Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1843-08-17
WHOLE No. 697.
})opular Gales.
From the Philadelphia Saturday Courier.
THE
FAITHFUL SON.
"My tale is simple, aud al hunlhle birth !
A tribute of respect 10 real worlh.n

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together in The contingencies one morn
ing-"give ne lpaye to say that you do
not dress sufficiently gonteel to appear
as n clerk in fashionable store"
/. Henry ) face was sufiused with deep
plush, and tear trembled on his manly
cheek.
! did not fnoy that your salary was
sufficient to provide more gcnteel hablli-
menls," continued Mr.. Dana, 81 would
increase it"
"My salary is sufficient, amply suif-
cient, SIR" replied Henry, in voice
/ chokcd with tnat proud Independence OF
feeling which poverty had not been able
to divcst him of. His employer noticed
the agitation, and Immediately changed
the subject.
4 Mr.. Dana was a man Of immense
wealth and ample bcnevolencc /; he was
! a widower, and had but one child a
daughter, who was the pride Of his de-
clining years. She was not rs beauii-
ful as an angel, or as perfect as Venus
but the goodness, the innocence, the in
lelligencc of her mind shone in her
/ couutenance, and YOU had but To be-
come acquainted with her to admire aud
love her. Such wss Caroline Dana,
when Henry became an inmate of her
lnrher's abode.
/. No wonder, then, that he soon loved
her with deep and devoted Affection; d.
and reader, had you known him, you
would not have wondered that that love
was soon returned, for ,ht1r souk were
congenial : they were cast in virtues
pirest mould-and although their
tongues never gave utterance to what
they felt, yet the language oflheir eyes
told too plainly to be mistaken. Henry
wqc the soul of honor, and although he
perceived that he was not Indifferent tc
.
stihcd Il must not endeavor TO win
her young and arless heart. am pea
niless, and cannot expect that her father
will ever consent to her union--he has
ever treated me with kindness, and
will not be uugraielul." Thus he rea~
soued, and thus be heroically endcayor-
ed to subdue what be considered an i'll
faied passion Caroline had many sui
tors, and some who were lu,ly worthy
Of her bnt she refused all their over
lures with gentle but decisive frmness.
Her father wondered at her conduct,
yet would not thwart her inclinn,!ons.
/ lie was in the decline of life, anG
wished to see her happily settled before
he quit the Stage Of existence. II was
long ere he suspected tha, young Henry
vas the cause Of her Indifference 10
others. Ihe evident pleasure she tool;
in hearing him praised, the blush on her
cheek whenever their eyes met, all scrv-
ed to convince the old gentleman, who
had not forgotten that he was once young
himself, that they took mole than com
mon interest in each Others Welfare.
Thus satisfied, he iorbore making
any remarks upon the subject, but was
not as dispIsascd at ,he supposi'ion as
lpe penniess Henry would have ina
gined.
Henry had now been about year iB
his employ Mr.. Dana knew nothing
of his family, but his strict integrity, his
irreproachnble morals, his pleasing man
ners, all conspirel 10 make them esteem
him highly He was proud Of Henry,
and wished him to appear IN dress, as
well as manners, as respectable rs any
one He had often wondered a, the
scnntiness of his wardrobe, for although
he dressed wiib the most scrmpulous re-
gard to neatness, his clothes were al
most ihrcndbdre. Mr. Dana did no,
think this proceeded from niggOrdly
disposition, and he determined TO broach
the subject, and, il possible, ascer'aip
the real cause--,his be did IN the man.
ner we have related
Soon after this conversation to"t
place, Mr. Dana lo0 home on business
As he was returning, and riding through
beautiful village, lie aligh,ed a, The
door Ola cottage, and requested n drirh
The mistress, with an ease and polite
ness that convinced him that she bad
not always been the humble coi'nge'
invited him To walk in. llo accepted
her invitation and here scene ofpu,-
cry aud neO,ness presented I!'sli, such