Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1843-01-07

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IL shall be candid enough to ackno" ledge tina
) pheasant II may seem. 1t Is necessary, and
do not regret The time It consumes.
"Perhaps, then, You would prefer devoting YOU
evening to study"
at would be unwise to encourage DESIRES" sale
Hester, averting her face stiIl m1re,' which yot
must be aware, Mr.. Averv, have not the mea n
Of gratifying. If" But choking sensation
prevented her completing the sentence.
'lIesrer-for So must call you--ssid Edward
drawing his chair nearer TO her SIDE, "wltI yol
permit me TO como sometimes, aud brIOg te~
books have i,h me?''
never knew exactly what reply Hester made
but from tha, time Mr.. Avery a coustan
evening visitor at the house Of Mr.. Wilson,
circumstance no way pleasing to his young lady
scholars. Especially did il offend JENNA Eel
drldge, whose growing penchant for the handsome
schoUlinaster had rendered Itself quite conspicu-
She was a coarse minded glr whose parent:
IN their desire to accumulate worldly wealth, hat
ne elected her moral educat ion until she scrupleC
at no means by which she might attain her object
Poverty, IN her eyes, of the deadly sins
and never doubling that others thought likewise
she took every opportunity to speak OF the untor
tunate circumstances of Mr.. Wilson, affecting to
pity Hester, whom she represented as exceeding
" proud, and suffering the keenest modification
because she could not hold up her head with 9TH
girls in the village. To all this, Edward
deigned the slightest reply, and she ded
to hnt that Hester volatile in her friendships
ADD hear'less. besides being SO vain Of her good
looks as TO suppose they would one day procure
her the situation IN lie 10 winch she asP'red'-
Her malicious lnsnua,ons fell powerless the
to which they were addressed, and Jem!ma
EIdrldge, with her affected hrs Of gen,iIity, be
came his utter aversion. Finding the evening
visits of Edward still continued she changed he r
attack to a moro vulnerable character. "Do you
know, SAID she TO Hester, as she called one NOR
ming at Mr. wilson's, "what folks say about your
"Ahont me! No'hing bao, nope, saia hes
ter, locking up IN surprise, from an apron she was
making for liitle Molly.
"Bad enough, should Think rctorted Jem-
ma, when they say that il Is very imprudent in
TO allow Mr. Avery 10 visit here ofte n.
and you young girl without mother or ell
der sister. And am sure Mr.. Avery don't think
any the better Of You. for 'hls morning he wrote
IN little Molly cops book 'fam'''arty breeds
con'e"P,, as II o" purpose Tor You I" see IT,
I"or ies'eF covered mex race WIN her h"uos,
an" uu's '''.o 'e"s
No" ooh cry sh'u her 'o''"eh,or, 'fJo'c'n9
~ "1' ,''", cue ""' q" ',S' me .'s"'
'"o'o' or sha' o@'':'e "hn' 'hey shy' "at you
ave '" 'o'' 80" 'i'' <A'e'S.
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ue,or Who ,ys ,,,,h ,,.slf he,;ov.d ali che
h.d 81 b,, ;odood ho, ;,rr,,a.,, ), ee;,f,
49, r,a,,, sha evc,a,,naa. .J h,va listened
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,;,.,oa ,La,,aL, on 10y ,n.o,c,,o1 ,ro,.haar,
And she wrnng her hands .Bni he shall find
am no; the weak vain girl he imagInes-l will
see him no more"
That dav he book they were reading
turned TO Edward, with the message, verbally de.
Iivered bv Jack, .'that she stood IN no further
need of Mr. Avery's Instructions"
Bot oh! how long tho days to Hester,
she set at her mono,onons toll uncheered by the
anticipated pleasure OF the evening; and how dull,
no" in'oierab'v 'eoions were me eVehhgs:-
weeks passed. on an" rufhors OF me schoo''has-
'e' a''eh''ps 10 'tt'''na "'' un''e 'en'S c"rs
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