would seek her
inhrm charge, and TALL on II thousand de-
vices tn n,uuse ai,d console him, iii sleep
stole Il; length OH lids long strangers TO
liie hsM OF day.
Ono morning, on coming home a.
usual, blanche found her dear invalid
already mp and dressed, and seated 10
hts elbow char; and "n inguiring Ia
whom she Was indebted Tor ~ pleasing
surprise, the old man, wah mysterious
smile, sand he was sworn 10 secrecy
But his daughlrr was not long ia learn
lng thst IL was her h-lrorhed, who, hap
py thus To anticipate btr wishes and
cares, had prevailed on his master so {"
alter his owu hisak fast hour, ns Ia enable
him to drYnic the greater pait of II 10 his
pinus office. Straight 10 her heat az
this cousiderate kindness went, It fell
short Of wha, she experienced when, ON
coming home some days after, shG found
her dear father not only mp, but III "a
medicu,ed bath, administered by Victor,
under tie directions of a shilul doctor
he had brought To visit the patient. Al
sight of this, Blanche's tears flowed fast
and freely and srizing on her bciroih-
eds hands, which she held lo her heart,
she exclaimed d" "Ncyer can | repay
what YOU have done for me - "Nay
Blanche" was the gentle answer, "you
have hot to sny oue woId, and the debt
s overpald.'
That wold few bot would have spoken
it, backed, n the mndc. appeal was,
by the plcadingsm al the ally within, aud
the openly avowcd concurrence Of old
Ray m0ud IN iho wish so dear io both -
Let none d,spse the siIuag lrs %, the poor
working gIIi Ia Withstand ai once father
aud l"ver 10 SGT al nnught, for the
FIRST time, an authority never before dis
pu,cd, and defy the power of love So
deeply founded on gratitude In spite
of them all, liial duty ,iill came of con.
queror. Blanche summoned all The sncr. ,
gics ni Truly krruic .aint, ;n declare /
that not even the happiness oi belonging
To- the vcry best man she had ever heard
of in her life, could induce her To sacri- /.
flee the tender ties of nature. The more
her fathers mlirinlties Increased, the
more dependent he would become on his
haug htrr. What To her was pleasure,
could, she argued. To him be only a
burdensome and painful task in a word,
her resolution was not ~ be shaken. -
Victor was therefore obliged Ia submit,
even when (irom dcllcacy which would
but incur obligations on which claims
might be founded, too difficult, If not
impossible, 20 resisl) Blanche insisted on
detraylng, from her own resources the
expense OF the medich,cd bnths, thus
putting more hopelessly Ear off than ever,
the long, deferred wedding.
She had not The heart, however, to
deny Victor the privilege of putting the
patient INTO the healing waters which .
seemed daily Ia nit gale his pains, and
lend his limbs more agility. While her
father was II, the worst, Blanche had
been obliged altogether to iorego the
river, and obtain from her employer per-
mission to do what she could IN the way
of her vocation AT home l,u, when, on
his amendment, she resumed her out Of .
door labor, q circumstance occurred, so
very honorable io the class "f workmcn
we are c"mmemoraiing, to their mutual
aud honest feelings of be-
nevolence, that to leave Il untold would
he doing them aud The subjcc, great in.
justice.
With the natives for enhanced indus
try which Blanche had to spur her on,
that she should he first at the opening of
The boat. with her daily load of allotted
labor, will be little matter of surprise or
that her good naturrJ companions, know
ing the necessity for exci;Ion on her part
should abstain from wasting her precious
time by any of their liille tricks and
gossip. But ono morDing, from her Ia
lhcr having been III al! "ishi, she had
arrived Il; work unusually late, and had
when the hour of noon
SiIHcN, "'t lhc pifh'cI put VI HfI tHs"
which had often detained her ill nioh
set in unfinished, it was nevertheless
accomplished, as II by magic, wnhin the
usual time, and her days earnings, in h
stead Of being diminished, rather incycaE-
ed
Next day aud the next, their amount
was the same, till the grateful girl, sus-
peciing 10 what she owed so unforeseen
result, and concealing herself behind the
parapet Of the quay, asrenai""d, by /
actual demonstration, thai during her /
absence, her place at the river was reg
ularIy occupied by one or othcr of her
neighbours, who took it in turns TO give I.
up The hour Of rest, that poor Blanche
might be 10 loser by her flial duty, as \
not one Of those worthy women would T.
iorego her share in this token of good !
will To the best and most respected OF
daughters.
Uauche, though affected and Ha,tcred,
as may well be believed, by this novel
sort of contribution, was led by deIlca-
cy of irelng beyond her station, to seem
ignorant of il, TIL the additional funds